Style Inherited

My grandparents recently moved out of their home after decades of ownership. The walls have seen them raise 8 children, welcome 23 grandchildren, and host countless Christmas', Easters, St. Patty's day celebrations, and every other party you can think of. We smashed grapes in the backyard, bottled wine in the basement, talked for hours around the long wooden table, and listened to stories that taught us how to live better. True to form, we said goodbye to the house with dancing, wine, Irish whiskey, and Christian blessings. I couldn't help but snapping a few shots with my iPhone before the movers took their house away. At 80 years of age, their style is still one to watch. From the printed chairs to the silhouettes, I will miss it all!

xoxo

oh, ROMEO

My mom and I had dinner with my grandparents tonight. They're just shy of 80 years old and seriously hilarious. My g-ma (which we fondly call her) is like the incredible shrinking woman, and my grandpa is a 3 times semi-retired Irish Catholic Dr. that thinks wine is universal medicine, which he brews in his basement. They're beautiful people and I love being able to sit with them and soak up their stories and knowledge.

In addition to career advice and leading me to life revelations, this is what I learned from my grandpa tonight:

Lesson #1: the world is full of PITAs (pain in the...ahem).

Lesson #2: he is a proud member of the local ROMEOs (rotten old men eating out).

Lesson #3: he had over 50 shirts made, each one deeming "JESUS LOVES YOU" in large font, with a lovely, very small subtitle of "everyone else thinks you're a donkeyhole."

(the substitution of words was necessary...this is a family place so I keep my blog PG).

Hope you found these lessons as valuable and enlightening as I did.