Good News for the New Year

Today was the first day of the new year and we celebrated southern style of course! My Mom prepared traditional black-eyed peas, collards, cabbage, cubed steak and my favorite- cracklin' cornbread! I actually did the cornbread myself (since they were my personal collection of precious cracklins)... We invited the one of the neighbors (whose husband and grown sons were out of town) to eat with us since I remembered her saying she would be alone today. The meal was super delicious and we had a great time consuming it! My Mom left shortly after lunch. And Hubby goes back to work tomorrow morning... so I will be alone until he returns Saturday evening.
On a good note for the new year, my company was the low bidder yesterday on an upcoming project here in Atlanta! We were first out of three and my name is on it for the PM slot! So that is great news for the new year for our SE Division... Woo hoo! I will find out more when I return to work on Monday the 5th. Double Woo hoo!

2008 Is Outta Here!

So my Grandmother has been living with the Caregiver at her in town home in Pine Mountain now for a week. She had several visitors drop by to see her last Saturday. The Caregiver actually took her to Church on Sunday… can you imagine? My Grandmother has not been to a Church for service in over two years! Her only complaint was that the service took too long… Ha-Ha! On Monday, they went shopping at one of the local dollar stores. And yesterday they drove all the way to Columbus and had lunch at a Mexican restaurant and then went to the movies for a matinee!! Can you believe it? My Grandmother has not been to a movie in YEARS. Of course, she pretty much slept through the entire movie… I mean it IS dark in the there and all….
So all in all, I would have to say that she couldn’t possibly be bored at her new home. I mean where would she be able to find the time to be bored when she is so busy flitting around like a socialite? Her new bed arrived today and her nurse will start showing up this Friday to assess her current physical condition being in a new home and all.
And today my Mother drove me to the wholesale store and I purchased 3 more cases of adult pull-ups for her- Super-Absorbent mind you. My tiny Grandmother packs a powerful punch when it comes to her business and only the Super-Absorbent will take care of it… Ha-Ha!
I am still very sore today on my third day of Recovery. We put up all of the Christmas knick-knacks except for the actual Christmas tree or its ornaments… I am saving that chore for Hubby whenever he decides to stay home with me and not at work long enough to do that job- hopefully this weekend at the latest.
Today was the last day of 2008 and tomorrow brings a new year. And what a year 2008 has been for me. I just hope and pray that 2009 turns out better.