Monday, December 25, 2017
Merry Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas my darling grandchildren!! How much I love you both and wish I could give you lots of prezzies and tons of kisses. These are pictures from the last two Christmases at my house when you lived with me!!
Monday, November 20, 2017
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Made some very cute gifts for Thanksgiving this year. Will share with all my friends and the relatives who will be at Thanksgiving dinner. Does it make you hungry?
Love you both and miss you on the Holidays more than ever. This is your mom and me in Thanksgiving 2004 (before you were even born!!)
Grandma Nici
Love you both and miss you on the Holidays more than ever. This is your mom and me in Thanksgiving 2004 (before you were even born!!)
Grandma Nici
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Back From Florida!!
Back from Florida!! The surgery was very successful and I'm already walking in a real shoe. It will take a while for everything to be normal, but I knew it before I started. I will start physical therapy to work on walking in a week or so. Going to go back to Florida again next month just to get a checkup.
Meanwhile...it's Halloween!!! What will you be this year? A pirate, a princess, a witch, a Jedi? That's it....a Jedi!! I love Star Wars and all the movies are so much fun to watch. I am usually a sailor because I have a real sailor uniform and a hat - so it is easy to dress up!! See the wreath I made for my door below!! Spooky!
It is slowly starting to feel like fall although summer just got here!! I like spring better because it is getting warmer. I DO NOT like the cold at all....So why am I living in the north??? So silly isn't it.
Love you and miss you both like crazy
Grandma Nici
Meanwhile...it's Halloween!!! What will you be this year? A pirate, a princess, a witch, a Jedi? That's it....a Jedi!! I love Star Wars and all the movies are so much fun to watch. I am usually a sailor because I have a real sailor uniform and a hat - so it is easy to dress up!! See the wreath I made for my door below!! Spooky!
It is slowly starting to feel like fall although summer just got here!! I like spring better because it is getting warmer. I DO NOT like the cold at all....So why am I living in the north??? So silly isn't it.
Love you and miss you both like crazy
Grandma Nici
Friday, September 15, 2017
Happy Groundhog Day
It's not really Groundhog Day, but I went to see a live play, made from the Chevy Chase movie "Groundhog Day" and it was WONDERFUL! It was so much fun.
In other news, August 31, 2017 was my official day of retirement. I no longer have to go to work every day and it is very wonderful. Now I can spend my time writing, playing the piano, catching up on a million different projects, visiting friends, and updating the genealogy I started a couple of years ago. Someday you may be interested in where you came from so I hope you will let me know when you want to see it. We had some very interesting relatives.
Since I'm not working, I am going to Florida for 4 whole weeks this time to have surgery on my left toe. It has been giving me trouble for years and is very painful, so fixing it on the 21st of September. I'm quite exciting about having it done so I can go dancing again. It was been several years since I could dance because of the pain in both feet. If this one is successful, I will have the other one done in January.
Also am fortunate to see Sir Paul McCartney in concert this evening. I can't wait - it is the first time I've ever seen him and this may be his last tour.
School will be, or just was, starting for you both this month. I know school can be challenging but I really hope you will take the time and energy to apply yourselves to your studies. I'm sure you are in a very good school so you are learning important information. It is only for a few years (although it seems like a lifetime at your age) but everything you learn will be used afterwards. Even the math!!
Spend the time now to learn all you can because once you grow up and start working there is a lot less time until you get to my age and can retire!!
Love you both very much, and miss you as always.
In other news, August 31, 2017 was my official day of retirement. I no longer have to go to work every day and it is very wonderful. Now I can spend my time writing, playing the piano, catching up on a million different projects, visiting friends, and updating the genealogy I started a couple of years ago. Someday you may be interested in where you came from so I hope you will let me know when you want to see it. We had some very interesting relatives.
Since I'm not working, I am going to Florida for 4 whole weeks this time to have surgery on my left toe. It has been giving me trouble for years and is very painful, so fixing it on the 21st of September. I'm quite exciting about having it done so I can go dancing again. It was been several years since I could dance because of the pain in both feet. If this one is successful, I will have the other one done in January.
Also am fortunate to see Sir Paul McCartney in concert this evening. I can't wait - it is the first time I've ever seen him and this may be his last tour.
School will be, or just was, starting for you both this month. I know school can be challenging but I really hope you will take the time and energy to apply yourselves to your studies. I'm sure you are in a very good school so you are learning important information. It is only for a few years (although it seems like a lifetime at your age) but everything you learn will be used afterwards. Even the math!!
Spend the time now to learn all you can because once you grow up and start working there is a lot less time until you get to my age and can retire!!
Love you both very much, and miss you as always.
Monday, August 21, 2017
Eclipse of the Sun
It was very exciting on August 21, 2017 here in New York City. There was an almost total eclipse of the sun. Everyone left work and stood out in the street with all the homemade devices to be able to see the eclipse without damaging your eyes (I used a long mailing tube with a pinhole in one end, and cutout to view, and white paper at the other end. It was amazing seeing all the people on the street enjoying the experience.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYLOR
Today is your birthday, and you are eleven years old. That is quite an advanced age for a young man. Hopefully you are learning a lot of very cool things in school and enjoying your trips around Europe. It is quite an accomplishment to be able to see all the things we "Americans" dream of seeing once in our lives, and for you it is just a car ride away!
I am enjoying my new apartment. There is a lot less work to do than there was in a house. No lawn mowing for one thing, and no shoveling the snow! There are people that do that for the whole complex. All I will have to do is clean off my car when it snows. And I can walk to the grocery if I need to.
I went to Florida again early this month with my friend for the 4th of July and the fireworks were wonderful. I often wonder if there are any fireworks in Monaco for anything?
The outdoor theater in Central Park did a play called "Midsummer Night's Dream" by Shakespeare and it was really wonderful. It was a very hot night but I still had a lot of fun seeing it performed live. This month is also Restaurant Week in New York City, which means you can get a 3 course meal for just $39 at some of the finest eating places in the city. It is quite a lot of fun to try new places.
Love to you and Emmerson. I miss you very much.
Grandma Nici
I am enjoying my new apartment. There is a lot less work to do than there was in a house. No lawn mowing for one thing, and no shoveling the snow! There are people that do that for the whole complex. All I will have to do is clean off my car when it snows. And I can walk to the grocery if I need to.
I went to Florida again early this month with my friend for the 4th of July and the fireworks were wonderful. I often wonder if there are any fireworks in Monaco for anything?
The outdoor theater in Central Park did a play called "Midsummer Night's Dream" by Shakespeare and it was really wonderful. It was a very hot night but I still had a lot of fun seeing it performed live. This month is also Restaurant Week in New York City, which means you can get a 3 course meal for just $39 at some of the finest eating places in the city. It is quite a lot of fun to try new places.
Love to you and Emmerson. I miss you very much.
Grandma Nici
Monday, June 19, 2017
Neil Diamond Concert
Wow, we went to the Neil Diamond concert on the 17th. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was worth it. He sang for 2 hours straight - talking very little - and did all the songs I wanted to hear.
It was very nostalgic for me. Your mom got me tickets to a Neil Diamond concert for Christmas on December 11, 1985. It was in St. Louis, and we lived in Edwardsville. I drove to the concert at the Arena, where the Blues hockey team played. I had 8-tracks of all his songs that I had played for years on the stereo, and had cassettes I played on the player in my car.
The concert was very crowded and it was close to Christmas so everyone was very cheery! It was wonderful, he did every song everyone wanted to hear. There were no cell phones then - on the slow songs people held up cigarette lighters to show appreciation. He did a Christmas medley and asked us to take out our car keys and jingle them. Imagine 19,000 people jingling keys, laughing and cheering and singing along. When we left, there were so many cars we couldn't move for a good long while. I put the cassette in my car, cranked up the volume, and everyone close all sang along with our windows rolled down.
When we got home Shellee looked at me and said with eyes wide "I knew every song!!!"
It was no wonder, she had heard them played in the house almost since she was born!
Love you TWO
Grandma Nici
It was very nostalgic for me. Your mom got me tickets to a Neil Diamond concert for Christmas on December 11, 1985. It was in St. Louis, and we lived in Edwardsville. I drove to the concert at the Arena, where the Blues hockey team played. I had 8-tracks of all his songs that I had played for years on the stereo, and had cassettes I played on the player in my car.
The concert was very crowded and it was close to Christmas so everyone was very cheery! It was wonderful, he did every song everyone wanted to hear. There were no cell phones then - on the slow songs people held up cigarette lighters to show appreciation. He did a Christmas medley and asked us to take out our car keys and jingle them. Imagine 19,000 people jingling keys, laughing and cheering and singing along. When we left, there were so many cars we couldn't move for a good long while. I put the cassette in my car, cranked up the volume, and everyone close all sang along with our windows rolled down.
When we got home Shellee looked at me and said with eyes wide "I knew every song!!!"
It was no wonder, she had heard them played in the house almost since she was born!
Love you TWO
Grandma Nici
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