Monthly Archives: August 2010

Where did the years go?

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

I’ve been there for my granddaughter, the wiggly Worm since the beginning.  Wasn’t it just yesterday, or the day before? There was the curly top who never made a sound, never babbled — diagnosed with apraxia of speech (the brain doesn’t know how to make … Continue reading →

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The ole’ swimming hole

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

“How we gonna pour concrete in the deep end without leaving footprints?” Uncle Phil had asked. The pool was to be something special in our small blue collar town — fact is for many years, the only one.  It was … Continue reading →

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Menopause is an acronym

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

“M” is for the million ways my husband finds to bug me, “E” means estrogen deficient, armed and dangerous, “N” is for night sweats, hot and cold flashes, and all around lack of climate control, “O” means I’m growing ridiculously … Continue reading →

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He’s a peach

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

“If I get a deal on a couple of flats of peaches, could you put some up?” Couponman, action hero of the recession, asked me the other morning.  Morning was the keyword.  I don’t do mornings well, preferably not at … Continue reading →

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Captive audience

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Trips to airports are often multi-purpose.  Of course, to transport person B to location A.  But for moms, always a mom, types of people, they serve as captive teaching moments.  Today was such a morning.  Off to Long Beach Airport, … Continue reading →

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Does any man listen?

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

On my last visit out-of-state to see my sons, we spent a day at a friend’s large ranch.  On the way back from the horse barn, I listened to my sons chat about the next adventure on the day’s schedule — target shooting.  “Are … Continue reading →

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Swimmer’s gone

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

My grandson is allergic to almost everything — cats, dogs, and peanuts.  So a year ago last June we bought him a blue Beta fish with a pretty bowl that sat on a base that changed colors.  The Bug named him Swimmer. … Continue reading →

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Frick and Frack

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

I met a friend for lunch yesterday.  We became friends after finding out how much we had in common — our first grandsons born one month apart (we long ago agreed to disagree on whose was the cutest), both mothers suffered … Continue reading →

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Homeland cruise lines

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Hot Wheelz is coming to visit.  I awoke before the crack of dawn yesterday morning.  The early bird was still putting on her makeup.  I jumped out of bed all bright and bushy-tailed. Okay, bright and jumped might not be … Continue reading →

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I’ll have a ticket with that

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

I get away with a lot regarding my driving.  I’m a non-descript grandma in a non-descript car, nothing flashy, nothing standout.  But, not yesterday morning on the way to work. A straight through lane has changed recently to a right … Continue reading →

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