Blog beginnings!

What in the world am I doing? A granny with a blog.....what fun! I doubt many will read it ...but won't my kids be surprised when I send them my blog spot. It is a cloudy day....in July. We have had record breaking rains and flooding here in north Texas. It doesn't seem like summer...but half of it has already drifted away. It has been a nice and quiet week at home and I have been able to get a lot done at a slow pace. We are looking forward to going to Camp Creek this next week. I hope the sun will come out so we can enjoy the lake. If not, it should be a long week.

I often have things to say...sometimes having this brain in my head wears me out. I have so many thoughts about so many things (not that any of them are useful) but lots of stuff jumping around up there. Life is funny! Don't you think? I sometimes feel as if I am playing Lucille Ball in a sitcom...or maybe I am Ethel? Would that make Jim Fred? Nah...he is definitely Ricky Ricardo...or maybe he is Andy and I am Barney? :) But it seems as if we sort of bumble through life....happy and satisfied but bumbling none the less.

We are clearly the "Sandwich Generation". We are the group that figured out how to extend life....so our parents are living forever. We won't of course, because they will kill us! :) We are caring for the elderly and supporting the young marrieds and playing with the grand babies. Although I only have one...I expect to have many more. Now...grand babies and the elderly are not all that different...they act the same.....it is just that the former is more fun than the latter and they smell a little better. You can also put the younger ones in "time out"...your parents won't go there....no matter how much you insist! We are squeezed in the middle of life. The down side is that it just wears you slap out...the up side is that clearly if you are in this situation it means that those that you love are alive and well....and kicking. It is surely a mixed blessing.

SO....sometimes I will write about grand babies...and it will be a warm and fuzzy reading. Other times I will write about my kids with great pride....and maybe some worry thrown in for good measure. And I might write about my husband who is still the most adorable man I have ever met. Finally, with tongue in cheek and with a great deal of sarcasm and humor I will write about the old folks....and all their antics and issues. If you are reading this...you are a friend or family....so you can laugh and cry with me as I bumble through this life and have a ball creating my blog! :)