Grandma Chronicles
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Grandma Anna’s Spritz Cookies
Swedish Dessert GRANDMA ANNA’S SPRITZ COOKIES INGREDIENTS 1 cup (2 sticks) butter* ⅔ cup sugar 3 egg yolks 2½ cups flour 1 tsp almond extract (optional) SPECIAL UTENSILS electric beater** cookie gun, aka cookie press […]
Friday Humor Devotional
Dear Lord, please forgive my uncontrollable laughter at our 80-year-old Grandpa Wilbert’s response to my kids’ innocent question. When they came for a visit, little Kenny asked if he had seen Grandma’ Clara’s Jenga? He […]
The largely unknown tale of how Loser John became Cannibal John and subsequently ate Grandma.
Let this tale serve as a warning to those who are careless with punctuation. If you’re easily upset, please go away and stop reading this now. Thirsty Dave’s brother, John, who will remain nameless, is […]
Friday Humor Devotional
Dear Lord, when our 4-year-old daughter’s pet bird died I told her it wasn’t dead and that it was practicing yoga, just like me and grandma’. She responded, “Whew, thank goodness because grandpa’ Louie’s practicing […]
Friday Humor Devotional
Dear Lord, please give me the fortitude to restrain my bewilderment of my grandparents alternative vacation decision. When grandma told me she was taking grandpa on a “Senior Citizen’s European Cowboy Adventure”, this is not […]
I’m too young to be a Grandma.
In the early part of August, 2012, I got an interesting phone call while at work. Daughter: Mom, if you had to hear some big news, would you want to hear it on the phone […]
How to Grow Up to Be a Writer (Part One)
Breakfast… Most people forget it’s even a meal. Others preach of it’s importance. For me, it was awkward. See my father was kind of a man whore, who always left me to clean up his […]