I'm so glad I'm not young - for so many reasons!! I just got off the phone with younger daughter, who was on her way home from food shopping for the holiday weekend at Costco. She and her hubby enjoy camping - I don't know WHERE that gene came from, certainly not me!! For several years they have taken a Memorial Day camping trip with a bunch of friends. This year, she and hubby volunteered to do all the food shopping for the entire group (as well as planning menus) to simplify things. The menu sounds yummy - and I'm so glad I'm not the one A) planning and buying all that food, B) doing the cooking, or C) camping. Give me my bed and bathroom any old day!!....er, night.
I'm so thankful I'm at a point in my life that I can relax and enjoy holiday weekends - whether I'm having time off work, or whether I'm unemployed and just have some relaxing days. We will do our annual cemetery visits Friday afternoon - with my mom - and have our duty done for the entire weekend. From there, we can just chill out, watch movies, or whatever we want to do. It's our choice.
Once in a great while I wish I could turn back time to when I was younger and have a "do-over"......but even as I say that, I realize it's been a long, long time since I've felt that way. I look back now at how hard I worked when the kids were small, and there's really no way I'd want to go back there. The kids turned out pretty darned good, either in spite of me or because of me! I enjoy having them at the point in their lives that I occasionally hear "mom, I don't know how you did it!" when they're telling me what their kids are up to.
My older daughter has a 4 1/2-year-old whirlwind who wears everyone out with her constant activity - and talking. I love reminding my daughter that when she was that age, I also had a 3-year-old and a new baby. Honestly, I'm not sure how I did it either - but somehow we all survived.
It's sometimes hard to look in the mirror and wonder where that face looking back at me came from. But, all in all, I'm really comfortable with where I am in life. And I really wouldn't want to be young again!
TTFN
I'm so thankful I'm at a point in my life that I can relax and enjoy holiday weekends - whether I'm having time off work, or whether I'm unemployed and just have some relaxing days. We will do our annual cemetery visits Friday afternoon - with my mom - and have our duty done for the entire weekend. From there, we can just chill out, watch movies, or whatever we want to do. It's our choice.
Once in a great while I wish I could turn back time to when I was younger and have a "do-over"......but even as I say that, I realize it's been a long, long time since I've felt that way. I look back now at how hard I worked when the kids were small, and there's really no way I'd want to go back there. The kids turned out pretty darned good, either in spite of me or because of me! I enjoy having them at the point in their lives that I occasionally hear "mom, I don't know how you did it!" when they're telling me what their kids are up to.
My older daughter has a 4 1/2-year-old whirlwind who wears everyone out with her constant activity - and talking. I love reminding my daughter that when she was that age, I also had a 3-year-old and a new baby. Honestly, I'm not sure how I did it either - but somehow we all survived.
It's sometimes hard to look in the mirror and wonder where that face looking back at me came from. But, all in all, I'm really comfortable with where I am in life. And I really wouldn't want to be young again!
TTFN
1. It's because of you, no doubts about it!!
ReplyDelete2. Come July you'll have a good idea of what my whirlwind is like!! And no way was I as crazy as she is!
3. I was just thinking last night as I was preparing dinner about how glad I am that you taught me to be able to cook at such a young age. I love making meals for my family, am not overwhelmed easily, and they turn out pretty well. Thanks, in large part, to what you taught me! Love you Mom!! ~Jenny