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Patricia A said:
Some of my relatives use either the first, or sir name after the title, like Grandma Campbell, or Grandpa John.
Then there is Skinny Pop, and Fat Pop. ;-D
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I love it that this doesn't seem to bother men at all. Remember "Big Daddy"?

DiO'Bolic said:
When my oldest had her first child she asked me what I wanted to be called. I said “The Papster.” She would have none of it. So my second choice was “Pop.” But somehow it has become “PopPop.”
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Adorable. I asked everyone to pick what they wanted to be called. My father in law chose Pops. It totally suited him. Even his children (and I) started calling him Pops.

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Time with my family. Two masterpieces from LilMan for my birthday. Stormtrooper slippers. New jammies. Copper bracelets. Lavender. Coffee :)
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Great gifts!!

Haunted said:
Well, it makes me sound like I am from a holler in an unexplored area of the Adirondacks. Not that that is bad, but I am as urban is it comes.
Now, you are definitely a Nana!:heart:
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I hail from a place with hollers. Are you called
Mamaw! Egad! That's what I called my mom's mom, and my dad's mom was Granny. Very hillbilly. But it's my heritage. I am hillbilly.

My ex-mother in law's grandchildren called her Gran. I always thought that was supercool. She was a cool woman and it suited her fine.

My mother in law definitely lives up to the stuffy chilly feeling that "Grandmother" gives.

edit: The typos! I need to go to bed.
 
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I ordered a new shed a couple of weeks ago and I was informed yesterday that it's in and ready to be installed. My old one is leaky and nasty inside so I'm very happy to be getting a new one.

Now for the part that I'm not happy about - I'm the one tearing down the old shed. So that's my project for this weekend.

Speaking of sheds, I saw something a while back I thought was kind of amusing. There is a house close to me that I walk by all the time and I noticed a nice big shed in the back yard. What struck me funny is that I saw a satellite dish attached to the shed. I looked closer and the shed had curtains on the windows. Someone turned a shed into a spare bedroom. ;-D It's not quite as weird as it sounds because this shed is similar to the one I'm getting and they are all wired for electric and you can have them dry-walled if you want. I've seen people use these types of sheds as offices on car lots and construction sites. I just never thought of one as a bedroom before. What a great place to stick your teenager. ;-D
 
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fljoe0 said:
I ordered a new shed a couple of weeks ago and I was informed yesterday that it's in and ready to be installed. My old one is leaky and nasty inside so I'm very happy to be getting a new one.

Now for the part that I'm not happy about - I'm the one tearing down the old shed. So that's my project for this weekend.

Speaking of sheds, I saw something a while back I thought was kind of amusing. There is a house close to me that I walk by all the time and I noticed a nice big shed in the back yard. What struck me funny is that I saw a satellite dish attached to the shed. I looked closer and the shed had curtains on the windows. Someone turned a shed into a spare bedroom. ;-D It's not quite as weird as it sounds because this shed is similar to the one I'm getting and they are all wired for electric and you can have them dry-walled if you want. I've seen people use these types of sheds as offices on car lots and construction sites. I just never thought of one as a bedroom before. What a great place to stick your teenager. ;-D
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Cue the song, I'm in the dog house now! I'm in the dog house now!
Least, I think there's a song with those lyrics...if not, there should be.
 
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Had my youngest customer blow me kisses yesterday. Heh! She's about one and a half give or take part of a finger. Kids are great, aren't they? Have had a run of the "R"s...Roux, Robert and Ransom. Have not met Ransom yet...neighbor...met his parents. They put him in one of those things on wheels? Metal frame, seat, baby stays upright on the fabric seat, legs down and if the child is big enough he/she can trot across the floor? What do they call those things? Wife and I have not been blessed with children.
We tried like hell, though. :)
Yeah, so I look outside, see the neighbors outside tending to the yard, little Ransom in his Fred-Flintstone-mobile, little light blue cowboy hat on his head...he's bouncing away, rocking to some tune only he can hear. Every time I see him outside his head is bouncing up and down...like that one avatar? Tiger is it? In the passenger seat. Rocking away. I say that's it for today to Roux's mama, Roux starts saying "Bye!" bye bye repeated then she starts blowing me kisses. I think I've been had...volunteered the wife and I for babysitting duty they ever need it...sounds like they do. The other "R" Robert was last weekend, out estimating...I'd say two years old...I'm placing window brochures on the kitchen table, little Robert is reaching out and flinging them backwards ricocheting off the wainscoting. Guess I need to stock up on kid-stuff to present to potential customers. Any ideas?
 
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fljoe0 said:
I ordered a new shed a couple of weeks ago and I was informed yesterday that it's in and ready to be installed. My old one is leaky and nasty inside so I'm very happy to be getting a new one.

Now for the part that I'm not happy about - I'm the one tearing down the old shed. So that's my project for this weekend.

Speaking of sheds, I saw something a while back I thought was kind of amusing. There is a house close to me that I walk by all the time and I noticed a nice big shed in the back yard. What struck me funny is that I saw a satellite dish attached to the shed. I looked closer and the shed had curtains on the windows. Someone turned a shed into a spare bedroom. ;-D It's not quite as weird as it sounds because this shed is similar to the one I'm getting and they are all wired for electric and you can have them dry-walled if you want. I've seen people use these types of sheds as offices on car lots and construction sites. I just never thought of one as a bedroom before. What a great place to stick your teenager. ;-D
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...or a good place to escape from the world in general - some families are big and boisterous, so a shed would be a good sanctuary if you crave peace and quiet.
 
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