I’m taking it harder than I thought I would–driving the family Sheltie to the vet and having her put to sleep is not an easy task. It was time: she was fifteen years old and beginning to suffer from a slew of ailments. Last autumn, her legs gave out and she fell [...]
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Lady Christine VII, Sensitive and Chaste, Moves to the Country to Fight for Your Honor
Posted in dogs, family on August 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A Wedding Proposal
Posted in family, weddings on May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Let me explain what I mean when I say that any occasion attended by my father’s side of the family is an Event:
On the one hand, my cousin’s girl Christina wore a pink evening gown. She had asked my cousin what kind of wedding it would be, and he had told her it would be [...]
Wherever, TX
Posted in family, weddings on May 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
All in all a satisfying weekend. My cousin got married, the wedding was aesthetically pleasing, and the only/most horrible thing anyone said involved a foreign exchange student and my golden boy cousin from West Point.
Although the guy hadn’t been invited to the wedding, he bummed a ride from friends and arrived just in time [...]
Count Your Mixed Blessings
Posted in blessings, family on March 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My uncle is on the mend. He has been moved out of ICU and back to the 9th floor. The nurses there had been calling down to Intensive Care to check up on him while he was comatose, and they’re glad to have him back.
He was admitted just before Valentine’s Day. Needless to say, such [...]
Foot in the Mouth
Posted in Coffee, family on February 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Since I briefly posted about my uncle Mike, I thought I’d give a quick update on his condition. When my father called to say that my uncle Mike had taken a turn for the worse, I hauled my siblings up to Tulsa for the evening. This was Friday. When we got to the [...]
