Tag: teens
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The evolution of my walks
My first special memory of walking was in 1960 when I was nine & my dad gave me a piggyback ride to his work! I really felt cherished. Other walking memories from childhood had to do with school, ( Walking a mile in blizzard conditions in Wisconsin.) friends, my grandparents farm along the railroad tracks…
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A true melting pot
It’s amazing to reflect on how many nationalities are represented in my birth family, my family, grandkids & great grandkids! My mom’s side is Norwegian & German & my dad’s side is Scottish & Irish. A British Customs agent once rolled his eyes at me when I stated this due to his question. He said-“Ma’am,…
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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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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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Live in chefs!
Oh my. In my 50 years of being an adult, I’ve never had 2 awesome chefs in residence but that’s what happens when you are blessed to have sweet granddaughters living with you! I have loved cooking and baking and all things related to being a homemaker, and have cooked every cuisine you can imagine,…
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Empty nest suddenly not empty. :)
If you would have told me 20 years ago that after having our empty nest for 20 years we would be having two teen granddaughters living with us I may have said “Let’s move to Costa Rica or anywhere!” But, let me tell you, it’s a tremendous blessing, or at least it is 98 %…
Raising teens again! 