call my Grandparents more often

I have not called them in a while… but I will see them this weekend for my sister’s birthday. I need to make the effort though… they are so wonderful and really getting along in years. I need for them to know how much they mean to me… and not just on special occasions.

Im taking them out for dinner, without my parents, just me and them, as I way of saying thank you for being so awsome

yeah! i just called them! they are such cool people. :)

I called my maternal grandparents this weekend. We had a nice half-hour chat and now my guilt is slightly alleviated. They’re such nice people that I really would like to talk to them more often. I know I’m very lucky to still have all four grandparents; I don’t know why I don’t call more often.

Well, I called my paternal grandparents once a week for the last 3 weeks and I have been visiting my other grandmother as much as possible. I am going to consider this “done” to free up space on my list, but I intend to continue calling once a week.

So, I called my grandparents today (to set the scene – when I call, they each get on an extension so its kinda like a geriatric party line). We chat for about 2 min about my life, my job, my husband, etc. When I try to ask them about how they are, they rush me off the phone because:
(1) The call is costing me money (about $1 a call)
(2) They say I am too busy to spend my time on the phone with them
(3) I should spend time with my husband
(4) …insert other reasons here…

I have even tried saying NO! I don’t need to be rushed off the phone – that at that moment I have nothing in my life that is more important than talking to them. Sadly this tactic does not work… before I know it we have said our rushed ‘I love you’ and I am sitting dazed looking at the receiver.

Does this happen to anyone else? I think this is why I don’t call more than once every other month (I see them about once a month). I feel like the actuality of my phone calls to them is so ridicules that it is not worth it.

But, they may be crazy, but they are mine!

I called them today and that was great, but when they tell me they haven’t heard from my father in a while and that they tried to call me last week but didn’t have the right number, that sucks. I need to do this REGULARLY.

i talked to all 3 of them friday afternoon. it’s always worth it. why don’t i do it more often?

So often I feel weird calling if it’s been awhile, just because I feel like I need to have new, exciting news worthy of a random call. I know that’s not really the case, but yeah…

It would be so easy to just call like, once a week and keep in touch, tell them how classes are going and maybe actually ask them to do me a favor (because they constantly say that they’ll come pick me up, take me shopping and bring me food or anything else if I wanted them to).

I called last night randomly, and I’ll be seeing them in exactly a week on my birthday, so I will try to call at least once a week or so. They’ve been so great to me, I need to show that I appreciate them in some way… and it seems like just talking would be a good way.

Hmm.. and maybe I can make some kind of a homemade postcard, because I’ve been feeling creative and it would be unexpected. woo!