Everything’s gone a little pear-shaped lately. Don’t know if you’re coming or going. We’ve had the wake, the visitation, and the funeral. We came back home very tired last night, and a little tipsy after the dinner. Crashed early, did not sleep well, but today is here, bright and full of …
… wait a minute, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘family’
9 Oct
Catching Up
5 Oct
Long Night
We left Toronto early because of a family emergency – Todd’s grandfather. We drove back last night, spent hours at the hospital, until we left at around 2:00 a.m. He passed away at 7:00 a.m. this morning. We’re both a little shell-shocked and sleep deprived, but his suffering has ended and that means something.
Going to [...]
9 May
Survived Mother’s Day!
Not because my mother is some sort of genetic freak, threatening the coast of Japan. Nah, Mom’s quite civil, genetically normaly, and isn’t inclined to eat Asians. (Not even asian food!) I caught up with Mom on Saturday before work, dropping off a little something and seeing the work [...]
11 Mar
The Little School House of Cookin’
My Grandmother is moving down to Barrie, into a retirement home. She is cleaning house for the move, and passing some things on. One of which is a small and very stuffed little red school house box built to hold index cards.
As Alton Brown said, keep your roots, get those family [...]
2 Jan
Self-Inflicted
I was going to say something cheesy and self-absorbed about ’surviving the holidays’ (and I guess I still have), though in light of world events, it’s not a very nice thing to say.
I did, however, have a pleasent, homey, safe Christmas, and one I am deeply thankful for.
Work was pretty much non-stop until [...]
