From Audrey:
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Electronic Family
Just to prove that the babies never really stop needing you (or at least your wallet...) I offer the following Facebook exchange between Audrey - and a few unwitting participants - and me!
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Conversations With the Grandkids
Our little Neve has always been a little fashionista. She loves dresses, shoes, any kind of jewelry, nail polish, and especially scarves....
Even waaaay back she loved scarves.
She started loving shoes at an early age too. Here is Neve and her Coach booties....
So today I was in my closet trying to find something to wear when Neve wandered in.
"Mimi", she says, "can I play dress up with some of your shoes?"
"OK," I said a little worriedly. As we all know, I am not big in the sexy shoe department.
I showed her a pair of brown pumps.
"Uh, No Mimi."
I showed her a pair of cloth black pumps that I have had since ohhh...1998.
She wrinkled her nose and just shook her head.
I pulled out my "good" black patent leather high heels that I got in Germany.
In 1986.
At the Thrift Shop.
"No" She sighed. "Not those."
So I shyly got out my favorite shoes that I never wear because they hurt so bad. (They will fit well one day - I am sure of it!!)
Neve looked me straight in the face and said in a voice that showed every bit of her disappointment and dismay at my choices -
"Oh Mimi...Are those your BOWLING SHOES???"
So she decided to take the black patent leather shoes, and left me alone in my closet of shame.
Well.
At least my cats love me and don't judge my unexciting shoes...
I hope.
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| She tied the scarf herself.... |
Even waaaay back she loved scarves.
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| Is this classy or what?? |
She started loving shoes at an early age too. Here is Neve and her Coach booties....
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| Bib, Booties and Clutch. Stylin'.... |
So today I was in my closet trying to find something to wear when Neve wandered in.
"Mimi", she says, "can I play dress up with some of your shoes?"
"OK," I said a little worriedly. As we all know, I am not big in the sexy shoe department.
I showed her a pair of brown pumps.
"Uh, No Mimi."
I showed her a pair of cloth black pumps that I have had since ohhh...1998.
She wrinkled her nose and just shook her head.
I pulled out my "good" black patent leather high heels that I got in Germany.
In 1986.
At the Thrift Shop.
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| We've been thru a lot together.... |
"No" She sighed. "Not those."
So I shyly got out my favorite shoes that I never wear because they hurt so bad. (They will fit well one day - I am sure of it!!)
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| such sweet shoes..... |
Neve looked me straight in the face and said in a voice that showed every bit of her disappointment and dismay at my choices -
"Oh Mimi...Are those your BOWLING SHOES???"
So she decided to take the black patent leather shoes, and left me alone in my closet of shame.
Well.
At least my cats love me and don't judge my unexciting shoes...
I hope.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Cocktail Thursday
Today I decided that on Thursday, Larry and Audrey (for as long as she is here) and I should have a cocktail.
Living in stressful times, I think that it might be a good way to face Friday.
It will be a great way to use my pretty glasses and cocktail napkins and cute little bowls.
And, to quote Shirley Jackson, "We all should live more graciously."
And, since Larry and I don't really drink, it will be an education.
That's not to say that every drink will include alcohol - I think that ANY drink - even lemonade - would taste WONDERFUL if it is shaken with ice and strained and poured into a pretty glass!!
So I will report weekly on our progress and include recipes for the drinks and for the nibbles that go with them.
Just not this week as I've only just decided to do this.
To start with this week we shall have a small margarita (which I have a mix for because frankly, I have no idea how to make one!!)
Living in stressful times, I think that it might be a good way to face Friday.
It will be a great way to use my pretty glasses and cocktail napkins and cute little bowls.
And, to quote Shirley Jackson, "We all should live more graciously."
And, since Larry and I don't really drink, it will be an education.
That's not to say that every drink will include alcohol - I think that ANY drink - even lemonade - would taste WONDERFUL if it is shaken with ice and strained and poured into a pretty glass!!
So I will report weekly on our progress and include recipes for the drinks and for the nibbles that go with them.
Just not this week as I've only just decided to do this.
To start with this week we shall have a small margarita (which I have a mix for because frankly, I have no idea how to make one!!)
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| Isn't this pretty? Wouldn't this be nice to come home to? |
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| (I think it looks better on the tray) |
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| Larry and I got these pretty depression glasses when we went to NC last year just before Christmas. Merry Christmas to me!!! |
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| I found this up in New York state when my friend Sue and I went up to Bouchville for the largest Outdoor Antique show on the East Coast. The guy wanted $20.00 for it and was quite dramatic when I talked him down to $10.00. "Lady, you're killing me!" (Hmmm...I need to shine it up a bit...) |
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| We got these nut dishes on a different trip to Bouchville - They were buried in a box and were filthy!! I think that I paid .50 cents each for 5. |
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| And last but not least, this beautiful wooden and glass tray. I got it at the last day of an estate sale for a quarter!! We didn't realize how beautiful it was until we spent more than a few minutes scrubbing it clean!! (I went a little bit crazy buying trays after I served my visiting sister in law hot chocolate (in beautiful pink willow cups) using a plastic snowman tray!!) |
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| Oh, and this is one of a pair of Tiffany-style lamps that I got at the JCPenneys Outlet. I saw them and walked away because they were too pricey...Imagine my joy when 6 months later they were 75% off!! I danced all the way to the checkout!!
So we'll see how our foray into gracious living turns out. I mean, we aren't going to turn into Madmen or anything.... (I mean really - who can squeeze into those clothes??)
And in no way does my current obsession with Downton Abbey have anything to do with this.
So come on by on Thursdays....
It's just like Shirley said.....
"We all should live more graciously."
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