In case you didn’t guess, the granddaughters are here, and I couldn’t blog much, even if I wanted to. But they are too much fun. It’s 40 degrees here, very unusual. We’re making pie and rolls and then we’ll make the dressing for tomorrow’s turkey. The presents under my tree and killing them, they want …
Category: Grandchildren
Dec 02
Road Rage
The other day GS2 missed the bus. So, I fired up the old minivan and drove him to school. For some reason, the electricity was out a couple of miles from here. It seemed to have affected some stoplights, but on our route, only the secondary ones, at turnarounds or in the middle of miles …
Nov 29
Wednesday already?
The past two days sure went quickly. I’m painting again, this time the bathroom. This in only important because it is our only bathroom and painting it is somewhat of a logistic nightmare. We are either very clean, or very dirty (old joke, I know). Also, we like to flush, if you know what I …
Nov 10
To blog or not to blog….
Note to self: If you’re going to blog, darn it, blog. So I’ll try harder. Note 2: daughter, as in one, two and three, become D1, D2 and D3. grandsons and granddaughters similarly become GS or DG. Saves time. Black Wednesday has come and gone. Those that know us know that GS1 left for his …
Sep 05
Let’s get started….
Last Thursday, granddaughter One found the fabric she had picked from my horde on a visit two weeks before. The purpose was new nightgowns. All hers are outgrown. It was interesting to note that she doesn’t remember that she every owned them. She found the flannel I had used to make some of them and …
Aug 16
Kids Songs
Both of our granddaughters are visiting again, a real treat. Granddaughter Two is 2, her birthday was in June. She talks a blue streak, in sentences of more than a couple of words. Actually, it’s more like paragraphs. Yesterday we made a visit to Greenfield Village. This has been a favorite place of granddaughter One, …
Jul 26
Papa’s Not Sharing
It’s garden season here at home. We have cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, peas, beets, zucchini and green beans. Radishes are done; they were used to mark the beet and carrot rows and are harvested. Michigan corn is cheap at the grocery and farm markets, so we don’t grow it in our limited space. We have mostly …
Jul 20
Back home again
I have successfully retrieved our granddaughters, the secret now is to survive to the end of the week. We’ve been to two stores, put gas in my van, and raided the library for books and videos. We’ve eaten two meals and gone through two changes of clothing. I found from daughter Two’s experience that it …
Jul 19
On the Road Again?
Daughter Two is moving. This is because of the new job, which is a world away from her current home. Two needs to be in the new city with her family ready to go to work in late August. She has a house to clean out, needs to pack up, and has three small children …
Jul 14
Not Until the Stars Come Out
After our wonderful vacation last week, we were driving home on Sunday, when Lex stalled at one of those wonderful turnpike toll booths. Papa started him up, and gave me the look. The battery wasn’t charging. At the next service area, Papa put one of the house batteries in the engine position. For the uninitiated, …
