Wife, Mother, Grandmother Great-grandmother. Retired. Bluegrass. Genealogy. Living the life.
Jan 08
So, it’s begun. Health Club ads. Healthy food ads. The resolutions are upon us. Here’s one to ruin your day. Steak ‘n Shake introduces “Fruit and Frozen Yogert Shakes”.
Jan 07
This time, I actually said to Papa, “I went to bed the last time I thought a game was finished, and it wasn’t.” We watched the whole thing. I’m smug and satisfied not to be annoyed by the morning news.
Jan 07
2 ½ year old granddaughter’s alligator tears when I didn’t want to let her “watch”. As in, “I want to watch, please.” Anything, a Dora video, a “show” on TV, anything. The look on a mother’s face at the Science Center. GD2 (above) was building a tower. She accompanies every activity with paragraphs of explanation. …
Jan 07
My young granddaughters were sniffling, and from that I caught a whopper of a cold. I slept in my chair at least part of the last two nights. I’m not better, it actually seems worse. No fever, just a bad cold. Yck!
Jan 05
Granny had fun yesterday. We went to the New Detroit Science Center. It was our first trip to this great museum, but it won’t be the last. D3 came with us, she is known as Aunt J to the little kids. We were a party of 5, with varying shades of red hair, from Aunt …
Jan 04
I retrieved my “little grandchildren” yesterday. That’s GS3 and GD1 and GD2. They are 7, 4, and 2, considerably younger than GS1 and GS2, brothers who have lived here with their Mother, D1 for a few years. GS3 has this week off school, a happy thing. He can’t come as often as the girls, since …
Jan 03
I used to have hair that was a kind of light copper color, so curly that my stepsister said people referred to me as, “The girl with the tee-pee hair.” Probably an accurate statement, since it started at my scalp and just kept on going—similar to Alice in Dilbert. This hair had white strands, copper color …
Jan 02
I stayed up real late last night, rooting for the underdog football team. You know, the one that plays on the blue field. After Oaklahoma intercepted a pass and scored what I though was the winning touchdown with a minute remaining, I gave up and went to bed. The rest is history, the team with …
Jan 02
Once, somewhere, on a piece of paper or a greeting card I saw a list of reasons why it is important to do certain things, “Just for today.” As I remember, this list was designed to bring out one’s compassionate, loving and caring side—urging us to do something for ourselves and/or others to make the …
Dec 30
Papa and I had an uneventful trip to the area, but it is a long haul, longer each year. The beach is beautiful, and we saw a dolphin near shore feeding on Wednesday. The bluegrass show put on by Adams and Anderson has been enjoyable for Papa and I. Yesterday, we had an experience …
