Lady Godiva to Church Lady

My mother won’t wear a dress or jumper like the physical therapists, the nurses and I have all suggested. “I can’t wear a dress for physical therapy.” She wants me to find pants that fit over her bulky leg brace. Since she has to make alterations to all of her pants without the addition of […]

well, we do have a full house

Apparently, Fortinet has Doug and I blocked as gambling sites. I don’t use ad revenue on my blog. I don’t play or discuss the lottery on my blog or in real life. Well, that’s not entirely true. If I’m with Doug when he buys a lottery ticket, I always ask if he would prefer to […]

I need to do laundry

I guess it would be wrong to send the children to school in their jammies tomorrow. Especially since I wouldn’t let Sarah wear hers to the mall this past summer. “But Muth-err, everybody wears them.”

you’re on traffic camera

This week I’ve driven past one of the intersections with cameras a half dozen times or so. Yes, I know I wouldn’t if I used the interstate, but I like the regular roads. I know that Knoxvillians got their panties all twisted over the cameras and I know what their arguments were. Every day, I […]

rolling in the dust

I smell like the hospital. I think it’s probably the yellow antiseptic that is all over my mother’s legs but it’s still the hospital. I know I should prefer it over the dust and dog hair that I usually smell like, yet, I associate the smell with pain and really want to scrub it off. […]

Tuesday viewing

For the second day in a row, real-time video (in the sidebar or here) instead of actual content. Just whine to Doug if you need the camera angle changed.

monday, monday

I am soooo tired. This has got to be one of the worst days of my mother’s life. Even on morphine, she’s in terrible pain. I asked a wise looking nurse if it would be better after the first 24 hours and she grimaced and said, “Day three is the worst.” Tomorrow they remove the […]

remember Christopher J. Scudder

Christopher J. Scudder was a 34-year-old computer technician for EnPointe Technologies who worked in the World Trade Center just two days a week. He was in the tower on September 11, 2001. Mr. Scudder was born on October 9, 1967. He grew up in Spring Valley, N.Y., and lived in Monsey. He loved computers, gadgets […]

flickr

Saturday night Doug drove around and let me hang out the passenger window with the camera. We drove near downtown and past the Vol navy, but my favorite weekend picture is this picture of Evan.