Category: Grandma Spencer
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Gramma Goes to the Eye Doctor
Gramma had her annual eye appointment today. It was a beautiful fall day in my opinion (that means COLD to Gramma!) so we wrapped her legs in a new fleece throw she had gotten for her 100th birthday a month before (thanks, Tim and Angie!). https://uspeculiarpeople.com/2023/09/13/today-gramma-is-100/ She was so excited. Any event to get out…
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Family Vacation (without 100yo Gramma!)
On Vacation. We left Gramma in the very capable hands of my mom and my sister. On Wednesday (our Day 4), our neighbors started texting asking if they could help. At first, I thought I was getting mistake texts intended for someone else. But by the 3rd one, when they used words including Gramma, ambulance,…
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Today Gramma is 100!
Centenarian Do you know what a 100 year old person is called? A centenarian! And evidently you have to reach 110 to be a supercentenarian. (Although I think Gramma is super already!) Birthday Dinner I just didn’t get far enough to make bread. My sister to the rescue! She and my mom pick up lots…
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1 Day and Counting…
Tomorrow my Gramma will be 100!!! And she lives with me. This has been quite the journey to celebrate her century. I’ve not shared half of what I wanted to, and twice as much as I should’ve! As we were sitting together this evening for a moment, I told her this was the last night…
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2 Days and Counting…
In 2 days my Gramma will be 100. And she lives with me. Church and more church Today is Sunday, Grandparents Day 2023. Sundays are good days for Gramma. She thoroughly enjoys going to church with my uncle and seeing her friends. She especially loves when they have potlucks, and today they had one! Then…
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3 Days and Counting…
In 3 days my Gramma will be 100. And she lives with me. Sandwich Generation/Big Mac Remember the comment about the sandwich generation and the freaking Big Mac? Here I am again, right in the middle of 5 generations. At this exact moment, I’m at the hospital with our medical grand baby sleeping on my…
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4 Days and Counting…
In 4 days my Gramma will be 100. And she lives with me. And we’re starting to ramp up celebration activities! A 3 digit countdown We added a countdown in our front yard. Our neighbors are wonderful. They just are. We have a group chat with about 6 of us on there and we keep…
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5 Days and Counting…
In 5 days my Gramma will be 100. And she lives with me. Gramma’s daily routine is pretty simple. I lay out her clothes the night before, so when she gets up (somewhere between 10am and 2pm), she gets herself dressed in her room. This is a little bit of a process because of the…
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6 Days and Counting…
In 6 days my Gramma will be 100. And she lives with me. Volunteering at Wayside Waifs Today my son and I are starting volunteer work at Wayside Waifs. He was interested in doing more helping in the community (and I’m interested in spending more 1-on-1 time with him; there’s precious little of that with…
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7 Days and Counting…
In ONE WEEK my Gramma will be 100! And she lives with me. Time is an interesting issue for my Gramma. It’s like the friendly enemy. She will nap in her chair, but she will not lay down. I think it’s because it confuses her on whether or not it’s a different day. We got…