17 years later

 I guess blogs are still a thing. My last post was 17 years ago, and I just received a reminder about this account. 

I now have 5 grandchildren, 3 more than at the date of my previous post. The original 2 have both graduated from high school and Wendy and I are now in our 7th house since that time. 

Maybe I’ll post again in less than 15 years.

Well, I thought I had taken a long break between postings, but 3 months is pretty short copared to more than 5.
Life can be busy for a grandfather, especially if one of your grandchildren is living with you. As a relatively young grandfather, there's always that work thing to take up big chunks of your time.
My grandchildren are now 13 months (today) and 9+ month of age. Both are crawling around like mad and standing up, but have no great interest in walking yet. That's OK by me - fewer bruises and less crying.
If you want to see some good blogging, check out my daughter's work at http://mommyhoodconfidential.blogspot.com/, or her cat's at http://amewsinglife.blogspot.com/

Gotta stop now - life takes over. It looks like the microwave oven has just broken, and we have 4 guests arriving for the weekend. I'll see if I can make it a shorter break to my next posting.

Sorry it's been so long (if anyone has been checking). For now I just want to add some links to my daughter (mother of my grandson)'s blogs.
The first is at http://mommyhoodconfidential.blogspot.com. As the name implies, lots of good thoughts on life as the mother of a baby.
Her newest blog is dedicated to haikus that she is writing based in part on her motherhood experience. It's at http://www.myhaikusthatyoucanuse.blogspot.com/.
No time for more right now, so I'll try to catch up soon.

Testing the Word Add-in

Just trying out the new direct post from Word.

I just came across a new program on the Google site that lets you do all your editing in Word then post directly to Blogger. This post is to test out that add-in.

It seems to work - the portion above was posted from Word.

Hi, anyone who's reading. I haven't forgotten about this blog, just been very busy. I've now got a connected computer set up in the family room with the big-screen TV, so I hope to do more blogging as I catch up on TV and movies.
Simon's other grandparents finally got to Newfoundland to see him this past week. He's almost 5 months old now, so I'm sure they were going crazy having only seen pictures. We were firtunate enough to be able to get Simon and his Mommy here when he was only 2 months old, and we're planning to see him again next summer.
Our granddaughter Noah lives with her parents in our front bedroom, so we see lots of her. She's going out to see her other grandfather tonight for his birthday dinner. That meant that my wife and I had a chance for a quiet dinner tonight, with only the dogs and cats for company.

We took our new granddaughter out for a visit with a couple who have been friends of ours for more than 30 years now, and whose children and ours have grown up knowing each other. It was wonderful to have them be able to experience the tiny girl without worrying about how soon their own girls will be making grandparents out of them.

Obviously my thoughts have been so random as to be nonexistent. I'll try to get some together soon about my two recent grandchildren.