Thursday 19 June 2014

Granddaughter diary, day 3....


Another reasonable bedtime turned into a read-fest till I went up just before 1am and took the book away and turned off the light, at least she slept for the next 9 hours.

So eventually we got out as we'd planned a bit of beach combing for shells and stones.

She was collecting and paddling 
and getting totally soaked :-)
Perfect weather for it.
Washing and drying.
Brush out all loose stuff and 
coat with a diluted pva wash.
We used a render repair cement.



Our project is to pretty up the patio brick wall that has been affected by frost and some of the bricks have lost their facings. R made a very good job of decorating two bricks and we'll see how they dry out before doing any more.

In the evening she went bowling with Granddad but just as a spectator as it's a league night. 

R's conversations often start with an awkward question that it's really difficult to answer because some things we just accept and mostly it's personal opinion, but good to stop and think eh? 
" ...and another thing, I know manners like not eating with your mouth open is necessary because that's just disgusting, but why is it rude to have your elbows on the table? "
"...and another thing, I can understand saying thank you is good but why do we need please if we've asked for something nicely is just an extra word?"
Today's was...
" ...and another thing, why are old people always embarrassed about their age? "
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4 comments:

Michelle said...

Old people aren't always embarrassed about their age. It seems to me that once people hit their 80's they are keen to tell everyone how old they are. Especially if they are still very active, as in how amazing I'm still so active and I'm 84! or if they want extra attention and want to feel cosseted, be extra nice to me and worry about me a lot as I'm old at 84 years old.

We have one of each!

So I think R is talking about people in their 40's being coy about their age unless they're a young grandmother and this (the being coy about age) does happen but I take offence at being called old!

Michelle said...

Old people aren't always embarrassed about their age. It seems to me that once people hit their 80's they are keen to tell everyone how old they are. Especially if they are still very active, as in how amazing I'm still so active and I'm 84! or if they want extra attention and want to feel cosseted, be extra nice to me and worry about me a lot as I'm old at 84 years old.

We have one of each!

So I think R is talking about people in their 40's being coy about their age unless they're a young grandmother and this (the being coy about age) does happen but I take offence at being called old!

Michelle said...

I think I'm clicking double as not allowing quite enough time for comments to register. But if I delete one it will say comment deleted so I will leave and be patient when posting this one.

MumB / @mumbosh said...

You've repeated my reply to age almost word for word hahaha. I've never been embarrassed about a number cos I've never acted age appropriate anyway ;-)

Noticed the double entry but thought it was my age lol xx