Square Dancing and Cats – HAPPY SPRINGTIME FUN

| March 21, 2008

My friend Ginger, and her husband, Carl, gifted my grandangels with some square dance clothing. Little did they know what adventures that their clothing would have in their new home!   Actually Ginger gave the girls, Leanna and Sarah, several beautiful outfits (many of them she made herself) with beautiful fluffy petticoats.  The girs had SO MUCH FUN […]

The Flu + Zangies = ONE Zangy Chiclet Block

| March 19, 2008

 This was a GOOD NEWS – BAD NEWS DAY.  The BAD news is that I have the flu.  The GOOD  news is that I do not like to stay in bed when I am sick.  I like to distract myself and try to PRETEND that I feel great (and sometimes this even works.)   I can […]

Teenagers, Lunch Box Messages, and Breakfast Fairies

| March 18, 2008

One of my grandangels will be twelve April 16th.  Her name is Leanna – but we call her Nanna (because, when she was born, her little 15-month-old cousin, Harry, could not say LEANNA!)  Sometimes we call her Banana –  and her brother, Cooper 4,  calls her  WEE-NANA.  But whatever we call her, I think she […]

PROBITY and HAPPINESS – Happy Birthday William 10

| March 4, 2008

Happy Birthday William 10 Today sweet Grandangel William turns the corner into double digits. March 4, 1998 was a very good day when the angels brought William into our lives! I wish him PROBITY and HAPPINESS today and always.     LOVE ON THE WAY TO CALIFORNIA TODAY FROM GRANDMA SHIRLEY In case you need a […]

My California Family

| February 24, 2008

Grandma Shirley with James and Shirley Anne I left my heart in………well, not San Francisco (in case you know those lyrics!)….in Lake Forest and Corona Del Mar, California…..home of my soon to be famous family…after I indulge myself with a little grandmotherly blogging.  I had fun with my kids and eleven of my grandangels.    So being a proud […]