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Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy

Posted on October 15, 2012 by bigsmileu1

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These are a few things that make me HAPPY! In response to the Weekly Photo Challenge:Happy–I chose a gallery to put my favorite pictures in and posted them. You can try this challenge, too! Want more information? Check out The Daily Post @Wordpress.com for the scoop on how you can enter the Challenge!! Enjoy. 😉

©Grandmother Musings 2012-2013.

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It Is Almost Time

Posted on October 2, 2012 by bigsmileu1

It is almost time for the big day.

There are last-minute errands and phone calls to make.

Nerves are strung tight and frayed.

Excitement is building.

By this time next week, it will all be a memory.

I want to cry every time I think about him.

I remember cuddling, story books, and dinnertime.

Now, he is all grown up and independent.

Soon he will have a family of his own.

Time flew by too fast and forgot to stop.

I will try not to cry during the ceremony.

I will smile and greet the guests with pride.

Saturday will be a grand day.

The occasion where my sons says, “I do” with his bride.

Grandmother Musings 2012-2013.

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Communication Breakdown

Posted on September 25, 2012 by bigsmileu1

I wanted to call you

But I did not have a dime

I needed to talk to you

But I did not have the time.

How do we get it together?

Miscommunication has kept us apart

What level of connection do we need?

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS FROM THE START

Trapped by a string of gutless proposals

The phone does not show your face.

I can only hear voice inflections

I need to travel to your place.

Phone calls, texting, and twitter

They are a sad replacement for the whole you

Technology has fooled me

Into believing you understand what I do.

Grandmother Musings 2012-2013.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Everyday

Posted on September 15, 2012 by bigsmileu1

This photo is entitled, “Traffic”. Traffic is what most of us encounter on a daily basis regardless if we live in Bangkok or Chicago. A morning commute filled with the smell of exhaust, the blare of a train whistle, and the squeaky brakes of a mass transit bus awakens us faster than a morning cup of coffee. This is “everyday” stuff.

Grandmother Musings 2012-2013.

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How Can You Call This LOVE?

Posted on September 5, 2012 by bigsmileu1

You ripped my heart out

In the name of Love.

I am not a Girl Scout

naive and stupid.

You thought you could fool me

Make me your toy

However, I am quite gutsy

When it comes to relationships.

Sure, I checked your cell

For weird numbers and such

And, believe me I could tell

That you were not all there with me.

The late nights away

Were a big red flag.

All your pitiful actions we so cliché

And, you thought they were magic.

What an idiot you have become

To surmise that this could last.

Find another girl to hold under your thumb

I will keep my passion for one who deserves it.

Grandmother Musings 2012-2013.

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Posted in Poetry and tagged 20 Lines or Less, Broken heart, Fool, Grandmother Musings, love, musings, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Pool Done Broke Blues

Posted on August 30, 2012 by bigsmileu1

It figures!

The last warm days of the year.

I’m thinking

One more chance for a clear

Day in the pool.

I slaved!

All week to get the water right.

Ran the filter

Every single night.

Stupid mechanical pump.

It’s broke!

The noise it made gave me the chills.

It was hot.

And not with passionate thrills

Darn, Darn, Darn

It’s sad!

What will I do with my time.

Labor Day Weekend.

The water will turn to slime.

I have to close it up.

Goodbye!

Got me through the hottest summer.

Swimming made me happy.

Our parting is a real bummer.

Until next year…

Grandmother Musings 2012-2013.

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TRAIN – Shades of Seuss Challenge

Posted on August 25, 2012 by bigsmileu1

Railroad Station photo taken by J. Nowinski

When he was a little boy,

My husband thought it would be a joy.

To sit on the train and watch the sights,

He could hear the whistle and see the blinking lights.

He rides the train every day.

He works and then he gets his pay.

Winter, spring, summer, and fall.

He takes the train to the mall.

The conductor punches his ticket.

The punch sounds like a cricket.

Clickety-clack, clickety-clack goes the wheels.

The commuter train serves no meals.

The people sit and then they stand.

At their stop, they all disband.

His train pulls into Union Station.

It is one of the busiest in the nation.

Work, work, work, all day long,

When it is over he joins the throng

Back to the train is where they head,

They go towards home and to their beds.

My husband enjoys riding the train.

Personally, I think he is insane.

Railroad Sign photo taken by J. Nowinski

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Posted in Living the Life and tagged 20 Lines or Less, conductor, Grandmother Musings, passengers, poem, postaday, railroad crossings, railroad sign, Shades of Seuss Challenge, sign photo, train station, Trains, transportation. Bookmark the permalink.

Night Owl vs Early Bird

Posted on August 21, 2012 by bigsmileu1

My internal clock is set for burning the midnight oil and eating midnight snacks. I am not sure why I enjoy staying up late and sleeping in, but I have always been dubbed a “night owl”. I think it runs in my family. My grandmother would stay up late watching TV until the screen went fuzzy. I too have been known to go to bed with the birds singing.

The problem is that it is so very difficult to live and work in a world that demands that I wake up with the birds. It is especially hard, after a long summer break, to suddenly wake up and live on a morning person’s schedule. Coffee and lots of it is required to survive.

Morning people are a different breed from Night Owls. They enjoy waking up to the sunlight and have no trouble getting all their work done before 8:00 P.M. As a Night Owl, I start doing my best work at 8:00 P.M. and the creativity is really flowing after midnight when those early birds are fast asleep. Going back to the world that strives on daylight time requires enormous energy for me.

The phrase of “Thank God It Is Friday” has a special meaning to a Night Owl, because it means that I can stay up late, once again. The alarm is set to off and creativity flows once more. The hardest part is going back to the weekday schedule and falling asleep on Sunday night. I am a night owl living in an early bird world!

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Posted on August 13, 2012 by bigsmileu1

Visit 20 Lines or Less and post your Poetry, Article, Photo, or thoughts. It is a great community! 🙂

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Mardoch the Iguana

Posted on July 31, 2012 by bigsmileu1

Mardoch the Iguana

Iguana

green scales

creeping smelling lazing

Iguanas can see shapes, shadows, colors and movement at long distances.

cunning, plant-eating, coloring

long tailed

Lizard

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