For some reason, I’ve been putting my clothes on backwards. I showed up for a meeting with my boss and she said, “Hey, I think your sweater is on backwards.” I spent half a day feeling like something wasn’t right and found out my t-shirt was on backwards. Went to the gym this morning and […]
My granddaughter discovered Fused Bead kits. They are little, colored, plastic cylinders that you place on peg boards. After your design is finished, you fuse them together with a hot iron. She knows I like baseball so created a baseball design for me that I use as a coaster. Other common patterns are hearts and […]
My granddaughter and I are pretty good buddies. In church on Sunday, she wanted me to hold her while we were standing and singing songs. It made me realize that this was coming to an end. Not next Sunday, but it’s coming to an end. She is going to reach the height and weight where […]
We go to a regional sporting goods store and they have an indoor play area. Our grandkids love the area and want to head there whenever we go to the store. But while they play, they want me to stand in the same spot. When they climb around, they look through the mesh to make […]
Our grandson figured out how to crawl. For a while he has been on all fours and would be up on his toes and scooting around, but then he figured it out. Once that knee comes forward and then the next you can almost see a light bulb go off. And then there is no […]
One of the blessings of having grandchildren is that it stimulates memories of babies and raising children. Probably memories we’ve tried to repress, because they are simply hard work. Here’s my random observations: Babies are helpless. I mean totally helpless and they are terrible at explaining when something is wrong with them. The required equipment […]