Times are good (Re-title by Mod)

daytrader · #1 09/09/07, 02:09 AM

We moved most of our assets to Florida. No state tax and cheaper realestate taxes.

Still have to come home for the elected job, community and for our family.

We took a vacation to Alaska and came back here. We have been crashing in the store. There is a small 600 sq foot apartment in the back.

This also helpped my mother out as she had a cornea transplant last week. She dosn't need to be up here working the 18 hour days right now.

Yet of course she was under a house trailer yesterday with a 10 pound sledge hammer setting axles.

I had to remind her to QUIT IT! She is to be on home rest with NO lifting and only needed activity. No banging around on steel with hammers.

This am she woke me up at 5am to see if I had the gravy on. SHE WAS NOT DRIVING a car. As her lic is on Medical hold. She drove up here in our Case skid steer.

I told her it was on and asked why she didn't just call. She couldn't figure the new phone out. So grabed the skid steer keys as it was the nearest engine (been raining here).

I asked her if she was coming in today. She replied "no I found some work to do with this today". No wander my mother understand me.

Nothing I can do. Folks wander Why I am a mamas boy. We are just alike.

Its fun to come around home. You can leave and always come back to visit.

I have my city meeting Monday other wise I would be back down in Florida. The mother is doing just fine. She needs no baby sitter, just sometimes I feel I need to show my face to add encouragment.

I am my mothers best freind. SHE HAS HUNDREDS of freinds. That is not exagerated. She runs our store every day. She is old and a bizzy body. Plenty of freinds. Old, young and middle aged folks. Just I and my wife are her best freinds. I am not an only child.

Everyone that has ever met her and met me understands. I am her child.lol

donsgal · #2 09/09/07, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by daytrader

We moved most of our assets to Florida. No state tax and cheaper realestate taxes.

Still have to come home for the elected job, community and for our family.

We took a vacation to Alaska and came back here. We have been crashing in the store. There is a small 600 sq foot apartment in the back.

This also helpped my mother out as she had a cornea transplant last week. She dosn't need to be up here working the 18 hour days right now.

Yet of course she was under a house trailer yesterday with a 10 pound sledge hammer setting axles.

I had to remind her to QUIT IT! She is to be on home rest with NO lifting and only needed activity. No banging around on steel with hammers.

This am she woke me up at 5am to see if I had the gravy on. SHE WAS NOT DRIVING a car. As her lic is on Medical hold. She drove up here in our Case skid steer.

I told her it was on and asked why she didn't just call. She couldn't figure the new phone out. So grabed the skid steer keys as it was the nearest engine (been raining here).

I asked her if she was coming in today. She replied "no I found some work to do with this today". No wander my mother understand me.

Nothing I can do. Folks wander Why I am a mamas boy. We are just alike.

Its fun to come around home. You can leave and always come back to visit.

I have my city meeting Monday other wise I would be back down in Florida. The mother is doing just fine. She needs no baby sitter, just sometimes I feel I need to show my face to add encouragment.

I am my mothers best freind. SHE HAS HUNDREDS of freinds. That is not exagerated. She runs our store every day. She is old and a bizzy body. Plenty of freinds. Old, young and middle aged folks. Just I and my wife are her best freinds. I am not an only child.

Everyone that has ever met her and met me understands. I am her child.lol

Dang. I wish I had her energy level and I am only 52! I can't even LIFT a 10 pound hammer with one arm (yeah, yeah, what a wimp).

She sounds like one amazing lady to me. And it sounds like you are a pretty amazing son too!

donsgal

daytrader · #3 09/09/07, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by donsgal

Dang. I wish I had her energy level and I am only 52! I can't even LIFT a 10 pound hammer with one arm (yeah, yeah, what a wimp).

She sounds like one amazing lady to me. And it sounds like you are a pretty amazing son too!

donsgal

She is, I kinda hold family relation so take it for what you will. She is hard for me and my hired help to keep up with. VERY HARD! I have listend to many folks say "I will work for you but not for her". Well she is a VP of my Corp. So you work for the company.

My grand Mother was the same way. I have NO IDEA were that woman got her energy. I wish I could keep up.

She died getting excited to come help unload two trailers of scrap metal at 95 years of age. She got up very happy to see us came out half way across the yard hit the ground. Brain burst got her. MANY of us were there. A amublance could not have made any better time. My workers and she made it to the ER before I did. I could not keep up.

It was hard for everyone that worked for us. She was Grand Ma. MOST did not know her name. She was Grand ma. I am sure others know what I mean. I would guess there are others like this.

Folks that worked for me KNEW they could drop off their kids with her so the couple could go out. Grand Ma would take care of the kids. Grand Ma always had a gun you could barrow to target practice with. Grand Ma didn't judge. Grand Ma would drive a truck. She didn't know anything about liceanses.

Grand Ma was always right there with ANYTING you needed other then money. That she would not give you as she didn't have any.

Last Thursday The wife and I were at WalMart and My wife found one of her old frineds from High School. I knew her only as she ran with a budy of mine.

She came up with Your Grand Ma saved us so many times. I DIDN'T even know she knew her! If I did I would have dated her. SHE WAS AND STILL IS HOT!

Now, do not get me wrong. "Grand Ma" was not perfect. She would always work. She would chase down a noise and hunting seemed silly to her. She could ask anyone to go take care of a noise for her. That a animal caused. She would TELL YOU to shut it down. Be quiet and STOP!

She would also SHOOT at you if you did not get quiet after she asked you. DIDN'T MATTER IF you were family. She only asked one time. She didn't ask for ANY favors other then there is a animal that is bothering me will you take care of it.

There are still folks like this around, just not as many as before. MANY are afraid of the kids now.

They new what they were dealing with "back then" now they are not sure. Folks words are not what they used to be.

daytrader · #4 09/12/07, 02:43 AM

We are best friends, yet we are also enemies. While I am her child. I have some of my father in me as well.

We argue like there is not tomorrow. We do not have knock down drag outs or anything like that. Just discussions on things.

My being on the Village and County elected levels. It gets even more controversial.

My wife and I were sitting at the old lady table this am. My mother and 4 of her friends with my wife. My father (took the week off as he is retired) walks in and ask My wife want to go out to eat. My wife said let me see. His response. They will be in this for hours. They live to drive each other nuts. My father and my wife LOVE food. They both cook well.

Just sometimes its hard. I have had folks tell me how can you deal with her. We talk. We communicate. WE DO NOT ALWAYS AGREE. Some times I have to put her in her place. Other times she puts me in my place. On our thoughts.

I do not understand everything she dose. Most I do. She doesn't understand everything I do. Most she dose.

All that matters at the end of the day. Is money. As long as there is not money problems. We argue about ANYTHING and Everything. Its what we do.

When she has folks that need to learn how to get some coin. She sends them to me. When I need someone to learn managing coin I send them to her.

I had an older lady (about 70-75) Ella ask me. Since you do not have a "real job". Can you cut my grass tomorrow? Ella doesn't understand I work 16+ hours a for 6 days a week. But sure I can call off work to mow your grass tomorrow. I am self employed. I could not say no. I would NEVER feel right if I did so.

I had two of my hired hands come help me ON THE CLOCK to mow her grass. We did a nice job. We also had to sit with her for 2 hours. See all her collectibles and hear again about her past husband. Kinda upset me to GO do it. But once there. I owe it to folks like this. It cost me about 800 bucks to mow that lawn and spend time with her. Was it worth it? You have to do what you have to do. She asked me.

I really do not see in my area the respect older folks used to get from younger folks.

Around here in the fall the older folks THAT DO NOT NEED to be out raking leaves. They are out there taking care of their places. MOST say they are just waiting for SOME kid to come offer to do it for 10 bucks or so. It doesn't seem to happen around here anymore.

90 degrees out the old folks are out there mowing their grass. They have a 20 dollar bill and a kid could use their mower. JUST NO CHILD AROUND HERE OFFERS.

Dose anyone else see this problem in their area? I can handle my ma. Just I worry about the older folks. MANY of them will not ask. It is not in them to do so. They grew up right.