Wednesday, September 7, 2011

MeandMarj: I guess so, I was asleep!

Alison: Good morning, Grandmother, did you sleep well?
Grandmother: I guess so, I was asleep. What a dreary looking day.
Alison: It's awful. I don't want to go to work.
Grandmother: Just go back to bed. I think that's what I'll do.
Alison: Well, I can't do that. I wish I was more motivated.
Grandmother: Just think of all the great people you can see at work!
Alison: That's true! Maybe my friend, Lexi, and I can get coffee today. Thanks, Grandmother!

Monday, September 5, 2011

MeandMarj: This isn't a bad hole down here!

Grandmother: You've got your kitchen, your library...this isn't a bad hole down here!
Alison: What else could I need?
Grandmother: You got a stove, a bathroom, a shower! Not bad!

MeandMarj: Boy, that thing does everything!

Grandmother and I are looking at my new laptop...
Grandmother: So, you say your dad bought that for you? That was nice of him!
Alison: Yes, but I needed it for school. I couldn't go to school without it.
Grandmother: How did I go to school without it?
Alison: Well, you didn't need to know the same things I needed to know.
Grandmother: Well, you need to know how to type to run that thing don't you? I don't know how to type. You need some nice music down here.
Alison: You want nice music? I have nice music for you!
Two seconds later - Symphony n.64 in F Major
Alison: How's this for nice music?
Grandmother: It's all right.
Alison: Just "all right"? Why just "all right"? What kind of music do you like? La Boheme?
Grandmother: Yes, I like that. Oh, it's 10 till 8. It's late, I need to go home.
Alison: Okay, we'll listen to opera then, Carmen.
Grandmother: Oh, what's that? I like that! Oh, that I know! 
Grandmother hums away to the opera music

MeandMarj: You down here?

Grandmother: You down here?
Alison: Yes, Ma'am!
Grandmother: You in bed!?! You are in bed already?
Alison: It's bed time!
Grandmother: Well, it looks comfortable. It's warm enough? You don't need any more blankets?
Alison: You want to sleep down here with me?
Grandmother: Well, I like my own bed.
Alison: Do you approve of my apartment?
Grandmother: Yes, I do! It's not a bad little apartment, not bad at all!
Alison: You don't want to live down here with me?
Grandmother: No, I like my own...did you make this table skirt?
Alison: No, I don't have the talent, like yourself.
Grandmother: It doesn't take talent, just common sense. What time do you have to get up in the morning?
Alison: 5:15.
Grandmother: 5:15!?! Why so early?
Alison: Because I'm going running.
Grandmother: That's awful early!




MeandMarj: I'm old enough to do what I want!

Dad: Mom, why do you put up such a fight about taking your pills?
Grandmother: Because I'm old enough to do what I want!
Dad: I do what I want too, am I not old enough? How old do you have to be?
Grandmother: NO, you need to be at least my age.

MeandMarj: You threw away all my food!

Alison: Grandmother, I'm so glad we cleaned out the freezer! We are all organized.
Grandmother: You threw out all my food!
Alison: I didn't throw out the food that was any good.
Grandmother: All the food is good.
Alison: Not if it has been in the freezer for years! I'm not going to throw away good food. Don't you trust my judgement?
Grandmother: Not all the time...

MeandMarj: If they were perfect...

Alison: Grandmother, how are the oatmeal cookies?
Grandmother: They are all right.
Alison: Just all right? What about on a scale of 1 - 10?
Grandmother: An 8.
Alison: What makes them an 8?
Grandmother: I don't know.
Alison: How come they aren't a 10?
Grandmother: I don't know, they just aren't.
Alison: Okay, what would make them a 10?
Grandmother: If they were perfect...
Alison: What makes a cookie perfect?
Grandmother: It's just... perfect.