Happy 102nd B-day, Grandma Rose!!!!.....Post Views, 13,973

September 4, 2014 

Rose's 100th B-day party, Oct 25, 2012

(from the back)

Gerry, Bill, Louie,

Angie, Burt,

Grandma Rose, Debbie, Chuck, Al

      I met Rose 50 years ago when I met Louie.  She taught me the difference between picking rhubarb and a weed that has the same shaped leaf as rhubarb.  OOPS.  She also taught me how to make dumplings and pork gravy. (Though as the years went on Lou would claim MY dumplings were better than his mom's. Hmmm....maybe he wanted to make sure I would keep on cooking them.)  Grandma Rose was there with all our babies and emergencies.  She had words of wisdom for our kids when they misbehaved....like..."I'll drive you into the snowbank if you aren't good".  It worked in the winter when there were deep snowbanks and just as well in the summer when there were no snowbanks.  

     I was able to visit with her in early September while in Park Falls with my Indianapolis siblings.  Her mind is still good, though her body gives her grief.  

     Her family had big party plans for her today.  Five of her children there there.  Lou was not and was OK with that.  

HAPPY 102nd B-DAY, GRANDMA ROSE!!!

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      Back here in Vancouver we are having a wet, VERY windy day.  Warm, though.  

       And starting out with a 

"sun break" as they are called

before all the rain moved in again

A good day to stay snuggled inside doing the laundry and dishes, working on the computer, practicing piano and eating meatloaf and mashed potatoes....chewing on the left side of my mouth.   

And indulging in these.....

What are they?

Key Lime yogurt mini pies.....

Yum! A Grandma G invention...

Great way to have your key lime pie and eat your yogurt too....

Cool??  Clever??  Cozy??

OH, Yah!!

    

     Today is Saturday which means.....NO  TV.   What a great way to have a great day.   Surprisingly I observe this rule very well.

But yesterday?   Well....overdosed on all afternoon Star Trek and evening of 2 Turner Classic movies.   That's alright, cause I am still in dental recovery mode and rain forest rain was raining all day. 

    This has been a good 2 "dental recovery" days in the life of Grandma G.  

    "Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained by a righteous life."  

(Proverbs 16:31)