{"id":1541,"date":"2007-11-13T09:29:24","date_gmt":"2007-11-13T16:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2007-11-13T09:29:24","modified_gmt":"2007-11-13T16:29:24","slug":"actually-quite-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=1541","title":{"rendered":"Actually, quite proud"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I decided I was going to use the ‘new’ cup today.\u00a0 It’s a shot glass compared to the coffee cups I usually use, but I didn’t want to feel like a sentimental sap and shoving it in the part of the cupboard that is ‘off limits’.<\/p>\n

When I was a little girl…*wavy flashback and strange music* my grandma use to make me a cup of coffee right before bed time.\u00a0 That sounds strange, but looking back, the coffee my grandma made was so weak it looked like tea and then she would half it with milk.\u00a0 I was drinking warm milk with coffee flavoring.\u00a0 Smart lady huh?<\/p>\n

To me, she was a very traditional grandma.\u00a0 She sewed, smoked, drank coffee, had intellectual conversations and taught me about turning off lights and drawing on both sides of paper.\u00a0 Waste not, want not.
\nShe always used that big green glass (in the picture) as a roller for the cookies she would make. It made the coolest design.\u00a0 I always used the turtle cup when I went over to her house.\u00a0 She had a special soup bowl for when I was sick.\u00a0 When I was lucky enough to spend the night, we would crawl into her big bed, she would set that annoying ticking clock and I would complain I couldn’t sleep.\u00a0 When I would sleep with my mom, I would throw both of my legs over her and fall asleep instantly.\u00a0 My grandma was a small framed woman, but she knew the ritual. She would allow me to wrap my legs over her and would sing me to sleep.<\/p>\n

My mom is starting her little traditions with my girls.\u00a0 She has special shirts they wear as\u00a0 PJ’s when she comes over to spend the night.\u00a0 They crawl up into her bed and get their cuddles.\u00a0 I’m sure they have more, but those are the ones that remind me of my grandma.<\/p>\n

When I found the hideous cup with what looks to be a giant fly on it, I was thrilled to death.\u00a0 Here my grandma was, IN A THRIFT SHOP.\u00a0 A coffee cup that clearly was a part of the strange cups she had once owned!
\nThis Thanksgiving it will be 14 years since she passed away.\u00a0 For a few hours on Saturday though, she was there with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I decided I was going to use the ‘new’ cup today.\u00a0 It’s a shot glass compared to the coffee cups I usually use, but I didn’t want to feel like a sentimental sap and shoving it in the part of the cupboard that is ‘off limits’. When I was a little girl…*wavy flashback and strange music* my grandma use to make me a cup of coffee right before bed time.\u00a0 That sounds strange, but looking back, the coffee my grandma made was so weak it looked like tea and then she would half it with milk.\u00a0 I was drinking warm milk with coffee flavoring.\u00a0 Smart lady huh? To me, she was a very traditional grandma.\u00a0 She sewed, smoked, drank coffee, had intellectual conversations and taught me about turning off lights and drawing on both sides of paper.\u00a0 Waste not, want not. She always used that big green glass (in the picture) as a roller for the cookies she would make. It made the coolest design.\u00a0 I always used the turtle cup when I went over to her house.\u00a0 She had a special soup bowl for when I was sick.\u00a0 When I was lucky enough to spend the night, we would crawl into her big bed, she would set that annoying ticking clock and I would complain I couldn’t sleep.\u00a0 When I would sleep with my mom, I would throw both of my legs over her and fall asleep instantly.\u00a0 My grandma was a small framed woman, but she knew the ritual. She would allow me to wrap my legs over her and would sing me to sleep. My mom is starting her little traditions with my girls.\u00a0 She has special shirts they wear as\u00a0 PJ’s when she comes over to spend the night.\u00a0 They crawl up into her bed and get their cuddles.\u00a0 I’m sure they have more, but those are the ones that remind me of my grandma. When I found the hideous cup with what looks to be a giant fly on it, I was thrilled to death.\u00a0 Here my grandma was, IN A THRIFT SHOP.\u00a0 A coffee cup that clearly was a part of the strange cups she had once owned! This Thanksgiving it will be 14 years since she passed away.\u00a0 For a few hours on Saturday though, she was there with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}