My Granddad

I'm certain to have the cutest Granddad in the world. And since I've been living with my Grandparents for the last year, I get an inside view on all the cute elderly things they do. The latest funny event that my Granddad has created happened just the other day. I came home Sunday night from having dinner at my boyfriend’s house, and my grandparents had already gone to bed. I decided to stroll through the kitchen to find something sweet to eat before I went down stairs to my room. My sister Kassi was there having a snack as well and glaring at a very peculiar piece of art sitting on the kitchen counter....

So I began to examine what it was she was looking at. Kassi begins to tell me that it was Granddad's project of the night; he worked on it for about 3 hours. It was a handle from his dresser that had broken off, and being the Fix-It man that he is, He was going to FIX IT!

So he had his glue, strings, plier things, among other tools scattered around the table... and it was set out to dry over night. The next evening (last night) I found Granddad working on it again. Tools scattered, bright working light over head, magnifying glasses on.... this man is SERIOUS! I thought it was cute, but I didn't think much of it. I left to my ward F.H.E. service project at 6:20pm and came back 2 1/2 hours later around 9pm ...only to find Granddad right where I left him. I laughed a little but just went down stairs and waited for John to come over. Around 11pm I went up stairs to get some orange juice, and I found Granddad there in the same exact spot; tools, glue, dresser handle in hand, YET COMPLETELY A SLEEP, AND SNORING! I ran down stairs to get my camera and to tell John what I had just seen.... So I ran back up stairs so that I could snap a picture of my Granddad sleeping while working on this dresser handle... but of course he woke up to the sound of my camera turning on. Dang it! And how would that make me look if he caught me taking a picture of him sleeping sitting up with tools in his hands? So I just hid my camera.. and asked him how his project was coming along... he mumbled something as he realized that he was sleeping on a stool and made his way to his room. Just another day in the life of my Granddad. So cute!