Grandmother Winsome's Legal Advice

Kiddies, if you are driving to a wildfire to dispose of evidence, be careful about smoke inhalation. Wear a mask, and keep your time in that area to a minimum.

Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home

I was tired walking to the Birch Street Nursing Home this morning, because we got back to Winsome Headquarters late last night. To celebrate the New Year, Grandmother took us on a special road trip, and we helped her dispose of all the leftover evidence from 2024. There was a lot. Edward had to hook up the trailer to Grandmother's station wagon. We had such a good time that Grandmother said this might become a new Winsome Family tradition.

Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home: Christmas Edition

This morning when I woke up at Winsome Headquarters, I was surprised to find the Christmas tree and all the presents were gone. When I stepped outside to walk to the Birch Street Nursing Home, I saw Grandmother was in the back yard having a talk with the robot maid, who was about to stuff the tree, ornaments and all, into our wood chipper. Grandmother was putting a stop to it. I didn't have time to find out where the presents ended up, because I was running late. But when I got to the Birch Street Nursing Home, Mrs. Lieberman told me she had a surprise gift for the entire poker club. A little before lunch, there was a knock at the door, and Mrs. Lieberman let in a professional masseur. She explained that he was there to rub our shoulders and backs while we played. No one was more excited about this than Mr. Volkov, who enjoyed himself so much that he asked for the man's business card. When I got back to Winsome Headquarters I was happy to find that the tree was inside, and all the presents were back under it. We opened gifts while we had a late dinner that the robot maid cooked for us. It was delicious. Grandmother told me that she spent much of the day reprogramming the maid so that she wouldn't again throw out trees and presents that were cluttering the living room.

Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home

Today at the Birch Street Nursing Home, Mr. Volkov had quite a day at the poker table! In fact, by early afternoon, he was having trouble closing the new wallet Mrs. Lieberman had given him last week. He joked with Mrs. Henley that if he won any more hands, he'd have to borrow her purse.

A Grandmother Winsome Christmas Tip

Kiddies, if you're old and on a fixed income, and as a result are unable to purchase gifts for your family, consider getting rid of some of your possessions. Tell your loved ones your gift to them is being less of a burden. They will be thrilled to have fewer things to throw out after you die.

Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home

This morning when I got to the Birch Street Nursing Home, I was excited to see that Mrs. Lieberman had bought one of those mechanical card shufflers for the poker club. And there was a new wallet or purse at each spot at the table. Before the first hand was dealt, the patients spent some time looking through their purses and wallets, showing each other the various compartments. Most of them were filled with tissue paper, but Mrs. Henley pulled out several photos of children from hers and passed them around for everyone to look at. She also found a peppermint hard candy, which she ate immediately. Once we started playing, we were thrilled to find that the mechanical card shuffler worked very quickly, letting us get in several more hands than usual.

Grandmother Winsome's Legal Advice

Remember, Kiddies, you can always hire a magician to make the evidence disappear.

Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home

Two weeks ago at the Birch Street Nursing Home, Mrs. Lieberman handed me a pillowcase full of jewelry to sell to Manny. I walked to his house several times, but until last night there was no answer at his door. I guess he was on vacation for the holiday. He was happy to see me, especially when I opened the pillowcase. He gave me a good price for the jewelry, and today I handed the wad of money to Mrs. Lieberman. She said this was cause for a celebration, and she had several pizzas delivered to the Birch Street Nursing Home.

A Grandmother Winsome Christmas Tip

Kiddies, it can be difficult to think of enough things to say to fill up all that blank space in Christmas cards, so in large letters write, "Follow Grandmother's Fanny Game."

Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home

The head nurse at the Birch Street Nursing Home contacted Grandmother Friday morning, telling her that she and the other nurses decided to make it a four-day holiday weekend, and she asked if I'd be willing to work not only Saturday, but Friday afternoon and Sunday too. Grandmother told her I would do it for holiday pay, so I went back to the Birch Street Nursing Home around noon on Friday and stayed there until this morning, making twenty dollars each day instead of the usual ten. It was my first time staying over at the nursing home, and I slept in the vacant room that was last used by Crystal and her friends Angel and Cinnamon. Mr. Matthews told me that room had a terrible draft, and that if I wanted to, I could stay with him in his room. I told him I packed a heavy blanket. The other patients were thrilled I was spending the weekend because it meant playing lots more poker.