Relaxing in a warm house by the wood stove and everything appears normal. But the electricity to power our comfort is supplied by a generator and outside there is 2 feet of snow on the ground. We lost power about 12 p.m. when two big branches fell on the power lines and ripped them off the house. There was a mad scramble around to get the ( Read more... )

Back from a family reunion in New Jersey - a place called Basking Ridge. Who thinks up these names? The reunion was for members of the Sullivan clan (husband) who are related through their grandparents. We met cousins we didn't know about. After a few minutes of social awkwardness - we had some great conversations with some of the cousins about ( Read more... )

Dad has recovered nicely from his surgery- he was up and walking up stairs within 5 days and went home with Mom and appointments with the visiting nurse. The ones my parents have had have been personable, knowledgeable and very helpful. I would recommend them to anyone coming off surgery that is mostly independent.
Bob had meniscus surgery during ( Read more... )

 My dad is in Yale New Haven Hospital awaiting triple bypass surgery. He has not had a heart attack but passed out near his local library. Taken to L & M Hospital he had days of testing to find out that three of his heart veins are almost completely blocked - a miracle he hasn't had a massive heart attack.And they almost missed it! So he was taken ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas everyone,
We had a splendid holiday from Rob (oldest son) making us breakfast and Bob keeping us laughing with his inventive wrapping- he wrapped some of the most outrageous things.

Sean got me a Darth Vader lightsaber laser pointer which had an unexpected side effect. Yes it is great for kitties to chase. We had Fred running in ( Read more... )