Grandma Strikes Again

Note: Yet another post about Grandma. These are funny to me from remembering the events when they happened...but sad at the same time to think that she probably doesn't even remember this...or me for that matter. Perhaps one day we will be able to look back at these stories and laugh at her craziness together. :)

Yesterday was my mother's birthday. (BTW, none of my natural born family are JW's...only me.)My darling grandmother sent a package and it was delivered to our house @ approximately 9:30am. I proceeded to take the package to my mother and she said, "Oh great, it's from my mother. This ought to be interesting."

I leaned back in the recliner and got comfortable. This is entertainment at it's finest, folks. Inside of the box there was a birthday bag and two cards. TWO. Why…we didn’t know. I sat as my mother opened the first one.

"Happy Birthday...Love, Mom." Okay…this was expected. She then opened the second one. "Happy Birthday...Love, Chester." For those of you that don't know...Chester is my grandmother's shih-tzu. You heard me correctly. Chester is a dog. A dog that celebrates holidays and picks out cards for said holidays, nonetheless. I was still laughing about the card from the canine when Mom opened her present.

Candles…Buckeyes...yum.... a little ceramic birthday cake...alright....bath and body set...and then there was the "big" present. It was in a yellow box SEALED WITH FIRST AID TAPE. If you know my grandmother, it's even funnier. (Inside was this candle holder burner thing...but that was besides the point...and not nearly as funny.)

My grandmother called later to say, "Happy Birthday" to my mother and she asked if she received the card from Chester. She said he picked it out. She goes on to tell my mother that she had Chester waiting in the cab and she would show him cards and he picked out the one he liked. Oy.

One bark for no….two barks for yes. (My grandmother speaks dog--see previous "Grandma" posts.) Grandma went on to say how FRIENDLY the girl at the Hallmark store is.

"Every time I go these she is so nice and SO helpful! I just tell her who I am shopping for and she walks with me all around the store!"

Sure she does, Grandma. She knows a sucker when she sees one.