Showing posts with label mommy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mommy. Show all posts

Saturday, November 28, 2015

This Is a Mom Call


This morning I felt my shoulder being gently stroked and a deep voice saying Sheryl. I woke up and told my husband thank goodness you woke me up, I was locked into a dumb dream. He needed a bandage change because it had been the allotted 12 hours since the last change.

It's funny how you can find your coffee mug with your eyes shut but find it I did and I slowly started to wake up. The coffee song floating through my head, Folgers in your Cuppppppp. Sing to me Mr. Coffee.

I open up Facebook to see if any more pictures of family from my son and his wife's house and see a couple more. Only seeing a couple more not realizing, I'm talking out loud, I voice my thoughts. Where are all the pictures?

My always helpful husband has already picked up our phone, looking through the menu for my daughter's number, finds it, hands it to me.

The conclusion. I find out they are driving home which will take 6 hours and the picture taking was kept to a minimum. I tell my daughter now we know what a Mom Call is both of us chuckling.

Husband concludes stating good-naturedly, "Not everyone takes pictures like the paparazzi honey". I just checked and there's a picture. Power to the "Mom Call".

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Its time to grow up grandmas and grandpas!


Every time a child is born so is a grandparent. I have a brand new cutest grandson who could be put on Gerber jars for babies. Being a first-time brand new grandma I wasn't sure what to expect as far as feelings omitting the natural ones; excitement, love, awe, been there done that; especially with the long distance grandma thing which is amusing in itself for when I left California I could give a rat's ass about anyone's feelings but my own. Maybe selfish but if I hadn't made the choices I had made I wouldn't have had such  wonderful adventures.

There is a mommy blogger( shhh I said "mommy"), who I took to her posts right off the bat. She runs +The Spew and I love her blog. Take a look she won't bite...much.

This is a rundown of what happens on the internet when researching. I was reading The Spew and ran across a link to the top 25 mommy bloggers ever. Now keep in mind I'm always looking for research on long-distance grandmas, so I went to take a look. An hour later I had some tips, laughs and saw how other bloggers did there blogs. Then I that big giant blinding light bulb came on over my head; grab the sunglasses this is gonna be a good one; and thought to myself, "Why don't I google top grandma sites?" Ta da aaa. Hurray; lots of grandma sites popped up with chock full of tips on how to be a great long-distance grandma.

So guess what folks; suck it up I say; it is what it is and with my grandson's army of relatives; extended relatives and people who just plain love this little baby...its on!
http://www.grandparents.com/grandkids/long-distance-grandparents

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sue-margolis/long-distance-grandma_b_7699400.html