by Robin | Jun 18, 2006 | Aging, Family, Fathers and daughters, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized
This time last year, my dad’s mental faculty was declining but he was still living a fairly “normal” life. Now 74, until the past year or so he’s been pretty active and seemed younger than his chronological age. With his dementia onset on our...
by Robin | Jun 14, 2006 | Uncategorized
Okay, so some of you are smart enough to consider that when there’s “one”…there might be two…or maybe even an entire freakin’ family. We were headed out today, so after slathering the trap in peanut butter and resetting it, we left...
by Robin | Jun 14, 2006 | Uncategorized
This is NOT the picture I took this morning. It’s the scene I found after my kids had discovered the “mini-beast” in rigor mortis. I spared you the gruesome sight of Maurice’s…maimed body. He’s sleeping with the fishes...
by Robin | Jun 14, 2006 | Uncategorized
Great…………….just GREAT!So, this morning I get a 6 a.m. wake-up call, and it’s NOT coffee. It’s Tad, springing up the stairs to our bedroom to tell me I got him. Maurice. The mouse that’s been loose in my house. The one my...
by Robin | Jun 13, 2006 | Uncategorized
and their aroma, as well.I’m talking coffee here….MmmmmmmmmDe-li-ci-ou-so-GOOD!!I just opened a new package of Dunkin’ Donuts Original Blend and the hypnotic fragrance cast its spell usually reserved for my early morning, personal wake-up call....
by Robin | Jun 10, 2006 | Uncategorized
I don’t use profanity for effect here out of respect for those who read me and would be offended, but if I did, now would be the time!>:-( grrrrrrrrrr!!Got home late on Thursday and have been catching up ever since. GREAT time away for all of us, more on that...