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On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 04:06:25 GMT, hahabogus <[email hidden]>
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Terry Pulliam Burd <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

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I'm sorry. I simply *cannot* say the "G" word =:-O

Congrats Granny!!! Don't spoil the kid too bad the first week, set yourself a long term goal.

<snarl!> "Granny"? Aaaauugghhh!!! Eggsackly how far would you like your butt kicked, bub?

Seriously, thanks for all the good wishes. The baby's due date is Feb. 29, which would be pretty
cool - I'd only have to buy birthday presents every 4 years <g> And they're naming him after my
father, which news just made me beam.

And the DH's 2 grandkids call me "Nana T," which I find preferable to "grandmuhuhuh..." the "G"
word. I have an old friend whose grandkids were trained to refer to him as "the ancestor." Shortly
became "Annie," which has been *such* an inside joke!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as old as the bird, and if the
bird's breasts had been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very good dinner." Anonymous.

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On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 04:17:33 GMT, Puester <[email hidden]>
arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:

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If you don't adore being a grandmother as soon as that child was born, you'll be the first person I
ever knew who didn't adore it. (Ask Barb and Dimitri how much fun it can be.)

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Oh, I know that I'll just adore the baby on sight. It's the "G" word I have trouble with!

As for Barb, I believe her exact words to me were, "Oh, pishtosh! Get over it!" She's always been
the very *soul* of tact and comfort :-p~~~

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as old as the bird, and if the
bird's breasts had been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very good dinner." Anonymous.

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in article [email hidden], Terry Pulliam Burd at
[email hidden] wrote on 1/30/04 10:31 PM:

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On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 04:17:33 GMT, Puester <[email hidden]> arranged random neurons, so
they looked like this:

Quoted message said:

If you don't adore being a grandmother as soon as that child was born, you'll be the first person
I ever knew who didn't adore it. (Ask Barb and Dimitri how much fun it can be.)

<snip>

Oh, I know that I'll just adore the baby on sight. It's the "G" word I have trouble with!

As for Barb, I believe her exact words to me were, "Oh, pishtosh! Get over it!" She's always been
the very *soul* of tact and comfort :-p~~~

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

Well, Barb isn't called Grandma, she's called "Baba", which is the Slovack word for it. Whatever
your heritage is, why not use that word for Grandma?

In our family, we called my mom's sisters "Aunt (whoever)" but my grandparents' sisters were called
by the yiddish word for aunt, which is the same as the french, oddly enough--Tante. So our great-
aunts were "tantie (whoever)". I suppose if we had great-grandparents they would have been "Bubbie"
and "Zaydie". Alas, I never knew my great-grandparents. I barely knew my grandparents, but that's
another story.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheryl Rosen said:

in article [email hidden], Terry Pulliam Burd at [email hidden]
wrote on 1/30/04 10:31 PM:

Quoted message said:

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 04:17:33 GMT, Puester <[email hidden]> arranged random neurons, so
they looked like this:

Quoted message said:

If you don't adore being a grandmother as soon as that child was born, you'll be the first
person I ever knew who didn't adore it. (Ask Barb and Dimitri how much fun it can be.)

<snip>

Oh, I know that I'll just adore the baby on sight. It's the "G" word I have trouble with!

As for Barb, I believe her exact words to me were, "Oh, pishtosh! Get over it!" She's always
been the very *soul* of tact and comfort :-p~~~

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

Well, Barb isn't called Grandma, she's called "Baba", which is the Slovack word for it. Whatever
your heritage is, why not use that word for Grandma?

In our family, we called my mom's sisters "Aunt (whoever)" but my grandparents' sisters were
called by the yiddish word for aunt, which is the same as the french, oddly enough--Tante. So our
great-aunts were "tantie (whoever)". I suppose if we had great-grandparents they would have been
"Bubbie" and "Zaydie". Alas, I never knew my great-grandparents. I barely knew my grandparents,
but that's another story.

We all need to start having our children at a younger age... ;-) I only knew my great gramma, on
daddie's side, a wunnderful Swedish immmigrant, for a couple of years before she died. <sigh>

Now there was a woman that knew how to cook wild asparagus, and on a wood stove no less!

K.

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Sheryl Rosen said:

in article [email hidden], Terry Pulliam Burd at [email hidden]
wrote on 1/30/04 10:31 PM:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Oh, I know that I'll just adore the baby on sight. It's the "G" word I have trouble with!

As for Barb, I believe her exact words to me were, "Oh, pishtosh! Get over it!" She's always been
the very *soul* of tact and comfort :-p~~~

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

Well, Barb isn't called Grandma, she's called "Baba", which is the Slovack word for it. Whatever
your heritage is, why not use that word for Grandma?

In our family, we called my mom's sisters "Aunt (whoever)" but my grandparents' sisters were
called by the yiddish word for aunt, which is the same as the french, oddly enough--Tante. So our
great-aunts were "tantie (whoever)". I suppose if we had great-grandparents they would have been
"Bubbie" and "Zaydie". Alas, I never knew my great-grandparents. I barely knew my grandparents,
but that's another story.

I have one young Goddaughter, and was asked what I wanted to be called when the baby started to talk
and when her mother talked to her about me.

She is younger than my own grandchildren and I said that she should call my "Grandma" or something
like this, but even though she has no grandparents, her mother did not think it was appropriate.

My husband, who was her Godfather, suggested Omi and Opa (Oh-me and Oh-pa), the preferred German
names for grandparents.

Dyandria will be fifteen in April and she still calls me Omi. :o)

For tomorrow, I bought Melba-sliced seeded rye bread, brushed some of the slices with melted butter,
sprinkled grated Parmesan cheese over them and the bread is in the oven right now, with a wonderful
cheesy fragrance filling the whole apartment.

I may make some garlic toasts, too.

When the bread slices are starting to brown and the cheese has melted, the parmesan toasts will
be done and I will serve them tomorrow with wine. Only Marcel is invited, so there will be plenty
for us. :o)

I will open a strong wine, Shiraz most likely.

MS

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

If you don't adore being a grandmother as soon as that child was born, you'll be the first
person I ever knew who didn't adore it. (Ask Barb and Dimitri how much fun it can be.)

<snip>

Oh, I know that I'll just adore the baby on sight. It's the "G" word I have trouble with!

As for Barb, I believe her exact words to me were, "Oh, pishtosh! Get over it!" She's always
been the very *soul* of tact and comfort :-p~~~

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

Well, Barb isn't called Grandma, she's called "Baba", which is the Slovack word for it. Whatever
your heritage is, why not use that word for

Grandma?

Quoted message said:

In our family, we called my mom's sisters "Aunt (whoever)" but my grandparents' sisters were
called by the yiddish word for aunt, which is

the

Quoted message said:

same as the french, oddly enough--Tante. So our great-aunts were "tantie (whoever)". I suppose if
we had great-grandparents they would have been "Bubbie" and "Zaydie". Alas, I never knew my great-
grandparents. I barely knew my grandparents, but that's another story.

One of my daughters boyfriends had a cute nickname for his grandparents, honey and pop. I told my
daughter when she had babies I wanted them to call me grandma honey. Well she has 2 children now and
they aren't calling me that, so it's up for dibs!

I love being the grandma. It's sooooooooooooooo much fun. And when my grandson was born he looked so
much like my daughter that it was a total deja vu. They were not living where I do when he was born,
but moved down here and I was present when my granddaughter was born. A trip and a half, and I'll
never forget it.

Have fun with it, grandma honey.

Suzan Suzan

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Margaret Suran <[email hidden]> wrote:

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I will open a strong wine, Shiraz most likely.

MS

Are you going to use glasses this time or just go with the usual?
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-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 1-31-04 A good friend will come and bail you out of jail; a
true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn,that was fun!"