Today's Funny Family Member: Granny

I am extremely behind in Blogland which is not good because next week I will be without a computer from the 23rd-26th as my husband is going away to Dublin for research, needs the computer, and I can't go with him. 
*insert hysterical crying here*


This basically means that I am going to be locked away in my room for 3 days reading my Kindle and watching whatever random crap is on TV to keep me from going insane. If I'm lucky, I will get enough courage to take myself to the park nearby to read if the sun is out...but the thought of going out anywhere on my own is almost enough to make me break out into stress sweats, so I better move on and not think about it.

As I mentioned in my post on Monday, I was feeling very unwell. Tuesday was surprisingly good and we even managed to go on a picnic to the park since the sun decided it was finally due to visit Ireland again this year. Yesterday, I was fine in the morning and we went to a small gallery at the University to see some old Irish book that was on display (and the name of which I can't remember), but when we came out I all of a sudden felt like I was going to barf and pass out all at the same time. We sat on a bench for a while until I felt alright enough to walk home but I discovered that walking make the nausea worse, especially if I walked downhill. Luckily we made it home and then a killer of a headache hit. I was out the rest of the day, stuck in bed and in the dark. We were able to watch Bedknobs and Broomsticks, which was fun amongst the pounding head and churning stomach. Thankfully I am feeling fine so far today. 


For your laugh today, I'm sharing more family stories. This is one that I posted back in October 2005 about my Granny. I start it by saying that "she is one of the sweetest women I will ever know" but she is also one of the strongest women I will ever know. This last time we were back in the States, she was going through chemo and radiation for her 5th bout with cancer. She has had all sorts of different types of cancer over her lifetime but she has always come through and never let it get her down. Branden and I were able to help her out when we were back and her positive attitude never wavered. She is done with treatment and recovering slowly, but recovering none the less. Granny is my namesake so she will always be such a part of me.

My Sweet Innocent Granny

My granny is one of the sweetest women I will ever know. I was lucky enough to get to live with her for about 6 months last year, and she would buy me little surprises every now and then. On Valentines day, I came home to find a red velvet bag with heart socks and red 'love cuffs'. I of course was slightly shocked at the fact my granny bought me handcuffs but then I had to remember she isn't so up on the ways of people today. When I thanked her for the gifts she said, "I just had to get you those handcuffs. I thought they were so cute and thought maybe you could use them on your youth group kids!" (at the time I was teaching middle/high school youth group and Sunday school). All I could do was laugh and think in my head, "Oh sure, I'm sure Marykay Laternou used them on her kids too!" 

Well, I am proud of my granny and I'm proud of her naiveness, so I proudly hung the handcuffs from my rearview mirror. They are there to this day and have only been taken off once because my mom took my car to church one morning and was too embarrassed to been seen with them!