( Tons o' pictures of my family behind the cut... )

This is the weekend of the big 80th birthday party, and I got the cake done this afternoon....

( Just a taste... )

There is corned beef oh-my-god-ness going on downstairs ( Read more... )

Mother called me this week to let me know that we couldn't have their birthday party on the day that we had chosen to have the birthday party because their church had decided to have their 50th anniversary party on the same day, and they had to be at that because they were the only people who still go to that church who were actually there fifty ( Read more... )

So, actually, there have been other things going on in life other than the sick thing...

Last weekend, I got an email from my Uncle Tom (the one with whom relations have been...touchy...since the hoo hah with Grampa's website) about Dad's birthday, and it suddenly penetrated my rather foggy brain pan that this is his eightieth, and so therefore, ( Read more... )

Last night, the day was neatly rescued by crystalsage, who generously provided some much needed pleasant socialization and mental and physical refreshment in her home.

I met crystalsage in 2007 ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here in what is apparently the late morning, with mah verrah delicate head perched on mah verrah delicate neck, afraid--terribly, terribly afraid--to go down to the kitchen and see what's down there ( Read more... )