Saturday, February 12, 2011
WYSIWYG
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Friday, December 31, 2010
the two Kiras and Grandmommy: a Christmas story
I really enjoyed having both Kiras visit me in South Carolina the week after Christmas. Flat Kira was overjoyed when she looked down from her favorite eucalyptus wreath perch one morning to see Kira Rose eating a bowl of the Cookie Crisp cereal she had helped me buy at the grocery store!
Flat Kira really liked Kira Rose's Christmas presents too. But Kira Rose needed a crimper, more beads, pendants, and earring wires to go with the collection of beads Aunt Michelle had given her. And how would she fill her sketch pad with drawings if she didn't have graphite and water color pencils and something to sharpen them with? So Flat Kira and Kira Rose went shopping with me for even more craft supplies on New Year's Eve.
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Flat Kira's Christmas morning
at the castle at last! |
I'm sittin' in "the castle's" tree! |
Santa left some goodies for me! |
I FINALLY got to meet Michael! |
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'nuff said!
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Friday, December 24, 2010
Flat Kira checks out Tiffany's
Dear Kira Rose,
Sorry I missed writing to you yesterday. Grandmommy and I have been working hard getting her house ready for your visit.
Yesterday, after shopping again--this time at a real mall--we wrapped even more presents (Kelsey's going to love the one that showed up in the mailbox yesterday!) and then reorganized the closet where all the giftwrap goes. With all the presents coming in, we had a bunch of big boxes to take apart too. Grandmommy says we'll be going to the dump before you get here so you won't think her back porch is a dump!
get rid of the styrofoam bits from yet more boxes that we opened! Aunt Michelle and Uncle Rick stopped by to install some new ceiling lights for Grandmommy. She says they are Tiffany (-style) lights. I thought Tiffany's was just the name of a fancy store but I guess not! Anyway, Grandmommy says she loves her new lights so much that she may never, ever turn them off!
The yards and driveway are still drifted with leaves (Grandmommy says that I'm learning to be a writer!!!) but we don't care. It"s Christmas Eve and all is well with the world!
Can't wait to see you guys!!!!
Love you bunches!
Flat Kira
P. S. Be sure to tell Grandma that those pears she sent us are heavenly!!!!!! Aunt Michelle took four of them home with her this afternoon for her family :-)
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Flat Kira goes shopping
We started our day with Miss Terri, who washed the gray out of Nonny's hair and made her look pretty for Christmas. That's Nonny in the mirror, hiding behind her camera! |
Then we wrapped and wrapped and wrapped some more! These are Kira Rose's presents from Grandmommy! I promise not to open them before she gets here . . . but Kira Rose better HURRY UP!!!!!!!!!! |
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Flat Kira: hanging out with the cousins
I had such a fun day today!!! Your cousins Mason and Campbell are really cool kids! They didn't even mind me tagging along or posing for pictures with me so that I could send them to you.
Nonny says this is one of your favorite cereals. She now has two boxes of it waiting for you to have breakfast here! |
Flat Kira
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Flat Kira:chillin' at Grandmommy's
Dear Kira Rose,
I was hoping to have some big stories to tell you, but Nonny says even the small things in life are worth writing about . . . So here are a few small things from our last two days together.
Yesterday we did a lot of shopping together--on the computer! She won't tell me what she's getting for you for Christmas, but I did get to see what she ordered for Kelsey :-) No, I'm not telling! I also saw what she ordered for some of the grown-ups. Why would somebody want a l---?. . . oops, better not say because she'll probably read this letter when she posts it on her blog!
Hope I don't fall into that shredder!!!
She did text me a picture though so that I could share it with you. |
P.S. Please tell Grandma that Grandmommy really appreciates the box of fruit from her, sent just in time for Christmas!!!
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Flat Kira and the wrestler
Dear Kira Rose,
When I get home to Oakdale, I'll tell you the true story of how I escaped going to middle school yesterday. It was kind of nice having Grandmommy's house--messy enough to make exploring loads of fun--all to myself. I played Christmas music all day on her new CD changer. (Glad she figured out that wiring-speakers-to-a-receiver puzzle Thursday night!)
I really had meant to sneak back into my envelope when Grandmommy came home to eat, get school stuff out of the car, and presents (to go under Michael and Cassie's tree) in the car. She was in such a rush that she never noticed I'd fallen asleep on the couch in the study, exhausted from all the mischief I'd been into while she was at work.
I finally got to meet some of your Southern family today--Campbell (not pictured),
Aunt Michelle and Uncle Rick, and |
Mason, the wrestler!!! |
Anyway, I spent hours and hours today in a high school gym (I wonder if she plans to take me to a college next!)! Mason was doing this stuff called wrestling. It looked like fighting to me--the playing around kind of fighting--but kids were getting medals for it! Mason just missed getting a medal this time but, from all the clapping and cheering everyone was doing, he must have fought pretty well. He was smiling--not so much in our picture but later in the day.
Did you know that Mason and Campbell call Grandmommy Nonny? You didn't tell me she has two different names! I heard Grandmommy, aka Nonny, telling Mason and Campbell that she'd be taking them to the movies Tuesday--something about seeing someone named Harry Potter?--and then maybe Christmas shopping. Wonder if I'll get to go to the movies and shopping with them . . .
She's got that Christmas music going again. I'm thinking a nap sounds like a good idea!
I'll write more later . . .
Love you bunches!
Flat Kira
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Flat Kira"s "lost" day
I was all set to introduce Flat Kira to her "round" cousins, Michael and Cassie, last night when I discovered, to my dismay that she was not safely tucked away in her envelope in the comfort of her handmade Christmas card and directions for handling . . .
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