You know, as a mother I’m really proud of my son Gried: he’s taking on responsibility for being a young father, he regularly goes to Cybertron on visit to his girlfriend and their baby Sondra (born August 10th, 2011 on Cybertron), he’s kind and determined and I can tell he’s matured a lot since his daughter’s birth. Gosh, sometimes it’s the biggest experiences to sign a turning point in your life. It was like that for me too, that 1998 teenager who got engaged to a Transformer boy.

In other news, last week I advised my son Doc Ratchet to pick a cotton scrub for his assistant, so she won’t feel too constrained or uncomfortable within synthetic fabric. I wouldn’t know the girl in question was a robot, but cotton is good nevertheless. At least, the ‘scrubs problem’ is solved now. Doc was wise enough to bookmark http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/ for future use.

Oh my, time for some shameless plugs. I need to plug my family members’ blogs more often, hehe. Here they go:

~ Retromuse.com – My husband’s all-serious blog. He shares family news as well as work and study projects. Love you hon!

~ Heartiziia.net – My daughter Tarya’s blog. Tarya is a Pandorian (Na’vi) ~ you should know from the movie Avatar.

~ Fading-petals.net ~ T’rashara is another daughter of mine. She’s a beautiful intelligent girl, I’m sure you’d be good friends if you talked to her.

‘Soon!

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Thanks to Lemuel Craft

It is not officially winter, until I get the flu. Well, it is winter now because I think I have the flu worse than I have ever had it. Normally, I just get a small case of the flu. It will go away in a few days and I am quickly back to normal. This time I have been sick for over a week. I have slept more in the past week than I have in the past month. I have watched every one of the Direct tv channels I get. I have probably lost five pounds and I have not gotten out of bed. It has been horrible. Luckily, I have some great friends who have been helping take care of me. Even though I have not been able to keep food down, someone has brought me dinner every night. I even had one friend who stayed with me through the night, when I was at my worst. Today was the first day I was able to think clearly. I am hoping that is a sign it is almost over. I sure hope so because I am not sure I can stand being sick much longer.

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To make Laira, Samantha and our other little grandchildren happy, Jackie and I went shopping for baby toys this week. No, we didn’t spend a lot, but we made sure all toys were certified and safe.

Part of our shopping ‘spree’ was made online, which translates into a lot of discounts and coupon codes. One of my favorite shopping sites is BabyRepublic.co.uk, where I found some cute wall Stickers that made my Elanah Arcee an absolute happy child.

I was thinking about purchasing personalised baby gifts this weekend. Jazz and his family need new accessories, as well as Sideswipe’s. With all the kids they have, I think personalized gifts (like baby bibs) would be more manageable than standard items.

So, with all my kids and my kids’ kids, baby showers, baptism ceremonies and educational toys are a daily routine.

Now, with Longreen‘s announcement of his wife’s pregnancy, we’re all scrambling to get the baby-to-be a set of bibs, diapers, little suits and other accessories. The magic of having a big family, hm?

Naral is 3 months pregnant. I don’t know whether she and Longreen have told Laira about the new brother or sister yet, but I hope they will soon, before there’s a risk to see healthy jealousy turn into hidden anger. Children are fragile when new babies come into their lives; I hope my son and his wife follow the advice my husband and I gave them.

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