Since my parents are on a cruise, I took supper to my grandmother tonight after church. Of course out of all the places to eat in Athens, she wanted McD's. As I was watching the closing ceremony of the Olympics, my grandmother asked," Are those men just painted or are they made out of stone?" She was referring to the Asian men dancing that were painted in white. I just looked at her and asked, "Nanny, what do you think?" Later, she informed me that my television would stop working in the year 3000 and I would have to get a new one. I am sure she has been seeing those commercials about T.V. stations going digital next year, but I just told her I didn't care I would be long gone before the year 3000, besides I am sure I would have needed a new television by then anyway. As I watched her put her tomato and cheese, (cheese she sliced herself because sliced cheese is too expensive), onto her sandwich I remembered something from my childhood. We lived just north of Birmingham until I was about five. After that we would take turns during the summer going and staying with my grandmother who still lived there. Every day we would go to Hardee's and every day my grandmother would pack her lettuce, tomato, and cheese before making the two mile trip to go eat. I always wondered why Hardee's didn't offer lettuce, tomato, and cheese on their burgers. I remember thinking I was going to make that suggestion one day and then I would be rich! Not until years later did I realize that Hardee's served lettuce, tomato, and cheese everyday! My grandmother was just too cheap to spend the fifty cents extra to add it to her sandwich. I remember turning around and going back to her house because she realized that she forgot that precious little Tupperware container that held her garnishes inside. She still has that container and still fills it and puts it in her purse when she goes to McDonald's. I don't know if I have told you but when my aunt got sick and came to stay with my grandmother, she forwarded her mail to my grandmother's house. A few weeks after this took place my parents decided to get the mail forwarded to their house (six houses down) because they were paying my aunt's bills and Nanny would get the mail and then lose it. They still have my grandmother's mail forwarded to their house. They are taking care of her bills and it just makes since. It's not like they keep things from her, they just sort the bills and then give her the rest. Anyway, a few weeks ago my parent's found out that my grandmother was walking up the their house and stealing the mail. She got caught because she asked if I received an invitation to a family reunion and said that she and my parents had. My parents never saw the invitation. Well, tonight as I was leaving I told her I was going to go get the newspaper from my parents' driveway. As she was walking back inside she yelled,"If you see any mail up there steal it and bring it to me!" I am beginning to think I should be scared of this woman because as she gets older she gets more sneaky! Okay, there is my Nanny story for the night! This week my DH has been working so hard on our dining room! He has the light fixtures, baseboard and crown molding left and then we can move everything in the room. Thank you Nick for taking your vacation and doing this! Well, I better finish up! Rebekah and I are going waking at five again!
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