Make Room for Granma

We got back from our vacation Saturday evening and Sunday morning we were making room for Granma Marcie to come live with us.  Chuck is incredible. Of course I've always said that about him.....that he's the most incredible man I've ever known.  I suppose that's a good thing when a wife can say that about her husband. Anyway....Granma Marcie will be 103 in October. Can you imagine.....103 years old.  She's amazing

Before we left on our vacation, we talked about the possibility of Granma coming to live with us. We presented the idea to my folks and they said they would think about it.  When we came back, we asked if they had given the offer any consideration, to which they said, they had, and now here she is with us.

Chuck and I went to get her, and her things.  We brought her bed and bedding, all her pictures and wall hangings, clothes, toiletries, you know, all the things that make a house a home.   She has an old antique bed, I put an antique dressing table with a mirror in there along with a rocking chair she had when she was first married to Granpa Dan, along with all the old pictures she has... I think she was happy. She went into her room and looked around and pointed to a picture of herself and said something like, "Oh, that's a good picture of me"  She's a hoot.

Chuck took his big truck to load up all of Granma's things......it has "Chuck's Window Cleaning" written all over it.  Granma and I were following.  She pointed to his truck and said "There goes Chuck" Yep Granma there he goes.  Then she asked me "Who's Chuck's wife?"  I said "I'm Chuck's wife" and she said "You're Chuck's wife?" and I said "yep" She smiled and didn't say any more about that until bed time.  I was tucking her in and she got this little twinkle in her eye,  she smiled and sort of chuckeled, putting her finger on my nose she said "I'm glad you're Chuck's wife and by the way where's my teefees?"  I can't help but smile.  I told her they were in the bathroom.  She said she thought she might need them. So we went back into the bathroom and got her teefees.  TEEFEES?  .......False Teeth......

The dinner I fixed tonight wasn't very good.  Chuck was disappointed and I felt bad.  Granma didn't seem to mind, she cleaned her plate.  I told her Chuck didn't like the meatloaf and she laughed. I'm glad she can still laugh.  She doesn't say a whole lot and when she does talk it's pretty hard to understand, she slurrs her words  and babbles.  But there are moments when she is as clear as a bell.  I love those times.

My friend brought over a wheel chair today. My new motto.....Have Granma will travel.  It's a heavy wheel chair.  I mean H.E.A.V.Y. but I got that sucker in the trunk of my car.  A few months back dad and I went to Cabellas and Granma Marcie was with us.  Dad put her in one of their wheel chairs and she was loving it.  She waved at everyone.  It was like she was the queen of a parade. She likes to go, so do I.  I'm thinking having her here could be an adventure for both of us.  I can hardly wait to see what tomorrow brings.