- Well where have I been?
- Planes, trains, and automobiles
- OK not trains
- No one has read my memo requesting transcontinental train fare the same price as the current equivalent of being in a glove box for half a day with the option to spend $20 on pesto salad, minus the pesto and minus the salad up higher in the air than anyone lets themselves think about
- I made a good business case
- We could fill those trains with middle aged women who like to knit and want to have their scissors and circulars handy
- And stretch their legs and play cards in the observation car
- Or take advantage of the five pieces of luggage currently allowed on most trains
- Listen there is a huge audience quite happy to be captive who has already figured out quite a few years ago that it is the journey that matters
- Tap this market
- Until they do I am left to wonder why on earth anyone has a beer in an airport bar at 7:30 a.m.
- Unless they are folks who are wishing for trains
- My trip to Berkeley to meet the new granddaughter was wonderful
- This one is going to be a real piece of work, highest of praises in this family
- She's starting out by being really good at being a baby
- So proud of my son who could work as a doula if the tech industry crashes
- Does the middle of the night feed with her one bottle of the day
- And changes sides to replicate the breast
- That's my boy
- And discovered this trip at Stonemountain that my DIL is a world class fabric shopper
- She feels every piece and drags the bolts around so she can put them together so she can decide which one would be best
- I am bringing a machine next time and we are getting right into it
- This is of course as good as it gets
- Made three meatloaves, 2.5 chicken pot pies and two curried vegetables for the freezer
- You can take the woman out of Nova Scotia
- Plus cookies from the NYTimes since I am old school but cool school
- I have missed you so much since you left my house
- But know I now where everything is in your kitchen
- I can let out my breath
- You are still you and I am still me
- Bless the daughter-in-law who gave me that back
- Going to be a wise mother
- Stopped over for a day in Vegas due to a flight cancelation
- First time I went there for a conference 20 years ago I thought it was glamorous
- This time I noticed the runs in the show girls stockings
- And the diaper sized safety pins holding some outfits together
- Doesn't matter how many feathers or how high the boots
- I still see students
- And want to ask them
- Does you mother know?
- Are you a mother?
- Maybe who was in the Rat Pack were rats
- No undoing that now, not going back
- Think the town knows that
- Came home and sewed some Love Notions North star pullovers
- Got to do my own best patterns list
- Might put that near the top
- Speaking of which
- At the top of my list of things I was not expecting
- Was the bidet contraption my husband attached to the toilet
- Surprise
- Your Christmas present!
- I recognize a man who remembered it was Christmas when he was in middle of the plumbing department
- Hopes he likes his pullover
- That man's a star
- Merry Christmas
- It feels like a very good one
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year xx
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas. I am a blog lurker of yours and just wanted to reach out and say how much I enjoy your posts. Keep on creating. Your flypaper thoughts are the best stream-of-consciousness posts I have read. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas! I love your flypaper thoughts, so real!
ReplyDeleteGlad you got to meet your granddaughter, and your d-i-l is lucky to have you for a m-i-l :) Here is to many hours of you two bonding around that sewing machine.
I hope I have your energy, wisdom, and positive attitude when I get to be your age! Right now I am enjoying the lull between my own babies (my oldest is 23, youngest 6) and the grandbabies to come (hopefully!!!)
God bless!
MERRY CHRISTMAS my dear cyber friend!!! I hope this is a magnificent day for your whole family. You have richly blessed my life and I give thanks for you. On to the new year!
ReplyDeleteAlways such fun to see a flypaper thoughts post from you! I think I will be making a trip to Stonemountain myself in the next month or so. Such a fun store.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and all of yours. Thank your all your blogs and laughs that ensue. Love the Flypaper additions. How about you get your DIL a machine and that way you don't have to drag one there. You can visit more often (hello, grandbaby) hold the grandbaby and teach her to sew. Jean
ReplyDeleteHaha, I love your comment about your husband and the bidet seat ”contraption “ he got you for Christmas! My husband got me one last year. It has a heated seat, which at first I thought was over the top but now I wouldn’t want to do without it. Spoiled, I guess! 😁
ReplyDeleteLove your posts. Merry Christmas to you and your family