Olde-Fashioned Goodness

Hi, everyone. How’s it goin’?

It’s goin’ okay here. My sisters and I have been busy trying to finish up clearing out Mom’s house. We enlisted the help of my Hubby, son and nephew over the weekend to move the heavy stuff.

It’s so amazing going through the things we find. Memories long-forgotten come flooding back, and it is simply unbelievable how vivid they are! As difficult as it has been, it has also been fun and amusing at times. And speaking of fun and amusing, we found a little hard-back notebook of my Grandmother’s which says “Memorandum Book” across the front in fancy gold script. When I opened it, I discovered an account of our Grandparents’ honeymoon trip in 1928, written all in Grandma’s hand. It made me smile inside and out, laugh right out loud, and even get all teary-eyed at times. I was thinking that I might share some of it here with you in “installments”. What do you think? Would you enjoy reading it? Or do you think it’s only fun and interesting to me because it’s about my grandparents? Let me know in the comments if you’d like me to share it, k?

I’m worried about my son, David. He’s having what I believe to be a “relapse” of the West Nile Virus he contracted about 7 weeks ago. He began running a fever again tonight, and is complaining once again of headache, sore throat, body aches and a back ache, just like when it all first started! The Doc said if this happened he should go back in to see her, so I told him he was definitely going tomorrow, to which he replied, “We’ll see”. Grrrrr! MEN!! lol He said he wants to wait a couple of days to see how he feels. Double Grrrrr! Then he said, “Besides, I have a haircut appt. tomorrow”, like that’s way more important! Triple Grrrrrr!! Yeah, well … HE’S the one who’s gonna see - what Mama says goes!! ;)

Well, I’m gonna head for bed. Hope ya’ll have a wonderful Wednesday!

((((huggers))))

12 Responses to “Olde-Fashioned Goodness”

  1. mary lou
    September 22nd, 2004 at 10:09 am

    Of COURSE we want to read it!!! I love stories of true lives long ago!!

    Is it just my eyes or is the body of this blog hard to read? I can barely see the printing. Gads I need glasses

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  2. cowgirl
    September 22nd, 2004 at 11:34 am

    share it! share it!

    Men are IMPOSSIBLE to get to go to the doctor. must prove they are tough, I guess. *laugh*

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  3. cassie-b
    September 22nd, 2004 at 6:08 pm

    I’d love to hear what your Grandmother had to say.

    What an emotional weekend for you all. And I hope David is feeling better.

    Cas

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  4. Debbie
    September 22nd, 2004 at 7:17 pm

    Bring on that wonderful old-fashioned goodness!
    Yeah…men and doctors. *rolling my eyes*

    Hope David is feeling heaps better today, Leigh.

    And a message for Dave…Do what your mama says!! lol

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  5. Marsha
    September 24th, 2004 at 5:06 am

    I would love to hear your grandparents story! Men are such babies when they’re sick. Hope David feels better soon.

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  6. Leslie
    September 24th, 2004 at 5:59 am

    Absolutely we’d love to read about their honeymoon. Love stories never, ever grow old.

    As for Mr. We’ll See, best he get his butt back to that doctor and quit messin’ around. This doesn’t sound like something to be cavalier about, though I’m sure he’ll see it your way. Moms are goodl like that.

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  7. Diane
    September 25th, 2004 at 8:08 pm

    Hope your baby is feeling better soon and hope isn’t a setback illness.

    As for the Memorandum Book, that sounds like a treasure, looking forward to reading it if you do share. ((hugs))

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  8. Susan
    September 26th, 2004 at 8:55 am

    I loved finding small treaures when we went through my mothers things…it brought on many emotions as well.

    I think that you should share the passages of the book, not because anyone else would want you to, but because it touched your heart to do so.

    As for your son…he sounds like a typical male.

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  9. aithne
    September 26th, 2004 at 10:27 am

    I would love to read it! I think you are doing so well working through all of this. It is so time consuming and emotionally consuming.

    That West Nile is unbelievable. Sorry you all have to go through that.

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  10. Michelle
    September 28th, 2004 at 11:35 am

    Leigh, I too, would love to read the stories.

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  11. Theo
    September 28th, 2004 at 4:49 pm

    how’s the son? how’s your hair? how’s you?

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  12. Martie
    September 29th, 2004 at 7:34 pm

    I am finally feeling better to cruise my blog friends and wanted to say HI. I am sorry about your son and all the work you are putting in cleaning your mom’s home.

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