Granny's Gadgets #15... and last leg of the trip update

Dear Gadgetfans,

I sincerely apologize for leaving you hanging on Monday without a gadget to ponder. Preparations for our return home from our awesome vacation were ... ummmm... overwhelming. Time got away from me and I was just too wiped out to make it happen. It was a bummer especially because there were a couple of other really weird-looking things in those drawers in France! I so badly wanted to share them with you all :)

Anyway...

Back in America...

Yes, we are home... rolled in at just before 10 pm and crawled into our beds. That last leg of the journey was exciting! All the missing of connections, stand-by and separation and reunification, mechanical problems... then finally on the "spare" plane! Which only had one bathroom! It was so funny when they announced over the PA system that everyone on the flight should go use the bathroom before getting on the plane... reminded me of me :)  "Okay, mom."

Our flight attendants were "Ken" (Barbie's boyfriend) and Luis Guzman's cranky twin brother. Because there were so many problems and inconveniences, "Ken" told some of us that we'd get comped movies. And the pilot even said to all of us, "If there is anything we can do up here on the flight deck to make your trip more enjoyable, just let us know." But LG's cranky bro kept saying they needed to "evaluate the criteria" regarding free movies. Dude! Just tell the captain to flip the switch or there'll be rioting in the aisles! About an hour into the flight, that's just what they did... whew. Those free previews were getting really repetitive :P

On to today's Main Event...

This gadget harkens back to the days of my youth... Some of you might recall the days of manually-operated things such as this... Others of you are such spring chickens that you may never have seen one of these babies in action... well, here it is:

It really is over 60 years old... my mother-in-law verified that fact a couple of months ago. She received it for a wedding present in 1950. Honestly, this gadget sticks so annoyingly (might be those twist-ties) that I rarely use it anymore. I have hunted for a new one to no avail. I usually use my hand-held electric model nowadays.

Incidentally, if you listen closely, you might be able to hear Miss C listening to Blue's Clues in the background. Did you know that Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper are from France? What a coincidence that we were just there! LOL

Vecchio Venerdì... with a guessing game!

We're going on a trip.

To a place we've been before.

Everyone in the family has been there except for Miss C.

Where are we going?

Let's play Blue's Clues...

Our first pawprint is...

My first time... 1996

And that's our first clue!

(put it in our notebook :)

'cuz it's whose clues? Blue's Clues!

We got to find another pawprint...

It's in yesterday's post...

about halfway down the page.

And that's our second clue! (put it in that notebook ... whose clues? Blue's Clues!)

Now we find that last pawprint...

And that's our third clue!

Put it in the notebook... whose clues? Blue's Clues!  

You know what to do!

Sit down in our Thinking Chair and think... think... 

theee-uh-eee-uh-eee-uh-eee-uh-ink...

'Cuz when we use our mind and take a step at a time, we can do 

ANYTHING

that we wanna do!

Did you figure it out?

Yay! Put it in a comment and I will send you a postcard from there if you like :)

If you didn't understand this post, you don't have little kids :P

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