Memnison Journal

Susan’s Mom, Connie, who lives with us, spent the holidays off at her son’s house in Sinai , South Dakota, and was going to come back today, but the icy roads are holding her off for a day.   She just called and asked how things were; ’sleeping’, I said.   Still no noise from upstairs.  I [...]

Meredith attacking her presents on Christmas Eve.  Pictures in general are here at Susan’s photo blog, and a couple of goodies are after the cut:

The complete set is here at Flickr.  A sample after the cut:

Went out and got prescription reading glasses today; my prescription is +1.75, and they work very nicely.  Worst part was slipping and falling HARD on the slick tile floor just inside the Vision Works store; as I’ve said before, with my cruddy balance, I learned long ago to fall down the best way I can [...]

*snifl* Went to bed around 8:45, and woke up at 10:30 when Susan came to bed - partly because I was stuffed up and couldn’t breathe well through the CPAP, and partly because of the fuss of Susan getting into place and the dog trying to get next to MOMMY for the night.  Looked around [...]

I decided to order a bunch of items for Christmas from Big Chain Store, with outlets nearby, and most of it was for Meredith. In total, the sum was *um* expensive. A couple of the items, which were Nintendo DS games for Mere, the online store said - oh, we don’t have that [...]

I’ll sit down and go over the Presidents Thang in a day or so.  Right now, I’m busy fishing the big Digital Organization, to be followed up with more organizing tricks tomorrow.  So I’m Really Busy As Heck with that stuff. 
Meredith had a good deal from Sinterklaas, with lots of pepernoten / kruidnootjes and [...]

Meredith stayed home from school on Monday (her birthday) sick, and we were nervous - she’d reported a tightness and pain in her chest, and THAT got our attention in a major way.   Luckily, though, she perked up considerably, and she’s doing much better.   She walked to school with her pals Melody and Cheyenne (twins, [...]

Today was Mere’s ‘family’ birthday party out at her great-aunt Marlyce’s house in Elgin, and we moved the time up somewhat because of the weather; it was getting slick and messy from sleet and snow.   And also, it looks like Mere is coming down with a cold.  She came home, and moaned and crashed very [...]

Oh, there’s some things I’d like to get, but we’re really short on money today.   Susan is out right now at Home Depot; Mere’s bed is broken, and Susan has to get some plywood to put it together again.  That trumps a lot. And nobody in the house is about to fight huge lines and [...]

A slight correction - Susan is making Pumpkin Pie, the Squash Casserole mentioned in an earlier post, and the Paula Deen version of Oyster Dressing.   Meredith and Connie are helping, and I’m in the basement, making CDs for Marlyce and Connie of some Christmas music Oprah Winfrey had on her show.
As to Pumpkin Pie, Susan [...]

I’m noticing that a lot of my friends-list and others online - and the few I talk to on the phone (man, I am so housebound) - are going to take the holidays easy, cheap and local this year.  Our household will, as usual, trot out to Susan’s aunt Marlyce’s house and do the holiday [...]

Meredith’s 1st trimester in 4th grade just ended up, and she did very well.    She had a rocky spot with her advanced math class in regard to a few things - most notably statistics, my absolute downfall in math.  (My Eyes Glaze Over on that sort of thing, and I did wretchedly in a college [...]

Yes, I will be at Windycon over the weekend.  I’ll be not-very-mobile. I’ll probably locate a prime lurking post and hang there a lot.  Mere will be with me.
The docs took out the last of the foot stitches, and the wound has come open again, about an inch worth.  The docs and Susan are [...]

I had planned long ago to take off yesterday and work as an election judge (Democratic) in my home precinct, and Susan did as well - I think she really enjoyed herself at the polls.  My problem, of course, was that I was crippled up by the operation, and we weren’t sure what I could [...]