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Friday, January 8, 2010

M&M's

I just finished sorting the reds out of a big bag of dark M&M's. I'm allergic to them; the red dye #5 turns my neck red. Same with MSG...Anyway, it reminded me of sorting M&M's as a kid.

Whenever I was given or bought a regular-sized package of M&M's, I would carefully spill them out on a table or counter and sort them by color. Next, I would eat the ones that made the groupings unequal. Finally, I would grab each color group in one hand and fill my mouth at once. Needless to say, my M&M's never lasted long. I never saved any for later, and rarely did I eat one at a time. I have never been able to savor anything that sent my taste buds tingling.

I wonder if this sorting was the beginning of my organizational skills or were my organizational skills in my DNA? Is there anyway to find out? Not that it is important. Just curious.

If you are wondering at my eating M&M's at my age (62), there are two reasons. One: I munch on them when I write. When the words are just flowing so quickly and easily, munching helps slow me down, because I cannot type faster than my brain can think at those times. Two: My husband and I take our own candy to the movies to eat with the popcorn. Ummmm.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

New Year

Well, my little chickadees, it is 2010. Thank God! I hated 2009. It was full of illness in my family, stress, disappointment, and little joy. I was not impressed by anything, except the stupidity of narrowmindedness of too many Americans.

BUT, it also presented me with the best Christmas present ever: My oldest son, Judson, and his wife, Amy, are expecting again. They told me on Dec. 18th and I was jumping up and down with glee. That will make eight grandchildren and probably the last. My daughter, Merideth, and other son, Tyler, are finished having children, at three and two respectively. My husband's daughter, Megan, has a sweet one-year-old and isn't talking about having anymore either.

Babies are my utter pleasure in life. I delight in showering them with love and making them smile/laugh. It was what I was born to do, next to writing.

My husband hates when I "mother" him. We were married for less than a year when our first grandson, Calvin, came along in 1999. So, as the grandchildren kept coming after that, my mothering instincts resurfaced and haven't ebbed since. The only thing that has ebbed is my energy level. I'm not 30 anymore!

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