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Keeping Connected When Your Grandchild Lives Far Away
Y’all know I have horrible separation anxiety over having my grandchild Alice living so far away. Thankfully, we live in an age of modern technology. Keeping connected to MY Grandma was much harder! Back when talking long distance cost you per minute and your phone was connected to a cord. 2018 it’s a whole lot easier, well, mostly. Ya know; 7-year-old’s have a busy social life. HOWEVER, when Alice has time to Facetime or Duo with me I get to learn what’s new in the Second Grade. Before I left California I bought Alice the Gizmo Watch. (don’t forget to grab your cash back on Rakuten!) This thing is so cool!! The people in her circle (that Mom or Dad sets up) can text her. She has 15 different pre-written texts she can send back and screen after screen of emojis. I like to send a random text like “Hello, Zelda. I miss you” or “I just ate a stick”…
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I Don’t Want To Exercise!!
I don’t WANT to exercise! Seriously, does anyone? Okay, I take that back, people like my daughter, she LOVES to exercise. Run, jog, go to the gym, workout, all of it. She even loves to run in marathons, me? I’ll run if a man with a hatchet is behind me but that’s the ONLY reason that I will run! Wait, that’s not true, I do run after 2-year-old Alice most days. THAT TOTALLY COUNTS!!! I do LOVE running after her and it IS cardio!! That kid can run! If you’ve been around my blog for a while, you’ve heard me say the ONLY exercise that I do enjoy is Yoga. I love everything about Yoga! From the quiet, the soft music, the absolute heavenly feeling of happiness after a class, to the adorable yoga clothing!! I love stretch pants, yoga pants, (DON’T forget your Rakuten rewards! 3% back!) whatever you want to call them. I don’t want the old sweatpants that are thick and…
