It's currently just past 2:00 a.m. (Marilyn is fast asleep on the sofa ( Read more... )

Marilyn is a saint, all that she does for our sister. The amount of work she's put into being Sue's medical manager is astonishing. Here she is on vacation and not getting to relax or do anything for fun. I feel bad for her ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I drove down to our beach house in Seaside today ( Read more... )

Today was Marilyn's colonoscopy. We had to be at the clinic one hour prior to the procedure at 11:30 a.m ( Read more... )

Friday Marilyn was home early in the afternoon, with the plan to depart by 2:00 or 2:15. I held things up, so we didn't leave until past 2:30. We ended up in terrible traffic for much of the trip to Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde ( Read more... )

First off, it's now past 2:00 a.m. on Monday (December 14). But I want this to be my blog for Sunday, so I've backdated (yes, again). Sorry for any confusion ( Read more... )

I'm BEHIND on blogging. It's been so crazy here that I'm having a hard time remembering Thursday. Anyway, here goes nothing! (grin)

Thursday, December 10Sister Sue had agreed to take me to the Goodwill, so that's when I started in the garage -- wanting to get all the stuff put aside to donate gathered in the center of the garage to pack up. It ( Read more... )

Sister Sue and I went to Starbucks very early today. (She had just dropped Nicole off at school.) She bought me a Venti drink (my usual coffee frap) and a pastry as a bday treat -- very sweet of her. We talked a ton about her cribbage trip and things at work ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I were late getting to work today due to traffic (an accident on the freeway). Some people coming from Vancouver were an hour and a half or longer getting in, like Carol and Jeff ( Read more... )

In the good news category, my right ankle seems a bit better today. I won't count on that one until I've been at work facing that huge staircase tomorrow. (It was murder on Sunday when we were there!) But it was nice not to be dealing with as much pain today, anyway ( Read more... )