I sit in the parking lot of Taco Bell and watch the clock on my dash board. I’ve decided to walk inside at precisely 11:40. Breezy’s lunch period this 4th grade year is 12:15 to 12:45. She wants her food to arrive in the office at 12:09. 12:09. She was very specific about that. She said she’d be at recess just before lunch and would … Continue reading Grub Hub Delivers
The girls were out of school for the entire week of Thanksgiving. They spent from Sunday afternoon to Wednesday afternoon with Gigi and Papa. We had so much fun. We made Christmas gifts–paintings, flour and salt ornaments, glittery pine cones, boxes, and more. Our ornaments turned out kind of puffy. The dough was dry so we added more water. The dough was too wet so … Continue reading Thanksgiving Fun with Family
I arrive at the game early and set up camp under the shade of several hardwood trees. Other than this fairly large cool haven, there is no other respite from Georgia’s late summer scorcher. This is an interesting part of the year, this week between the waning days of summer and the arrival of the autumnal equinox. Today marks the first game of little league … Continue reading Saturday morning softball
School has started back and I’m beginning to settle into a more normal schedule for my new retirement. I take a shower and wash my hair on Thursday nights; lunch with Breezy comes every Friday. Breezy is particular about how her Gigi looks. She’s already mad at me for letting my gray begin to show, so I make sure I wear my hair down … Continue reading Lunching with Miss Breezy
While spending the afternoon together, six-year-old Breezy was reminising with me about her “school daze” and the different schools she’s attended. I reminded her that she had left out the entire year of Pre-K. “Well, you don’t really learn anything in Pre-K,” she said melodramatically, “it’s just a whole year of fun before you go to work!” Of course, I want to bust out laughing … Continue reading Naptime
Breezy, my six-year-old granddaughter, and I spent last Friday afternoon at Sky Zone. It’s a fun center for children of all ages, but caters to school-aged kids 6-16 or so. It has gymnastic type equipment, areas to dive into foam blocks, dodge ball games, and trampolines galore. Breezy says it’s “just like Monkey Joe’s only without the monkeys.” Nothing could be further from the truth. … Continue reading Easy Breezy
I have been suffering from severe writer’s block as of late. I have nothing to say. But a trip to first grade on yesterday seems worthy of at least a few words. Breezy attends a charter school where they have no cafeteria. Guests wait in the lobby until they are accompanied by their host to the classroom to eat. Breezy herself came to walk me … Continue reading A few minutes in first grade
Eighteen months ago Breezy started playing softball. She was the tiniest player on the team at 4-years old. She could barely hit the ball off the tee. In outfield she was disengaged and dug in the dirt or stared at the sky. Now Breezy is The Circle Girl. The girl in the circle is pretty much reserved for the best player on the team. She … Continue reading The Circle Girl
I just read an article on the net about a woman who had twins at 60. No, she wasn’t a surrogate for someone else. She had twins for herself at the age of 60. She had two children that were in their 30’s, another child that she’d had at the age of 53, and then twins at 60. When she wrote the article her twins … Continue reading Twins at 60
It seems to me that it’s always Christmas or the 4th of July. And so it is, another 4th of July. When the 4th gets here it’s an indication that the summer is half way over (in between Memorial Day and Labor Day). My head spins at how fast the summer comes and goes each year. I have mixed emotions about the 4th of July … Continue reading Another 4th of July
Tower of Twins 