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Grandma Eleanor

An Afternoon with Grandma Eleanor

April 1, 2010
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After being cooped up for the most part since Christmas, it was time to take Grandma Eleanor (my hubby’s grandmother) out for a little shopping excursion.  She wanted to go to Walmart, but I decided  to detour by the Bama Flea Market in Leeds, just to check it out. I picked her up and she [...]

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Celebrating Grandma Eleanor’s 91st

December 14, 2009

Last Thursday, December 10th, Grandma Eleanor turned 91, so we went over to visit and have a little celebration in honor of her birthday.  After all, it’s not every day that one turns 91, so that is quite the achievement and we need to remember every single birthday.  The balloons came from her neighbor, who [...]

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The Slipcover Finale

September 9, 2009

T hank you all for coming along on the slipcover journey with me and Grandma Eleanor.  It’s officially finished now and I’m glad to say we are done.  Eleanor really put everything she had into this project and she was proud of the finished product and I am too. That $5 fabric I found at [...]

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Slipcover Progress with Eleanor

September 1, 2009

Grandma Eleanor loves growing flowers and she loves to share them.  So most of the time when I pick her up, she has some fresh picked flowers from her little garden.  Most of the time it’s roses.  This time it was zinnias. Aren’t they pretty? And check out Cowgirl Eleanor’s purse!  Isn’t she a hoot?  [...]

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More Grandma Eleanor-isms

August 20, 2009

Grandma Eleanor has decided that Hobby Lobby is her favorite store now.  Every time she comes over to our side of town, she wants to stop in there.  I took her by there last week and she wanted to buy some frames for some horse pictures that she has painted recently and wanted to frame.  [...]

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Grandma’s Painted House

February 4, 2009

I’m so happy ya’ll like the mirror project! I can see Lowes and Home Depot getting some extra business this weekend. How about this…all of you who end up doing the mirror project, let me know by email or leave me a comment and if we get several people doing this in the next month [...]

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