On another visit to see my grandma, the four of us were sitting around a table. My grandma was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and was getting cold. So I offered to run to her room and look for a sweater.
Now there's two things about my grandma that she always does. She always sit with her legs crossed and she is always humming.
So when I returned with the sweater, we put it on her and then I sat down. Immediately after, I heard her humming so I leaned over and asked, "What are you humming Grandma?"
Both my grandpa and sister started laughing because evidently my sister had just asked my grandma the same thing while I was retrieving the sweater.
My grandma chuckled and said, "I'm humming...I'm just humming." To which my grandpa replied, "you're just my little hummingbird, aren't you?" and grandma agreed!
Friday, February 19
Thursday, February 18
My Cute Grandparents
I have cute grandparents.
My grandparents are from Illinois and grew up on farms. They left the farms with three babes to try to make a life out in California, which they did. Anyhow during our visit, my sister and I wanted to hear more about their life back in Illinois...their life growing up and how they met.
As a side note, my grandma lives apart from my grandpa...she lives in a nursing home down the street because her health got to be more than my grandpa could manage.
According to my grandpa, back in the day he was driving around town with a friend and they happened to spot my grandma walking down the street. My grandpa said, "someone should be dating that cute red head...it might as well be me!" And so he did and 63 years later, they still adore one another.
The same day we heard this story, we all went to visit grandma and we told her about how grandpa thought she was a cute red head. She chuckled. Then when we got to the part where my grandpa had asked her out, he said to her, "aren't you glad I did?" To which she responded, after not clearly hearing the story or question, "No."
Amy and I started laughing and laughing. It was a funny moment and was beautifully delivered. Although I would wager that even if my grandma had heard the story clearly, she is just sassy enough to have still answered in a way to have made us laugh.
My grandparents are from Illinois and grew up on farms. They left the farms with three babes to try to make a life out in California, which they did. Anyhow during our visit, my sister and I wanted to hear more about their life back in Illinois...their life growing up and how they met.
As a side note, my grandma lives apart from my grandpa...she lives in a nursing home down the street because her health got to be more than my grandpa could manage.
According to my grandpa, back in the day he was driving around town with a friend and they happened to spot my grandma walking down the street. My grandpa said, "someone should be dating that cute red head...it might as well be me!" And so he did and 63 years later, they still adore one another.
The same day we heard this story, we all went to visit grandma and we told her about how grandpa thought she was a cute red head. She chuckled. Then when we got to the part where my grandpa had asked her out, he said to her, "aren't you glad I did?" To which she responded, after not clearly hearing the story or question, "No."
Amy and I started laughing and laughing. It was a funny moment and was beautifully delivered. Although I would wager that even if my grandma had heard the story clearly, she is just sassy enough to have still answered in a way to have made us laugh.
Wednesday, February 17
Ideas and Suggestions
Dear NBC executives--
Good afternoon. First I want to thank you and commend you for doing a good job, even though I don't really know what it is that you do. I know that one common thought is that the only thing that is important to executives is money...making more money. Whether or not it is true at NBC is besides the point. Overall, I'm pleased with your channel even though the whole Leno/Conan thing was weird...which is again, besides the point.
The point of this little letter is about the Olympics which you have the sole privilege of broadcasting. I think it is good when sport events and other major activities are aired on one specific channel. It allows that broadcast to be the "top dog," so to speak which brings more money for you all. So kudos on getting the Olympics. Granted there are lot of things about your line of work that I don't understand but as the consumer...as a valuable customer...I have one complaint about your broadcasting on the Olympics.
It sucks. Yes, I said "sucks" in a letter which is very unprofessional. So now, let me apologize for my language. With that out of the way, let me explain why I think the coverage sucks.
1. Granted, I am at work from 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday...so what I'm missing, I don't know. But what I do know is that from 5:30pm-8pm, there is nothing about the Olympics besides some occasional meaningless updates. Then from 8-11pm or so, NBC crams in the days worth of competitions.
2. What point #1 means is that since a days worth of competition is then crammed into 3 or so hours, the valued customers end up only seeing fragmented clips of what happened that day, never getting the chance to see any sport coverage in detail.
3. What point #2 means is that since we only get to see fragmented clips, the only athletes we hear about are the American althetes or those who are anticipated to provide stronger competition to our American althetes. If you are not considered to be in either of those categories, than we shall never hear of them.
4. What point #1 also means is I can go online and find out who won what long before it even gets aired on NBC, which was amusing the first time but kind of pathetic afterwards, in my honest opinion.
I'm sure NBC gets gobs of money from sole Olympic advertisements and from sole Olympic coverage. Is there a reason you could not block out most of your daytime TV shows, for the two weeks, just so that you could cover the Olympics live? I get that it would be somewhat early for the East Coast. But for me on the West Coast, in the same time zone as Vancouver, it seems like the Olympics could be covered more on-time, more in-depth and just all around more. After all, this exciting event only happens every 4 years, unlike the annual Super Bowl (and the many preceeding games) which is always covered in depth.
While I don't desire to resort to threats, let me be honest in saying that the frustrating coverage has left me wanting more...so I've sought more from other stations (mainly Canadian stations)...anything but NBC. Anyhow, I think that is about it. Thank you for sharing in my venting.
Sincerely,
Mindy
Good afternoon. First I want to thank you and commend you for doing a good job, even though I don't really know what it is that you do. I know that one common thought is that the only thing that is important to executives is money...making more money. Whether or not it is true at NBC is besides the point. Overall, I'm pleased with your channel even though the whole Leno/Conan thing was weird...which is again, besides the point.
The point of this little letter is about the Olympics which you have the sole privilege of broadcasting. I think it is good when sport events and other major activities are aired on one specific channel. It allows that broadcast to be the "top dog," so to speak which brings more money for you all. So kudos on getting the Olympics. Granted there are lot of things about your line of work that I don't understand but as the consumer...as a valuable customer...I have one complaint about your broadcasting on the Olympics.
It sucks. Yes, I said "sucks" in a letter which is very unprofessional. So now, let me apologize for my language. With that out of the way, let me explain why I think the coverage sucks.
1. Granted, I am at work from 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday...so what I'm missing, I don't know. But what I do know is that from 5:30pm-8pm, there is nothing about the Olympics besides some occasional meaningless updates. Then from 8-11pm or so, NBC crams in the days worth of competitions.
2. What point #1 means is that since a days worth of competition is then crammed into 3 or so hours, the valued customers end up only seeing fragmented clips of what happened that day, never getting the chance to see any sport coverage in detail.
3. What point #2 means is that since we only get to see fragmented clips, the only athletes we hear about are the American althetes or those who are anticipated to provide stronger competition to our American althetes. If you are not considered to be in either of those categories, than we shall never hear of them.
4. What point #1 also means is I can go online and find out who won what long before it even gets aired on NBC, which was amusing the first time but kind of pathetic afterwards, in my honest opinion.
I'm sure NBC gets gobs of money from sole Olympic advertisements and from sole Olympic coverage. Is there a reason you could not block out most of your daytime TV shows, for the two weeks, just so that you could cover the Olympics live? I get that it would be somewhat early for the East Coast. But for me on the West Coast, in the same time zone as Vancouver, it seems like the Olympics could be covered more on-time, more in-depth and just all around more. After all, this exciting event only happens every 4 years, unlike the annual Super Bowl (and the many preceeding games) which is always covered in depth.
While I don't desire to resort to threats, let me be honest in saying that the frustrating coverage has left me wanting more...so I've sought more from other stations (mainly Canadian stations)...anything but NBC. Anyhow, I think that is about it. Thank you for sharing in my venting.
Sincerely,
Mindy
Tuesday, February 16
Where are they from?
My sister and I watched the Olympic's opening ceremony together. We had heard that it would start at 7:30pm but in actuality, it didn't start until 9pm (even though by then it was already over and we are in the same time zone as Vancouver...what's up with that?).
Anyhow, from 7:30-9pm they had some feature stories about the Olympics, about Vancouver and Canada, and about some of the players. It was somewhat interesting.
At one point this lady came on to talk about being a part of the passing of torch. Her little section was in the frozen lands of Nunavut. She commented about how friendly the Inuits were during her stay in the village where she ran. Upon which, my sister mentioned that she knew an Inuit.
Me: "From Capernwray?" (a Bible school both of us went to at different points of time)
Amy: "Yep...she was nice but a bit different. She definitely looked like an Eskimo. She was from Ninevah."
Upon which, I started laughing and laughing. Inuits from Ninevah??? A bit far away, methinks! She realised her mistake immediate but I still informed her that the correct territorial name was Nunavut.
Good times with my sister.
Anyhow, from 7:30-9pm they had some feature stories about the Olympics, about Vancouver and Canada, and about some of the players. It was somewhat interesting.
At one point this lady came on to talk about being a part of the passing of torch. Her little section was in the frozen lands of Nunavut. She commented about how friendly the Inuits were during her stay in the village where she ran. Upon which, my sister mentioned that she knew an Inuit.
Me: "From Capernwray?" (a Bible school both of us went to at different points of time)
Amy: "Yep...she was nice but a bit different. She definitely looked like an Eskimo. She was from Ninevah."
Upon which, I started laughing and laughing. Inuits from Ninevah??? A bit far away, methinks! She realised her mistake immediate but I still informed her that the correct territorial name was Nunavut.
Good times with my sister.
Saturday, February 13
A Valentine Poem
You and I
We aren't so different
You might be loud
I might be quiet
You might be passive
I might be aggressive
You might be liberal
I might be conservative
But I think we could be friends
You and I
We could get along
If you say something funny
I could laugh with you
If I cook a yummy dish
I would share with you
If you drink tea or coffee
Let's have a cup or two
But I think we could be friends
No matter where you live
No matter who you are
Valentines is here
A day of love and cheer
You and I are not so different
I think we should be friends
Will you be my
friend and Valentine?
Happy Valentine's Day!
We aren't so different
You might be loud
I might be quiet
You might be passive
I might be aggressive
You might be liberal
I might be conservative
But I think we could be friends
You and I
We could get along
If you say something funny
I could laugh with you
If I cook a yummy dish
I would share with you
If you drink tea or coffee
Let's have a cup or two
But I think we could be friends
No matter where you live
No matter who you are
Valentines is here
A day of love and cheer
You and I are not so different
I think we should be friends
Will you be my
friend and Valentine?
Happy Valentine's Day!
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