That Cody. He knows how to pull grandma's heart strings. He is always just way too excited to talk to grandma on the phone. When I talked to him yesterday, I told him he needed to come for a visit and we would read good books together. I could hear him asking his mom when he could visit grandma and read books together. His mom replied ( Read more... )

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Not being on anti-depressants anymore, I burst out bawling almost every day. Sometimes several times a day. Today it's over seeing Peter, Paul and Mary on PBS. I just love them. When Jessica was a lot younger than she is now, she had three favorite cassette tapes that we would rotate. Two Kids' Songs tapes (by Nancy Cassidy (put out by Klutz ( Read more... )

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For two days I told Cody, yes, you can come to Grandma's house in Grandma's car and we will build a snowman! He would squeal with delight. When he got here, he had absolutely, positively no interest (and I mean ZIP) in building a snowman. His only interest was in throwing snow at Grandma. The little rascal.


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I can barely move. I know it's from the emotional toll of knowing Jessica, Cody and Conner will be on their merry way in just a few short days ( Read more... )

Cody sat in the bathtub. Proof, you ask?


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As part of my Girl Reinvented project, I was going to become this eco-queen--you know, a tree-huggin', composting, simplifying, mud-hut-buildin', rain-water-savin', etc., etc., well, eco-queen. Wanting to be a positive role model controlling, omniscient grandma for Cody, I thought I'd instill in him at least a knowledge of a few of these newest- ( Read more... )

While I was making coffee with Cody eyes right on me, I said to the little guy, "I am one coffee-loving, controlling, omniscient grandma!" Not only did it look like he understood, it look like he agreed.