Category Archives: Grandmothers

zuigerphobia

I asked my grandson and his wife what Izzy, my great-granddaughter would like for Christmas.    A toy vacuum and a po chair were the top items on the list. As she has a real fear of the vacuüm cleaner, they … Continue reading

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Who’s your Mam?

Here’s pictures of me and Isabella at 14 months old.  Can you see the family resemblance?

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A whole lot of sweetness

After five days of anti-inflammatory drugs and heavy doses of pain killers, I’m starting to come around.  A bit loopy thanks to the medication but starting to feel like myself again. DH arrives home tonight after a week of dealing … Continue reading

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This weekend I took a break from housebuilding and spent the time with my two oldest grand-daughters.   Meaghan emailed a while back asking if they could spend the weekend, before we moved from the Miramichi.  The girls lived here for  … Continue reading

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Happy Mother’s Day

“Making a decision to have a child — it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”- Elizabeth Stone This is the first Mother’s Day that my son is living in another … Continue reading

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I’m a winner!

If you were view my bookmarks you would find mostly recipes. And the majority of those recipes would book marked from My English Kitchen or A Year From Oak Cottage. Both of these blogs are the work of Marie Rayner.   … Continue reading

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Feeling better

I will never cease to be amazed as to what you can find on the internet.   If you want to see what happens and what the doctor had to do when my iris `popped` out, check it on You tube … Continue reading

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The ah moments of Christmas

Christmas has moments that make you go “ah”…………this Christmas had many moments. the small hands of my great-granddaughter Isabella waving hello when she arrived at my daughters, followed by the biggest of smiles affirming that she knows her Mam. a … Continue reading

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Double digits

My grand-daughter Emma is 10 years old today.  When she was younger she loved to hear the story of the night she was born.  How her Mom and Dad drove to the hospital in the truck with contractions getting closer … Continue reading

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And so it begins

“Christmas is a time of little time. How we get there is a mystery. Racing madly mall-to-mall, we climb Into fields of sunlit harmony. Shopping, cooking, clearing walks and yards, Trimming house and tree while working, too; Making phone calls, … Continue reading

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