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About Grandma

I have reinvented myself many times during my life -teacher, lawyer, business woman, CEO, Entrepreneur, Board member, Professor, Mom, Wife, Farmer, Chef, Musician, Author and now my best role of all - Grandma to multiple grandchildren, grandnephews and nieces worldwide.

Do you know what Twining is?

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My son sent me this picture this morning – and said – the twins are twinning. I didnt know what he meant until I looked at it – yep- this is twining. We need to paint a toenail or we … Continue reading

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The Fireman Story – is it true? I don’t know – but it surely moves the heart – so let’s believe it IS true and pay it forward…

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I don’t know if this is true – but it surely is a lovely story. I hope it is true – to believe in the goodness of people – and the love of children everywhere.   In Phoenix , Arizona … Continue reading

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Music Mondays! My Song Start The World All Over Again

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Today I am featuring my song Start The World All Over Again. I wrote it as an inspirational song thinking about all those who give their time, love and even their lives to make the world a better place for … Continue reading

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Amazing insights I gained today -listening to President Bush and Francis Ford Coppola

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Today I have had the privilege of listening in person to the #43rd President of The US talk about vision, belief and committment with amazing brilliance,eloquence and humor and then Francis Ford Coppola who spoke about creativity. Their remarks resonated … Continue reading

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Philanthropy Fridays -Troy Aikman, Stephen Spielberg &Garth Brooks

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Together these stars have created ZONES with computers in the hospital rooms of children who are ill so that they can connect with other children on line live with the same or similar challenges. Starlight Foundation,(www.starlight.org) and the Troy Aikman … Continue reading

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The Importance of Birthdays

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Our twins grandnephew and niece celebrate their first birthday this week. Here is the song that I wrote for Birthdays! Listen to THE BIRTHDAY SONG! First birthdays are so important – for the parents and siblings but not the little … Continue reading

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Tasty Thursdays are here again! Feta Cheese Salad

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Background We eat salads all year. As children need to eat their veggies, making a salad with your kids is good way to encourage them to eat greens. This recipe serves 4-6. My grandsons decided to have a snack while … Continue reading

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Cooking with kids – just the best – messy but SOOO much fun!

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Here is  Jonah my second grandson, helping me cook. We are making a mixture of mixed potatoes – yams, sweet potatoes, yukon gold -with Lawry’s salt and olive oil, fresh chopped rosemary – baked for 1.5 hours in an oven … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tips! Our video blog this week is Halloween Rice or Tomato Rice

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This week we begin our video blogs – Tuesday Tips – it could be about cooking ( my favorite hobby) or other things that I think might be useful.  Here is the link to the first one –

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OUR TWIN GRANDBABIES ARE HERE!

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We are so very excited – our newest grandchildren arrived safely – and are just perfect. Here they are – Noah and Gabriel – 5 lbs and 5 lbs 2 ounces – I could not be happier. Kudos to their … Continue reading

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Philanthropy Fridays (ok the spelling is different but it sounds like an ‘F’ !)

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Every Friday I will FEATURE a Mom’s special charity – and encourage folks to give to it – even a dollar is helpful! So please email me at grandma@RockinGrandmaMusic.com with your favorite Mom related charity or post it on my … Continue reading

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Tasty Thursdays! Here is the latest recipe – Roasted Rack of Lamb Rib Chops with Tomato Rice and Mint Sauce

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Background: Costco has wonderful lamb rib chops – and they are so easy to cook.  I buy them and freeze them for special occasions. It was my husband’s birthday so I decided we deserved a special dinner! And since I … Continue reading

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Making Fun out of Chores

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Although I wrote my children’s stories and music to entertain, I have found that using Sam, The Broken Robot as a mommy’s helper is a great way to facilitate the grandchildren to do their chores. Four and two is rather … Continue reading

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Dealing with ‘Mean Kids’ – how soon do your children need to know?

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“How do you teach your children to react when dealing with kids who are mean?” I put this question out to multiple mommy-bloggers and received some interesting answers. Some said – don’t talk to young children about mean kids as … Continue reading

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Making cookies can be exercise and a lesson in organization and neatness for little ones!

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I made peanut butter cookies today with my grandchildren – a great way to build coordination and hand strength as well as organizational capability – they had to pull the stiff dough into balls, then roll them in sugar and … Continue reading

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Here is the Beef Curry Recipe I made yesterday – easy Slow Cooker style!

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Beef Curry in the Slow Cooker Background: I just love my slow cooker – truly, it is the easiest way to cook delicious food while you are doing other things and it makes the whole house smell divine. My daughter-in-law … Continue reading

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One day in the life of an active Grandma

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I wrote this to my sister yesterday when she asked me how things were going? My daughter-in-law is on full bedrest as we await the arrival of identical twins and I am so thrilled and blessed that she has asked … Continue reading

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Chicken Slow Cooker with Yams, Lemons and Capers

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Background: I made this recipe up today – and its easy and yummy too. Preparation: 30 minutes prep time and 3-5 hours cooking time Ingredients: Olive oil – 2 Tbsp Chicken – organic only; skinless, boneless breasts and thighs cut … Continue reading

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Shipping out orders!! And make sure to dance at least once every day – it liberates the child within us…

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We are shipping out orders today like crazy to catch up with our backlog! Still waiting for our identical twin boys to be born – hopefully this or next week. The whole family is anxious and excited too. What a … Continue reading

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Finding priorities

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This week was one where decisions had to be made – would I participate in a conference which is hugely important to me with long standing friends and colleagues, which is a plane ride of 6 hours and thus at … Continue reading

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