The holidays are just a rush. I had my doubts at first, but it seems I will be surviving this week after all. Something has been planned for every day, and some days have muti-commitments.
So far, Tuesday has been my favorite. Tony and I went to the Atlanta History Center’s Candlelight Nights. Sam came over [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Do the Hustle!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Eleanor, holidays, Rushing around, Sam, Saralyn on December 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What you can’t shove back in to the box
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Eleanor, Jack-in-the-box, song lyrics on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Saralyn got a Jack-in-the-box for her birthday. It’s a nice one, too. Jack is cute, harmless. The tune in sweet in that plunky music box way. Eleanor and Saralyn played with it for a good long time yesterday, both together and separately. What they can’t do is change the tune.
Eleanor has make Pop Goes the [...]
The latest on Mom
Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mom saw the surgeon this morning and will have surgery on January second. She is going for another scan of some type this afternoon. I’ll keep you posted if anything changes.
Stress, test, invest, rest
Posted in Uncategorized on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a great, big, busy, scary week here already. First off, everything is fine for the most part.
On Monday, Mom had an ultrasound on her carotid Artery. The test show that it is 85-95% blocked. So on Tuesday, she had a stress test in preparation for surgery some time soon. This all came as [...]
A wardrobe breakdown
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged shopping on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I posted recently about going to Kohl’s to spend my birthday money. I shopped for ME then, and I have done it again today.
My sister commented to me when she was last here that I MUST take up buying pants for TALL people. It’s always rather bothered me that folks who make clothes for the [...]
Some funny things Eleanor does
Posted in Uncategorized on December 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Eleanor is a funny kid. Sometimes unintentionally. Here are some of her recent quirky episodes:
Dropping the Deuce: We have a great little advent calendar, it’s got little doors, and behind each is a magnet Nativity piece. Eleanor loved this last year and knew what to do immediately this year. Day one went great and December [...]
I keep my mother in the basement
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Family, granny, mom on December 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Granny is staying with me and the family this weekend. My dad went to Ohio to take care of some business, and I invited mom to stay with me. I love this woman!
My mom has always been great. I may be the only child in America who has no complaints about her mother. She was [...]
