"1st Grade"

I had a recent conversation with my sister about 1st grade....My # 1 grandaughter is starting 1st grade in a couple of weeks & she's so excited....I was thinking back to when I started 1st grade well over 50 yrs.ago & was wondering out loud if 50 yrs. from now will E remember her 1st day...I'm pretty sure she will, it's a big deal....I remember standing in front of our house smiling while dad took my picture, I had a lavender dress on, white socks, black shoes.(I think) or maybe I just remember cause I came across the picture recently but there's something else you don't know about me....I enjoyed 1st grade so much I decided to do it all over again at another school a year later...but I have no idea what I was wearing that day...& that my friends is all I have to say on the subject.....

"Laugh with Me"

I've had people tell me that I should write a book about all the crazy things that happen to me or all the funny things my grand kids say to me....I should at least write it down so I don't forget. So let's go back a couple of days ago....I spent the night over at Angie's .....the girls wanted me to "camp" out in their bedroom ....I'm glad it was inside & not out...A couple of people in my family know I DON'T like to sleep in a tent out side but thats a whole different story....anyway the girls had it all figured out how we were going to sleep...all on the floor...hard floor which isn't too kind on my hip or back but I can never say no to them... after all I'm the best "Oma" in the whole wide world...So we told stories, and a few minutes later they were sound asleep....and then I got up & slept in E's bed, around 2:30 A.M 1 twinkie made her way into the bed.....a while later the other twinkie showed up.....& then E made her way into the bed...so there we were all four of us together in that tiny bed....& Angie's right... these girls do not sleep late at all...they were up at 6:00 A.M with books for me to read.....& all I could think of was I needed COFFEE & lots of it if I was going to make it through the day....and thank goodness Chris came to the rescue when he came upstairs & said Oma a pot of coffee is brewing now .(.your a good son-in-law)....Let me leave you now with this ....I locked my self in the bath room so I could get dressed , doorknob turning....Oma let me in...no I say ...I'm getting dressed, I'll be out in a min...."..Oma, I promise I will not laugh.."

" 1 FLEA = 10,000 or MORE"

My world has been taken over by flea's. Where they came from or how they got into my house is beyond me,but the last month has been a nightmare. I have tried just about everything. Today I'm going to set off one of those bombs but in order to do that I must get up now & leave the house for a few hours. Today of all days when I had no where to go but it's 11:30 & I'm still sitting ....get up Jane & just leave already....ok, I'm going now...wish me luck that I finally get rid of them for good or I may have to call some one who knows what they are doing cause I sure don't....

"CHANGING"

Never say never cause sooner or later you will eat your words.....what I mean is ..it's never too late to change and that is exactly whats been happing to me..After 30 + yrs. my house has looked the same but somewhere along the line I just got tired of it..I've been watching to many home improvement shows & somewhere in my brain I wanted something fresh, bright & in the 21st century....no wonder every one is in shock, it's not me, every one who knows me knows I don't like change, I will kick & scream before that happens.....maybe some one came in the middle of the night & took me & left a pod that looks like me ....ok now thats just plain weird...my point is... my house is in one big fat mess right now and day by day I see what I had in mind what I wanted my house to look like and I love it....why oh why did I wait so long........

"BIRTHDAY'S"

I was sitting here reflecting on another Birthday & wondering why this ONE happens to bother me more...I'm not 50 or 55....but happen to be 57 right at this very moment....so why is it making me crazy you ask...heck if I know, I really couldn't come up with anything that made sence...Some one once told me that as you get older the years go by faster and it's true, the last 7yr's flew by me so fast it's a blur....So if anyone is turning 50 soon youv'e been warned...I will embrace 57 with everything she has coming my way this year,the good, the bad & the ugly...& be thankful for  it all...and to my parents when I said it was just another day, nothing special..I was wrong....my dad let me know that it was special to him. Another lesson learned in my ripe old age..:)

"Last Week"

Lets just say if it's going to happen, 9 times out of 10 it will happen to me....Last week was one the worst weeks I've ever had & I've had a few but it's been awhile...got my new credit card, my water line is being put in Now...Sorry my mind was drifting to that hot shower....any way..got a new microwave yesterday, took it out of box & well it has a nice big dent on top & no hubby didn't drop it....so now back to the store we will go before they think we did the damage...sigh...& I didn't get it at my local Wal-Mat.....I got it in Springville...on a bright note maybe I can visit my sister, she lives in Springville ....she's off work this week but didn't tell anybody so with my luck lately she may not even answer the door....I take that back she did tell my parents & my Mom told me so it really isn't a secret ...Have fun this week Cindy!! Back to my problems of the week , no wait this is a new week right ,well lets hope that it's better than the last....I'm counting on it..:)

"ME"

Jane's World which also happens to be me has been out of touch for awhile....oh I've been around, just haven't had the time for this little blog that I started a few months ago..Hang in there my few follower's, or any new fans that might be interested in my day to day, week by week ever changing life ...Really, who could be that interested in what I have to say.... my hubby pretends to listen but who is he kidding & my cat...well he takes after my hubby...so if your willing to read this little blog, I will continue to write....Excuse me for now but my 3 grandaughter's NEED some junk food.....

"HAIR"

I wrote a post the other day about the change in my hair color....funny thing is nobody notice...How can that be...it is dark red. How can you sit in a room day after day hour after hour & not notice..not one person has said anything, zip, nada. Not my daughter, not my brother,not my parents not even hubby..OR maybe they have notice but thought it best to keep their mouth shut in fear of hurting  my feelings...in any case by the time they do notice it will be gray again...& next time I will think before I waste 10 bucks on hair color that no one will notice anyway...except me of course & thats all that matters anyway..right. :o)

My "Hair"

Every once in awhile I get in the mood to do some changing in the way I look....so I decided to do away with the gray that has been bugging me..I pretty much like my gray hair but in the winter I look washed out, dull ,frumpy whatever. What was I thinking when I decided to do this?  I got a wild hair & now my hair is wild & a dark red....really, I bought a box of hair color that said light brown...but somehow I forgot the fact there is a red tint to my hair & before you ask.. there will be no pictures ! Why oh why didn't I just let my girl who cuts my hair deal with this .So anyway I'm going to head over to my parent's house & get their reaction..& tonight I will get hubby's reaction, he might not even notice, but he will, thats how different I look. It makes me look younger & if you see me walking down the street you might think there's a new girl on the block looking good!!!!!!!

Birthday Wishes

I was waiting 37 yrs ago for my 1st born daughter...she was 2 weeks late....I don't blame her for not wanting to come out, it was a cold , winter day. It seems like only yesterday that she was placed on my chest for a few short minutes & I named her right then & there but it wasn't the name I had picked , I changed my mind just like that...I'm sure she's glad she didn't have to go through life being called Heidi...what was I thinking but hey it was the 70's & I was young very young in today's world where women are waiting later in life to start a family but on the eve of her Birthday I wanted her to know how proud I am to be her mother & that she is everything I hoped she would be & more...Happy Birthday Angie !!!

Death To Life....Sister's

I wrote this almost 11yrs ago when my grandmother passed away.......Hard to believe it's been that long. Time has a way of moving on but some days it's harder to live without "Mammaw". I hear her voice, I see her in the beauty that surrounds me, she is in my thoughts. My sister's and I come together to remember things that one of us has forgotten, it's putting pieces of a puzzle together. Sometimes I just forget or maybe I blocked it out or whatever the case may be they fill in the blanks..We help each other cope with a lost that almost devastated us in a way no one can understand except the 3 of us. Mammaw's death gave us a connection we never had before...don't get me wrong, we have always been close but it's different now...somehow I believe it was meant to happen that way. We go about our lives every day but we come together every now & then to remember, cry, laugh & mourn a woman who knew she was loved by everyone but most of all by 3 sister's who wanted her to stay a little while longer,....Today we are very STRONG women...Thank you Judy & Cindy for holding me up when I couldn't stand on my own...