Celebrate Lollipop Day!

Celebrate Lollipop Day!

Celebrate Lollipop Day!

Did you know today, July 20, is officially Lollipop Day? It most certainly is, and you can click right here to read all about how Lollipop Day came to be.

Considering the continually cruddy state of affairs we’re dealing with day in and day out, let’s celebrate what we can. Today that’s Lollipop Day!

Click the photo below for a post from the Grandma’s Briefs archives …

Plus GRAND Social No. 399 link party for grandparents …

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Puttering and pondering

Puttering and pondering

Puttering and pondering

As stay-at-home orders continue, I find myself doing more puttering and pondering than ever before. I know many motivated grandmothers and others are using this time to craft and create in new ways but I’m definitely not one of them. I’ve found I’m not even crafting and creating in the old ways I did in pre-coronavirus days.

Nope, I putter and ponder … and watch out my window as …

Plus GRAND Social No. 387 link party for grandparents …

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Keep pushin' on

Keep pushin' on

Keep pushing on

Well, I’m about done with this whole virus thing. The social distancing, the masks, the not seeing my loved ones in person, the sheer sadness of the lives lost and overburdened healthcare workers trying to limit the loss.

Yep, I’m done.

I bet you are too.

Unfortunately there’s not a darn thing we can do about it … except plod onward. Things will get better. We just gotta keep pushin’ on.…

Plus … GRAND Social No. 385 link party for grandparents …

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Beach boys!

Beach boys!

Beach boys!

A while back, Declan simply could not get enough of Disneyland and pleaded with Mommy for them to please go again. They did go again not long after … and again the beginning of February.

The fortunate grandsons also went to the beach — a definite delight for the desert-dwelling trio.

A definite delight for this fortunate grandma, too, who was on the receiving end of ...

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Callie!

Callie!

Callie!

There’s a new kid in town, er, at Gramma’s house, and her name is Callie. If you follow Grandma’s Briefs on Instagram or Facebook, you may already know the story. If you don’t, well here it is …

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