2004/06/24
A plateau is a high form of flattery.
--------hee hee
I just turned 57 years old. My Mother was with us on the weekend, babysitting the dog. Well, I thought it was a good idea at the time. Remember the woman that she 'was'...that disdain in her voice, like boy are you stupid!...why don't you do it this way. Why do you believe what you do...thats silly. Because she does not think like you do...you are wrong. She doesn't believe in charity and says that people take advantage of soup kitchens and that Manitoba Harvest ( a group that hands out donated groceries) is taken advantage of by people that don't really need it..they just get food for nothing. While I agree that there are some people that take advantage of these things when they don't need to, I am sure that for the most part there is a real need out there for these things. I think this is to justify her lack of interest in helping others. Anyhow, it gets me down and the pleasant woman that she has been the last few years has gone AWOL. Not enjoyable to be around...like "Who are you going to get to cut your grass while you are away?" ...57 years old and she thinks I'm an idiot.
Well, anyhow, Gary posts that she is a grand old dame....I'm sure that she can be if she wants to...or maybe she just enjoys winding me up.
On a less darker note. Last night Catherine and I went over to Diana's retirement dinner. The place was chock full of teachers wanting to wish Diana well. I was also going to keep her husband Doug company. Anyhow, as certain teachers are wont to do, there was a 'seating plan' and little place names at each of the tables. NOOO Dennis....a little embarassing because we did RSVP that we were both coming. They called Catherine three times to confirm that she would be giving a little speech about Diana so it was on the over-kill side of organization. It could have been intentional ( I could see that it was Diana's comrades that were throwing the party and maybe they felt I was an outsider?) or it may have been accidental. I don't understand the need for place names and seating plans and that is NOT my type of party anyways. EGADS! can't people sit with whom they want?? So because we were not far away from home and because I thought that it was so crowded that if I stayed I may be sitting by myself in the hall......I left. Came home like a beaten dawg, a victim of organization over-kill. Oh, Catherine did not want me to leave, but I did not want to make a big issue out of it, so I just left. Catherine called me at home to say that there was an extra seat but by then I was settled in with the dog, microwaving a couple of hot dogs...one for me and one for Suzie. Still upset me though, especially while I'm still thinking that my Mom thinks I'm an idiot (but only in what I do, things I say or how I act).
So the grass is getting long because I was waiting for the last minute to cut it before we went away. Well...good plan, but when I went to start the lawnmower, the bloody thing would not start. So here I am up to my arse in Kentucky blue! We called a friend that Catherine used to teach with, who cuts grass in his retirement, and he came over this morning while I was over at the Museum working and he cut the grass. I have asked him to cut the grass while we are gone so you see, I have planned this .....I am still capable at 57....still got it, not an idiot.
Speaking of the museum. We had three groups in this AM. 62 kids and teachers from Arborg, MB. 25 kids and teachers in from Deloraine, MB and a group of 20 alsheimer patients in from Deer Lodge Personal Care Centre. About tears your heart out to see these alsheimer patients. It brought back floods of memories of my Dad and several times I had to turn away because I had tears in my eyes and I did not want them to see that. It is a cruelty that they have been robbed of their memories...You are what life has given you, your dreams your triumphs, your ups, your downs and if you can't remember anything, then what are you? ...its like a roller coaster ride that only goes flat and level not up and down.
Well, we leave Sunday for the west-coast. I hope that the weather is nicer than it has been here. Mind you, next week it is supposed to be in the thirties here and it will probably be cooler out west....we are bringing the bad weather with us! nyah nyah
Any bets on the election? I am calling for a Liberal minority and I think that would be a good thing for a while....the NDP can get some leverage in getting their good ideas through. Rembember when the CCF (fore-runner of the NDP)and Tommy Douglas, who never held power, but in a minority goverment role pushed through things like old-age pension, unemployment insurance, unversal social programs like family allowance, and medicare. It could be a good thing for a while. Just save us from the Conservatives!
Well, better go have my nap....I need it! Keep blogging!
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--------hee hee
I just turned 57 years old. My Mother was with us on the weekend, babysitting the dog. Well, I thought it was a good idea at the time. Remember the woman that she 'was'...that disdain in her voice, like boy are you stupid!...why don't you do it this way. Why do you believe what you do...thats silly. Because she does not think like you do...you are wrong. She doesn't believe in charity and says that people take advantage of soup kitchens and that Manitoba Harvest ( a group that hands out donated groceries) is taken advantage of by people that don't really need it..they just get food for nothing. While I agree that there are some people that take advantage of these things when they don't need to, I am sure that for the most part there is a real need out there for these things. I think this is to justify her lack of interest in helping others. Anyhow, it gets me down and the pleasant woman that she has been the last few years has gone AWOL. Not enjoyable to be around...like "Who are you going to get to cut your grass while you are away?" ...57 years old and she thinks I'm an idiot.
Well, anyhow, Gary posts that she is a grand old dame....I'm sure that she can be if she wants to...or maybe she just enjoys winding me up.
On a less darker note. Last night Catherine and I went over to Diana's retirement dinner. The place was chock full of teachers wanting to wish Diana well. I was also going to keep her husband Doug company. Anyhow, as certain teachers are wont to do, there was a 'seating plan' and little place names at each of the tables. NOOO Dennis....a little embarassing because we did RSVP that we were both coming. They called Catherine three times to confirm that she would be giving a little speech about Diana so it was on the over-kill side of organization. It could have been intentional ( I could see that it was Diana's comrades that were throwing the party and maybe they felt I was an outsider?) or it may have been accidental. I don't understand the need for place names and seating plans and that is NOT my type of party anyways. EGADS! can't people sit with whom they want?? So because we were not far away from home and because I thought that it was so crowded that if I stayed I may be sitting by myself in the hall......I left. Came home like a beaten dawg, a victim of organization over-kill. Oh, Catherine did not want me to leave, but I did not want to make a big issue out of it, so I just left. Catherine called me at home to say that there was an extra seat but by then I was settled in with the dog, microwaving a couple of hot dogs...one for me and one for Suzie. Still upset me though, especially while I'm still thinking that my Mom thinks I'm an idiot (but only in what I do, things I say or how I act).
So the grass is getting long because I was waiting for the last minute to cut it before we went away. Well...good plan, but when I went to start the lawnmower, the bloody thing would not start. So here I am up to my arse in Kentucky blue! We called a friend that Catherine used to teach with, who cuts grass in his retirement, and he came over this morning while I was over at the Museum working and he cut the grass. I have asked him to cut the grass while we are gone so you see, I have planned this .....I am still capable at 57....still got it, not an idiot.
Speaking of the museum. We had three groups in this AM. 62 kids and teachers from Arborg, MB. 25 kids and teachers in from Deloraine, MB and a group of 20 alsheimer patients in from Deer Lodge Personal Care Centre. About tears your heart out to see these alsheimer patients. It brought back floods of memories of my Dad and several times I had to turn away because I had tears in my eyes and I did not want them to see that. It is a cruelty that they have been robbed of their memories...You are what life has given you, your dreams your triumphs, your ups, your downs and if you can't remember anything, then what are you? ...its like a roller coaster ride that only goes flat and level not up and down.
Well, we leave Sunday for the west-coast. I hope that the weather is nicer than it has been here. Mind you, next week it is supposed to be in the thirties here and it will probably be cooler out west....we are bringing the bad weather with us! nyah nyah
Any bets on the election? I am calling for a Liberal minority and I think that would be a good thing for a while....the NDP can get some leverage in getting their good ideas through. Rembember when the CCF (fore-runner of the NDP)and Tommy Douglas, who never held power, but in a minority goverment role pushed through things like old-age pension, unemployment insurance, unversal social programs like family allowance, and medicare. It could be a good thing for a while. Just save us from the Conservatives!
Well, better go have my nap....I need it! Keep blogging!
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