Good morning everyone!
It is Mother’s Day weekend and my kids are taking me and my mom (their Grammie) to play golf. It should be a lot of fun as we are a lively and honorary group. There is lots of smack talk that goes on and money always changes hands (often many, many times during a round of golf).
My kids think their Grammie and Papa walk on water which is as it should be. Their Grammie is a feisty lady who is everything a kid could want for a mom and a grandkid could want for a Grammie. She is that mom that did it all when I was growing up. She has a very bohemian vibe to her. She isn’t liberal (at all, no global warming) but could be considered one of the original crunchy conservatives. She gardens, grows her own food and has always done it organically. She has never liked plastic stuff and prefers natural woods, wool, and cotton. She re-purposed and recycled before it was popular. She was the mom that let us make a mess with finger paint or baking cookies and didn’t freak out, she played cowboys and Indians with us in our teepee she set up in the living room and she always decorated the house for every holiday possible. She loves yoga, being out doors, 60′s music and Elvis. She has a wicked sense of humor and that twinkle in her eye like she is up to something even when she isn’t.
She taught my brother and I to be adventurous and creative, have a strong work ethic, that nothing comes for free, that we can do anything we set our minds to if we don’t give up and that love is unconditional. She taught us that character and integrity matter, forgiveness is gold, laughter is healing and family is forever. She instilled in us a sense of living frugally even when we are blessed with a lot, that freedom isn’t free and that we live in the greatest country on earth. She taught us to love God, serve him and serve others. She volunteered more hours that I can count at school and church. Our house was the popsicle house. It was the house that everyone hung out at. Everyone was welcome at any time, for any reason. My friends loved my mom. They could talk to her about anything. We had several kids from families that were going thru a hard time live with us off and on when I was growing up. She would never turn anyone away. She actually drove a Pink Rambler and then a Jeep Wrangler for awhile when I was growing up. That was her style. Now she is pining for a convertible VW Bug. I have a feeling she will get one.
She was also strict, had high expectations and demanded responsibility. It took me 22 years to figure out why we never had a full, intact yardstick in our house when I was growing up. I really wondered that when I was little. My mom was so handy I found it weird that they were always broken. He, he he… it was cause that what she used to whoop on us when we got in trouble. It took me two decades to figure that out. My brother and I were a handful (we were her’s after all ) but man did we have fun as kids!
One of the biggest lessons I learned from my mom was that there was no such thing as victim mentality. You see, my mom is deaf. She has been since she was 5 years old. She has 30% hearing in one ear and 0% in the other. Growing up, my friends thought she was from England and my mom would play along for a bit and talk about the Queen, lol. She can read lips like no one I have ever seen and we used to stir up all kinds of laughter when we would go to the Country Club or Church and she could tell me what was being said across the room, my, my my…
So this weekend’s blog is for my mom. She reads here everyday but is too busy to comment and doesn’t like disque (who can blame her on that). Mom, I love you and if I was playing golf on Sunday (I’m only driving the cart), I would totally kick your butt!
On to the news:
Bristol hearts Hillary and I agree…
Ha, ha, ha… go Peter…
Bristol gets some love…
Why do they act so surprised?…
I’m kinda glad… I like him as Sheriff...
This is a novel idea…
I hope he wipes the floor with Craig James…
He always tells it like it is…
Why yes he is…
How convenient for him…
Geez, I thought anyone could see this...
Tell us how you really feel?…
Some Levin awesomeness…
UPDATED:
Politico honors Sarah and her mom Sally for Mother’s Day (it may be the only day Politico honors a Palin/Heath).
Here is audio of Palin’s robocall for Deb Fischer…
I don’t feel bad… the rest of the world is part of the reason for Obamamania that swept in 2008…no sympathy for their disappointments…
Anyone sends me this… I’m banning them on twitter…
Wealth for me but not for thee…
I guess it is at least good to know… doubt O will let us touch it…
Piping hot please!!!
Love that he went with the title… and yes, it is an everything concern…
UPDATE 2:
Gov. Palin posted a a Mother’s Day message on her Facebook.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mama Grizzlies out there! I include my own Mom in that list. I love and thank you, Mom! Here’s a link to Bristol’s blog post about a beautiful video made by a mom telling the story of her blind son’s birth and life.
Have a great weekend!! Happy Mother’s Day everyone!! I’ll update if anything major happens. (Look Mom, no hands!!! he he he)









