New York Nanny Center » nostalgia http://www.nynanny.com Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:35:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Visiting Friends Never Gets Old… You Do! http://www.nynanny.com/family-2/visiting-friends-never-gets-old-you-do/ http://www.nynanny.com/family-2/visiting-friends-never-gets-old-you-do/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:57:38 +0000 Alison Gore http://www.luckylildarlings.com/?p=1193   Read more (...)]]> I just got back from a weekend visit with my college roommate. Her invitation sounded great in the midst of a cold January winter. My sister-in-law came too as they had met at my daughter’s wedding and hit it off. We spent the first afternoon baking Valentine treats that she and I send to our adult kids. After all these years they should be sending us treats. Then off to a movie on a cold winter’s night. And just like kids, the popcorn and raisinettes came out to munch on. Later that night as we watched TV in our pj’s I found my two middle-aged buddies with their eyes closed.

It’s your friends that keep you young as you get older.

Saturday was shopping day. Something we all love to do. Too bad the weather wasn’t cooperative as we went to an outdoor mall in 40 mph winds. Therefore, shopping was short lived and  it was round two at the movie theater. This time while munching on the same fine cuisine of popcorn and raisinettes we were yelled at for talking too loudly and too much. At dinner it seemed like we had twenty questions about the food we were about to order, trying to get the best deal both with our money and calories. Back at the ranch we reminisced about school and old boyfriends while turning the pages of a yearbook. It was a great time spent with good friends, special requests, frequent trips to the restroom, and talks about our aches and pains. So keep those old friendships going strong. As our bodies get older it’s the friends that keep our minds young.

-Mama Bell 

]]> http://www.nynanny.com/family-2/visiting-friends-never-gets-old-you-do/feed/ 1 Where did all the Christmas go? http://www.nynanny.com/family-2/where-did-all-the-christmas-go/ http://www.nynanny.com/family-2/where-did-all-the-christmas-go/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:18:15 +0000 Alison Gore http://www.luckylildarlings.com/?p=1176   Read more (...)]]> I’m sitting in the family room at the end of January in Christmas treeless room with all the decorations packed away. Just a few weeks ago the house was so lively with the family home. I miss seeing the revolving refrigerator door, hearing the 24 hour humming of the washer and dryer and waiting in the long line for the shower. Just weeks ago I’d get the phone calls saying how excited they were to come home or the countdown of days until they arrived. Then a few days before Christmas I’d watch the door open to one smiling face after another as they dragged their million suitcases inside for the holidays.

Just a few weeks ago my house was filled with Christmas decorations and lots of family. How the time flies!

They wanted that escape from their realities. What they needed was mom’s cooking, cookie baking, clothes washed, a clean bathroom, Christmas movies in the dvd player, and their clean beds to tuck into. What I didn’t mention at the beginning of my reflection was that it took me a few weeks to recuperate after everyone left. When the refrigerator stopped opening because it was empty, the washer stopped humming because it was leaking, and the shower line dwindled because the rod feel off the wall. That’s my reality. I love you guys.

-Mama Bell

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