Monday, March 8, 2010

reasons #21, #142, #86, #205, #298, and #56

I love my grandmother, Memo. and what a joy it has been to spend some quality time with her. her stories, her jokes {Memo is quite the comedian!} and most of all her love. two days with her and she's already worked her magic and has made me feel invincible. there is something special about grandparents and there unconditional love. "to make a long story short" {Memo's most favorite and most used saying}, here are a few reasons {from this weekend} why i love her.

she is absolutely stunning. and she has so wonderfully passed down her luscious dark black locks to me. {everyone always ask where i get it from. and i lucked out big time!}

she always has strange yet insanely delicious treats waiting for me!
dark chocolate edamame?! who knew it was so incredible. don't worry i've already almost eaten half the container. {we enjoyed them whilst dying laughing at Zach Galifianakis on SNL. "nice beard." "i'm greek. this isn't a beard, its part of my eyebrow."}

we have to most marvelous time watching the academy awards {complete with gourmet cheeses and crackers, grapes, and even a molten chocolate cake for my birthday!} and we filled out our ballots to play a little betting game. Memo won! {what can i say? i was rooting for avatar and they just didn't pull through!}

i love her home. its filled with eclectic treasures. like this cu-cu clock.

she takes me on most epic shopping sprees. {i hadn't been to H&M in over a year!} needless to say we did some major damage.

i find little chelseas everywhere.
a face only a grandmother could love.
{oh my beautiful buck teeth! and yes, thats an abcrombie shirt that says yummy. i'm pretty sure i though it meant i liked delicious treats. and my eyebrows are as crazy as ever.}

so excited for 3 more days with Memo!
do you have anything wonderful you love about your grandparents? do you have a memory or a story?

31 comments:

  1. My grandma... has the best sense of humor... we laugh hysterically together and she is quite possibly the best cook around. She makes the best enchiladas, chile rellenos, tacos and guacamole. I started a little journal that I write down all of her recipes so it will be something that the family will have forever.
    Happy Monday, lovely!! XO

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  2. Grandparents :)
    My grandmother is German and she's half deaf, needless to say (although sometimes stressful) she's a hoot!
    many many funny stories come from that house.

    Cute pictures!

    (oh, and about the shirt design, it may be a couple more weeks, but i'll definitely let you know!)

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  3. I love Grandmas. Mine had the most amazing sense of humour, and always a cupboard stocked full with treats! She lived next door to us, so it was easy to run away from home, right into that snack cupboard and to an afternoon of TV, card games and tea in posh china cups. She had that grandma smell too, of powdery perfume and baking.

    AND the part about cheese, crackers and grapes made me smile and go mushy inside, because that is EXACTLY the snack she made me every time I stayed over!

    I miss her a lot a lot; have such a lovely time with your beloved Grandma! (she is stunning in that photo!)

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  4. I love My Grandparents :)

    My Mee-Maw is hard of hearing... needless to say we have some great stories :D

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  5. My Granny is the best :) She also has amazing dark hair that unfortunately I did NOT inherit... but I definitely did get her naughty sense of humour, and her habit of mixing up her proverbs. "Skin off a duck's nose" - "too many cooks spoil the pudding"... etc etc!

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  6. Your grandmother sounds so awesome! Mine is crazy like sometimes it's funny sometimes it's embarrassing! So jealous of your epic shopping spree!!

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  7. your memo sounds presh. i mean, shopping, treats, amazing hair... she might just have my granny beat.

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  8. Aww, your memo sounds so fun! Thanks for the award!!

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  9. Love that middle photo of you! its so adorable! Your grandmother is so beautiful! <3 anyone who likes cheese and crackers is amazing anyway.. ;)

    I havn't been to H & M in AGES. In May i'm moving to a town which actually has one so thats gonna be awsome :D

    xoxox

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  10. DARK CHOCOLATE EDEMAME...sounds like heaven! Grandmas are the best. Sounds like yours is perfect!

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  11. I have great memories of my Grandma! Your adventures with her sounds so so fun! Happy late Birthday and you seriously made me smile with this post!

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  12. Thank you for the award boo! I love my grandmother too. There is something about a grandmother-granddaughter relationship that is just completely wonderful.

    I'm going to send my grand mother an email right now!

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  13. your grandma sounds marvelous. i don't have many good grandma stories, cause i'm not really close with either of mine. :(. so enjoy yours and feel blessed that you got a good one!

    hope you enjoy your 3 more days with her!

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  14. This is such a beautiful post. It looks like you are having so much fun with your grandmother. I really want to learn to knit so am hoping i might get some lessons next time i see my grandma.

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  15. I'm in love with your blog <3

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  16. I love that coocoo clock! Gramas' houses are always full of treasures!

    xoxo,
    andyquirks.blogspot.com

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  17. I gotta know what chocolate covered edamame tastes like!

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  18. Awe you have the cutest little grandma EVER! :) She is so stunning too and she looks like you!

    psst, I did not know Trader Joe's sold chocolate edamame! I'm keeping my eyes peeled next time!

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  19. your grandmother is stunning.
    she is like the epitome of perfect grandmother.
    my stories are a bit different becauseee i get along best with my grandpa. he takes my anthropology major seriously. and we go on all sorts of adventures together. and i sit and listen to his stories for hours while he sneaks me cookies from the "forbidden" snack cabinet.
    grandparents are awesome.

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  20. I wanna play with you grandmother too!

    Sounds like you are having a blast, family time freakn rox!

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  21. my lola would make me pajama pants when i was little out of pillow cases ;) i loved the part when she would put them on us... our hands would be on her shoulders and she would pick us up when she pulled up the pants. lol

    and my granddaddy... he would let us put make up on him! haha bless his heart.

    your Memo -- well i see "stunning" runs in your family. And chocolate covered edamames?! YUMMY!!! i have never had them cos i didn't know such goodness existed!

    ENJOY your time with family as i'm LOVING every minute with mine in Tejas xoxo

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  22. I'm actually writing a book about my nana at the moment for her birthday!

    i realised today its less than a month away. freaky deaky i better get onto it!!!!!

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  23. I love that you love your grandma so much :) Both of mine have since passed away, but I will always remember them for their amazing stories, DELICIOUS baking and sense of humour!

    Haha, the mini-chelseas made me laugh. Great facials!

    xo

    PS. Thank you for the comment on my blog! It's only a baby, so I was v.excited! :P

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  24. Aw, I love this! It's making me miss my grams.
    Yours sounds like a wonderful lady.

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  25. Awww, thanks for putting me on your list of blogs in the past post...I mean seriously, it made my day!

    And I LOVE Grandmothers! My meme always makes comments about my driving, she thinks I take curves to quickly. She starts laughing and my mom has to remind me that she's slightly joking...so then I have squeeze out a laugh.
    Both of my grandmothers are wonderful.

    And...MAN! I wish we had an H&M!

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  26. I love that my grandmother has bright red hair, goes out on dates, and can still do a headstand. I can't even do one of those!

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  27. I am not close with my living grandmother :( only because she lives to far away
    BUT my bf's grandparents are incredible.
    Every year they host a titantic dinner where there is an 11 course meal, 30 people, everyone dresses up etc.
    I can't wait for April 10th!

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  28. this looks like a perfect weekend with your grandma! i'm dying to try chocolate covered edamame and go on an H&M shopping spree!

    enjoy your time with her! :)

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  29. I love my grandmother. This post makes me think back to all the great times I had with her while I was still too young to fully appreciate them. I wish I had a video camera to record them all. I miss her so much. She has Alzheimer's.

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  30. My grandmother is so much hipped than me. She is always helping me catch up on the latest trends.

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