with my grandmother?
We all promised my Papa we'd take care of her and let me just say, we had NO IDEA what we were getting into. ;-) That man must of been a saint!
Just a little glimpse into my grandmother's personality (aka stuborness). Yesterday, she was supposed to go to Anderson with one of her friends, but that fell through due to a family emergency. So my grandmother calls my mom to see if my dad could stop by. (He stops by about four times a week to check the heater, well, ect. He had just been the day before - he put gas in the lawn mower and had it all ready to go- a factor that will make sense as the story progresses. My dad said he could be there by 11- it was 9:30 AM at the time. Well that just wouldn't do. So one of mama's co-workers ran up there on his way back from a job in the area.
What did she want?
Him to show her how to crank my grandfather's TRACTOR. Never been on one a day in her life.
Why?
So she could mulch up leaves.
Riiiight.
Mama (via phone) tries to convince her to use the lawn mower because it is safer and she is used to it and well because that's all you need for mulching leaves. She refuses.
Three hours later, mama calls me and says "Well MaMa only destroyed two things with the tractor so I guess that can be considered a good thing."
She ran into my great-grandmother's well house, knocking it completely down, but claimed it "just collapsed on itself". She also knocked down her clothes line which my Papa had CEMENTED into the ground.
Lord help us all.
~BK
Don't Look Down!
6 years ago
3 comments:
Sorry I had to laugh! Sounds like my grandmother hard headed and I know I will be the same way. Good luck!
Oh my goodness! You guys better take all the keys away now, no telling what she's going to get into! lol. I've been on a tractor and they scare me, I can't imagine any grandmother trying to manuver one.
Goodness.... that's too funny, but I know frustrating.
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