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The check will be  HOW MUCH? I paid into Social Security for 30 years and those politicians want to cut THIS? Seriously, you’re kidding, right? They don’t really tax it do they? Oh Deer! For more on Enlightened Grand parenting visit  Nona Nita's Nook   and click  My Path Productions  for ideas that support conscious living Read Full Story

First I’m going to set up a daily exercise program.  No . . . first I want to make sure that I meditate each day.  No . . . first I’m going to spend lots of time with the family.  No . . . first I’m going to just get in the car and keep driving. No . . .  I think the first thing I'll do is blog, blog, blog.  No . . .  first I'll launch that home-based business I’ve been dreaming about.  No . . .  first thing I'll do is call all my friends who I haven't had a chance to call in a long time.  No... Read Full Story

  "Somethin’s comin, I don’t know, what it is, but it is,                                         gonna be great…”      “I got no strings to hold me down, to make me laugh or make me frown…”          “Free again… Independent me, free again. Time to call out all the crowd, raise the roof and shout out loud…"      "It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life, for me...feelin' good..."               Damn, the heart sure sings when there’s only 20 more work days ‘till retirement! For... Read Full Story

        ...  quote from press aide to John Boehner, the speaker of the House of   Representatives After an absence of four years, foam plastic coffee cups have returned to the coffee shop of the U.S. Congress building after the current congress  began reversing a series of in-house green initiatives instituted by the former congress. Apparently the members of the new congressional majority have decided that lowering the congress’ carbon footprint is not worth the extra money. What the... Read Full Story

     Vowing not to become conceited with the celebrity into which I have been catapulted by being "grilled" on Grandma’s Briefs , I present this list. To those readers who might fear that such sudden fame might go to my head I say, "Not to worry!" The facts are that based on past experience, anything nice that comes my way that is as delicious as fame, would be more likely to go to my hips . However, to reassure all of you who know me as the humble grandma that I am, I vow that unlike other... Read Full Story

     “ Dainty” is probably the  least  likely adjective that comes to mind when people talk about me, with “ladylike”, “sophisticated” and “feminine” following close behind. So why is it that in middle age, I have become so fascinated by anything that has to do with the epitome of sophisticated, ladylike customs,  known as a “Formal English Afternoon Tea”?   If you knew me well, you would be as perplexed about this as I am because I am known to pride myself on being rather non-traditional... Read Full Story

     Since the first time I saw this video back in the '80s, it  has inspired me and touched my inner child. It's a wonderful reminder of how important it is to nurture self-worth, inner strength, and positive self-esteem in children.  I offer it with a thanks to Whitney Houston for making it, and a great big  Happy Valentines Day   to everyone who stops by my blog.                            For more on Enlightened Grand parenting visit  Nona   Nita's  Nook   and click  My Path... Read Full Story

So Hannah arrived for some “Nona Time” before I had a chance to finish straightening up the Living Room.  “ Nona didn’t have a chance to finish vacuuming the rug before you came”, I said. “We’ll  have to do it before we take the toys out”. “That’s O.K., Nona ” she piped up. “You can let the cleaning ladies do it when they com e.” I cracked up.  Should I tell her that the cleaning ladies don’t come to everyone’s house?  After all, cleaning ladies are kind of like Santa Clause for big... Read Full Story

Maria Dominica Mazzaferro Tedaldi  January 30, 1907 -  October 28, 2005 My most vivid early memory of my Grandmother was sitting o n the floor in her screened in front porch, cutting out a big circle from a remnant she had taken home from the shop.  It was to be a flair skirt and the first thing that I would ever sew.  Grandpa was sitting there, chewing his tobacco. As she guided me through the cutting and hand sewing of the garment she insisted that I had to sew it all by hand before... Read Full Story

Maria Dominica Mazzaferro Tedaldi  January 30, 1907 -  October 28, 2005 My most vivid early memory of my Grandmother was sitting o n the floor in her screened in front porch, cutting out a big circle from a remnant she had taken home from the shop.  It was to be a flair skirt and the first thing that I would ever sew.  Grandpa was sitting there, chewing his tobacco. As she guided me through the cutting and hand sewing of the garment she insisted that I had to sew it all by hand before she... Read Full Story