No Place Like Home
Without Prejudice
Be it ever so humble. there is no place like home. I guess it's the familiar things, your own space where you feel yourself, be yourself, marking your territory once again, making it yours. I love the fact that I live on the same property as my daughter and 7 grand sons. I have a Nana unit, one bedroom, with kitchen, lounge, one bedroom and a big ensuite.
I love it, it's just enough for one person and one of my daughters told me the other day one of her extended family members has one, now and same as me she has made it all pretty and her own. That's what I do with mine. I know I don't have a fancy home but it's full of love and that's what matters.
Today, Kayko the slothy dog, (Siberian Husky) will do her job amusing us and warning off all the other intruders that may come into her yard. She's back full of the joys of spring. She likes to sneak inside but we know she only wants to ferret out food. She's a HUSKY, she's used to cold weather, has a kennel, but she thinks she is a family member. She's mostly a fat sloth who lies around and barks occasionally, but is so lazy, that she lies down to eat.
We have an ever expandable front house which can hold up to 10 teenage boys at any one time. Their Mother is a perfect Mum to boys, she's tough and uncompromising and runs a tight ship. The boys are all scared to death of her which is a good thing. Her Uncle George said,
"If there is ever a nuclear holocaust, Yvette will still be standing, she's the strongest woman I know"
That's true. She's so tiny but Gawd can she pack a punch if she has to. Not literally, she's never had to with her sons, aged almost 2 to 22. They are all projects in the making. The oldest tries to cross her sometimes and she loves him, so he used to get away with Murder, but not anymore. He remains a fluid plan. (In other words an oxy moron ) and mostly it's more moron than than oxy but we're working on it.
He has been in nothing but s**t for 2 years and we are trying to teach him what he does now, affects the rest of his life, but does he listen ??? No. Short and simple and youth is not going to be his excuse now. He still likes to get his own way all the time/ But he's a good hearted kid, But then so was his Dad and Simon doesn't even bear thinking about.
But Kyle doesn't follow his Dad, he doesn't touch drugs or alcohol, he's addicted to gambling. One of the worst addictions known to man unless you have pots of money and bet with what you can afford. Then you might like the challenge but at 22, with an uncertain future and a baby already born, he is not wise. He sees a counsellor but sometimes, it's one step forward and ten back. It's a hateful addiction.
And what's ironic is that driving him to court the other day I said he has taken a big toll on this family with his mis behaviour and he is always honest, he knows it's his fault. And that he owes now. he owes Deb for two years of her life, stressing about him. Working full time and taking him to appointments after work.
You can't imagine the work she has put into him, putting the needs of herself and her own family for him. And His girlfriend and their baby. She's had enough and who can blame her. But she will stick beside him all the way as will the rest of us. But enough is enough, we have other people to concentrate on. Kyle wants to be a Policeman and so does Zach. Zach's 18 in January.
Be it ever so humble. there is no place like home. I guess it's the familiar things, your own space where you feel yourself, be yourself, marking your territory once again, making it yours. I love the fact that I live on the same property as my daughter and 7 grand sons. I have a Nana unit, one bedroom, with kitchen, lounge, one bedroom and a big ensuite.
I love it, it's just enough for one person and one of my daughters told me the other day one of her extended family members has one, now and same as me she has made it all pretty and her own. That's what I do with mine. I know I don't have a fancy home but it's full of love and that's what matters.
Today, Kayko the slothy dog, (Siberian Husky) will do her job amusing us and warning off all the other intruders that may come into her yard. She's back full of the joys of spring. She likes to sneak inside but we know she only wants to ferret out food. She's a HUSKY, she's used to cold weather, has a kennel, but she thinks she is a family member. She's mostly a fat sloth who lies around and barks occasionally, but is so lazy, that she lies down to eat.
We have an ever expandable front house which can hold up to 10 teenage boys at any one time. Their Mother is a perfect Mum to boys, she's tough and uncompromising and runs a tight ship. The boys are all scared to death of her which is a good thing. Her Uncle George said,
"If there is ever a nuclear holocaust, Yvette will still be standing, she's the strongest woman I know"
That's true. She's so tiny but Gawd can she pack a punch if she has to. Not literally, she's never had to with her sons, aged almost 2 to 22. They are all projects in the making. The oldest tries to cross her sometimes and she loves him, so he used to get away with Murder, but not anymore. He remains a fluid plan. (In other words an oxy moron ) and mostly it's more moron than than oxy but we're working on it.
He has been in nothing but s**t for 2 years and we are trying to teach him what he does now, affects the rest of his life, but does he listen ??? No. Short and simple and youth is not going to be his excuse now. He still likes to get his own way all the time/ But he's a good hearted kid, But then so was his Dad and Simon doesn't even bear thinking about.
But Kyle doesn't follow his Dad, he doesn't touch drugs or alcohol, he's addicted to gambling. One of the worst addictions known to man unless you have pots of money and bet with what you can afford. Then you might like the challenge but at 22, with an uncertain future and a baby already born, he is not wise. He sees a counsellor but sometimes, it's one step forward and ten back. It's a hateful addiction.
And what's ironic is that driving him to court the other day I said he has taken a big toll on this family with his mis behaviour and he is always honest, he knows it's his fault. And that he owes now. he owes Deb for two years of her life, stressing about him. Working full time and taking him to appointments after work.
You can't imagine the work she has put into him, putting the needs of herself and her own family for him. And His girlfriend and their baby. She's had enough and who can blame her. But she will stick beside him all the way as will the rest of us. But enough is enough, we have other people to concentrate on. Kyle wants to be a Policeman and so does Zach. Zach's 18 in January.
