R.I.P. Grammy 8-26-2006

I just realized what the date was today... 2 years ago today we lost my Grammy. She was an amazing person that I have so many memories with. Eating the "knuckle" of a lobster and being hooked, the large purse full of life savers to keep us quiet in church, her amazing cooking skills (including macaroni and cheese!! MmMmM), the way she used to try to get us to eat new foods (mmm mmm mmm - anyone in my family will get that), her knitting especially our slippers, "acid reflux" lol, and always having and reapplying her lipstick!

When she had her stroke 5 years ago she was never the same. Though she always thought of us and we knew she loved us. When she had another stroke 2 years later she was in the hospital and she had stored her breakfast (cereal pack) in her tray so she could give it to my brother! She couldn't talk well (not much at all) but she knew those were hiss favorite and wanted to make sure he got them! Then 2 weeks later she had a fatal stroke, though she lingered lifeless in the hospital. We used to go and talk to her and keep her company and even though the nurses and doctors said it was impossible , she knew we were there. My grandmother always found bodily functions amusing and one day we were in her room and my brother said something about passing gas and Grammy laughed! We know she did but the employees said we were just trying to hold onto her. Well no kidding!

I feel badly about the fact that I am not in VT so I can go visit her. I miss her so much but I know that she is here with me and helping me through my life. Thanks Grammy you'll always be in my heart. I miss you and love you with all my heart.


Your gentle face and patient smile
With sadness we recall.
You had a kindly word for each
and died beloved by all.

The voice is mute and
stilled the heart,
That loved us well and true.
Ah, bitter was the trial part
from one so good as you.

You are not forgotten, loved one,
nor will you ever be.
as long as life and memory last,
we will remeber thee.

We miss you now our hearts are sore,
as time goes by we miss you more.
Your loving smile, your gentle face,
no one can take your vacant place.

R.I.P. :'(

Learning to blog

This is new and interesting to me! Usually I'm not an open book when it comes to my life or thoughts, but what the heck? Everything in my life is new so why not try to make the best of it and fix myself too? And hey, it gives me something to do! Instead of job hunt, cook or clean!!

This time last week I was saying goodbye to the love of my life, i.e. the hardest thing I've had to do in a long time. I will see him in December but that seems like light years away. He is so supportive and accepting of this huge decision to move. I am so very lucky to have him! Wow, how ironic is this... "You say it best when you say nothing at all" just started playing on my computer...this is the first song we ever danced to...Just listening to this song puts me right back in the moment. I would kill to be able to wrap my arms around him and hold him.




A week ago was not only saying goodbyes it was about new beginnings. TJ and I set out on our adventure to Florida. We began driving at 12pm on August 21, 2008. He was in his car and I was in mine and I followed him the whole way. We had walkie talkies in each car so we could talk to whole way. The BEST idea EVER!! (thanks Fran and Ira) We stopped in Hershey,PA and at South of the Border, both were very neat.



We finally reached the Florida border at about 10am on August 22,2008 (we drove ALL night) I saw the first sunrise of my life! Already an adventure of firsts. As soon as we hit Florida we hit hurricane Fay head on! In all her fury we crawled along roads with speed limits of 70. We could not see the hoods of our cars, let alone cars in front of us! Trees were nearly bent to the ground and there were tornado warnings! Then they became the real thing. We kept hearing names of towns that TWO tornadoes had touched down in and where they were heading. Wouldn't you know they were saying the names of towns as we were seeing signs for them! Talk about feeling like you're in the middle of the Twister movie! It was thrilling and definately kept us alert since we were SICK of driving!!! We FINALLY reached our Apartment Leasing Office at 4pm August 22, 2008 (you got it 28 hours of driving). As we pulled into the complex, TJ loses his steering in his car! OH MAN!!! We bought power steering fluid only to find that was already full! THANK GOD THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON 95 or on Route 4 (Which is NOTHING like the Route 4 in VT)! He was able to drive it to the apartment and he hasn't been feeling well so I brought him to the doctor and found out he has mono! Poor kid, what else can go wrong?! lol We got his car towed to a mechanic and found out it was a belt that fell off!! What are the chances of it not falling off until we got here? After 1800 (roughly) miles!! Someone wanted us to make it here safely and was watching over us!



So this week has been busy with unpacking and settling in. We got our living room furniture in yesterday and it looks GREAT! Things are really coming together, now I just have to find a job! Liberty Mutual contacted me for an interview, so I have one tomorrow morning at 10. I was told it was a management position, so I am intrigued to see what they have to offer. :crosses fingers:




I will end here and will blog later. I should go get some more things and get my room organized! I can't sleep in it yet without a bed but I can certainly keep it clean so as to not get any critters!! EW! Thanks for visiting :) Stop by again, ya hear? ;)