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The things Abby does!…….

01/18/2012 9 Comments

So yesterday it was raining, Abby couldn’t get outdoors to use up that energy she is cursed blessed to have, so I decided it would be a good day to go shopping and get her out of the house.

Let me just pause to say, I’M NEVER TAKING HER SHOPPING AGAIN :). That’s a lie BTW! I did not get out of the store without her sneaking in a dozen items in the cart.

Tired, hungry, needing a sit down cup of coffee, we then headed to Cracker Barrel. I’ve always loved Cracker Barrel and so does Abby. I order and our drinks are brought to us, then our meal. I’ve NEVER had a bad experience with Cracker Barrel until that moment. The cup they brought my coffee in was filthy. I don’t mean dirty, I mean FILTHY!

I didn’t say anything but of course I didn’t have that wonderful cup of coffee I had been dreaming about in the grocery store. Abby happy as a lark enjoyed her drink! 3 year old Abby doesn’t have a care in the world past wanting to know when Caliou and Curious George are coming on.

The things Abby does!.......

Abby happily slurping away on her drink, me dreaming of getting home to make coffee, and our food arrives. I pick up my fork to chow down, dig into my meatloaf, have it headed to my mouth and this long black hair was dangling in front of me.

The Things Abby Does

Again I didn’t say anything but needless to say, I didn’t eat, however, I checked Abby’s food and let her eat. This one bad incident won’t cause me to quit eating at Cracker Barrel, it will cause me to quit eating at THAT Cracker Barrel!!! I sat dreaming of coffee and food. When I paid for our meal, the cashier asked me how our meal was. My reply was hmmm. That’s all I said but that is probably the rudest I’ve ever been at a restaurant. I’m just not one to make a scene. By the time we got home I was STARVING.

I put Abby to work on the sourdough bread, I used a box so all she had to do was pour in the ingredients. I set to work on Beef Stew in the crock pot, full of chunky cut veggies of course. I let some cream corn simmer on in a frying pan. I couldn’t wait for supper. Yum yum yum. Hurry up and wait… and wait we did. And wait, and wait. O.M.G. by 7 everything looked exactly like it did when I started it.

The things Abby does!.......
The things Abby does!.......

The crock pot didn’t even feel hot. I followed the extension cord… UNPLUGGED! U.N.P.L.U.G.E.D. Oh Abby!

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Oh Abby! It was a Friday!

01/07/2012 9 Comments

Last night I crawled up in the bed completely exhausted but happy as a lark. Why?…

I’ve been wearing my hair shorter because it’s easier to keep up with. Having a style that only requires little maintenance helps me look stylish even when I am wearing it as the “messy look”. I was due for a trim this week so I made my appointment when Abby was going to be in pre-school. She happened to overhear me mention that I was having my hair trimmed. MISTAKE. Of course after that I had to take her for a trim at the same time. As Abby put it to make me feel as guilty as she though I deserved to feel, “BUT YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND MIMI AND I NEED TO GO WITH YOU.” MISTAKE.

The thing about Abby is that she has been around me since birth. So naturally she LOVES adults. She will walk up to anyone and start a conversation. She always begins with “do you have kids”?… If they do she will ask every question imaginable about them. Then she starts on grand-kids. I pity those that don’t have grand-kids yet. She gives her opinion on that in no uncertain terms. Her mimi has grand-kids, EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE GRAND-KIDS.
W H Y
D O N ‘ T
Y O U
H A V E
G R A N D – K I D S
?????????????????????

So we got in the door good and she was happily going around to each person to “commute” with them.

She wanted me to go first. MISTAKE. I tried talking her into getting her nails painted or having a pedicure, just anything that would keep her busy until I finished. But no, if she was having her nails done I had to have mine done at the same time!

So… lets get started…

She started crying when they washed my hair (gasp???). She has never seen anyone wash my hair before (because I usually go to any appointments I can when she is in pre-school). She thought they were doing something terrible to her mimi and she asked CONTINUOUSLY if I was finished yet. By this time I was a bit nervous from her crying. Her mom walked in. MISTAKE. She saw a way to get more attention so she cried HARDER even though at this point I was sitting in the chair ready for my trim.

FINALLY she calmed down and decided I wasn’t being hurt and that she had gathered all of the attention that she could. So begins my hair trim… MISTAKE. She asked my hairdresser a thousand questions, shooting one off of another almost before she could answer. I was more than a little nervous by this time. I wasn’t even paying attention any more to my hair trim. Abby wanted her to HURRY and wasn’t making it easy on anyone. By the time I was finished having my hair trimmed (which turned into a CUT), I WAS SPORTING A WHOLE NEW LOOK THAT IS SHORTER THAN I’VE EVER WORN IT. O.M.G….. I kind of remembered at this point my hairdresser saying something along the lines of you should let me cut your hair such in such a way yada yada yada…

…..you would think by this time that I would REALLY BE A NERVOUS WRECK!!!….

But no…. I LOVE MY NEW STYLE. T.O.T.A.L.L.Y. It’s so chic and so cute, even less fuss to fix and no matter how much I’ve tried messing it up, it just looks cute. I’m 20 years younger. If you don’t believe me ask Abby!

…”ahhhhhhh miiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiii you look like a princess” I’m quite sure a princess would be 20 years younger than me :).

I need my highlights touched up NEXT WEEK WHEN ABBY IS IN SCHOOL before I post a photo!

Abby’s turn…. The real princess!

Abby

Abby

Abby getting hair trimmed her and mimi having us a girls day. on Twitpic Share photos on twitter with Twitpic

And then… two lovely ladies came in who were speaking in a language that Abby had never heard before, so lucky for us, unlucky for them, she spent the rest of our day trip to the salon focusing her attention and comments on them. I’m sure they called me every name in the book in their language. I’ll never know :).

Fast forward it to 2 cups of coffee later and a dress down to comfy jeans… AND MY NEW BOOTS FROM BEARPAW SHOES I WON IN A GIVEAWAY! These are the most comfortable boots I’ve ever put on my feet!!

Bearpaw Shoes

Burger King with Tyler and Alyssa…

I love whoppers. While I don’t eat them that often, when it’s time it’s time! I don’t want to know how unhealthy my whopper was last night. I convinced myself while I was eating it that it was a salad, it did have lettuce, tomatoes, and onions on it. That’s a salad, right? That’s all I have to say about that.

Burger King

Tyler and Alyssa

It was a long and busy day but any day with the grand-kids is an awesome day!!

EDIT: I was just looking at this photo of Abby and realized we now have the same hair style!!

Abby

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School Excuses Abby style…

01/05/2012 8 Comments

School ExcusesI was taking Abby to school today and she came up with some “new” reasons why she “CAN’T” go to school today… every day she has a new list :).

Abby: I can’t go to school today mimi!
Me: We already are going to school Abby.
Abby: But I CAN’T go to school today.
Me: Why?
Abby: I need to go to the dentist!
Me: You just went to the dentist Abby!
Abby: I know and they forgot to brush my teeth.
Me: We just brushed your teeth!
Abby: I know and the dentist has to now.

Abby: Mimi…
Me: Hmmm?
Abby: I can’t go to school today.
Me: Why Abby?
Abby: I don’t like my new teacher.
Me: You don’t have a new teacher Abby!
Abby: I KNOW AND I DON’T LIKE HER!!!
Me:…. (still trying to figure that one out)

Abby: STOP THE CAR!
Me: Why? If we stop the car you will be late for school.
Abby: My teacher said it’s okay.
Me: Why do I need to stop the car?
Abby: To turn around!
Me: Why would we need to turn around?
Abby: To go home and get me a banana.
Me: I gave you one before we left.
Abby: I saved my last bite & I NEED TO GO HOME AND EAT IT.

Abby: Mimi turn around!
Me: I can’t, we are going to school.
Abby: I can’t go to to school today.
Me: *sigh* Why is that?
Abby: My best friend is not there.
Me: How do you know, we aren’t there yet.

My favorites……

Abby: I can’t go to school today.
Me: We already are at school Abby!
Abby: THIS IS NOT MY SCHOOL.
Me: It was your school yesterday…
Abby: IT’S NOT MY SCHOOL TODAY!!
Turn around and I’ll show you where my school is.
Me: Is it by our house?
Abby: YES!
Me: Where?
Abby: IN MY BEDROOM!!!

Abby: Mimi I can’t go to school today.
Me: Sure you can, you’re a big girl. We are already here, lets get out and go say hi to everyone.
Abby: NO I CAN’T.
Me: Why?
Abby: Because I’ll miss you…
Me: Awww…. I’ll miss you too.

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Abby Singing…

01/02/2012 8 Comments

A star is born. Well, maybe ha. Just sharing some quick videos I took with my cell phone in December. Click on them to view in Twitpic. I can’t believe 2011 is already gone. School starts back tomorrow and boy do I ever have some catching up to do!! One thing is obvious, it’s time for me to invest in a good video cam!!

I hope you have a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious New Year 2012.

Do you believe in magic…
Do you believe in magic... on Twitpic

Santa Claus is coming to town…
Santa Claus is coming to town... la la la on Twitpic

Jingle Bells…
Jingle Bells... on Twitpic

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My busy day..

12/06/2011 14 Comments

Abby was home from school today so I decided to get her out of the house and let her use up some of her never-ending energy. I get a few miles down the road and realize there is a noise coming from my door. Noises bug me if they are something I can’t figure out. It got quite annoying so I stopped the car debating on turning around or going on. I decided to get out and take a peek at the outside to see what it could be. I didn’t see anything wrong so off I go again. The next thing I know Abby starts singing to the tune of “Santa Clause Is Coming To Town” except hers went a little more like this… he knows if you are bad or dead so you need to sing in the shower, ohhhh you better watch out you better be good… Where does she come up with this stuff? Anyhow, she had me dying laughing and I was trying not to let her see me so I’m sitting in the front seat shaking from laughing and I forgot all about my door. When we got to our shopping destination and I got out of the car I realized there was a tree limb in my door. I kid you not. Tree limb is kind of extreme, a twig is more like it. But a long one. I’m so baffled as to how it got there. If it had been a snake… we had a much quieter ride home without that annoying noise.

We did some shopping…. They had a super great Sale at Beals Outlet and Abs racked up with several pairs of shoes and outfits. Oh yeah and the hat didn’t come home with us. It would have but it was a straw hat and it was torn in several places and she couldn’t find another one like it. If you see one anywhere please let me know. It’s definitely Abby. Her new favorite color is purple but they only had the one green hat.

We went to Chick-Fil-A which is one of our favorite places to eat and play at their playland. We must like it pretty well because we drove 45 minutes to get there.

I believe in table manners but I also believe in letting kids be kids. Some people (in my opinion) are too extreme about things. I noticed this little girl about Abby’s age sitting with her mom when we were at Chick-Fil-A. No elbows on the table, no talking while eating, not allowed to go play with the other kids. When she started to leave Abby tried talking to her as she does everyone she sees. The little girl was so painfully timid I wanted to shake her mom. She almost started crying when Abby talked to her and her mom just kept walking and wouldn’t allow the child to acknowledge Abby or any of the kids. I guess you would have had to have been there to see the point I’m trying to make because it’s not coming out right. I remind Abby to remove elbows from the table but I don’t do it in a way to embarrass her. We have always used our meals as time to communicate, I can’t imagine having to sit and eat and not be able to say anything. I’m either going to hear a YUCK or a YUM right off the bat with Abby. Silence is not always golden in our family. I guess we all have our own views on the appropriate way to raise children. That’s all I have to say about that.

After we got home we made some of the best Sausage Cheese Balls I have ever tasted. We got the recipe from here. If you love sausage cheese balls you should really try this. Two types of cheeses and rosemary. Delicious! I want to try the Spinach Cheese Balls soon.

While I was watching Abby play at Chick-Fil-A I decided I need a Kindle. I’ve gone without one long enough. It would be so neat to have one that I could stick in my handbag and take with me. I’m pretty sure I want this one (because my mom recommended a touch and it’s not too expensive) and want to know if you have one and if so how do you like it?

So that was my day, how was yours?

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Time to stop and play….

10/29/2011 18 Comments

What a busy day but it’s time to soak up some Vitamin D and spend the rest of the day relaxing. It hasn’t been easy to get enough sunshine with this mad crazy weather we have been having, but today is so perfect out. Not hot but warm, sunny and breezy. Abby’s sure enjoying the outdoors, don’t you agree? :)

Just one of those moments that makes me grin like an idiot...... on TwitpicAbs admiring her "work of art". What a great job ... on TwitpicGNF 2011 LOL she is silly. on TwitpicShare photos on twitter with Twitpic

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Shopping For Abby at #Amazon

10/25/2011 6 Comments

Lil Miss Abby has outgrown her long coat and her boots so I ordered her some this morning from Amazon. I really love Amazon. I couldn’t resist a little outfit I had in my wish list as well. Not all of Amazon “bargains” are bargains, but they do have a lot of bargains that are “bargains”. That’s why I decided to start Grandma’s Spectacles. I try to find the best bargains I can to feature. I compare the items to the cost of other items similar to it to see if it really is a bargain. It can be time consuming but I enjoy it when I have the time, and when I don’t have the time I know the world won’t come to an end if I can’t find a good featured bargain. When I have the extra time I find quite a few good deals. Lets face it, women love to shop! :)

Amazon has to be one of the easiest stores to shop and check out with online, or maybe I just haven’t found the right ones. I have never had a problem checking out with them. It’s so fast and easy and it really only takes a couple of minutes if that. Plus it’s so convenient to shop from my desk on chilly days like today.

While I have an Amazon shop, I can’t shop from it and after I placed my order I was wondering if any of my readers have an Amazon shop that I can shop from in the future? I would rather shop from one of you than from the main store so you can make a commission off of the sales. If you have an Amazon store, please send me an email or leave me a comment with the link to let me know.

Want to see what I bought? :)

So cute….

My Amazon wish list is empty again so I’d better get started bargain hunting for things we will need during the winter and of course my never ending Christmas list.

Do you ever shop from Amazon?

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I Love My Family

10/23/2011 16 Comments

Now that Abby is settling in at Pre-School, I feel like I don’t spend enough time with her. I’m learning to fill in my days while she is at school. I now have time to do more product reviews and giveaways on my site and I hope to get in a lot of reading this winter. I’ve got a mile long list of books I want to read.

The first few weeks after Abby started Pre-School I moped around the house feeling like I lost my best friend. I’m slowly snapping out of it. Abby has been attached to my apron strings for the past 3 years and I honestly don’t know where that time went. Kids grow up way too fast. One day they are in Pre-School and the next they are graduating from college.

On the weekends we get together in the kitchen and cook up a something that she picks out. Today she wanted to make “pannycakes”.

Our today’s creation…
(can you guess who had the “sprinkling the powdered sugar” job? hint, it wasn’t me ha… it’s a good thing I cooked with “lowfat” everything)

Abby's Pannycakes

Abby's Pannycakes

Abby's Pannycakes

Abby's Pannycakes

“Pannycake” recipe
Ingredients
1 cup of bisquick
1 egg
1 cup lowfat milk
Filling
1 cup of berries
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
Topping
Powdered Sugar

What do you like to do with your family on the weekend?

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They grow up way too fast.

09/22/2011 7 Comments

Abby
Abby is all settled in pre-school and she loves it. She’s learning so much already it’s impressive. I miss “our” time though. We had so much fun going on our daily walks and taking photos of everything that crossed our path. It’s too hot in the evenings to take her, but hopefully it will cool off soon.

Tonight she helped me cook supper and it was so much fun. I got tickled when she took off to get her camera to take some photos of the food. Our “fun” times aren’t normally one on one anymore with her mom working days and off nights and now she is in pre-school during the day. I look forward to Saturdays and Wednesdays which are the only days we really have to spend one on one.

I was looking through some of her photos from a month ago and some I’ve taken recently and she has changed so much in just a short time. She looks just like her mom in this photo (cell phone pic). I can’t believe how fast my kids grew up. Now my grand-kids are growing at a fast rate too it seems.

Anyhow… I just wanted to share.

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Wordless Wednesday Featuring Abby

09/21/2011 2 Comments

Add your Wordless Wednesday link to the linky below :)

Wordless Wednesday Featuring Abby
*she loves to play dress up to go outside and play *gasp*

Wordless Wednesday Featuring Abby
*at pre-school

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Wordless Wednesday

08/03/2011 2 Comments

Late post…

Abby playing in the water at Universal Studios. If there was water to be found she made sure she made a beeline straight to it.

We took two vacations this year, back to back. The first one we went to Texas for sister week. All of us sisters and our families had the time of our lives. We didn’t think Abby would enjoy going, there wasn’t much for her age to do. We went flying, crabbing, deep sea fishing, rode horses, and many other things that we felt would not appeal to her.

Our second vacation was geared towards her, we went to Universal Studios and she had the time of her life.

Please feel free to link up :)

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Abby Abby Abby….

06/26/2011 18 Comments

What do you want for breakfast Abby?
Abby: pannycakes
How about some yummy cereal?
Abby: but I want pannycakes
Cinnamon or blueberry
Abby: cimaneen
Come and eat Abby
Abby: but whewe’s my ceweal?
:0

Pannycakes or Ceweal?

What do you want for lunch Abby?
Abby: Sheeken
Come and get it Abby
Abby: that’s gwoss, that’s not a tummy yummy.
It’s chicken salad.
Abby: THAT’S NOT SHEEKEN

Cheeken

If you smile for the camera Abby I’ll let you go play.
Abby: okay gwama…..

Popeye Abby

Abby can be so exasperating at times, but she sure is worth the trouble.

Gwama is POOPED!

Anyhow… that’s not exactly how our day went but it’s how most days go around here. Today was a little more trying than that. I’m too tired to write a blog post. The end.

PS at least I didn’t have to crawl out of the window in my granny skivies again…

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Sour Kool-Aid?

06/21/2011 12 Comments

With a daughter that is silly, it was inevitable that some of that silliness would rub off on my grand daughter Abby. She never fails to make me LOL.

This morning she asked me if I would make some “Sour Kool-Aid” and I responded with “just as soon as I get through sorting the laundry and starting a load in the washing machine”. Task completed, I went to the kitchen to see what Abby was up to.

Ta Da…. (her exact words when I walked in the kitchen). Being somewhat impatient she decided she would make some “Sour Kool-Aid” all by her little 3 year old self.

After I had a good laugh I did make her some “Sour Kool-Aid”.

There is no moral to this story…
Abby wanted Sour Kool-Aid, Abby got Sour Kool-Aid.
“Gwama” had a good laugh.
The end!…

However, when life gives you lemons:
Stuff your bra
Make the best of all possibilities thrown at you
Send a thank you note
Unscramble the lemons and make melons
Or, just….
make “Sour Kool-Aid”
*unless of course you are allergic to citrus

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Dealing with Abby’s Dealing With The Death Of A Pet

05/28/2011 10 Comments

We lost one of our puppies yesterday. It was in a MVA in our yard of all places so Abby had to experience her first reality of death. Her mom ran over it and we all were heartbroken by it especially her mom. Abby couldn’t understand why we put it in a box to bury it, she kept telling me to just put a band-aid on it and bring it in the house. I tried explaining to her that he was going to doggie heaven to live there. I told her that he wasn’t going to get better because he died. She replied with “I have a boo boo on my leg do I have to go to doggie heaven”? She kept making little statements that she would take the puppy to the puppy doctor and I could come too. I think her being sad was as heartbreaking as loosing the puppy. Death is not a fun subject at any age but at 3 it’s really hard to explain. She got to go play with one of her little friends for a few hours last night and I think that really helped.

I’m just so very thankful it wasn’t “her” puppy. The one she sneaks in every chance she gets. The one she poured my silk therapy hair shine all over this week. Two drops does the trick, a half a bottle and I couldn’t even hold the pup without her slipping out of my hands. The very same puppy she toted around in a Victoria’s Secret bag for an hour while we were getting ready to take her to a lunch play date at McDonald’s. It was when we were headed out to the car that I realized her bag was “moving”. The bugga had taken out her doll and replaced it with her puppy. Thank goodness we didn’t get down the road with it, I don’t think Mickey D’s would find it as amusing as we did.

Abby and Sally

Death Of A Pet

Death Of A Pet

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Play Groups and Play Dates

05/27/2011 2 Comments

I believe that play dates and play groups are very important for children, especially in the case of my grand daughter who only has adults to interact with at home. I’ve been trying to start a weekly play group in my area for kids her age. Until I get it off and running I jump on every chance I get to take Abby to play dates. I prefer two or four children (two is best on a play date from my experience, three could be a disaster) From watching Abby it is obvious that she learns from playing so I want to give her every opportunity I can to play with other children. Playing is actually considered a fundamental right for children by the United Nations. I also worry about Abby becoming unsociable if she doesn’t have enough play time with other children. Playing with other kids is helping Abby learn to share which I think is very important since she will be starting preschool this fall. When we have play dates we make them short such as having lunch during lunch breaks.

Play dates also gives me a chance for some adult interaction. Parents needs (in my case grandparents needs) are also important.

Play Dates Play Groups

Play Dates Play Groups

Play Dates Play Groups

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Fun at the library

05/27/2011 Leave a Comment

Fun At The Library

Our schools use the year round system in our area, which basically means they operate on a 10-month system. They still operate on the 180 day system, yet they spread these days out differently with shorter breaks between each term. One of the arguments for year round education is that students tend to forget a lot during the summer, and shorter vacations might increase retention rates.

One of the things the members in our family does to help keep those little minds active is to participate in the weekly book reading club at the library. Every time the grand kids are here we head to the library. These are 3 of my little stinkers at one of our recent trips to the library.

library

library

library

The library also offers a reading program during the summer. The summer theme at our local library this year is “One World, Many Stories” and will kickoff on June 1 at 10:30 a.m. I’m looking forward to it and I know the grand kids are.

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Oh Abby!

05/22/2011 2 Comments

I was recently home alone with Abby when she locked herself in her bedroom. Locking doors is her newest way to “torment grandma“. BTW terrible 2′s did not prepare me well enough for the horrible 3′s. After what seemed like forever I finally talked her into opening the door. I could hear her jumping on the bed and having a blast in the mean time. Me, being somewhat blond at times, decided I would turn the doorknob around and solve that little problem. BAD IDEA! I’m not handy around the house with tools so it took me hours. I decided to clean the horrible mess she made during the time (that seemed like a week) she had locked herself in the room, after I finally managed to finish turning the door knob around. Halfway into the “cleanup job” I heard her shutting the door and giggling and I knew what she was fixing to do but I couldn’t get across the room fast enough to stop her. She locked ME in the room. Me, in a T-Shirt and skivies, and not a stitch more, started to panic. If she wouldn’t open the door I was going to have to crawl out of the window. Which BTW I finally had to do after I couldn’t get her to unlock the door. I figured I could make a dash for the front door without any problems. WRONG! Before I could make it to the front door she had locked it. I was in a tizzy by this time. It took me about 15 minutes to talk her into opening the door but thankfully I didn’t see any neighbors peeking out of their windows (and if they did they didn’t ask me about it).
Now I don’t believe in spankings, however……

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