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- My husband is doing some preliminary calculating to see if he's ready to retire and collect Social Security. He was just filling out some forms online to prepare for a meeting next week.One of the questions is: Do you have grandchildren living in...
- Pinky has two cousins who are about the same age that Pinky is. All three of them have been druggies since their teenage years. In fact, Pinky's cousins were her "best friends" and they all used together.Here's where things go into different...
- The other day Pinky, her father and I were discussing Christmas presents for the kids. Once we settled on the total amount, Pinky said she could never come up with the money ($200 for her share).She called me yesterday and told me she was signing up...
- It's a video that was making the rounds before we got the grandkids.The other day I realized that just a few short years later -- this is my LIFE!!!!!!!HAHAHAHA - enjoy!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oHBG3ABUJU
- We're about to get hit with what could be the "Storm of the Century." Surrounded by trees and potential 80MPH winds and rain, rain, rain.They've been saying for years that NJ is due for a direct hit, so I guess this is it. The red line goes right...
- Aaaarrggghhh!Our youngest grandson had to make up a poster about his life. You know the type: Favorite book, important event in my life, etc.Well one of the areas was "who is my hero?" And he wrote "My mom, because she loves me and comes down to see...
- Yesterday our eldest granddaughter was baptised at our church picnic. It was a wonderful day, and she was so happy.The original picnic was in July, but we had that derecho storm that knocked out power to the entire area, so it was rescheduled.At...
- A news story from Camden, NJ (near Philly):http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8782230"Prosecutors say Chevonne Thomas had lost custody of Zahree Thomas in 2010 when she allegedly left the boy unattended in a car. At the time...
- (Although it's my own big mouth that started it all.)Pinky's brother owed her $50. Pinky was scheduled to come to our house this weekend (mostly so she can get credit for birthday presents and the party for our eldest.)Her brother dropped the $50...
- Daisy is doing a great work to gain more respect for grandparents who are raising our grandchildren. She can't do it alone, and if too few grandparents contact their elected officials, they won't think it's an important issue.Yet our United States...
- Pinky has been coming to our house every weekend. Maybe she's high sometimes, maybe not (my husband often thinks she is, but she claims it's her "nerve pills" or Suboxone). She seems to be straight virtually the whole weekend, but who knows? I...
- And it felt good!I gave the house a thorough cleaning, my husband and I went to dinner and finally bought a new gas range (our old oven died). We went in the pool alone for the first time since we got it (well, our dog jumped in, too. Does that...
- This couple nearly starved their child to death. Yet they're granted visitation.Unbelievable.http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8718349
- The bio-dad's mother (of the two youngest) is visiting her boyfriend's mother in MD and wants to come by our house to see the kids. (She lives in TX and that's too far for a pop-in. HAHA)She's the oddest duck. Never calls, never sends presents, but...
- Every once in while we've talked about how addiction can be compared to other diseases, such as diabetes or heart disease.When I attended Al-Anon, they told us that the reason addiction is classified as a disease is because it follows a particular...