Posted by GrannyRant on January 5, 2012 in
GRUMBLINGS,
JUST SAYING,
RANTS
Tweet As we are coming up to twelfth night…….I thought I’d reflect on the last couple of weeks and share my thoughts with you all…sing along if you feel the urge! On the 1st day of Christmas my true love sent to me Some baubles and an artificial tree On the 2nd day of Christmas [...]
Tags: children, CHRISTMAS, flushes, GRUMBLINGS, knickers, MEN, menopause, people, shopping, siblings, woman, WOMEN, work
Posted by GrannyRant on January 5, 2011 in
GRUMBLINGS,
RANTS,
STORIES, POEMS AND FUNNIES
Tweet My head is like a sieve these days; I just can’t take things in I can’t remember where I live I might as well give in I lie awake for hours and hours just staring at the ceiling And dream about all manner of things it’s just the strangest feeling The Doctor says I’m [...]
Tags: age, change, fat, flushes, menopause, old, people, shopping, shops
Posted by GrannyRant on January 2, 2011 in
JUST SAYING,
STORIES, POEMS AND FUNNIES
Tweet Christmas comes but once a year and some folk wish it wouldn’t I for one can’t wait for it come to although I shouldn’t It gives me license to indulge in all my wildest habits I can’t walk past a hot mince pie my hand just has to grab it! It’s not just me, [...]
Tags: CHRISTMAS, cleaning, fat, Mince pies, religion, shopping, shops, siblings, TESCO, time, turkey, woman, work
Posted by GrannyRant on December 24, 2010 in
GRUMBLINGS,
RANTS
Tweet Shopping takes on a whole new meaning at Christmas time. It seems that no amount of snow, ice or slush can stop feisty housewives from over spending, stocking up or shopping until they are dropping! I live on a bus route, which has been iced up for days, apart from one lane which is [...]
Tags: children, CHRISTMAS, GRUMBLINGS, Grumpy, life, shopping, shops, stress, stuffing, TESCO, time, turkey, WOMEN
Posted by GrannyRant on December 13, 2010 in
GRUMBLINGS,
JUST SAYING,
RANTS
Tweet Here we go again, weather forecasters saying that we will have blizzards on Thursday evening. Up to 8 inches forecast on high ground, little or no petrol, or if you can get some the price has been hiked due to the ‘serious’ conditions and inability of the once ‘Great’ Britain being able to move [...]
Tags: age, asda, canada, CHRISTMAS, family, granny, GRUMBLINGS, Grumpy, life, shiraz, shopping, shops, TESCO, X box
Posted by GrannyRant on November 30, 2010 in
GRUMBLINGS,
JUST SAYING,
RANTS
Tweet Flights cancelled buildings with no electricity, Schools closed and so it begins. The chaos that is British Winter restarts for 2010; you would think we would be better prepared by now. As temperatures hit record lows and Schools in my area close, the knock on effect is that parents can’t get to work as [...]
Tags: Britain, college, Education, FE college, GRUMBLINGS, panic buying, people, pot holes, shopping, snow, snow ploughs, TESCO, TRAVEL, weather
Posted by GrannyRant on September 23, 2010 in
GRUMBLINGS,
RANTS
Tweet Good evening Granny calling, there has been very little time to blog lately. New academic year, new students, frantic staff….whinge, whinge, whinge. I shouldn’t complain about being busy really, I love my job, I like the people I work with and when all is said and done I feel really luck (in the current [...]
Tags: age, CHRISTMAS, GRUMBLINGS, Grumpy, old, people, plasma TV, shopping, shops, TESCO, trees, work
Posted by GrannyRant on July 21, 2010 in
Canada 2010,
TRAVEL & HOLIDAYS
Tweet Granny calling….I woke this morning with a tongue like Ghandi’s flip flop! It was 10.00am and aunty was already pootling about in the kitchen, water, water, I need water! Martin was still snoring and Uncle wasn’t up yet either, we went to bed as the birds started singing, it could be a slow and [...]
Tags: Ball Game, Bessborough hotel, canada, kinsmen Park, life, people, Saskatoon, shopping, tASTE OF sASKATCHEWAN, time, TRAVEL, Western Development Museum
Posted by GrannyRant on July 18, 2010 in
Canada 2010,
TRAVEL & HOLIDAYS
Tweet Granny calling….getting out of bed later every day, could it be due to the fact that we were late to bed again? Yesterday went by in a flash, as does every day and by the time we had sat on the deck for the morning, shopped for ‘stuff’ to take to Joan and Henry’s [...]
Tags: barbecue, BEER, Calgary, life, people, Saskatoon, shopping, TRAVEL, vodka and tonic
Posted by GrannyRant on June 25, 2010 in
GRUMBLINGS,
RANTS
Tweet Picture this, it’s someone’s birthday and you have to buy a really special card. You haven’t seen this person all year and you really want to push the boat out and post a card of distinction, not just any old card, but a £4.99 card with a lovely verse, you know the ones that [...]
Tags: annoying, birthdays, cards, greeting, Health and safety, life, price tags, ranting, shopping, shops, stickers, swearing, time