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Maryn Williams‘s insight:
Its the simple things! This will make you laugh out loud!
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Jun16
twins vs rubber bands
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Jun10
Video Picks This Week
Video Picks for the Week
Another week and new video picks for this week. My week provided a random variety of stuff interesting videos but let’s start with the ever lovely Marilyn Monroe to celebrate her birthday.
Marilyn Monroe’s Birthday
Senior’s Learn to Blog
They think we are cute. They make fun of us. They think they are funny. But not so fast young whipper snappers.
A Serious Look at Computers of 1987
Laptop Portable with 640k, 2 disc drives, lots of powerful software and an hour of run time. Thank Goodness we have progressed from there. Its fun to look back at the origins of laptops, gps, and other technology. But 1987 was not that long ago. 26 years to be exact so what will we be seeing in the next 25 years?
Summer Snacks for Kids and Grandkids
Summer is here and that means time for fun and activity. There is not much time for preparing foods so take a hint from these busy moms and make a quick, fun, easy to handle and nutritious roll up!
photo by:
Joris Leermakers
May27
Going Gray Gracefully?
The Bravery of going gray!
Are you Going Gray gracefully or going gray kicking and screaming all the way. Aging is difficult enough without the additional burden of going gray! I look around and see some people wear it well while others of us simply get mousy and old.
My very good friend went gray early and dyed her hair for years. Finally, one day she decided – enough is enough and went totally gray. Her hair is gorgeous, her face is softened, her beauty is enhanced. I only hope to be that lucky.
The New York Times profiled a group of women who organized a mini-demonstration that featured a “band of silver-haired marchers” who descended upon Times Square to bring in the noise, bring in the funk — hair color-style. Awesomely named the Silver Sisters Strut, co-organizer and model/blogger/brand Cindy Joseph said “[w]e are the women that we wished we would have had in our lives, if they weren’t busy getting their hair dyed.”
Aging is often hidden and marginalized in our society, and it’s thrilling to see women embracing a hair color and style that some consider undesirable because of its implications about age and sexuality.
All that being true, I still don’t know what I’ll do when I start to go gray. Am I a wimp because I’m not sure I’ll have the confidence to rock the sleek silver hair?
photo by:
Faith R
May24
Grandchildren Want Digital Connections
Connecting with Grandchildren via Digital
Grandchildren want digital connections with their grandparents. Are you staying current enough to be there – where ever that is – when they ask for it? It used to be my space, then facebook, text, twitter, instagram and so on. By the time we master it seems they have found something new. So I am now finding something that allows me to connect with them and they know I am there for them.
I have hang outs with my 3 year old granddaughter so we can read a book together. We also skype and facetime. My eight year old granddaughter loves to do facetime and practice her charms. My 13 year old grandson posts things to instagram and sometimes I see it. My 11 year old grandson love food so he checks out my recipes and asks for special meals when he visits. The 15 year old keeps me on my toes and teaches me what I need to know.
How about you?
Games for the 50+, Grandparents & Grandchildren Friendly Video …
blog.aarp.org4/24/13
The right game environment offers both the connections around activity and adventure but also helps to bridge the digital differences between generations. Next time, we’ll talk about some surprising connections between …
Grandchildren Want More Digital Family Connections
11/4/12
A survey of almost a thousand UK youngsters reveals that they are fine with their parents and grandparents being on Facebook; in fact, they want more family connectedness on social networks. Here are more highlights from …
http://www.retirementhomes.com/library/5-digital-ways-to-connect-grandparents-with-grandchildren/“>5 Digital Ways To Connect Grandparents With Grandchildren
10/30/12
Every person starts off with four grandparents. Even so, it’s common that some or all grandparents may live many hours away. Precious time between these generations is sweet but often too short. But now technology provides … Read the rest of this entry
May20
SquareHub Family Network
A Private Family Network – SquareHub
Do you need a private way to communicate with EVERYONE in your Family – and no one else. There’s an App for that – SquareHub Family Network. As a grandmother, I am in awe of the amount of coordination required to manage today’s busy family. I am often asked to help in the pick ups or transfers or game day events. When live gets complicated, clear communication is difficult and that is BEFORE you add in the element of teenage communication skills – with their grandparent, no less.
This nifty new app might be just the thing to communicate with everyone we need to and not those we don’t. SquareHub, a free iOS mobile app for sending private messages and photos, coordinating activities, and sharing those spontaneous moments of joy with just the family.
SquareHub addresses the need to coordinate multiple activities each day while keeping personal information private. With SquareHub, every family member on the network can send instant private messages and photos. Parents can coordinate activities and kids can request a pickup or tell parents privately when they will be home. SquareHub replaces the inconvenience of multiple communication avenues—texting, phone calls and email—with the ease of a single app that all members can use.
Families with active teenagers, professional parents, divorced parents, and military families will love the privacy protection, efficiency, and virtual presence SquareHub brings to their daily communication. With SquareHub, families no longer have to think twice about sharing personal details like where everybody is, what everyone is doing and those goofy, memorable moments they want to share with each other.
Plus it appears to be a great planning tool for my brothers and I as we are coordinating help for our parents. Add an element of fun and you have what appears to be a very useful tool.
Did I mention it is FREE and PRIVATE? I love that!