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8. A visit from my 22 yo grandson, xmas eve day, out of the blue.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 06:34 PM

Friday

He knows I'm the grandma without extra funds.
He stayed an hour or so, just talking.

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What did you get for Christmas that you love [View all] malaise Friday OP

Peace and Quiet w/o no traveling either. Staying at home finally after so many years traveling for the holidays. SWBTATTReg Friday #1

With you on that 100% malaise Friday #2

I'm sorry to hear about the hurricane mess...I hope that it gets cleaned up/fixed up in a reasonably amount of time. SWBTATTReg Friday #3

A Santa painted on natural wood Marthe48 Friday #4

Went to the 50th birthday party for a kid I used to babysit malaise Friday #6

Sounds nice, Marthe! LuckyCharms Friday #23

Carhartt gift certificates. johnp3907 Friday #5

Nice malaise Friday #7

A visit from my 22 yo grandson, xmas eve day, out of the blue. quaint Friday #8

Now that was wonderful malaise Friday #9

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Lovely gifts malaise Friday #11

Apple TV box. The picture quality is outstanding. Intractable Friday #12

Sounds great malaise Friday #18

I don't love it, but a detached retina and surgery to fix it. greatauntoftriplets Friday #13

OMG Kali Friday #14

Thanks. greatauntoftriplets Friday #16

oh I am glad not painful Kali Friday #21

Holy shit that is serious malaise Friday #17

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May every day get better, greatauntoftriplets. LuckyCharms Friday #24

Thanks, Lucky. greatauntoftriplets Friday #38

that there wasn't too much "stuff" Kali Friday #15

Rice cookers are great malaise Friday #20

ha! Kali Friday #22

He can still cook little else malaise Friday #26

A phone call from an old friend, and some delicious home made cookies. LuckyCharms Friday #25

A young man I mentored call me on Jan 2 malaise Friday #32

Nice, malaise! LuckyCharms Friday #34

Time with my daughters leftieNanner Friday #27

Sweet malaise Friday #33

A Spotify membership, dinner with au gratin potatoes - a favorite! Oh, and beloved family was at the dinner too! Scrivener7 Friday #28

That sounds good, we always called au gratin potatoes, "old rotten potatoes" as a joke... wcmagumba Friday #30

I'm stealing that! Scrivener7 Friday #31

Hehehe malaise Friday #35

I really DO adore them! Scrivener7 Saturday #49

Mr. Dahlia gave me a framed New Yorker cartoon. yellow dahlia Friday #29

Love it malaise Friday #36

I love it, also. yellow dahlia Friday #37

A box of chocolate-covered cherries. Croney Friday #39

We gave my dad a box every Christmas! johnp3907 Friday #42

Ha! One of the ways my dad chose to bond with us was to take us individually (there were 6 of us) to the Scrivener7 Saturday #50

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We didn't really "do" Xmas buzzycrumbhunger Friday #40

Glad you got some rest malaise Saturday #44

I didn't get anything for Christmas Grim Chieftain Friday #41

Well here's a belated hug malaise Saturday #45

Thanks. malaise Grim Chieftain Saturday #46

I hope you gave yourself a New Year's gift! quaint Saturday #55

An appointment at the Panamanian Tribunal PJMcK Saturday #47

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