Yeah. That just sounds bad. Moving on…
Today has completely gotten away from me, and I am much MUCH MUUUUUUCH busier than I had originally anticipated. Whoops. Which means I have to recap last week’s posting challenge and announce this week’s frugal challenge in tomorrow’s post. As I have no time to do it today. Sorry homies.
However, I DO have time to give a shout out to some buddies of mine, and their dearly departed grandmother, Sweetie Pie. My buds are experiencing the joy (not) of sorting through their loved one’s left-behind treasures – and doling them out to the deserving.
Somehow, I ended up being one of those deserving doler-outer-tos (doler-outer-to… it’s a thing. TRUST ME.). Sisters (and Wench Posse members, and friends of mine, and just awesome women in general) Chum and MamaRox entrusted me with this:
A solid wood, made in Wisconsin, freaking COOL Cribbage board. Which is so appropriate as I: a. play Cribbage and b. learned how to play cribbage from MY Ma’s Ma, Grandma Mac.
Oddly enough, this is not the only gift from other people’s grandmothers I’ve received, upon their passing. When Lou’s beloved Grandma Flo died, the family gave me an embarassment of riches – in the form of gorgeous dishes and linens. As Lou put it, “We knew you’d use them.” And she’s right.
What treasures have you received from a grandmother – your own, or someone else’s?
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While my grandma was still alive, when I was a teenager, she gave me a beautiful silver-tone filligree purse necklace. It is a beloved treasure, for sure, and I wear it all the time, even when it doesn’t match my outfit. LOL
I get compliments on it ofte, which adds to the joy of it.
aww. *sniffle* hugs. thanks.
Awww, you got Sweetie Pie’s cribbage board! That’s great! I wished I would have met her, but any woman that had a hand in bringing up Chum and MamaRox deserves high praise indeed!
I got a lovely sewing and embroidery machine that I use to this day, as well as a notebook of family recipes that she wrote all kinds of things in the margins, such as, “Grandpa loved these.” WHY do I have this book? Because I gave her one and asked her to put her favorite recipes in it.
Ask your grandparents to write some of these things down. It is a wonderful thing to have when they are gone.
My maternal grandma has made quilts and afghans for me and I still use one of the quilts to this day. It’s pretty worn out, so my project is to repair it at some point. My mom has a recipe project that she’s doing for my brother and I by collecting recipes from our childhood – and some come from her childhood as well. But one of them is something I specifically asked for from my grandma.
From my paternal grandma, the last gift she gave me before she died were slippers from Wal-Mart. I cherish them.
I have to add, this is such a neat topic. The blog so nice, I had to post twice.
I’ve enjoyed the comments and the post. I’ve been bugging my mom for a long time, to teach me numerous dishes that she’s “famous” for (in the family, though). Workin’ on it.
My grandmother gave me her china cabinet. When I was a little girl and used to spend the night over at her house, the thing I loved the most was when she took out the key to her china cabinet. She had that cabinet STUFFED with antiques from her grandmother and mother as well as a multitude of awesome things she’d picked up over her long life. A true pack rat, was my Gram. It was so much fun to sort through all the bits and bobs, and listen to her tell stories of who each item had belonged to and what it was used for. WWWII ration books, button hooks, dolls, dishes, and jewelry – all so cool!
I still make pie crusts in my grandmother’s 5-quart, green, earthenware mixing bowl as she did. I use mine own recipe, but my grandmother didn’t follow the path either.
I have my grandmother’s gold wedding band. It will go to my granddaughter some day.