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29125. Ms. No - 2/25/2020 7:45:18 PM I love that she was a mamaw and not a mee-maw. As a kid I always thought other kids just didn't know how to say their grandmother's name. Of late, it has seemed to me that mee-maw is the more common, but that's just anecdotal.
Even when we know it's coming, even when it is peaceful, we still miss our loved ones. I'm glad there could be that toddler joy at the graveside. I'll have you in my thoughts, please give Stan my regards. 29126. arkymalarky - 2/27/2020 5:45:03 PM lol. I'm a Nana.
Thanks. I will. The biggest thing is for six years Stan went to the nursing home three days a week. Interestingly, his thoughts of her now are from before that. You'd think that would be entrenched in his mind but it isn't. All of the good memories that he really didn't think about for 6 years because his Mother's circumstances were ever present when he was there have come back and that's a great gift. 29127. Ms. No - 2/29/2020 1:54:54 AM Yes, it really is. My uncle, unfortunately, has held on with both fists to his angriest memories of his mother --- some of them greatly embellished, but not all or even most. My mother, who was treated far worse and has far more reason for complaint, has mostly held on to the very best. I remember some of my Mamaw's less lovely moments and qualities, but only when somebody brings them up and then I'm like, "oh, yeah, I forgot about that." 29128. arkymalarky - 2/29/2020 9:28:43 AM Parent-child relationships are so complicated, and stan's family was pretty much the least I ever saw. It kind of freaked me out at first. Like I had stepped into a 60s sitcom like Leave It to Beaver. My family had the same effect on him for very different reasons. :> 29129. bhelpuri - 3/3/2020 3:45:32 PM greetings + salutations, Le Mote! also, condolences to Arky on the loss of her mother-in-law.
recently, I celebrated my 25th wedding anniversary. it was some months after that, in 1995, that I dialed online to the Internet for the first time, and not too long afterwards began corresponding with the unruly, unpredictable mob which called themselves 'Fraygrants' tempus fugit, etc. but I don't feel very much different at all. 29130. bhelpuri - 3/3/2020 3:46:22 PM nice to see the light still on hereabouts, anyway. my warm good wishes to one and all. 29131. bhelpuri - 3/3/2020 6:14:44 PM nice to see the light still on hereabouts, anyway. my warm good wishes to one and all. 29132. Ms. No - 3/3/2020 9:10:16 PM Good to see you -- and happy quarter century of wedded bliss! 29133. arkymalarky - 3/4/2020 3:44:32 PM Bhel! Great to see you! I first checked out The Fray, don't remember when, because my dad said he thought I'd like it, but someone had called him an idiot when he tried to get in a conversation. Wonder who THAT was. Dad is now 88 and just finished his last book on Chesty Puller (available on Amazon ;))
25 years! Congrats! So funny, we've never met but I remember your sharing your life events, kids, big move, and wondering if you and other "Fraygrants" were ok on 9-11.
Thank you for the condolences. I actually came in to share more sad news I haven't wanted to. My sweet little Mazie died of pneumonia two days ago, less than 3 weeks after Betty. She was almost 15. I haven't called Judith yet. Wabbit and MsNo can attest to what a dear little animal she was. There is a hole in my heart, but that is where her "spot" is now. 29134. Ms. No - 3/4/2020 5:26:40 PM Oh, Arky, I'm so sorry. Mazie was a darling, sweet girl. 29135. arkymalarky - 3/4/2020 6:30:01 PM Thank you, No. She really was. 29136. wabbit - 3/14/2020 4:52:35 PM Oh no, Arky, I am so sorry to hear about Mazie, she was so sweet. I remember trying to sketch her and her never standing still, tail wagging furiously all the time. She was precious. 29137. arkymalarky - 3/15/2020 5:09:21 PM Thanks Wabbit. This has been a hard one. My side by side buddy for almost 15 years and she was doing great. Just got pneumonia and went down so fast. Vet was trying to get the fluid off her lungs when she died.
How are you doing in this pandemic? Finally got my parents squared away with their doctors and groceries and we're all staying home for at least two weeks. 29138. arkymalarky - 3/15/2020 7:49:46 PM Trying to get all my pictures and everything organized, and have those sketches on the pc wanting to get things printed and framed in the house now that I'm retired. Hobo still looks just like your sketches of him. He misses Mazie, but he's taken advantage of being the only dog and slipping in the house like a cat here lately 29139. Ms. No - 3/16/2020 1:19:57 AM Ha, that's him to a T.
I'm delivering a pot of chili to a friend who was hospitalized with Guillain Barre Syndrome for six weeks. She's home now, but still not up to snuff and her husband has Type II Diabetes and dealing with kidney issues.
Tomorrow I'm walking a friend's dogs and doing a grocery run for her while she's laid up with a leg/foot injury.
In the meantime, I bought a new car for the first time in 20 years just yesterday. I got a Toyota RAV4 and it's wonderful to sit up high enough to see over parked cars at intersections.
But the thing I love most is being able to stream my music from my phone and the hands free calling. It's pretty dang cool.
Oh, and the space to haul crap from IKEA and Home Depot. I've got plans for a major bookcase addition and there was no way I could have managed it before without renting a van/truck.
I will miss the Mitsubishi, though. A long and faithful relationship, but it finally died ---- bearings in the engine are toasted. My mechanic called me and told me to dig a hole. :-) 29140. Ms. No - 3/16/2020 1:21:16 AM Hope you all are well and enjoying the simple life at home. I'll be doing house projects, yard work, and curriculum building. Kind of excited about mapping out the contract grading parameters for next year's English course. 29141. arkymalarky - 3/16/2020 7:09:19 AM Oh congratulations MsNo! RAV4s are super. How long will y'all be out or do you know yet? 29142. Ms. No - 3/17/2020 6:10:44 AM Right now they're saying till March 27 --- that's two weeks --- but the districts around us are all out for 4 - 5, so we'll see what happens.
Our idiot district is having all classified and administrative staff go back in tomorrow until whenever. It's ridiculous and dangerous. Who exactly are instructional aides going to assist when there are no teachers there? Who is the attendance clerk going to count? What sort of administrative stuff is going to be going on that our office manager and principal need to be there?
I can understand having custodial staff go about deep-cleaning, and we certainly need some of the kitchens to be open to feed children who only eat at school, but the rest of it is just plain idiocy. It's like they can't stand it that we're getting paid to "do nothing."
Those people also need to be able to stay home with their children who can't go to school!
I'll guaran-damn-tee that our district office staff aren't going into work. WTF would they be doing all day??
Certainly they haven't been busting their asses to update the website or send out timely emails to families and staff.
Yet another sign of the incompetence of our district leadership. 29143. arkymalarky - 3/17/2020 5:49:12 PM Sounds like Mose's District. She loves her school but the district and the city are awful. They haven't even announced whether they're going to close they're on spring break right now, but the mayor flat-out lied and said he can't let people know about tests and positive or negative that he said there is zero negative. That's a straight-up lie unless they're not testing anybody at all which wouldn't surprise me. She responded to the mayor's statement with a link to Arkansas's map that tells every county that's been testing and the rate of positives and negatives for every County 29144. Ms. No - 3/18/2020 4:22:05 AM Go Mose! Truth to power, girl!
Just got word that our Governor - Gavin Newsom - has said that it's likely California schools will not reopen again this school year.
My house is going to be so clean. My yard delicious.
Or I'll just come to the end of the containment weighing 400 lbs with nothing left in my Netflix queue. ;->
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