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 … Read more
I’ve been here at D2’s home for a week. I haven’t been away from home for a whole week since I stopped working, unless Papa and I went somewhere together. Papa did come over here to visit me this weekend, and have some fun with the grandkids, and generally help out. Good thing, it’s easy … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
I usually don’t write anything on weekends, but I couldn’t resist this. When I quit working a few years ago, I intended to spend most of my free time on genealogy. And, for the most part, for about 3 years I kept up pretty well. But, this past year a lot of my time has … Read more
In the past week, we have really had it. Stuff has been falling from the sky, snow, rain, ice, sleet, a little of everything. The GD’s were here for a couple of days, but the older wasn’t feeling good, so I took them home. Thank goodness, the roads and the sky were clear that day. … Read more
Today, I read a post on a mailing list that brought a bunch of stuff back, so here goes: Until last August, D2 lived on old US 131, which is also called Mackinaw Trail and 210th Avenue, just south of Ashton and about 6 miles north of Reed City, Michigan. Across the road was the … Read more
You would think, having raised three children and experienced the addition of five grandchildren to my family, I would have calmed down and could roll with the punches by now. Perhaps my perfection expectation will never take complete leave. I can stand the messy desks, some messy tabletops, and the cat or kid toys on … Read more
Papa and I went to the camper show yesterday Saturday. Talk about up and down. We went in and out of many trailers and class C motor homes and decided we will stick with Lex for now. Lex has some drawbacks, but is already in our drive. Using him requires no payments, no hustle and … Read more
It’s pretty nice out here today. I know that because at 5:30 when we got up, the temp was still 32, above freezing. I put the garbage out and didn’t freeze, even without a coat. I’m working on a little project so that will keep me off the street for a while. The news of … Read more