Tag: parentingteens
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From 1 to 39
Three years ago next month we found ourselves after 20 years with an empty nest, with our 16 year old granddaughter living with us, and 3 months later her 18 year old sister arrived, then in June of 2023 we were thrilled to welcome our newborn great granddaughter. Last summer we had a grown granddaughter…
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The olden days
Way back when, families of many generations lived together, benefiting from the wisdom of their elders, shared childcare, tasks distributed rather equally depending on the age & experience of the member, and many more aspects of communal living. Two years ago when our two teen granddaughters moved in, we discovered the many perks & blessings associated…
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Elderly Schmelderly
Yes, I know that’s not a word, but it fits perfectly here. ☺️ You see, last week hubby went to a wonderful doctor, and when he came home & handed me the discharge pages I almost choked/laughed, fainted and called the clinic! Why? Because TWICE in those 2 pages, this guy had written “ELDERLY wife”…
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Three generations in the house. ❤️
There’s a new little 5# baby in our home, but really there are 5 generations in her line! My mom is 94, I’m 72, our youngest son is 39, ( Can you say first time Grandpa Doug?) the new mom is 20 and baby Aria is 6 days old. Aria is # 55 of my…
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Teens, 20s & 30 somethings
I’ve been VERY busy the past few weeks, but it’s mostly fulfilling! We, along with excellent party planner daughter visiting from Cal hosted a baby shower for the 20 year old. It’s getting exciting! July will be a very busy month. She’s due July 8 but I thought it would be awesome to have a…
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Go go go stop!
Ok. Since August of 2022 my mission was to get the two older teens to 3 different schools, 5 different jobs, dozens of High school volleyball practices, games and events, special errands, numerous friends and a few miscellaneous things. I was more than happy to do it, in between enjoying my other activity, 2 other…
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PURPOSE
It’s been a wild, busy, purposeful & rewarding 15 months with two older teens, and I wouldn’t trade those times for ANYTHING, but due to various factors, things slowed down the past 10 days, and I have mixed emotions about that! Yes, Volleyball season ended, so 4 months of driving dozens of miles ended, then…
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Food, food & more food.
Soo, as I have mentioned, our two resident teen granddaughters love to be in the kitchen cooking up innovative dishes. But now they both work two part time jobs involving, you guessed it, food! One has the coffee hut gig, which has many food options, then at night she is a server at a brand…
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Water water everywhere!
I don’t think about water much, but after one of our hot water heaters started leaking last week I’ve had lots of “Interactions” with it! (Think about mopping up every few hours even after the restoration company extracted it from carpets, because there is a pinhole leak in a pipe and new heaters won’t be…
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Kitchen chaos
When I was raising kids, my kitchen was kinda small, so we only had 2-3 people cooking at the same time, max. But the past 20 years I’m blessed with a large chef’s kitchen! One of the best parts is being able to visit with people while I’m cooking. Now I can do my thing…
Raising teens again! 