Also, I've given a lot of thought to how we grieve, and the ceremonies we indulge in in an effort to cope with loss ( Read more... )

Well, we're home, and I feel the inevitable need to rant. For those who don't know, my Uncle Skip died of lung cancer last Thursday, the fifth family member we've lost to cigarettes. Four to lung cancer, one to emphysema. Who came up with that shit? Who was the first person to think.... hey, it's so much fun to asphyxiate during a house fire that ( Read more... )

Fester caught at least three mice this past week or so. Three that I know about... possibly more that I don't, seeing as he does actually eat them, so may have emptied the house already. LOL! He morphed from sweet house kitteh to Bad Ass Predator Kitteh. It's both awesome and highly amusing. We must have the world's dumbest mice.... seriously ( Read more... )

So..... Fester has been called the Stoner Kitteh by them as knows him. He is, btw, around 15 years old now. White manx, talks a lot, jumps like he levitates ( Read more... )

You know it's hot when Coney drains a foot of water out of the pool and refills it with cold water from their well just so the pool won't feel like bathwater. They did that last weekend, and the water already is barely cool enough to pull enough heat out of you to make going worthwhile ( Read more... )

Saturday was True's 14th Birthday, and given the way the Universe has behaved for the past however many years, I was mostly just braced for disaster and holding my breath. Seems she was as well.... we were both pleasantly disappointed. *grins ( Read more... )

Things I enjoy about Summer? I love not having to wear so many clothes. I love laying in the sun in almost nothing, feeling it bake into my bones. I love swimming - no impact exercise helps my all of me. : ) I love that my hair is getting longer and thicker - yay Vitamin D ( Read more... )

True turns 14 on Saturday. It's awesome and weird and scary how fast they grow ( Read more... )

Met with Dr. Rackly, my neuro. She managed to force her way through the maze of Medicaid to find someone who did say the rules have changed, and Medicaid will pay for compounded meds now, and to have the pharmacy call her, specifically, and she'll make sure the ingredients are all covered and voila! I may be able to try Topamax, and potentially ( Read more... )

I feel as if I've gone mad.... I actually have good news. It's... disorienting ( Read more... )