Yet Another Grandma J Tutorial

This is an extremely important lesson that I want to share with you. It's so important that parents will be contacting Grandma J to ask her to never attempt to correspond with their children.

Shall we start?

When picking out a birthday card for a six year old girl....who happens to be special, and also happens to be your granddaughter...please follow these rules.

1. Make sure it's pretty and sweet. Maybe pink with some glitter.

2. Find one that reflects the personality of the little princess.


3. Check out those musical cards because six year old girls love a snappy tune to play when they open the card.

*** noted experience: After going to several stores CVS, with no time to spare, I grew frustrated that they didn't have any of the High School Musical, Hannah Banana, or Jonah's Brothers cards.....but, I found a cute card.


5. Here's an example of a cute card with a snappy tune...Sugar Sugar by the Archie's!

6. Pay for the card.

7. Borrow a pen from the cashier and sign the card adding "hugs and kisses".

8. Stuff the card with cash, stick it in the envelope and seal it.

9. Give it to the little princess in a festive setting full of young girls, pretending acting lady-like. You know, somewhere like The American Girl Store Cafe.

10. Be sure her mom reads the inside sentiment REALLY LOUD so everyone can hear.

....to be continued.....and don't you just hate it when people do that??

THANK YOU M

for the cutest ever!

Some of you might remember me briefly mentioning, a trip I made to the ER...with possible fractures to my right hand. Does that jog your memory? Well, I was reminded of that incident when I went to my mailbox today. No, it wasn't a statement or bill. It wasn't a notice to change my follow-up appointment.

It was this beautiful card.....

Can you believe it? Not only is it a "hope your injury is healing nicely" card....it's from my new BFF.... That's right, and to respect her privacy I'll call her M. I've never really met M, but I've met her daughter, Cortney, along with Briana, on my Major Road Trip to Phlugerville Texas. Is this about the nicest gesture ever? And on top if it all, M made that beautiful card for me. The photo doesn't do it justice, but it's three dimensional and hand stamped. So, thank you, M, for caring enough to send me the beautiful card. It really meant a lot to me.

M might not appreciate me mentioning this but what's even nicer, except for the beautiful caring note inside, is finding out M has a rubber stamp business and does this for a living too!