Category: Grandchildren

Seventy-nine Thousand Miles Later

Once upon a time, well, actually in October of 2003 I needed a car. I had recently quit working and economy was my main concern, so we bought a Neon that had been leased or used, possibly by a Chrysler employee. The car had about 10,000 miles, and standard options for an economy car. Not …

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Back to Normal?

I sure am happy to be home again. The past couple of days have been taken up by looking around, walking around, sleeping in my own bed, sitting in my own chair, using my big computer (as apposed to my laptop) and generally feeling happy The best news is that GD1 is feeling “great”.  She …

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Disclaimer or Correction

My grandson says I should have told him he did a bad job and not posted this.  But, he did a good job, the machine was set wrong.  I saw him carefully vacuum under everything and was puzzled when I saw the result.  Investigation revealed that it wasn’t him, it was the machine, which I …

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Wednesday

Yesterday was 70 degrees, but today was a good day.  GD1 is back to being herself.  S-in-L went to the gym in the morning and took GD2 to play in the kid’s area when he went. GD1 and I went to the home improvement store and got handles for her dresser.  She carefully inspected everything …

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Getting younger or older???

GD1 had her appendix removed Monday night.  She’s only 4, and really a tiny girl.  I made the drive pretty quickly, and even had extra underwear–but not a lot of extra underwear.  D2 is at the hospital and has been there except for 2 showers since Monday.  S-n-L has been there a lot also, but …

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Answer this–

How can a large, strong almost 16 year old grandson run the vacuum, and not remove any dirt from the floor.  This is a highly efficient, very nice vacuum that I splurged on, not some old pile of junk.  Are your ready for the answer?  I discovered this, when I used it the next day.  …

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Good morning, Michigan

It’s cold, again or still. The first e-mail I read this morning was from My-cast, and instead of the usual “cast” it offered a winter storm watch. If they think I’ve to time to watch for a storm they’ve got another think coming. We returned our granddaughters yesterday, meeting their mother and GS3 halfway.  Sesame …

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Busy, Busy, Busy

For whatever reason, I haven’t felt well the past couple of days. Even so, time rolls on and I have to keep on keeping on. I’m doing some crazy things these days. I’ve got about 5 balls in the air and I keep letting them fall. I’m sewing for GDs 1 and 2. I’m remodeling …

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We Missed It

We had a 7:00 p.m. appointment, thank goodness for the internet.  Read about the Kalamazoo Promise story on the CBS news site, and watch the video from last night’s CBS News. BTW, Granny thinks this is good idea.  Additionally, you might notice that the superintendent and the news anchor interviewing her are both female. That’s a …

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Promise, The Saga Continues

You may remember that D2 and her family moved to a new town at the end of the summer.  She took a job with the Kalamazoo Public School District.  Most school districts in Michigan are on hard times, but  the Kalamazoo district has a little something going for it, the Kalamazoo Promise.  This is a …

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