Sad Grandmother
Nana3540
9 years ago
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Dealing with the prospect of losing both my grandmothers
Comments (10)I used to feel so sad about loosing my grandmother. But the ups and downs of health are part of old age. I heartily recommend what others have said, try to treasure the moments you have without fretting about the inevitable. I wish I had done that more with my grandmother, although I did spend a lot of time with her. I wasn't as present as I could have been though, because I just didn't want to deal with loosing her. I left that to my parents. But I was just a teen when she died. Still, I wish I had been stronger to deal with her infirmities. The last day I visited her in the hospital tears were gushing out of my eyes and I couldn't stop it. My grandmother was comforting me! I still miss her tons after 31 years....See MoreMy grandmother's kitchen ...
Comments (54)We vacationed once in a beach house in santa barbara that had a huge table in the kitchen.. We loved it. We went with 3 other families who are all foodies and it was great to sit around, prep together, eat together, drink together and play together. I remember a marathon monopoly session with adults and kids playing a cutthroat game for hours. We just put the Cuisinart right on the table to make salsa and aioli. The table was great for setting up assembly lines for raviolis and bruschetta. It was old and wood and nobody cared about staining it etc. The owner told us that she kept meaning to get rid of the table but all of her renters and family love it. The other stuff in the kitchen was a old range which needed detailed instructions to make it work (my advice is to keep the range simple if you wish to rent at all.. You may be willing to deal with the fussiness for the charm but any potential renters may not. But there was no counter per se.. There was another table next to the range that had stainless steel top and open shelves underneath with fiesta ware type of plates and bowls. . The sink was on the same wall as the range and was one of those old shallow double sinks with double drain boards and a wall mounted faucet. The sink had a curtain below and there was a dishwasher under one of the drain boards. The fridge was free standing. There was another wall with a long hutch with dishes and some cabinetry underneath. The floor was easy to mop tiles. Step on trash can was tucked under one of the sink drainboards. And the kitchen was yellow with dark green tile on the wall with the stove and sink. The other walls were white washed boards (kind where you can see the wood grain and distressed patches where there was real distress :) No island please :)...See MoreGrandmother's Hat is killing off Dr. Huey!
Comments (19)Jeri, Carol, those are all good ideas for underplantings--thank you. It's not really that I don't care for the leggy look -- it's more that my plant is so very sparse. She was at @ 6.5 feet tall, with greenery only above @ 4 feet; and there are only a few canes. When she's blooming -- seems like a nice quantity of bloom for the greenery, but I want to see more leaves. That's really the issue. I think the snipping back will do the trick, tho--she's really leafed out. I really don't know much about pruning and such and have mostly avoided it -- but only about a week ago, I did a lot of cutting to the rose that's been winning the "Most Miserable in My Collection" prize -- Dupuy Jamain. And -- incredible -- that rose is already showing a LOT of fresh new growth, after doing next to nothing for the past 2 years except mildew and blackspot and rust! Going to try this on a few of my other struggling/loser plants and see how they manage....See Morevintage buffet from grandmother just arrived
Comments (26)That is beautiful! What a great gift . I also can't really see where its messed up. Maybe just a good ( safe cleaning ) and enjoy the dents and dings as character of a well used and much loved piece....See Moresylviatexas1
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