I took Allison out for dinner and a movie last night. We ate at Chili’s and then saw Underdog, both her choices. We had a great time, laughed almost the whole time we were gone. It felt so good to spend time together, just the two of us. She really is a great kid and I have been so busy working and helping Bethany with the baby that she has been feeling a little left out lately. Last night was just what we both needed.

As for the movie, I don’t see it winning any Oscars or any thing, but listening to Allison laugh for 90 minutes and then talk about how much she loved it on the car ride home made it a winner with me.

A few movies I am looking forward to,

Reservation Road

Things We Lost In The Fire

3:10 to Yuma

American Gangster

Fred Claus

Oh my gosh, my title! I am really a GRANDMA!

Anyway,

My daughter Bethany showed up at our door last night begging for help with the baby.
(see family stress) So guess who is over tired today? Not that I really mind, I love them so much. I just wish we had more room at our house. Every time they stay over, we turn out living room in to a nursery.
I am on my second Dt. Coke and it’s not even 11:00am yet and I still feel like I could fall back asleep at any time.
I am also alone in the office today with no one to talk to. I have around 10 guys working in the shop that come in and out asking for blue prints so I can’t fall asleep.
So who is willing to call me every couple of hours to keep me awake?
Any one,
....any one....
...hello....hello....McFly?

Donating a car to charity is some thing Gerry and I have both talked about in the past. In fact we plan to donate our boat that hasn’t been used in some time, next month. We just need to pull it out of storage, fill out a few easy forms and make the call. So much easier then trying to sell it and we get a nice tax deduction out of it.

It just makes sense. Instead of letting it sit, we would both rather see it make a difference and help fund a program like Car Angel, they offer free vehicle pick up, running or not and Donate Your Car In Los Angeles and then use your vehicle, boat or trailer to help single mothers, distribute educational materials, homeless, teen and adult rehab, food distribution and orphans across the United States. If you chose, you can also suggest to Car Angel the charity of your choice and they will add it to their list.

Car Angel handles so much more then just Los Angeles Car Donations, they also have many other programs going like Free DVDs for Kids.

If you are looking to really make a difference Car Angel is an honest and trust worthy company to call. They also have the nations fastest on line response form and up to the minute tax advice. To make it even easier for you to know all the little details when you make your donation.

I haven’t been blogging much details about becoming a grandmother because it has not been an easy road so far. Having a daughter that you love dearly and are very close to have a baby before she is in any way ready for one, is very stressful. My daughter lives with her boyfriend who thinks cleaning, cooking and any thing to do with taking care of a baby is “woman’s work” and refuses to help her with any of it. He is also very emotionally abusive, talks to her and treats her like crap a good 70 to 80% of the time. For three years now, they have had a very rocky relationship and we (her family) have listened to her cry over and over and begged her to get out of it. Well, now there is a baby involved and things are even worse. I can’t even tell you how this breaks my heart. Every time she calls me crying, I get upset and cry. Then I worry, it’s all I can think about all day and night. Some times I have to get out of bed and pace. Then the next day I call her and they are all happy again. But it never lasts, sure as shit she calls me again crying with in a day or two and things are bad. And it starts all again. To make things even harder the baby cries a lot. I can hear her over the phone screaming, not just little baby cries but screaming hard. I am not sure if she needs her formula changed again or if she is going to have colic or what? I have no idea what to do!
All I know is that I love them both with all of my heart but things have been pretty darn stressful. Some times I feel that it is taking over my whole life, and I can’t do that. I still have an eight year old to take care of. And now I feel guilty for complaining about it.