I will write about Grandpa's funeral eventually, but for now a quick note about something that happened after the funeral. I asked Grandma if I could have two of Grandpa's beakers from his lab in the basement, just to have something of his that I could see and would remind me of him. She agreed, and I picked out two beakers. My original plan was to ( Read more... )

It's amazing how much I can figure out by sitting down with pen and paper and writing. I've really been missing Grandpa the last couple of days, more than I have for a while. Early this morning, around 4 AM, I remembered what his voice sounded like when he said "We love you" the last time I talked to him on the phone (hours before his heart attack ( Read more... )

I got a phone call from my sister today, who was doing Pa a favor by calling me to let me know that Grandmère was okay. "Why wouldn't she be?" I asked. "She just had heart surgery this morning," my sister replied ( Read more... )

Mom just called to tell me that Psalm 100 will be read at Grandpa's funeral this Saturday. For those of you who don't know the Psalms by heart (which I assume will be all of you), Psalm 100 is known as a Psalm of Thanksgiving. Here's the text:

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth ( Read more... )

On Saturday, I did the Arthritis Walk and raised over $1000 for the Arthritis Foundation. I don't know what possesses them to start the walk at 9 AM, though. Shouldn't they know about morning stiffness and fatigue? Anyways, after the walk, xdarkxdjinnix, loftgeek, and I needed to kill some time on the Western Shore before xdarkxdjinnix's flight home. So, we visited Bob and Graham ( Read more... )

I'm reading a book called "No Time to Lose". It's a good book, but I find it ironic that it's over 300 pages.

xdarkxdjinnix has asked me to be one of her bridesmaids. Yay! We went to Annapolis yesterday, which was fun. theflyingghoti, we went to Hats in the Belfry and I bought a hat ( Read more... )

Obituary for my Grandpa, written by my mom.

We took Sugar to the vet today to check to see how she was doing. The vet thinks she's fine and healing well. He doesn't think she has any sort of tumors and said we could take the elizabethan collar off. Now that we're home, Sugar is avidly grooming herself ( Read more... )

(This is by no means meant to be an exhaustive list, or ordered in any significant fashion ( Read more... )

Okay, that was hard. I just called my Grandma for the first time since Easter (I talked to her last Wednesday, but that was because Mom passed the phone to her). I had to use my cell phone, since something weird was going on with our calling card we use for calling long distance on the house phone. I have Grandma's number in there under Gma and Gpa ( Read more... )