Grandma Boom strikes again….as the OUCH OUWEE FAIRY for 32 preschoolers. Had a blast teaching them that getting tense when we get an ouwee makes the ouwee worse. Did a self-calming song with them, helping baby dinosaurs to feel better with deep breathing, drummed to ouch and then to calming
Read More5K Benefit run for Habitat for Humanity. Thousands of people all ages showed up in white, ran and were sprayed with colors. High energy. FUNtastic cross-generational event. Before and After piks give an idea of the mess I must clean up! Worth every ounce of clean-up time! More fun kicks
Read MoreGrandma Boom has moved, fourth time in four years. Seems I rent from folks who want to sell. Getting moved in, trying to feel like it is home. And then, invited the grandkiddos over to bake applesauce muffins which provided the christening for a home feeling el pronto! We all
Read MoreGRUDGE SACK! Grandma Boom wore one for Chamber of Commerce this morning for 3D demonstration what a grudge does to our bodies/attitudes when holding one inside. SEE bag of rock hanging from neck down to chest. Practiced forgiveness, released the grudge/grudge sack, and spread my wings to feel and fly
Read MoreHot off the press: “Laughing for the Health of It”….by Janai ‘Grandma Boom’ Mestrovich. Worth the read…fun stories and research backed information about the importance of laughter. Enjoy! http://www.oregonseniorsmagazine.com/#?page=6
Read MoreSURPRISE arrived in the mail! Evidently, I won 3rd place in the Pear Blossom Run in my age category of 66 to 69 years. I didn’t even know they gave awards. Kind of fun to know my trot was faster than I thought! More fun kicks at 66!
Read MoreAFTER. and. BEFORE. The Before… Feeling tired, discombobulated from boxes and decisions and getting oriented to new placements of things in a new space and dealing with injustice from property manager and condition of where I moved into that needed much attention. The After… Listening to my body needing body
Read MoreIt’s wordless. Moving does wonders for losing it. One sure way to enter Zombieland! Michelle’s annual trek to help me move deserves documentation! — with Michelle Nowak.
Read MoreRadio Interview using visual aids that are described to listeners who use their imaginations.Why am I pulling the show host, Aletha, with a rope? It’s the way I teach children how to say no to negative peer pressure. As I pull on them with the rope, they begin to understand
Read MoreKSKQ Radio requested interviewing Grandma Boom this Saturday in Ashland during their pledge drive, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. They said they wanted lively interviews! Just so happened Bloomsbury Bookstore had asked me to do a book signing for The Grandma Boom Chronicles…More Alive at 65! plus a children’s reading
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