January 09, 2020

Weekly pic: Finally!

January 09, 2020/ Lisa Carpenter

My beloved desert-dwelling grandsons and their equally beloved parents are die hard Phoenix Suns fans who attend games every chance they get.

January 06, 2020

My word!

January 06, 2020/ Lisa Carpenter

My word!

Welcome back! I hope your holiday season was fabulous and 2020 is treating you right so far and always.

I’m unsure how it got started, but apparently declaring a word for an upcoming new year is a thing. A word to define one’s hopes and goals for the months to come.

My word, I’ve decided, shall be …

December 23, 2019

We wish you a merry Christmas

December 23, 2019/ Lisa Carpenter

Wishing you and yours a very merry Christmas and a bountifully blessed beginning to 2020!

(Grandma’s Briefs will return to regular programming — beginning with the GRAND Social link party — on Monday, January 6.)

December 09, 2019

Winner Wonderland!

December 09, 2019/ Lisa Carpenter

Winner Wonderland

Long, long ago — back in 1992, to be precise — Jim and I and our three daughters recorded on a behomoth camcorder a Christmas program for Jim’s dad and stepmom, the girls’ long-distance grandparents. The special show recorded in our living room featured several songs, most of them lip-synced, by Brianna, Megan, and Andrea individually as well as as a group, plus a finale in which Jim and I appeared.

December 05, 2019

Therafit Shoes: A review and a discount code!

December 05, 2019/ Lisa Carpenter

By the time you get to be a grandma, you’ve put a heckuva lot of miles on your feet. Most of us hope to have many more miles to go, though, and we want that mileage to be racked up in comfort. And style, too.

Which is why Therafit Shoes are perfect for grandmothers. They’re built for comfort yet are fabulously fashionable. I recently received a pair of Therafit Shoes for review and can fully attest to both claims.

Read my review … and don’t miss the 15% discount code!

November 21, 2019

Second serving: 15 more Thanksgiving jokes for kids

November 21, 2019/ Lisa Carpenter

When it comes to Turkey Day, corny jokes make a tasty appetizer for kids of all ages, as my 20 Thanksgiving jokes for kids post proves. So just in time for this year’s feast and fun with little ones (and big ones, too), I offer up a second serving of similarly silly stuff to giggle about as you gather together.

November 18, 2019

Awesome app

November 18, 2019/ Lisa Carpenter

Awesome app!

You may have noticed I’m a sucker for quotes, evidence being here and here and other spots on my site. So it should come as no surprise I’m a sucker for this awesome (free) app I found not long ago called Bible Lens.

Bible Lens automagically chooses appropriate Bible verses to match up with photos in your camera roll and creates inspirational graphics for you to share with others … or to …