Re: New grandchild/Lori

[Guest guest]

My 4th Granddaughter is due in march, all of them sisters, with the oldest one

just 8. Every thing I do for them I have to do 3 times over. I just hope I make

it long enough to see all of them together.

All of them are sort of outdoors types. They love to fish, I bought them all a

22 rifle that fits them and nice bows.

The oldest will go with me to a tree stand a half of a day and be quiet and not

move around. She shot her first deer this year. And I lost my 4 wheeler to them

so I need to buy me another.

So you can guess the way I am and the way they are, They are spoiled rotten. On

my limited income it's hard to do, but most of the time what they want they get.

The two oldest have fishing gear a Pro would be jealous of. I just hope I get to

spend a lot of time with them. Time is running out on me. I have some ports with

some large tubes so now now they tell every one they have a robot for a grand

dad.

ron pattrson ronpat0471@yahoo,com

[Guest guest]

Ron, that's so sad that you feel that time is running out. I hope

you're wrong about that.

I grew up extremely poor, so I know what you mean about feeling like

you can't provide things. But honestly, truly honestly, all they want

is time with their granddad. I find that if I go to the thrift store

I can usually get wood-working projects for practically nothing, and

my kids and I do the projects on the weekends. I may not be able to

push them on the swing 75 times in a row, but I can sit in the dirt

and dig for worms without too much pain (just have to be careful how I

twist).

Robot for a granddad is great. They're learning that who the person

is will always be more important than what they appear to be. It's a

great gift that you're giving them.

Hang in there, and enjoy them. I love tom-boys! I have the

girliest-girl in existance (lord only knows where THAT came from,

'cause it sure wasn't me), but she's mean with a fishing pole and can

practically build a veggie-oil conversion kit by herself. And my son?

He can do everything she does (despite being younger), and will do it

while screaming that he needs the princess dress, too! LOL I give

him the dress, but my dad insists that I'm " turning him gay " . My

dad's too old to change, unfortunately, but I love that my son can

enjoy everything as much as my daughter.