Pauline Baird Jones

  • Did You Make It?

    So, it’s the day after Christmas. I’m writing this post before the family arrives, so I can’t verify that I survived the wonderful chaos that is the #GrandmaProject. I will just say that I almost can’t sleep with excitement. For a Grandma, the grandkids arriving is the grownup (old) version of waiting for Santa. Haha…

  • A Symbolic Cling/Sandwich Post

    So this is one of those symbolic posts with a somewhat symbolic picture. I saw this image in the hub’s Flickr feed and thought, oh wow, that’s me. I’m hanging on for dear life and I might have a few prickles out. I’m a hermit who is often nudged out of her comfort zone by…

  • Perilous P’s April Adventure In Pictures

    So yeah, April was my Big Adventure Month. As I was mulling how to write about it, I popped over to the hub’s Flickr page and realized he did it with photos and I probably should, too. Once both hubs and I managed to arrive in Cody, we climbed in our car and started driving…

  • #GrandmaProject- The Adventure Continues

    I’m getting ready to embark on a #GrandmaProject #Adventure and I’ll have to admit, it’s hard to think anything but, ‘YAY!” So I thought I’d dive into the archives of this blog (I have over 700 blog posts! Gulp!) and share some oldies, and I hope, goodies. At least you know they are oldies. LOL…

  • #GrandmaProject Rocks My World

    My life has been filled with many adventures. (I define an adventure as a life experience that takes me somewhere new and is a) wonderful, b) hard/uncomfortable, c) taught me something even if it took me a while to figure out what.) Obviously any Big Life Change is an adventure (and sometimes a NUD-venture). Going…

  • Lessons from my Grandmothers

    I’m writing this post from the past, for the future, because as you read these words, I’m deep in the #grandmaproject and #totally #happy. There will be pictures on my Facebook wall, but probably not today. If everything goes according to plan, this will be my first day meeting my new grand daughter. If you’ve…

  • You Can Go Home Again

    I know “they” say you can’t go home again, but actually you can. You buy a ticket, get strip searched at the airport, and many painful hours later, you walk off the plane in what used to be… Home. Or you can hop in a car and drive, bypassing the strip search and the painful…

  • Learning and Loving the #GrandmaProject

    I was chatting with my niece (who is coming to visit this week – yay!) about my #grandmaproject and she mentioned that she thought her “parents also came to see them and not just the grand kids.” A pause, then, an “I hope.” Boy, that brought back a flood of memories of being the parent,…

  • #GrandmaProject Report & Books for 2 yr olds?

    So I thought I ought to return and report on how the #GrandmaProject went during the holidays. I’m happy to note that: No grandchildren were lost or injured during the holidays No parents or grandparents were lost or injured during the holidays In fact, there was an extreme level of sheer happiness for the grandparents…

  • The Christmas #GrandmaProject

    When I began the #GrandmaProject—oh my goodness!—almost two years ago, I’d planned to keep you all updated about my progress toward becoming an awesome grandma. But then my son got transferred out of state and the #GrandmaProject turned into a long distance project. Thank heavens for texting and FaceTime or I’d have gone into deep…