Simple Pleasures

Snack attack!

The cure is roasted almonds.

Fifteen minutes at 350 degrees or

until you can smell them - uummmm!

Put in a pretty bowl.

Put pretty bowl on counter
Watch almonds disappear,
before your very eyes.
~~Crunch~~ ~~Crunch~~

So simple but oh so good!

Dayle, over at A Collection of This and That,
is hosting Simple Pleasures.
Please join us every Thursday.

What's Your Nick-Name?

Being almost 58 years old, I've had a few different "names".

Nick-names that loved ones and friends have called me.

Nothing outrageous, different or weird.

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Christine (my given name)

Chrissy (my girlfriend still calls me this )

Chris (all through school)

Wifey (my husband)

Mommy (kids, but now it's Mom)

Mother (Kimmy calls me this)

Ha (co-worker, don't ask!)

But...

my favorite nick-name is

Gramie-Goo!

I remember talking to Kimmy, our daughter, when she was first pregnant.

We discussed what I wanted to be called by my grandchildren.

I had never really thought about it.

I always thought Grandma was OK.

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Then I thought, why not let my grandchildren call me what ever they wanted.

So about a year ago, when Lulu was almost three years old,

out popped a small and very cute, "Gramie-Goo".

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Now, Lulu will be in another room and I will hear her shout, "Gramie Goo!!"
And I will laugh because it is a perfect name for me.

Of all the nick-names I have, this is the sweetest.

This is the name that my granddaughter has so lovingly has given me.

Gramie-Goo!

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~Tidbit~

In Viking societies, many people had nicknames heiti, viðrnefni, or uppnefni which were used in addition to, or instead of their family names. In some circumstances the giving of a nickname had a special status in Viking society in that it created a relationship between the name maker and the recipient of the nickname, to the extent that the creation of a nickname also often entailed a formal ceremony and an exchange of gifts.

It's the Little Things.

This is my friend Mary and her husband Jim.

I meet Mary through blogging.

See the pink shawl?

It has traveled back and forth across the United States.

(That's twice as much as I have!)

You can read more about this well traveled shawl here.

Mary returned the "wedding" shawl with this cute thank you note.

She also sent a slouch bag that she made for me.

Mary, I love it!


It has pockets!


When I put it on and danced around the room, showing the dogs and Tom
my new bag, I noticed it was reversible!

Thank You Mary!

~~~~~~Y~~~~~~

~Tidbit~

Airplanes also have "ordinary" seats that are less or more desirable for some reason:

* seats at the tail end of the plane often have no middle seats, which gives you more room to spread out

* seats just before the exit row and at the end of a section may not recline
* seats next to the toilets may be smelly and have lots of people trooping up and down to them
* seats next to the galleys may be noisy especially when flight attendants prepare and roll-out the meals, and surprisingly smelly from steam-heated food

* certain rows may have the electronics for the seat-back entertainment under the seat, stealing leg room.

* the effects of turbulence are weakest near the leading edge of the wing, in the middle of the aircraft.

* Finally, US National Transportation Safety Board, indicate that seats at the rear of the plane are statistically safer.

(I need to travel more... at least more then the "wedding" shawl)