I am back and I didn't duct-tape my parents' mouths shut once! Are ya proud of me?
They were actually pretty good, I only had to scold them a few times. LOL!
I feel like I have been gone for weeks, a lot of stuff got crammed into a few days. I had to go back to my last post on Sunday to catch up with myself. heh. I did log in on my phone every day to check on Marley but I wasn't able to read more than that. How kids these days do everything on their phones amazes me. Of course, they don't have old people vision
I was really relieved to hear that Marley was holding her own especially since Otter took a turn for the worse before I left on Sunday morning. I spent most of the morning with her and Caitlyn snuggling her. Cait called me soon after I got to PA that she had died. We video-called when they buried her so I was sort of there with her. It wasn't a surprise, we knew the cortisone was temporary but still. And my heart was with Scott and Sam, it was a rough time for her and the family. Not easy to be away from them.
My dad and I talked the entire day on Sunday, from 11 a.m. when we left here until almost 9 at night. I think my mom was a little put off because she had no interest in what we were talking about. Which was kind of everything under the sun. *G* It's the strangest thing that my brother and my mom say that he isn't "all there." I have a theory and it isn't that nice. I think he is bored by my mom and tunes her out. I love her dearly but she only talks about her health/meds/sodium and potassium in her diet. I love him dearly and I think he could be much nicer to her and vice-versa. But I'll tell ya, for someone who is almost 85, he is sharp as a tack. I painted their new door and it looks very nice (in spite of the two small places that I missed, no one can see it but me but *I* know they are there haha!). I spread some pea gravel and wood chips. I had to stop both of those projects because he was insisting on helping me. I get it, he needs to feel useful but shoveling rocks into a wheelbarrow? C'mon, man! Sheesh! There has to be some middle ground for him.
I have a lot of catching up to do around home and around the O. Scott is coming home from another camping trip so I have to start my laundry ASAP.
Big hugs to everyone!
They were actually pretty good, I only had to scold them a few times. LOL!
I feel like I have been gone for weeks, a lot of stuff got crammed into a few days. I had to go back to my last post on Sunday to catch up with myself. heh. I did log in on my phone every day to check on Marley but I wasn't able to read more than that. How kids these days do everything on their phones amazes me. Of course, they don't have old people vision
I was really relieved to hear that Marley was holding her own especially since Otter took a turn for the worse before I left on Sunday morning. I spent most of the morning with her and Caitlyn snuggling her. Cait called me soon after I got to PA that she had died. We video-called when they buried her so I was sort of there with her. It wasn't a surprise, we knew the cortisone was temporary but still. And my heart was with Scott and Sam, it was a rough time for her and the family. Not easy to be away from them.
My dad and I talked the entire day on Sunday, from 11 a.m. when we left here until almost 9 at night. I think my mom was a little put off because she had no interest in what we were talking about. Which was kind of everything under the sun. *G* It's the strangest thing that my brother and my mom say that he isn't "all there." I have a theory and it isn't that nice. I think he is bored by my mom and tunes her out. I love her dearly but she only talks about her health/meds/sodium and potassium in her diet. I love him dearly and I think he could be much nicer to her and vice-versa. But I'll tell ya, for someone who is almost 85, he is sharp as a tack. I painted their new door and it looks very nice (in spite of the two small places that I missed, no one can see it but me but *I* know they are there haha!). I spread some pea gravel and wood chips. I had to stop both of those projects because he was insisting on helping me. I get it, he needs to feel useful but shoveling rocks into a wheelbarrow? C'mon, man! Sheesh! There has to be some middle ground for him.
I have a lot of catching up to do around home and around the O. Scott is coming home from another camping trip so I have to start my laundry ASAP.
Big hugs to everyone!
and start cleaning up her 
. Sounds like your time away was good. Sorry about Otter...I know that it is hard to be away from kids when something bad happens. But I'm very glad that your folks behaved and you had such a good time with your dad.
. I actually got a layout done yesterday, it took me all friggin day, but I did it. Now I need to get started on the challenges as this page was just for fun and is page one of two about the anniversary party. I hope to do a bit more journaling for the second page. I just didn't have it in me for the first one. My arm was way to sore and its hard to type when your wrist is in a brace! The hardest part was trying to decide what products I wanted to use LOL. I spent half my day looking through all of the gorgeous goodies in the shop LOL. 
. Hope your Costco shopping trip goes well also!
Love it as has a built-in stylus!!! Whoo-whee!!! And I changed my provider. The new one is in the process of transferring data from my old phone to my new one. Once that is done - the old service will quit. And to make the deal even sweeter - I am getting Netfix and a couple of other bennies from the new provider! I can't talk enough about how wonderful the service gal was... so patient and explaining the different options.