One of my grandson’s favorite foods is waffles. He used to like them frozen out of a box – that started when he was teething and frozen waffles seemed to soothe his gums. He’s graduated to the real deal now. He’s a very picky eater, believing not in the pyramid of food groups but in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘family’
reading and waffles
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, reading, waffles on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
and does it matter where you’re buried?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ancestors, family, family tree, Pilgrims, Truro on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I occasionally google myself to see if anything bizarre shows up on the list. I’ve gone from three pages to nine, with a lot of repetitions but only a few links totally unrelated. At least the one linking to my race time in a half-marathon is gone. Years ago I walked in a fundraiser, the [...]
Oh I’m like the old lady in the comic strip!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Decided I wouldn’t read much news today, so I spent my first cup of coffee reading the Sunday comics. Every single one. Got to “Pickles”, the one about the older couple, retired, spending too much time together. But in this one the woman was out having lunch with a friend. She says, “I always carry [...]
age is a lot like yesterday
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, thoughts on July 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was my grandson’s 5th birthday party. I asked him if he was excited to be five. He gave a little shrug and said, “Um, ya see, it’s a lot like being four.”
heavenly day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, life on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I think heaven happened one day last fall when my grandson was over for the afternoon. We were playing outside, under the mesquite tree. He gathered twigs and sticks that had fallen and we spent hours “planting” a forest across the yard with them. It was one of those wonderful desert days, sun and cool [...]
my father’s hands
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, life on May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My grandson tried to unscrew the legs from a stool today, so I took him to my father’s toolshed and we found jars of nails and screws. I got him a short length of a 2 x4, my dad’s hammer, and some screwdrivers. We spent the rest of the day screwing in regular and phillips [...]
