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Day 03 – Your parents
Oct. 24th, 2010 12:03 amMy parents are pretty awesome.
My mom grew up pretty poor in western Minnesota on the border of South Dakota. She didn't move to the cities until she was 16. They moved here because this is where my grandparents could find work. She had various office jobs though her 20s until she had children. She was a great stay at home mom, she always had some project going on and pretty much headed up remodeling the house through my childhood. She also would cook dinner for anyone that was at our house at dinner time even though we didn't have that much money ourselves.
My dad grew up in St Paul. He was both very middle class and very Catholic. He rebelled against both. He didn't like college so when he was drafted he went into the Army. After his two years were up he didn't go back. He spent the next 10 years working in steel factories until the 80s recession when he went back to school to become a surveyor. After this he would work insane hours in the summer but all winter long we knew he wouldn't miss anything that we had going on. He would coach my basketball teams which was very fun.
My parents aren't really afraid of any project. Even before the internet they would go to the library, check out a book and figure out how to do something. I love that they have passed this on to me because I know that almost anything is doable.
BTW, my parents are having some plumbing problems which my dad thinks has to do with sewer pipe connection with the street. Instead of hiring a plumber, which is what I was pushing them to do since my dad is weak and everyone is pretty stressed right now, my dad researched one of those cameras that plumbers have and bought one. It came on Friday and him and my brothers used it. My mom thinks this is very silly but she also is okay with this because it is the first thing he has been really into for 6 or 7 weeks. So, if any of you ever need a camera for a sewer line, I have access to one. Ha!
My mom grew up pretty poor in western Minnesota on the border of South Dakota. She didn't move to the cities until she was 16. They moved here because this is where my grandparents could find work. She had various office jobs though her 20s until she had children. She was a great stay at home mom, she always had some project going on and pretty much headed up remodeling the house through my childhood. She also would cook dinner for anyone that was at our house at dinner time even though we didn't have that much money ourselves.
My dad grew up in St Paul. He was both very middle class and very Catholic. He rebelled against both. He didn't like college so when he was drafted he went into the Army. After his two years were up he didn't go back. He spent the next 10 years working in steel factories until the 80s recession when he went back to school to become a surveyor. After this he would work insane hours in the summer but all winter long we knew he wouldn't miss anything that we had going on. He would coach my basketball teams which was very fun.
My parents aren't really afraid of any project. Even before the internet they would go to the library, check out a book and figure out how to do something. I love that they have passed this on to me because I know that almost anything is doable.
BTW, my parents are having some plumbing problems which my dad thinks has to do with sewer pipe connection with the street. Instead of hiring a plumber, which is what I was pushing them to do since my dad is weak and everyone is pretty stressed right now, my dad researched one of those cameras that plumbers have and bought one. It came on Friday and him and my brothers used it. My mom thinks this is very silly but she also is okay with this because it is the first thing he has been really into for 6 or 7 weeks. So, if any of you ever need a camera for a sewer line, I have access to one. Ha!
