Just Because You Are Old ...

I'm sure by now you have heard about or seen the video of the 72 year old grandmother being tazered by a cop after she was acting beligerant, combative and rude during a traffic stop. I'll save my opinion about whether or not she deserved it, but rather I'll talk about old people doing things just because they are old.

On Valentines Day weekend we went to a famous pizza place in Fishtown, where they only serve pizza and soda. It is a BYOB. My grandmother must have misread and thought it was BYOF! Because she bought a container of swedish meatballs she had left over from a party she had and served them right there at the table.



Fast forward to last week ...

Event: My Mother's 60th Birthday
Location: The Macaroni Grill

My grandmother thought it would be appropriate to bring Sparkling Cider for the birthday toast, a homemade cake AND a big ol' knife to cut it with! (I could understand her thinking they might not have sparkling cider but did she really think they wouldn't have knives??)


Note to grandma ... it's not a BYOB or BYOBC or BYOSC! It's a full service restaurant!


The best is that the bigger deal I made of this the more she would smirk and say "so what?!" She even justified that it was okay by saying "they asked if I wanted them to put in the fridge to keep cold" I said "yes Mom-Mom ... they were going to take it and NOT bring it back!"

So, as I contemplate these two scenarios I think to myself, should I loosen up and not care what others think? Should I learn from my grandmother's experiences in life and admire her for her new found courage? Should I just show my true feelings in every situation regardless of the outcome?


Then I think ... that must be what the tazered grandma must have been thinking ... and then I just close my mouth and just eat what is on the menu!

And So It Begins ...

My blog. I was never really interested in blogs ... until I found one that I could relate to. I read it once and thought "that's cute!" And then I went back again ... and again ... and again! It was a friend of a friend! Now I read hers, her friend's blog and her friend's friend's blog! Thanks Jen for creating yet another addiction I must maintain!

I researched how to blog! What a dork! It told me to have a goal and stick to it! You need a goal to blog? I then decided that my goal was to have a place to give a 5 minute dialogue every so often! Kind of like Letterman or my new fav ... Gayle King on XM radio! She always starts with what happened yesterday or that morning and it often has me laughing out loud! And I think to myself ... those things happen to me too! I need my own opening dialogue ... thus ... my blog!

So my blog will give you a glance into my world which includes: my soon-to-be husband and our dog Maggie (she gives me enough material for a whole blog in itself!), my job, my friends and my crazy ol' family! There will be plenty of references to my favorite TV shows (which are too many to name!) or just what's going on in the news!

I can't wait to get started!