I want to do one of those journals that you write all about yourself and your life so she will know things about her grandmother and have something that is written down and something she can save for her own children. I think I did one for my daughter once, but I'm sure they have them for grandchildren.

Since my grandchild isn't due until January, I have many things to ponder, or at least my daughter does. She's asked me what I want the baby to call me. I guess I just figured she (or he) would call me Grammy. Now, I've been presented with a website with all kinds of names that children call their grandparents. I liked Grandmother, since that is what Julie Andrews was called in the Princess Diaries. My daughter thinks that's too stuffy. I guess she won't like Your Higness either. I could make it Grandma Royal. ?? I don't think I want to stress over this for the next 5 1/2 months, so I'll probably go with Grammy or Gram, which was my original idea. But, my daughter thought I might like Marmie. We went to see Little Women (the Play) in Boston last winter together and she knows how much I like Louisa May Alcott and the story. But, Marmie was the mother not the grandmother. I kind of like it though.

What is everyone else called these days?

Louisa