Freyaday lost her three-year battle with breast cancer this morning. Her passing was comfortable, at home, surrounded by family and friends.

E1, E2 and I shall miss her greatly.

We had a great time in Maryland this weekend ( Read more... )

We must now be real Louisvillians--we're leaving town for Derby Weekend!

We'll be walking along the serene, beautiful Chesapeake Bay and eating at fine restaurants in the Balto/Wash area.

We'll be back soon, bearing Utz potato chips, Tastee Cakes, and Berger cookies... but no crabcakes...

My mom has been gone almost a week.

I really appreciated her help and don't know what I would have done without her.

And maybe I'll figure out where she put my dishes in a few weeks.

Lots of good news ( Read more... )

This is dedicated to the Harper Valley Hag on the committee ( Read more... )

It has been confirmed that Siegfried, our wonderful Rottweiler, has cancer in his leg bone ( Read more... )

Random, don't tell your dad.

And I played flute in high school. I have no idea why I scored so low for flute... Cello? That would be okay. Female cello players always look like they're, um, having fun.

Oboe
83%
Cello
83%
String Bass
75%
Bassoon
75%
French Horn
75%
Trumpet
67%
trombone
67%
Violin
67%
Tuba
58%
Viola
50%
Flute
42%
Clarinet
25%
Percussion
25%
If you were ( Read more... )

A few days ago I saw a tornado. I was driving east on Kentucky Street about a block from my house and saw it to the northeast of me. E1 was screaming, my mom and aunt were dealing with her, and no one in the car would listen to me when I said I saw it, so I wasn't sure that it was a funnel cloud. I thought maybe it was an optical illusion of a ( Read more... )

The poor thing is itching and has a heat rash under the cast. We keep putting in stuff to cushion the places where the cast rubs her skin, but, being a 3-yr old, she picks it out, so she is getting some bedsores. She was waking up screaming, but we figured out that it was the itching and that she couldn't turn over, so she's sleeping on a mat on ( Read more... )