What a whirlwind things have been for grandma. No wonder she's confused and asking my mom, am I moving ( Read more... )

I got grandma to myself on this Sunday's phone call. My parents were out at a brunch and they weren't home by 1 PM. Grandma actually answered; I guess she's been a lot better about that as of late. I got to tell her about how busy last week was for me as well as my concert. She then started to go into how her life recently has been flipped, turned ( Read more... )

Or, at least, out of the city ( Read more... )

Last fall, family friends moved out of the city and into the country, north and west of here, only a few miles from Wisconsin. In fact, we'll sometimes go through that town, Harvard, on the way back from Lake Geneva, if we take the long way 'round. It's on US Route 14, which comes out of that area on the west end of the lake. Dad's buddy had a ( Read more... )

( Much like the items we moved, I am packing this entry away. )

I ended up having a long day, which you'll surely hear about soon enough, but here are some teasers ( Read more... )

It's really across the street, but as it's on the cul-de-sac and on the corner, well, there you go ( Read more... )

You may think that dad got the shaft yesterday. In some ways, you'd be correct; he did have to work, but at least he got in some quiet nap time after we left. However, when we got back around 5:40, he seemed off. His knee has been bothering him for days, since last weekend, and then he appeared to be sick on top of it. He did still go grocery ( Read more... )

I think I mentioned that we got a new TV for dad's birthday. It's working out pretty well, and I like that we have the best of both worlds--we get both the digital and the cable channels, instead of just cable like before. However, this whole time the new TV has been sitting on a stool in front of the entertainment center because the old TV was ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my one uncle's birthday. (I thought I had a cool birthday--his is 12/3/45.) However, as a twist, my dad got a call from my other uncle. (I think his birthday might be in December as well, but later in the month. I don't know. We don't really celebrate stuff like that ( Read more... )