Good Morning All.
As I came over the mountain,this morning, I noticed that the sky was pink.
I could see.
Another month and I should be able to go for early morning walks again.
I noticed something else yesterday.
Something not so nice.
We all wake up in the mornings and look like cabbage patch dolls.
For some very unfair reason this seems to apply more to women than men.
This look USUALLY fades within an hour or so.
Yesterday I went to the loo after ten.
Glanced in the mirror.
I STILL looked like a cabbage patch doll.
WTF?
Has this become my permanent look?
Shoot me now.
I received an sms last night.
Inviting me to the DOOP of my latest grandchild.
Doop,apparently, means christening.
When I first read it it I thought it said DOP.
Dop means a drink.
I like the latter better.
It mentioned both names of number seven.
I didn’t even know he had a second name.
I don’t like either of them.
Poor kid.
Have a lovely day.
Granny1947's Blog 
Speak for yourself granny. ;-> I’m sure you’ll have a few dops at the doop. Shame about your grandchild’s names. Hope he likes them, even if you don’t Have an un-cabbage patch day. ;-> Hugs xx
By: anotherdayinparadise on August 4, 2010
at 8:28 am
good morning AD….the look is still there…sigh.
By: granny1947 on August 4, 2010
at 8:57 am
Shame,yes; the name would make me want a dop too.
By: cindy on August 4, 2010
at 8:32 am
Morning Cin…you know then!
By: granny1947 on August 4, 2010
at 8:58 am
Incidently; ‘dop’ is the lid of a bottle of spirits and this lid has the capacity of a ‘tot’ of liquor, so dop = tot.
By: cindy on August 4, 2010
at 8:36 am
You are such a mine of information!
By: granny1947 on August 4, 2010
at 8:59 am
@Cin – makes sense!
…and so the seasons march on, Gran. Have a dop at the doop and wish the little guy well!
By: adeeyoyo on August 4, 2010
at 8:40 am
Morning Adee….the proteas have opened on the mountain…gorgeous!
By: granny1947 on August 4, 2010
at 9:00 am
Photo’s pleeze. 🙂
By: adeeyoyo on August 4, 2010
at 9:09 am
Of me?Are you crazy?
By: granny1947 on August 4, 2010
at 9:23 am
Jeez I thought you meant the SA cricket team (Proteas) and was wondering how they opened on the mountain!! And no I have not had a dop yet woman! It’s still morning — but tonight is Dop night – 1 of the 3 allowed….good hey? Still thinking about Napier – no call yet
By: New Attitude on August 4, 2010
at 10:39 am
It was their turn to bat!!!
By: granny1947 on August 4, 2010
at 10:46 am
I know the look you are talking about, I just avoid mirrors! 🙂
By: Supa on August 4, 2010
at 11:58 am
Me too Supa…slipped up yesterday!
By: granny1947 on August 4, 2010
at 12:18 pm
Every good doop should have a dop or two as well.
I also can’t wait until the mornings are light enough for a walk.
By: Rose on August 4, 2010
at 1:28 pm
Hi Rose…unfortunately I can’t doop and dop…not when I have to drive two and a half hours back home!
By: granny1947 on August 4, 2010
at 2:56 pm
Hey Gogs, can’t wait to see you just now!
And you get to meet my in laws 🙂
Love Simon.
By: Simon on August 4, 2010
at 4:02 pm
And you are nearly here…yippee!!!
By: granny1947 on August 4, 2010
at 5:26 pm
Granny, I have found you!!!! when I click on your name, it was bringing me to the generic wordpress site and my Mac was spitting out all kinds of warnings about phishing and the like. I ignored all that and searched around and entered your name and yes, finally.
And I’ve had that Cabbage Patch look for years now. It takes great effort to NOT look like one of those smushy little dolls. Mainly because of my hair, but sadly for other reasons, too.
I’m so glad to have found you!
By: joann Mannix on August 4, 2010
at 6:32 pm
Hello Joann…Welcome…so nice to be in touch now!
By: granny1947 on August 4, 2010
at 10:23 pm
*soothingly* Cabbage Patch dolls are kinda cute!
Definintely signs summer is acumin in.
Why can’t kids be sensible and give grandkids names the grandparents approve of? I also have problems with the ones selected by our dear daughters and their spouses…
By: colonialist on August 4, 2010
at 11:05 pm
Good Morning Col….those dolls are only cute when you don’t look like one!
By: granny1947 on August 5, 2010
at 7:29 am
My Mom used to say, “Red in the morning, sailor take warning. Red at night, sailor’s delight.” I always thought it referred to the weather … but maybe it refers to the face in the mirror.
I Googled the heck out of DOOP and found nothing to do with christening. I did find “a potion made from Datura stramonium used by robbers to pacify their prey” (wordnik.com) and Distributed Object-Oriented Programming (acronymfinder.com). Must be local.
By: oldereyes on August 5, 2010
at 7:39 am
Morning Oldereyes…doop is an Afrikaans word…very local.
the only time my face is red is when I do something VERY silly….I am just going to stop looking in the mirror…problem solved(might be a bit difficult putting on my make-up)
By: granny1947 on August 5, 2010
at 8:13 am