April Fools!

A few weeks ago I posted about how my grandaughter "D-Love" (dolphin lover) asked if I had a 1943 copper penny because there was a man in her area that was offering to pay $100,000.00 for one. They are very rare from that year due to all copper being used to make weapons for WW2. Sunday she sent an e-mail that she had found one and her father was calling this man about it. We also had other family members visiting on the IPhone picture at that same time. She then wrote how her father had got a hold of him and he was on his way to their house. Half the family was connected and getting excited about her find. She got most of us good!  April Fools!  Nice One!  Gee, no one believed me when I told them I had my head shaved so it would be easier to take care of, haha!       And here's to my 13 yr old grandaughter who just got braces and had to have 6 teeth surgically removed, I've been thinking about you every second!  Get better quick!    

I DON'T BELIEVE IT!

    This past week I got to help tend my son's kids while he was at work and their momma was back east visiting her mother. The 6 yr old discovered she had her first loose tooth and it was quite traumatic for her. After talking to daddy about it (momma was on the plane and couldn't talk) we discovered that the permanent tooth was coming in behind the loose tooth. She decided she wanted to text daddy and tell him that, too.  I sat down with her all ready to help her text with my older phone. After asking me about 3 questions she had texted the whole message and sent it by herself. I just stared at the wall & laughed at how many years it had taken me to learn how to text!  But there's more!  They have a small under the kitchen cupboard entertainment system. The 2 yr old wanted to watch a movie while we made lunch. I took the movie, tried to follow which buttons to push, and could not figure it out.  She got up on the counter and said, "first you have to push this button grama," and she put the movie in, "and then this one and oh, don't forget this one over here for the sound," and the movie started! The feeling I had then was comical & honestly bewildering.  Only 2 yrs old!

Movies

A bunch of us saw Hunger Games this past weekend. Movies are such a great way to keep the talk going between your kids and grankids. Projects are good too. I love to here my grankids talk about books they are writing, their artwork, their favorite video games and heroes and especially the books they are reading. I say "talk" but most of the time it is talk through e-mail and internet communications. So many people my age and older quietly sit back and hear about the internet but don't know how to use it. (That includes me with a lot of areas!)  I wonder if my parents and my in-laws would let us teach them the basics. I would have to visit with them and maybe have one of my whiz kids or grankids with me and not let them say, "oh, I can't learn that!"or "I have no use for that!"  Lots of my older friends & relatives have computers purchased for them by family members, but using them is a whole other story!

1943 copper penny?

The other day my 11 yr old grandaughter e-mailed me and asked if I had a 1943 copper penny in my coin collection and can she have it if I did? I was about to write back that sure if I had one I would send it to her. I asked hubby if he thought we had one and he checked for it's value on e-bay,  it turns out that they are very rare because in 1943 all copper was used to make WW2 weapons and most pennies were made out of steel at that time. I wrote back this information to her and she said that there was a man that was trying to buy a copper penny for $100,000.00.  Wow, who new!!!!  I do have a 1934 wheat penny, I think it might be worth $9.00 depending on the condition.

Simple Pleasures

We went to see our 14 year old grandaughter play in South Pacific last night. She got to be one of the nurses. How fun it was to see her sing and dance. How fun it was to see her face light up when she saw us there! She and another grandaughter play the flute. I wonder if I could get my old flute out and try and play it with them. It's a grama thing. Hehe!

College Kid

I need my college kid to come home and show me some more things about having a blog. Even though I read the instructions, I just can't seem to understand until someone shows me. Oh well, lots of my friends won't  admit how computer illiterate they are. They just nod their head and say "oh, yes" when you are discussing or joking about twitter or facebook or the like. At least I admit it!  It's the same with being a nurse. So many of us older RN's won't admit that we don't know something or ask someone for instructions. After all, we are suppose to know everything! Haha,hehe! My grandaughter says she wants to be a nurse like me. It's nice to hear her say that, but these days we do more paper work than patient care lots of the time. Grrrrr!

White ice cream & spicey juice

White ice cream & spicey juice? Silly people! Everyone knows that means root beer floats, of course, hehe!        The other day the kids were here and grandma got out the vanilla ice cream. I didn't get any for myself and the 4 year old said:  "you have some too grandma."  I muttered, "Grandma's too fat, I'll have some juice."  The 6 yr. old looked straight into my eyes and said, "You are not fat, you are just trying to eat healthy!" It was so sweet.