Like Mother/Father like Daughter!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Me, my Dad and Mom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My parents called tonight. Now this is not unusual, even though they called at 11 pm. My parents are late night owls, which is a bit odd considering their age. My mom is 76 and my dad is 77. But I can't really complain, because I, too am a night owl as you can probably tell from my posting and comments. I guess it's in my genes!
I always get a kick out of their calls. Today they called to let me know that their refrigerator had been fixed. It had been out over a week as they waited on "parts." They were pretty inconvenienced over the whole thing, especially since the refrigerator was only 2 years old. Luckily it was under warranty and it didn't cost anything to get it repaired.
What cracks me up about the whole thing is they were complaining about keeping things cold. Now, if they lived in Florida or Arizona with other retirees (who go to bed EARLY), I could understand the complaint. But they live in the Chicago area!! They faced an ice storm during the past couple of days. It managed to pass them by but still it is pretty darn cold where they live. So keeping anything "cold" shouldn't have been a problem.
You know it's so easy for us to forget just how easy we have it in the good old USA until we lose something like our power, water, cable, refrigerator, stove. . . you name it. We have become very dependent on these things.
So tonight I'm giving thanks not just for these modern day conveniences, but for my parents who taught me how to NEED them. You see I don't just have ONE refrigerator at my house. Oh no, that won't do. I have two. Hey, you never know when one might go on the fritz!!!
With tongue firmly planted in cheek,
~Cheryl
3 comments:
What a beautiful photo, you and your mom are such beautiful woman. Its precious that they call so late. My hunny and I are both night owls. love always me
You look SO much like your mom!! Both so beautiful.
We used to always have two refrigerators and at least one or two freezers when our kids were growing up. But since we downsized two years ago, we have one frig and no freezer except the one that's above the frig.
That's funny about your parents trying to keep things cold when there's freezeing weather outside!
Oh my gosh! Ya'll are beautiful Cheryl. I just love to see everyones families. I don't know...it just gets in my heart and I love ya all the more.
And, yes. We have 2 fridges too and too many tv's. I'm embarrassed.
Have a good night.
Love,
Fran
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