July 18, 2004

• I've decided once a week I'm going to share a member of my family with the internet world.  So, if any of you want do the same feel free.  It'll be interesting to see the people in our familys living or deceased and why we love them so much.  Disfuctional family members count too.

  I called my Bubba(Grandmother in Polish) today and had a great conversation with her.  The woman is absolutely amazing I lover her so much.  She is my maternal grandmother and we're both close.  She's been through so much crap in her life and pulled through like a true trooper and the stories she tells about when she was growing up or when my mom was growing up are both hilarious and cool.  Well today we were talking about the weather and the deaths in our family past and present.  My Bubba hates the weather.  She could talk hours unend about the weather.  Right now in case those of you haven't read my father's blogs(jayjay157) is really crappy.  It's rainy and cold in PA and on some days it gets up to 95 and then gets real cold again.  This weather change is of course really tough on my dad who has had several surgeries and has heart disease and for my Bubba who is elderly.  But, the weather isn't that much different in CO.  Right now we're in a drought and have flash floods.  Go figure that one, lol.

  Next we talked about the deaths in our family.  My Bubba is now the sole survivor out of her birth family.  My Aunt Kate died in May and my Uncle George died last month and now she's the only one left.  I find it incredible with the back to back loses of her sister and brother she's still the vibrant lady I remember her as.  She's just plain awesome!!!

  She has diabetes and has already dealt with the horrible "shingles".  She has also dealt with cataracts which was really scary for her considering she had perfect vision until she was 69.  She is the Libra sign and our birthdays are 7 days apart.  How cool is that?  She knows some Polish but can speak perfect Solvic in our church.  We're Russian Othrodox.  She is both involved in the church and is a member of the Ladies Auxillary.  She's an awesome cook and man she makes the best no-bake cookies I've ever had(sorry mom), and the best french fries.  She taught me how to make my first scrammble egg and how to dance to the Polkas.  Every year when one of our birthdays came around they would announce over the radio station.  She's caring, fun loving, and did I say awesome?

  My fondest memory of my Bubba is Christmas Eve dinner.  She would wake up 0430 and prepare a feast for close to twenty people(count them dad) practically all on her own and even kept this tradition alive when my Pappap died.  We would all gather round the dining room table and she would lead us in grace and we would have a great time eating, joking around, watching my older cousins take shots, and just being a loving family without any cares in the world.  No one talked about work or school or anything that would cause the slightest bit of stress.  After dinner my mom and her sisters would help my Bubba clear the table and do dishes and of course there were always left overs.  Then after dessert would come, apricot and poppiseed rolls and presents would be unwrapped.  One per person.  She would repeat this dinner performance come Easter Sunday. 

  My Bubba doesn't dwell on things either.  If someone pisses her off she tells them and the whole thing will be forgotten by the week's end if the person forsees it.  Now, I said she doesn't dwell on things, but she is stubborn like a mule(I get it more from you than her dad).  Once her mind is set on something that's it, there is no changing it.  Other than that my Bubba is the sweetest, kindest, and willingest person on Earth.

  What else can I say, except I love my Bubba.

  Here's a pic of my Bubba, mom, and Pappap

  

  I think mom stole her chair. Lol.

  God bless you all and take care,

  Jen

   

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