My first book
club meeting here in our complex – everyone seems older than me, but that’s
either refreshing or more evidence of my skewed perception of myself (no
surprise there). I’m just happy to be meeting new people.
My self-doubt
at water aerobics after asking the lifeguard to find a smaller, and more easily
manipulated, water noodle for a very senior lady in our group. She hadn’t
asked, but I’d seen on other occasions people bringing her one. She quietly
gave back the larger noodle and used the smaller one, but was I being helpful
or was I being bossy?
Plants are
popping up in our small gardens out back. Many of the condos have no plantings
other than the standard ones that are maintained by the landscaping people, but
the I suspect the previous owners had been gardeners. Fine with me – so far
I’ve found bleeding heart, some hydrangeas, a patch of rhubarb, and a number of
lilies. There are also a number of anonymous green things out there I have yet
to identify.
But there’s
been one more event that I can’t resist mentioning, even though I usually have
a policy of not dragging family members into this blog.
If you’ve
read for a while, you’ve seen occasional – very occasional – mention of the
EGGs (so-called because of their initials), our three grandboys, ages 8, 13,
15.
We now are
re-entering the realm of babies, this time efficiently gaining grandkids two at
a time.
Last week on
the other side of the family, our two granddaughters were born, two perfect and
beautiful (of course!) fraternal twins.
We’ll be
covering both ends of the grandparenting spectrum – a grandson learning to
drive while granddaughters are learning to crawl.
A full spectrum, and you'll be the grandparents who still can send them home at the end of the day.
ReplyDeleteWonderful news.
ReplyDeleteAnd I suspect you were being helpful. Sometimes helpfulness starts with being a tad bossy.
Good point.
DeleteCongratulations! I love babies. And a soon-to-be driver also.
ReplyDeleteNice to see unexpected things popping up in gardens, as long as they aren't weeds.
Congratulations on those two new additions to the family. If I were the noodle lady, I'd be pleased to realize that there are people noticing my efforts and trying to help. :-)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the new relatives! I'll be curious to hear more about what grows in that garden. It's always interesting to see what other people plant.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm curious to see what the people before us planted.
DeleteCongratulations on the addition to the extended fold.
ReplyDeleteKnowing when to help and not is a problem. In our falls prevention class, Sue and I are ahead of all of the others. Some have great difficulty. The instructor finally made it clear that we might help and for them to accept it, so we did a little more of that today.
That is so sweet! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteI have twin grandsons. Definitely double the fun. Congratulations all!
ReplyDeleteHow very cool. Now I seem to be running into so many people with twins in their family.
DeleteMy niece had twin boys and they lived next door...double the fun! Congratulations to all!
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