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Ever since the vacation to Slushy Park every year one of the stuffies at Grandma's house got to pick where everyone would go for this year's vacation. This year it was Lilly's turn. Lilly turned toward Grandma and the household of stuffies with expectant looks and squealed, "THE BIG APPLE!"

Grandma's house was home to bears, monkeys, zebras, giraffes, an anteater, a hippopotamus, and a myriad of other stuffed animals. It should come as no surprise then when on one particularly sunny summer day who should show up at Grandma's door that was always open. A dog! Only this was no ordinary dog. This was Mickey! Come on in and find out what made Mickey the stuffed dog so special.

You will recall in the story of Mickey the Super Dog that Benny the stuffie bear was blind and was guided through the house by Mickey. Over the years there were many residents of Grandma's house who had special needs or situations. Rascal the stuffie monkey was deaf. Bonzo the stuffie bear needed a walker and a wheelchair. Carrot the stuffie parrot was ADD. All sorts of special stuffies inhabited Grandma's house over the years and the door was open to them all. You can be sure that all were loved and appreciated in the same way as all the other stuffies in Grandma's house. This book is ...

Some of the arrivals to Grandma's house came from far away and went through quite the adventures. By happy circumstance they sometimes ended up at Grandma's doorstep where the door was aways open. You will recall in a previous story Koko coming all the way from the wilds of Africa. Having escaped from fur trappers high up in the Andes of Chile and having been a stow away on a huge freighter crossing the oceans came a new friendly face for Grandma. Lilly the Chinchilla!

The desert is a great place to confront your deepest thoughts and emotions and to try and make sense of the struggles of life. It is a place that can put a hot spell on you and your dreams and deepest yearnings. It is a quiet solitary place where relentless heat bears down on your memories and yearnings to make something of it all. It is a place of great paradox. Bright sun and dark shadows. Mirage of naked beauty rising in a silver mist. There is serious danger as well as immense beauty all around. Rattling of a warning not to stay too long. Fear as thirst claims you and confirms you went ...

Grandma loved Birthdays! Grandma loved Halloween! What could Grandma possibly love more? You got it! CHRISTMAS!

Invest 15-30 minutes in YOURSELF! This book takes a bullet point approach to describing ten winning habits to achieving a successful career in sales. The author has enjoyed over forty years in the field.

The gang going a little crazy.

The desert is a great place to confront your deepest thoughts and emotions and to try and make sense of the struggles of life. It is a place that can put a hot spell on you and your dreams and deepest yearnings. It is a quiet solitary place where relentless heat bears down on your memories and yearnings to make something of it all. It is a place of great paradox. Bright sun and dark shadows. Mirage of naked beauty rising in a silver mist. There is serious danger as well as immense beauty all around. Rattling of a warning not to stay too long. Fear as thirst claims you and confirms you went ...

Living with Grandma for so many years it got to the point where I was never really surprised by anything Grandma would say or do. She was so full of fun and adventure and had such a positive attitude toward life that anything might come up. However, one morning while Grandma was reading the Sunday paper I got caught totally off guard. "Oh my," said Grandma, "this looks fun!" "What is that?" I asked."Skydiving!" Grandma replied.

I really can't say that one day Mr Whipple knocked at the door because at Grandma's house the door was always open. What I can say is that one day a Mr Whipple showed up at Grandma's house with papers in hand and asked for Grandma. He didn't have to look hard because Grandma was standing right by the front door smiling and ready to ask him in for a cup of tea. "Would you like to come in for a cup of tea," Grandma asked. "No," Mr Whipple replied rather sternly, "I am here to serve you a summons for Court." Grandma who was super law abiding couldn't hardly believe her ears. "Why on earth for?...

Ever since Grandma took up yoga after being trained by Yoga Betty she never felt better. Charlie, who was getting older like Grandma and wanted to keep in as good a shape as possible, went to Foggy's Gym several times a week. He knew as you get older your muscle mass goes down and decided to get a Personal Trainer to help him with weight training. Justin his personal trainer really knew his stuff. One day Grandma decided to go down to the gym with Charlie and see what this personal training and weight stuff was all about. When Grandma was introduced to Charlie's trainer she looked up and ...

One of the really fun nights at Grandma's House is without a doubt Movie Night! With such a diverse group of stuffed animals in attendance with all of their likes and dislikes you never know quite what might be on the screen. A comedy? A love story? A scary movie? An adventure story? A classic film? Not even Grandma was quite prepared for what might flash before her eyes. One thing for certain though. With Grandma you always knew there would be tons of popcorn and peanuts and candies to go around!

Ever since Grandma and her residents of stuffed animals took a vacation to Slushy Park every year they tried to go somewhere new. One day when cousin Nicole came by Grandma's house and said, "Hey Grandma, would you like to go on a vacation mile high this year?" Grandma just look stupefied so Nicole explained, "I've arranged for you and I and all of the stuffed animal residents to go high up in the Colorado Rockies for a week." "We are going to go white water rafting, horseback riding, and up the mountain on a mountain roller coaster." "So what do you say Grandma?" Grandma replied excitedly,...

Grandma spent so much time making her stuffed animal residents feel special that she didn't often have much time for herself. Cooking, knitting, ironing, cleaning, running to do errands, making banana splits for birthdays, fixing boo boos, kept Grandma might busy. All of the residents of Grandma's house appreciated how Grandma looked after them all and never once complained. She always just smiled and said, "My what a busy day!" It was Captain Raincoat who took everyone aside one day and made it clear that all of residents needed to do something special for Grandma herself. That is when ...

One day Grandma received a flyer in the mail at Grandma's house that said, "CALLING ALL STUFFIES! SPRING BASEBALL LEAGUE NEEDS TEAMS!" "What is that you got there?" I asked Grandma. Grandma looked my way "Looks like they are starting up a baseball league for stuffies!" Then she said, "I think we should organize a team and sign up.""You mean Play Ball!" I asked. "You better believe it!" replied Granda excitedly. "And I want to play Catcher!"

Early on you all learned how much Grandma enjoyed birthday parties. She loved everything about them and especially the grand finale of singing "Happy Birthday!" One particularly sunny day in summer years ago I found out there was something Grandma enjoyed almost as much. A FAMILY REUNION! If you come along you will hear about one of most fabulous family reunions ever. All of Grandma's stuffed animal friends back together again and ready to PARTY!

Nobody ever knocked on the front door of Grandma's house cause the door was always open! One day Maple Darling did come to the front door and call out for Grandma to come outside. Grandma who was just standing inside the house came hurriedly outside.""What in heavens is going on," asked Grandma. "Hurry up and get down to the Clubhouse," shouted Maple, "there signing up a bowling team!" Before you could say "Strike" Grandma was out the door and heading for the Clubhouse!

You've never been to a party quite like Grandma's Birthday Party! Come find out what I mean! You are invited to come on in........the door is always open at Grandma's house.

You would be quite amazed who shows up at Grandma's house. She had over a hundred stuffed animals as friends. It seemed like every day someone new was coming by. Grandma always said, "Leave the door wide open!" What is quite amazing is the stories that all of these strangers had to tell and how in no time at all everybody was friends. So many stories. So many windows on the world. You sometimes would laugh. You sometimes would cry. You sometimes would find out new and exciting things. One thing for sure. Grandma's house was never boring. And another thing. Grandma's house was first and ...