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 [...]

From Susan’s photoblog (Sunday)  (picture links here):
Earlier tonight we picked Meredith Ellen up from the airport.  Sissy is here for the next 6 days.  We’ve got manicures and pedicures, American Girl Place tea parties, New Years Eve Parties to cram into the next 6 days.
Meredith Grace was barely able to contain her excitement in waiting [...]

Joe Cool and his faithful Scandinavian sidekick, Woodchuck, at a Kennedy Space Center photo thingy.   Memorial Day weekend, 2007.

I’ve been in a couple of accidents, none damaging to me or the car in any significant way, and one damaging to the other person’s car.  A Live-Journal friend recently had a bad accident, which mashed up their car, but didn’t injure them aside of scaring the bejaizus out of them as the car rolled [...]

Quite dissimilar to my daughter’s map:

Health, time and money allowing, of course.

This works for either me or Meredith.  There’s some question as to whether Susan has been in Mexico; if she was, it was to take two steps over the border in Tijuana or something.

This is Mere’s states.  California from when we brought her home, Massachusetts from a trip to the Boston Worldcon, and the rest [...]

An interview with Elizabeth Edwards, who is throwing herself into health reform.
A random act of kindness by a stranger - you’re at the airport, and you’re overseas from your new spouse, wanting to get home so bad it hurts.  The airport staff at check-in tells you that your suitcase is way overweight, and that you [...]

My ex (elsewhere on LJ) long ago told me about the great parking goddess Squat.  Deb Geisler said something that reminded me of this, and I found that Squat has online devotee organizations:
Temple of Squat (reformed) (traditional)

It’s official that we will have a visitor for the Christmas - New Years holidays - the Harringtons bought Meredith Ellen a ticket to fly up here for a week, from the 28th to the 3rd.  Both the twins are rapturously happy.
The reaction, as I related it to Leigh Ann:
Mere: *huge amounts of excited squealing*
[...]

Had to drop everything and go retrieve Susan from being lost on the interstates.   Short version is that Susan was coming back from her business trip with some folks from work, and rather than have her go all the way into the city, I suggested that she get dropped off at a Culver’s (higher-quality fast [...]

Airlines are majorly cutting international flights into LA because costs have risen dramatically for fuel and foreign demand for flights to the USA have dropped.
Noting the cyber-attacks on Georgia during the recent war, it’s starting to occur to people that the USA could be similarly hit.  Reports are coming in that while a few [...]

Recently, Susan and I have been up to her Aunt’s house in Elgin or out to talk to her about her computer problems.  Auntie (Susan’s mom’s sister) operates a doctors’ organization that has a couple of big yearly meetings (for training updates, and other conference stuff) and some smaller ones, and it’s sometimes amusing to [...]

Susan has a business trip that is taking her down to Champaign (Illinois) for a few days, starting Sunday, and she’d like me and Mere to come along overnight (and go back Monday).  If anyone knows about stuff going on down there on Sunday or Monday - or over in Springfield, speak up!   Thanks….

Some more Sissy trip pictures, from the beginning and the end have been put into the Flickr set (which is now organized chronologically).

Some last pictures from Meredith’s trip to see her sister; both of them have been sad and miss each other a good deal. More at the set at Flickr here.