A Poem for a Pomeroy

I have a friend named Devra.
I sure do like her, uh-huh.
She is nice, pretty, and sweet.
She made my life complete.
She is now a married mrs.,
Giving William lots of kisses.
They are living far away,
And I can't see them 'til my birthday.
Buuut...that's a long time,
So I decided to make this rhyme
Until then, my dear!
This is sincere:
I miss you and love you a ton!
Wo ai ni!!

Things My Grandparents Say/Do

I don't know about you, but I think my grandparents are hilarious. Their personalities and humors compliment each others very well. My grandpa likes to 'rattle off in the head', as Gram likes to say. How does Gram respond to it? Well, let me just tell you. At first Gram will just ignore him. Then, after about 10-15 minutes, she'll respond with something along the lines of "I'm going to smack you," or "Are you rattling off in head again?" He continues pestering, she continues ignoring.

Despite what she says, I think deep, deep down, waaaaay down Gram likes Pop's pestering because it's who he is. I happen to think it's funny...really funny. I cherish the moment Gram walks in the door from work, not only because I'm excited to see her, but because I know I'm about to have dinner and a show. It's the best thing ever.

With all of that said, I have listened, watched, and taken notes over the course of the last month of things that Gram and Pop say and do to each other. Below is a list of different things that I found precious and hilarious. Grab a friend, grab a box of tissues, and be prepared for an excellent ab workout, because these are classic quotes/stories from my very own grandparents.

-Gram went to visit my mom and siblings in Washington state for about 5 days. While we were waiting for her to get home I noticed Pop looking out of the window every five seconds to see if she was home yet. When I saw her pulling into the driveway, I said, "She's heeere!!" Pop looked out the window and very excitedly said, "Where!?" Then...he saw the car. He jumped off the couch and ran out the back door. Gram actually came in the front door. Pop realized this, came back in the back door, saw her, and started jumping up and down really fast half yelling, "You're HOME! You're HOME!!"

-Pop grabbed some goldfish and put them in his salad. He said, "It's like they are swimming through sea weed!"

-Fact: Pop LOVES ordering 'free' stuff from the TV. Every time he somehow manages to order multiple of the same thing. And every time Gram gets a bill. (You should hear her talk about it...it is so funny.)

-For this next quote you should know Pop uses a nebulizer. One night while Pop is 'talking' to Gram, Gram told him, "Oh, put your pipe in your mouth and smoke it and get over it."

-Pop: "I've had my eye on you for 40+ years. I've had my eye on you when you were just a skinny brunette. I had my eye on you when you were full bodied...with streaks of gray. And now I watch you...with a full head of white hair." Gram: "You are rattling off in the head again."

-Gram: "I like to eat corn on the cob cold with salt on it." Pop: "You are weird." Gram: "Uh...you do the same thing."

-Gram made spaghetti last night for dinner. Pop was teasing Gram about how she's been cooking spaghetti for 60 years and she never cooks the noodles long enough. This is what Pop said, "This spaghetti reminds me of Rice Krispies. Wanna know why? Because it snaps, crackles, and pops."

Get ready for this one, it'll melt your socks off it's so sweet.

-We (Gram, Pop, and I) were watching a TV show and a commercial came on. It was an advertisement for some mints in which a man and a woman got in opposite sides of a taxi, saw each other, turned away from each other, popped a mint, and it insinuated they went out after that. When it ended Pop looks at Gram and says, "Hey, got any mints?"

I hope this has given you a good glimpse of my grandparents, and of my (hilarious) life with my grandparents! If you have any funny stories from your grandparents, leave a comment, I want to hear them!

Until next time--over and out.

Montana vs. Kansas

Montana vs. Kansas. Mountains vs. Mountainless. Yikes.


Libby, MT

Manhattan, KS



See the difference? Libby has gorgeous mountains, lots of trees, a beautiful sky. Manhattan has...some cool colors...in the fall and spring. Why on earth would anyone go from the most beautiful place on earth to Kansas? That's weird.

Montana is...breath-taking. You say Montana and people have a gorgeous picture of mountains, open sky, and wildlife without ever having been there. Montana has a pretty good reputation, from what I've heard. People vacation to Montana, they don't vacation to Kansas.

Regardless of what non-Kansas folk may think about Kansas, it's actually a pretty great place. The best part of Kansas: Superman. Clark Kent lives in Kansas, automatically making it that much better. Apart from Clarky boy, Kansas has it's own kind of beauty. Sure it's flat, doesn't have a ton of wildlife, is windy all the time, and is really hot 9 months out of the year. There's just something about the place that you have to experience yourself in order to understand its beauty.

Despite my love for Montana and my adamancy against liking Kansas, it has grown on me. Change is tough sometimes. Especially when you are leaving something you love and going to a place you...don't love. You just have to take it one day at a time, try to appreciate your new surroundings. Even though Manhattan, KS is not Libby, MT, Kansas still has its own beauty, its own greatness, and Clarky boy.

Have you had to leave a place you love for a place you didn't want to live in? Let's hear about it!

Boys vs Girls

Boys and girls have a lot of differences, right? Boys are boys. And girls are girls. Think about it. Boys like manly things: hunting, fishing, wrestling, blood and guts, explosions, saving the damsels in distress. Girls like more feminine things: sleepovers, chocolate, shopping, anything with romance, dressing up, and being fought for and saved by masculine men. Of course those are stereotypical boys and girls. There are the girls (like myself) who like hunting and fishing and explosions. And there are guys who like shopping, occassional romance movies or novels, and dressing nicely. Either is fine, either accepted, and both are great.

But this isn't about the differences between guys and gals. It's more like the lack of differences, the similarities that society over looks, or maybe doesn't want to see. There are just some things that I've noticed and learned from talking to my guy friends and talking about guys with a couple of my best female friends that I figured I'd share with anyone who happened to stumble on my meager little blog!

First things first. Guys have feelings. Even the manliest men out there. They have emotions and need affection just as much as ladies do. Some won't want to admit this, of course. They are just putting up a front. God created both men and women as emotional beings, needing relationships and affection, and filled with emotions. Anyone can deny this, but truth will out.

With that said, I think it's important to say guys need ladies to guard their hearts. If we girls expect guys to guard our hearts, we need to do the same. There is always talk of girls protecting guys from lust, which I wholeheartedly agree that people, boys and girls, need to dress modestly. But that's a different topic for another time. Men invest in their relationships just as much as women do.  Why should their hearts be treated any differently from ours?

I think it's important for girls to treat guys with the same love, respect, gentleness, and protection as girls expect and demand from guys. They might not show it as often as girls do, but guys have the same emotions and feelings as girls. That's what I think.

What do you think? Agree? Disagree? I want to hear your feedback!! Thanks for suffering through this! Haha!