My mom and grandfather are about 40 minutes away. They had to go north to San Juan Capistrano before they could come east. They will be spending the night here - the spare bedrooms are going to come in handy tonight. I heard that my grandmother is at an evacuation center somewhere on Camp Pendleton. And that my mom's best friend's trailer ( Read more... )

Easter was loverly. Jimmy agreed to bring the kids up to my sister's by himself, (though he did ask me to set out the girls' Easter dresses and all accessories the night before). I went up to Fallbrook by myself, picked up Gramps and brought him up to my sister's. It was raining when we first arrived, but eventually it dried up, and by that time ( Read more... )

So much to say, but I don't know if I have the will to type it all out. Let's see how far I get ( Read more... )

My sister is graduating from college this weekend. Woo hoo! I don't have the disposable income for what I'd like to get her: round-trip tickets to Paris, etc. What is a nice, reasonably-priced gift for a (grown-up) grad? Just a little something to say, "I'm proud of you, dammit!" I have been considering a monogrammed business card case.

Having the kids this weekend has been pretty fun. I brought the girls with me to my sister's house last night for a slumber party. We're going swimming later at their community's pool. James and his dad are having Manly Man Bonding Time back at home. This morning I went to the store early, because I promised to make stuffed French toast and I ( Read more... )

My mom, sister, and niece are on their way here. Nora's going to stay with Jimmy and the kids while Ma, Jenn and I go see Brokeback Mountain. I don't really care too much about seeing the movie - just at the moment I'm more in a King Kong mood - but MY FAMILY IS VISITING. Yay! I wanted to see them and spent the morning baking presents and ( Read more... )

Despite my frustration with the money situation, Friday night turned out to be pretty cool. My sister came down after her test and brought a nice bottle of Spanish roja. After it was gone, we all went out to dinner at a very nice, but reasonably priced, Mexican restaurant on Coronado island. Their seasonal parade had just broken up, there were ( Read more... )

My sister has saved my ass in the past few weeks by giving me two shopping bags of hand-me-downs from my niece. Most of it fit Rachel, who I *really* needed clothes for, and a few things fit Selah. One of the things in the bag was an outgrown ballet outfit of my niece's: pink patterned velvet with a matching twirly skirt. I knew that it would ( Read more... )

My sister called me to check up on my sanity. Heart-warming, that she should be thinking of me while she also is in the throes of moving, plus a divorce ( Read more... )

( 'Cause I can, that's why! )