Kind of a big deal. (lol to the one person who will get that joke)
Today is Wednesday, January 27th. It's also Superfrydad's birthday. I made biscuits & sausage gravy for breakfast. That's probably the extent of his celebration because he's not really much on cake. But this post is not about him. (He is 44, if you were wondering.)
We got many warnings that this storm had the potential to be a massive amount of snow & blizzard like conditions. It didn't start until Friday afternoon, but I got my milk & bread on Tuesday & I am glad I did. Local grocery stores were wiped out. There were no shovels to be found and I think probably a lot of donuts & wine were purchased.
Friday morning I called my grandmother, aka the Don (read about that here), I knew she would be alone and I asked her if she wanted to come and stay with us.
She said no.
So I told her to pack her bag because we might come and take her by force.
She said she'd think about it and call me back.
So I said ok.
Only the Don can be threatened to be kidnapped and then make you wait to see if it's ok with her.
So after a little while she called back and said her bag was packed & to come and pick her up.
So we did. She had her giant shopping bag filled, her crossword puzzle packed, and her flip phone charged. We grabbed a 6 pack of mini cans of Schweppe's ginger ale, and out the door we went. (She likes Schweppe's because "it's caffeine free and I think it tastes better". I don't know if she knows that all gingerale is caffeine free, but felt it was best to nod and agree that Schweppe's is clearly a superior ginger ale.)
We have a woodstove in our basement where we watch TV. I generally stay upstairs because I'm fat & am always hot. As in sweaty hot, not sexy hot. Just wanted to clarify in case you were confused.
Anyway.
The Don is always cold. She's thin & she's almost 84. So we had to keep the stove cranking. She sat by the stove in her sweatshirt, fuzzy slippers, and fuzzy blanket on her legs pretty much the whole time. We watched the Game Show Network, which she does not have, but we might have to get her for her birthday. She likes Family Feud with Steve Harvey and we also watched Deal or No Deal a lot.
I thought the Don would get antsy & want to go home. I figured she would not be able to sleep in Superfrykid's bed. But she actually had a good time and said she wanted to take the bed & comforter home with her. We played Scrabble & Sorry, both of which she claimed to never have played. I'm not so sure.
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| The Don & Superfrykid playing Sorry. The Don won. |
She told us lots of different stories from her "other lifetimes" as she calls them. We watched The Unsinkable Molly Brown starring Debbie Reynolds and we also watched Frozen, which the Don had never seen.
Side note: At the end when Prince Hans goes to kiss Anna & then says, "Oh Anna. If only there was someone out there who did love you", the Don hissed, "What a cad!".
The funniest thing that happened was on the first night. I was in the bedroom folding clothes & Superfrykid & the Don were out on the couch. Superfrykid was showing her a game on her Kindle. Then I heard them both giggling and then a pause, and then more giggling, another pause, and so on. I walked out to see what they were laughing at and it was a fart app. Superfrykid would select a different fart noise and they would both crack up. I wish I had a hidden camera. It was hilarious.
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| The Don & Superfrykid |
Someone posted this on facebook & we watched it together. She said it was true, and I think it's a good reminder to all of us that it's what is on the inside that matters.
