okay, I am back
I am having a hard time concentrating on what I should be doing right now so I will write this then get back to the grind.
First off, the weekend was great. I love all these folks as much as I ever did and it was great fun getting to know them all over again. the cast of characters is: mom=H, dad=C Step dad is M, and kids are St=16 yo boy, Sa=15 yo girl, Ni=11 yo boy, Na=9 yo boy. All the kids are great.
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Sa is going through her teenage years and is sooo much nicer than I was at that age, but still descends to being barely human at times. St is a really great guy, kind, thoughtful, sensitive, caring. He tries to parent the little ones when they misbehave and it is so touching. Ni is the last one that I really spent any time with and he was only 2 or a little older. He is very quiet and sensitive, but a hard working boy. Since he is less assertive than the other kids he gets less attention until he gets mad or pouty. He is an interesting combination of little boy and almost teenager. He reminds me of me. They have one picture of me on the wall with Ni in my lap. Na is the baby of the family, and I just wanted to take him home. I taught him how to knit and spin while I was there and although he struggled a lot he wouldn't give up. Love, love love these guys. All of them. They introduce me as Aunt Rita still. Big fat happy tears.
Friday was a little weird, but I made good time getting out there and walked into a seeming hornet's nest upon arrival. I stayed at the Dusty Rose Ranch. H and M have not been getting along and it is so obvious. She told me that she is leaving soon and I have decided she is doing the right thing. He never stopped picking on her and railing on her about how she is raising her kids. When she wasn't in the room he just couldn't stop talking. I haven't been around such a big blabbermouth in a long time. It was just so annoying. He went on and on about racing stats for the horses they raise at the ranch and the birds that they raise at the ranch. I told her that her husband had all of her ExH's bad qualities without any of his endearing ones. Yeah, go ahead and get single, you have my full support. He likes those horses alot more than he likes her, so he can keep them. She has made plans to live at C's with the kids until her new place is ready. she can't do it soon enough if you ask me.
C is almost never home. He is touring with a blues band that is definately doing well. They are going to be in Europe in June, and have a gig in Dallas in July. Some or all of the kids may come with and stay with me if the band doesn't go on an extended tour that week. *squeee* It is so obvious that he loves his kids and they love him. Very cool guy indeed.
Saturday was our day to go to the fiber rendezvous. I brought fiber and yarn to be dyed, and dropped that off, I thought that was going to be more of a demo or workshop but it was just a drop off and pick up later thing. I dropped off 3 bundles to be dyed and left. We walked around, visited with all the vendors, I bought more woodbeams, she bought some of Aubrey's soap. We went to see Tres Hermanas and talked to them at length. I may soon have a retail outlet for my patterns! The funny thing was that I dropped off roving and when they were done I came back and picked up what I thought was mine, but turned out to be someone alse's mohair locks and silk hankies. They were starting to pack up so I went to pick up my rovings which were tied in cheesecloth. There were only two bundles that could have possibly been mine so I grabbed them, walked over to the facilitator and showed her what I had. She nodded that it was okay, gave me the reciept and we left. I untied them when we got back to the ranch and discovered we had the wrong stuff when it was too late. We also sat under a covered pavillion and I gave drop spindle lessons to H and another lady who just happened to wander by. H took to spindle spinning like nobody's business and we sat happilly spinning for an hour or so. That evening I started teaching Na and H how to knit and Na how to spin.
Sunday M went to a horse race and H had to work half a day so I got to stay at home with the kids all to myself. It was the greatest. Ni made breakfast sandwiches for all of us and St made banana bread. I played X-box with the boys while Sa just kinda hung out. It was domestic bliss. We woke up C at noon (he just got back from a two week tour at 8am) and went to lunch, celebrated Mother's day with H, went shopping, gave more brief knitting and spinning lessons to Ni, Na and H, then took St to the ranch he lives on now. He told me he loved me before we left. More big fat happy tears. Eventually got back to the ranch to load up and drive home. Note so self: look for wookchuck niddy-noddy ASAP. Edit: found niddy noddy (whew)
In 100 years it will not matter what you wore, what kind of car you drove or how much money you had. The only thing that lasts is the difference you make in the life of a child.
First off, the weekend was great. I love all these folks as much as I ever did and it was great fun getting to know them all over again. the cast of characters is: mom=H, dad=C Step dad is M, and kids are St=16 yo boy, Sa=15 yo girl, Ni=11 yo boy, Na=9 yo boy. All the kids are great.
Cut for extreme length...
Sa is going through her teenage years and is sooo much nicer than I was at that age, but still descends to being barely human at times. St is a really great guy, kind, thoughtful, sensitive, caring. He tries to parent the little ones when they misbehave and it is so touching. Ni is the last one that I really spent any time with and he was only 2 or a little older. He is very quiet and sensitive, but a hard working boy. Since he is less assertive than the other kids he gets less attention until he gets mad or pouty. He is an interesting combination of little boy and almost teenager. He reminds me of me. They have one picture of me on the wall with Ni in my lap. Na is the baby of the family, and I just wanted to take him home. I taught him how to knit and spin while I was there and although he struggled a lot he wouldn't give up. Love, love love these guys. All of them. They introduce me as Aunt Rita still. Big fat happy tears.
Friday was a little weird, but I made good time getting out there and walked into a seeming hornet's nest upon arrival. I stayed at the Dusty Rose Ranch. H and M have not been getting along and it is so obvious. She told me that she is leaving soon and I have decided she is doing the right thing. He never stopped picking on her and railing on her about how she is raising her kids. When she wasn't in the room he just couldn't stop talking. I haven't been around such a big blabbermouth in a long time. It was just so annoying. He went on and on about racing stats for the horses they raise at the ranch and the birds that they raise at the ranch. I told her that her husband had all of her ExH's bad qualities without any of his endearing ones. Yeah, go ahead and get single, you have my full support. He likes those horses alot more than he likes her, so he can keep them. She has made plans to live at C's with the kids until her new place is ready. she can't do it soon enough if you ask me.
C is almost never home. He is touring with a blues band that is definately doing well. They are going to be in Europe in June, and have a gig in Dallas in July. Some or all of the kids may come with and stay with me if the band doesn't go on an extended tour that week. *squeee* It is so obvious that he loves his kids and they love him. Very cool guy indeed.
Saturday was our day to go to the fiber rendezvous. I brought fiber and yarn to be dyed, and dropped that off, I thought that was going to be more of a demo or workshop but it was just a drop off and pick up later thing. I dropped off 3 bundles to be dyed and left. We walked around, visited with all the vendors, I bought more woodbeams, she bought some of Aubrey's soap. We went to see Tres Hermanas and talked to them at length. I may soon have a retail outlet for my patterns! The funny thing was that I dropped off roving and when they were done I came back and picked up what I thought was mine, but turned out to be someone alse's mohair locks and silk hankies. They were starting to pack up so I went to pick up my rovings which were tied in cheesecloth. There were only two bundles that could have possibly been mine so I grabbed them, walked over to the facilitator and showed her what I had. She nodded that it was okay, gave me the reciept and we left. I untied them when we got back to the ranch and discovered we had the wrong stuff when it was too late. We also sat under a covered pavillion and I gave drop spindle lessons to H and another lady who just happened to wander by. H took to spindle spinning like nobody's business and we sat happilly spinning for an hour or so. That evening I started teaching Na and H how to knit and Na how to spin.
Sunday M went to a horse race and H had to work half a day so I got to stay at home with the kids all to myself. It was the greatest. Ni made breakfast sandwiches for all of us and St made banana bread. I played X-box with the boys while Sa just kinda hung out. It was domestic bliss. We woke up C at noon (he just got back from a two week tour at 8am) and went to lunch, celebrated Mother's day with H, went shopping, gave more brief knitting and spinning lessons to Ni, Na and H, then took St to the ranch he lives on now. He told me he loved me before we left. More big fat happy tears. Eventually got back to the ranch to load up and drive home. Note so self: look for wookchuck niddy-noddy ASAP. Edit: found niddy noddy (whew)
In 100 years it will not matter what you wore, what kind of car you drove or how much money you had. The only thing that lasts is the difference you make in the life of a child.