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A Fun Post about Children and Their Grandparents!

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

How children perceive their Grandparents……

1. She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter, as she’d done many times before. After she applied her lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, “But Grandma, you forgot to kiss the toilet paper good-bye!” I will probably never put lipstick on again without thinking about kissing the toilet paper good-bye….

2 My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy Birthday. He asked me how old I was, and I told him, 80. My grandson was quiet for a moment, and then he asked, “Did you start at 1?”

3. After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. Finally, she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the three-year-old say with a trembling voice,
“Who was THAT?”

4. A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like. “We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods.”
The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said, “I sure wish I’d gotten to know you sooner!”

5. My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, “Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?” I mentally polished my halo and I said, “No, how are we alike?” “You’re both old,” he replied.

6. A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather’s word processor. She told him she was writing a story.
“What’s it about?” he asked.
“I don’t know,” she replied. “I can’t read.”

7. I didn’t know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me and was always correct. It was fun for me, so I continued. At last, she headed for the door, saying, “Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of these colors yourself!”

8. When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin, we kept the lights off until we were inside to keep from attracting pesky insects. Still, a few fireflies followed us in. Noticing them before I did, Billy whispered, “It’s no use Grandpa. Now the mosquitoes are coming after us with flashlights.”

9. When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied, “I’m not sure.” “Look in your underwear, Grandpa,” he advised “Mine says I’m 4 to 6.”

10.. A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother, “Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today.” The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. “That’s interesting.” she said… “How do you make babies?”
“It’s simple,” replied the girl. “You just change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘es’.”

11. Children’s Logic: “Give me a sentence about a public servant,” said a teacher. The small boy wrote: “The fireman came down the ladder pregnant.” The teacher took the lad aside to correct him. “Don’t you know what pregnant means?” she asked.
“Sure,” said the young boy confidently. ‘It means carrying a child.”

12. A grandfather was delivering his grandchildren to their home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children started discussing the dog’s duties.
“They use him to keep crowds back,” said one child.
“No,” said another. “He’s just for good luck..”
A third child brought the argument to a close.”They use the dogs,” she said firmly, “to find the fire hydrants.”

13. A 6-year-old was asked where his grandma lived. “Oh,” he said, “she lives at the airport, and when we want her, we just go get her. Then, when we’re done having her visit, we take her back to the airport.”

14. Grandpa is the smartest man on earth! He teaches me good things, but I don’t get to see him enough to get as smart as him!

15. My Grandparents are funny, when they bend over, you hear gas leaks and they blame their dog.
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Hope everyone had a HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! I know I did! I feel blessed - had a delicious brunch with 3 daughters, received beautiful tulips, roses, buckeyes (candy), a lovely picture for new house, and a special homemade cake dessert! And beautiful and thoughtful Mother Day cards…another daughter had to work today so she’s going to treat me to dinner and a movie soon.

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Amish Romance places 6th Place in P & E Poll!

Thursday, January 24th, 2013

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A big thanks to Adelle Laudan for creating this badge for my 6th place in All Other Novels in the annual P & E Poll. There were 44 entries so I’m happy with sixth place. None of us placing in the top ten have received our official badges yet so thoughtful and talented author herself, Adelle, made this for me.

I’m busy writing JUDITH’S PLACE! I’m hoping to have a sizable chunk written by the end of the month.

Building & Writing!

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

If you are living in our area and know anyone looking for ten acres and a Cape Cod house, direct them to this link:
http://www.minifarmforsale.blogspot.com :) Thank you so much!!!!

We took pictures this evening at the new house site. It was cold and windy so we felt sorry for the workers. They work until dark and they are doing excellent work.

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Dining room is framed now. It’s a nice size but hard to tell from this picture.

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Living room or great room and fireplace on the wall framed.

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Master bedroom

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I should start writing Book Two in my Amish series, Dreams of Plain Daughters this week! I’m very excited and have been working on scenes, conflicts, and character descriptions. This book is titled, JUDITH’S PLACE. Judith decides to wait to join the church. In Book One, she had planned to joined the Amish church and take instructions with her sister, Rachel. Judith yearns for more education and that’s not possible after she joins the Amish faith. Judith’s romantic interest will be Jacob Weaver and he also is not in a hurry to take instructions.

Wouldn’t it be great if I can finish JUDITH’S PLACE right before our house is finished? Tom thinks we will move into it in April but I think it will most likely be May. I’d love to get another Amish romance published.

The Proposal

Friday, January 11th, 2013

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I asked for my rights back from the publisher of THE PROPOSAL! The old cover did fit the story well but decided since I was publishing it myself that I’d give it a new cover. I like it a lot and it’s live on AMAZON and sells for $1.99.

Click here if you’d like to buy it! Btw, it’s the same story that was published in A CHRISTMAS COLLECTION by Victory Tales Press.

BLURB:
Jacqueline Andrews hopes her boyfriend Brad’s surprise is an engagement ring for her twenty-sixth birthday. Her best friend, Tyler Jordan, wants Jacqueline to be happy but not with Brad. Tyler regrets blowing off Jacqueline’s confession of love for him before he left for college. When he returns to their small town as a physician’s assistant, he falls in love with her. He needs to win her love back. Will his hot kisses sway her? Or is she going to marry Brad?

Whimsical Publications has 50% off their books!

Saturday, December 29th, 2012

Hurry visit Whimsical Publications to take advantage of a great sale on their books. The sale ends on January 1st!

Here is a list of some of the authors and their books published by Whimsical:

After by Janet Durbin

Lethal Dreams by Anne Patrick

False Notes by Tara Manderino

Josette by Danielle Thorne

Road Less Traveled by Brieanna Robertson

Accelerating Circumstances by Destiny Booze

Remedy by Wanda Snow Porter

Heart of a Hero by Celia Yeary

Single Status by Linda Swift

A Christmas Gift by yours truly :)

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