Ok, ok, I know. It’s gonna start getting out of hand. You’re right. It will.
I have only one Grandparent still alive. My mom’s mom. She’s a fantastic lady. The age gap in our family is on average fairly wide. At least for my mom to her kids. She my mom was the first of several kids by several years. But she waited to have kids. Most of my cousins and their parents didn’t. Though that’s more based of their religion that wants them to have large families as soon as possible.
My Grandma is amazing. She’s 87 and still gets out to mow her own lawn and it’s not a small lawn either. If fact its funny to hear my mom tell me that she gets tired attempting to keep up with my Grandma. Grandma loves to go play slots at the casino as well. I don’t know if she wins, but that’s not the point. She gets on the internet and send e-mails and does IM chats. C’mon, she’s been around since before TV was created, so that’s pretty hip too.
I like to be the helpful Grandson. Last year I spent some time hanging in Park City. During that time I helped her cut down a tree in her front yard in Salt Lake City. We dug out Grandpa’s chainsaw which hadn’t been used in years (obviously he passed away a few years back). I got it running, made sure it wasn’t gonna blow the chain and hit me shrapnel and proceeded to help her chop up the tree into logs that she could burn in the fireplace. I suppose I could add Lumberjack to my resume. Hi, I’m the musician that can cut your tree down – uh, no.
I’m sure you’ve heard this song before. If not, then you must be under a rock and just climbing out. It’s fairly funny to me. It’s one of the songs I put on Christmas Present. I’ll likely present my version here shortly when it hits iTunes. Gotta support Dr. Elmo for a creative and funny Christmas song. I certainly hope my Grandma doesn’t succumb to such a fate.
Do you admire your Grandma?
(** Disclaimer: If Dr. Elmo loses his holiday cheer, I’ll lose his audio. The post will remain as the ode to Grandmas everywhere. **)