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Jun. 29th, 2025 08:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crantzI can't start making my big planned fry up breakfast for another hour (long story, not needed here) and I'm just staring at the clock while visions of tiny potatoes, fancy cheese, and eggs dance through my head.
I also keep thinking 'maybe I should go eat some ravioli' before realizing that would ruin that entire fry up's ability to be eaten. ALAS.
My mom's off participating in a dragon boat race in another province and we only just realized she was in such a hurry she forgot to leave us the streaming link so we could watch her race! I'm going to just sit here and hope she wins or places.
She isn't hugely competitive (neither am I) which came in really useful the other day when we went to a jigsaw puzzle contest as a team of two and all (but another parent/kid team) of the other teams were four people who led to us finding out there's speed puzzle clubs in town.
We placed dead last but we had a good time, beer, and nachos. I'm not a big puzzle person but I don't dislike them and I found it really soothing. Lot of convo about her (passed away) parents who loved puzzles so that was warm and fuzzy.
So my maternal grandparents loved puzzles. And I wanted to give them a gift to their interests! So I asked them what their favourite ones to put together were. And they said 'boats, water, lots of pieces'
Brilliant, I thought. My favourite art piece of the moment includes all those elements and so I got them a 1000 piece puzzle of The Great Wave Off Kanagawa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa
My grandpa, upon opening it Christmas morning, looked up at me and said in the saddest voice: "I thought you loved us"
One of my favourite gift mistake stories, anyway! They appreciated me trying my best.
Man, I miss when they were both alive and well and they'd be staying over for a week and I'd make sure to get up at 6 am so I could sit at the kitchen table, drink coffee and watch their solitaire strategies. Grandma always had some insane anecdote and Grandpa was always very chill and serene.
I also keep thinking 'maybe I should go eat some ravioli' before realizing that would ruin that entire fry up's ability to be eaten. ALAS.
My mom's off participating in a dragon boat race in another province and we only just realized she was in such a hurry she forgot to leave us the streaming link so we could watch her race! I'm going to just sit here and hope she wins or places.
She isn't hugely competitive (neither am I) which came in really useful the other day when we went to a jigsaw puzzle contest as a team of two and all (but another parent/kid team) of the other teams were four people who led to us finding out there's speed puzzle clubs in town.
We placed dead last but we had a good time, beer, and nachos. I'm not a big puzzle person but I don't dislike them and I found it really soothing. Lot of convo about her (passed away) parents who loved puzzles so that was warm and fuzzy.
So my maternal grandparents loved puzzles. And I wanted to give them a gift to their interests! So I asked them what their favourite ones to put together were. And they said 'boats, water, lots of pieces'
Brilliant, I thought. My favourite art piece of the moment includes all those elements and so I got them a 1000 piece puzzle of The Great Wave Off Kanagawa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa
My grandpa, upon opening it Christmas morning, looked up at me and said in the saddest voice: "I thought you loved us"
One of my favourite gift mistake stories, anyway! They appreciated me trying my best.
Man, I miss when they were both alive and well and they'd be staying over for a week and I'd make sure to get up at 6 am so I could sit at the kitchen table, drink coffee and watch their solitaire strategies. Grandma always had some insane anecdote and Grandpa was always very chill and serene.
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Date: 2025-06-29 02:57 pm (UTC)I've done a lot of Star Wars puzzles as room decor, my 1000 piece one took months. Your poor grandparents XD Did they ever put together the one you gave them?
Really love the anecdotes about your grandparents, they sound like wonderful people. I have a rash from yardwork weeds right now and bought a lotion to try and deal with it today. The smell reminded my of my paternal grandfather, who always had some salve or balm for whatever ailed you. He liked to tell a story about how when he was a baby, he was very sick and the doctor thought there was nothing more that could be done and he was going to die. His mom rubbed him down in Vick's vapor rub and wrapped him up, and he recovered. At least that's how I remember it.
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Date: 2025-06-29 03:01 pm (UTC)Star Wars has some great art, I can just imagine the puzzles. They never did! But they kept it on top of the pile the whole time anyway, so I think they either aspired or wanted me to know they appreciated it.
My grandparents were fantastic. My grandma was so cranky and a smoker when I was a kid I genuinely thought she was part dragon.
Ah! He had his potions and elixirs! A wizard grandpa.
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Date: 2025-06-29 10:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-06-30 03:10 pm (UTC)I feel like with 'boats, water, lots of pieces' The Great Wave is not even the bottom of the pile? There is so much blurry, sun-blotched sea out there from photographs! I have one with samey dolphins instead of boats, I can't do it. I did the frame, once.