Let the games begin...

Well, school is underway for all our students and school personnel in the family. I, for one, am looking forward to a leveling off of overtime and pressure. (I know it's out there somewhere.)

Texans, been thinking of you BIG time. Hope you came through IKE in good shape. It seemed as though it was going to skirt you, but I also know there is always surrounding weather, and I thought I saw that some evacuation plans had Austin as a destiniation.

Sara and Jeremy lived to see age 26!!! Yay!

A little catch up on Mom/Gamma;
It has been determined that Mom is going to need a permanent residential placement somewhere and Colleen, Peg and I have been doing some scouting.
Surprise! One of the most appropriate settings we've seen is... (drum roll...) St Joseph's Manor!
The doc's to make this happen are in the pipeline, but there are no openings at this moment. It has been indicated that there are pending ones, though, so it shouldn't be toooo long.

Just going through there brought me back to the times that Mom made us learn a few holiday songs and then she would have us dress us up and go over there and sing to the assembled masses.
Not a bad memory.
In this situation, Mom will most likely get a private room, which would be nirvana for her. They offer a Mass twice a week, which I think Mom might want to attend now and again.

Not sure if anyone put out the info that Mom took a pretty good nose dive from the bed, (trying to reach something on the floor, silly girl) and got a nice cut on the back of her head. THIS did not phase her! Peg did the middle of the night duty and joined Mom at the hosp until the wee-est of hours. Mom has since had the staples out and she seems unscathed.
I think though that this fall cemented the reality for her that she needs more care and attention than she could ever get living back on her own.

The transition won't be fun, but I really think she will enjoy not feeling like she's "in flux" and can probably settle into a routine that is healthier for her than the current situation.

Simon also had surgery recently and came through with flying colors. Little sebaceous cyst, water cyst and and abcess in his poor neglected mouth. Now his teeth are all shiny white except for the ones that had been crooked and had to be removed.

State Rep Tommy Kennedy was recently at an event I attended and we chatted awhile and he asked about Dan (classmate). Wonderful chat.


I think that's about it from my corner.
Best wishes....K8

The next new kitty

I know, it wasn't on my game plan either.. but after the shock and sudden loss of Kael from aortic clots (seriously a stunning blow ..) the family realized we needed another kitten for Autumn to play with. Kitty (or KitKat, for legal "you can't have a cat named Kitty" reasons)just wasn't cutting it. She wanted nothing to do with Autumn at all.

So, here is Odin, a tiny little boy who just fits in perfectly with this house of crazies.

His markings are perfectly symmetrical too. And a stunning black and silver combination.








Just added this to show how tiny he really is...:>