This little guy is a meerkat. He is currently acting as sentry, watching out for predators while all the other meerkats go about their daily business. She (or he, not sure which) and her gang are part of the meerkat exhibit at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park (otherwise known to the locals by it’s…
Mom and I went to Julian today to pick up a bag of Nyjer seed for the goldfinch in the neighborhood. They love that stuff. At times there will be a number of them fighting over the rights to it. It’s expensive stuff though and there was a time when the poor goldfinch were on…
My mother asked me today, “What do we do now?”. I replied, “Get on with living life.” I can certainly understand her question. It was three weeks ago today that dad passed away. On one hand I cannot believe it has been that long and yet on the other, it seems like it was just…
Let me share a story with you. This story is a true story about my mother and her hair. My mother had a love/hate relationship with her hair. She loved that she had hair and hated that it was so difficult to maintain. She has always been particular about how her hair looked, as…
Today we had the open house memorial for dad. It was a lot of work getting it done, but was worth it. There were many friends and family members that come over to help us celebrate the life of my father. I must thank the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter…
I don’t mean to offend anyone by the title of this post. Dad was certainly the type of guy that could laugh at a comment like that. It’s just too bad that his name wasn’t Jack. You have to be able to laugh, especially in times like these. Mom and I picked up dad today…
This will be a short post today. We have lots to do to prepare for the open house memorial in two days. Here is a little list of things we still need to get done: * Finish scanning photos and create slideshow movie * Make the house pretty (inside and out) * Shop for plasticware,…
Today marked 2 weeks since dad passed. It still seems sort of surreal. Mom and I have had conversations over the past couple days about how we are feeling. Mom is starting to have a tough time maintaining that positive attitude she’s had for a while. She is missing dad tremendously. She wants very much…
I removed yesterday’s post. After thinking about it and after having a situation with mom this morning, I realized I was not being fair to mom with that post. I was frustrated and upset and venting publicly. Sometimes that does not make for a kind post. I was trying to illustrate how mom was reacting…
Prescription drugs have side effects. Any time you alter the body’s chemistry, you have to assume there may be unintended consequences. For some drugs, the list of side effects is lengthy and potential serious. For the vast majority of us, we take the drugs our doctors prescribe and rarely give thought to the possible side…