Yay!!! She's out of surgery and in recovery….she's in a lot of pain but the surgeon said it went well. They were able to do the surgery laprascopically, which is awesome. 🙂She'll be in recovery for about 5 hours. Hopefully she'll call me when they get her up to her room. I am so glad…

My sister's husband Rick, just called my mom, who then called me. They have just taken my sister into surgery. Ugh….. This is going to be the longest 2.5 hours of my entire life….. It's weird…I know everything will be fine, they do thousands of these surgeries everyday and she is going to be just…

My sister is on her way into Boston to have her surgery this am. I am nervous, of course and I want to talk to her before she arrives at the hospital. I get up a 5am (thanks to Ben, actually….) and try to call her because I want to hear her voice before she…

I'm cooking dinner and as a side note, let me tell you I use the term "cooking" very, very lightly.I am using the microwave to cook meatloaf. With this power crisis in Juneau I realized that maybe I should try the microwave 14 minute approach rather than use the oven 60 minute approach….wish me luck,…

Zachary used my camera to take some pictures for a client. He had to go into the office and he asked me to get the pics off the camera and send him the best one. This is the email that ensued…. This is what I sent from home to him at the office… —–Original Message—–From:…

Zak and I got home from date night and there are a bunch of boxes in Ben's room, who is sleeping in Jaime's room. (she has a bunk bed, so he sleeps in there sometimes..)Travis must have brought them by for us. So awesome!Thank you! but ….that means I actually have to start packing, huh?I…

It's been beautiful out…FINALLY…sunny, a bit warmer….love it and we're getting a lot done. My sister informed me that today is our her father's birthday.I say "I thought that was the day before Billiejo's birthday." She says "It is. Billiejo's birthday is tomorow." "Shit" I say….I've got my days all screwed up. I know it's…

I wake up.I slip out of bed and quietly leave the bedroom.I walk past Jaime's room.I glance in and look at the empty bed.Then I pass Ben's room. I peek in his room and look at his empty bed. I start the coffee and sit down to wait for it to finish and I take…

Last weekend I finished a couple of little things that I had been working on… Friends quote canvas (5) Friends quote canvas (4) I so LOVE how this came out!! What's funny is I had already painted the canvas with the intentions of using it for something else. The quote is a rubber stamp I…

So my niece Kayla and I were emailing back and forth this morning about babysitting tonight and she sends me this gem… Yeah, let’s wait and see. We’ve got windows so I can check every now and then. Yesterday I went all the way to the valley and hungout with a friend at his house..…