Today’s memory is brought to you via our Christmas Letter from 1977. Just so you know … We have five children, our youngest being born May 5, 1977, and our oldest turning 9 on December 9, 1977. “Twas the week before Christmas, and all through our house Not one person was pleasant, not even our [...]
Monday, January 10, 2011 So today is my sixty-fourth birthday and Lynn has been singing this old Beatle’s song under his breath all day: The song was written by Paul McCartney of the Beatles when he was just sixteen years old and it apparently was inspired by his “lover”. I can’t imagine having a [...]
I’ll tell you what is the best medicine … grandchildren! This is our “off” year for Thanksgiving with most of our kids … I mean, they DO have other sides of their families, after all. Lynn and I considered having a fake Thanksgiving dinner out our house the Saturday or Sunday before Thanksgiving but we [...]
When you are a grandmother with seventeen grandchildren from the age of eighteen on down to one year old, you have constant reminders of the years that are behind you. Anna started Kindergarten this past week. Just look at that happy, beautiful little face. She is so excited, so proud of herself for being five [...]
Men! I mean … MEN! I tackled a huge project in the bedroom today. Cleaned out the dressers and closet and cleaned off the tops of the dressers. The dressers looked wonderful! All that was left to do was haul the various piles to their designated new homes. Then Lynn decided to go to bed [...]
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Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. I’ve been thinking … Mothers are responsible that their child is clean, fed nutritious food, has clean clothes, makes good friends, does their homework, practices the piano, learns their manners, respects adults, learns to work, has time to play, and learns how to obey … Mothers share their dessert, their drinks, [...]
This is the beautiful bouquet of flowers sent to me by www.spotamom.com . I love them and as you can see, they have really brightened my day. We took this picture of them on the table of our motor home. Remember … you get a 15% discount if you want to send flowers to [...]
These are my ten suggestions to save time and money … what are yours? If you list some on your blog please link to mine! 1. If you like the smell of the Bed & Bath type liquid/gel hand soaps but don’t like the price try diluting them either 1/3 soap to 2/3 water or [...]
Kim suggested I enter my poem, It’s How You Run Your Race, in a writing contest she found on this fun blog by Michelle Mitchell, a mother from Alaska. I have to admit, after I read the rules it is a perfect entry. I should be eating from the winner’s box of Clementines from Spain [...]
My grandchildren are hurling … puking … vomiting … with projectile force. Their parents are having to clean up all manner of icky stuff because this flu hits without warning and the children sort of wake up in the middle of the process. I have cleaned up many a terrible mess in my day, but [...]
