I know, there's been a dearth of posts lately. Just to be clear, I actually did do quite a few things in July; in fact I attended two fa...

Our family moved into a rental house in Provo, Utah in the last hot days of August, 1983. I can remember that specifically because one day a...

No, it didn't really look like this. It was rehab, not prison. Well, Mom is finally home. This doesn't mean she's finished co...

Well, Mom is recuperating very well from surgery. She's hit all her physical therapy targets and then some, her appetite is starting to ...

I don't dislike the rehab center where Mom is staying, but they don't have enough staff members to take care of everyone on the week...

So yesterday Mom was discharged from the hospital. And there was much rejoicing. *yay* She went directly to the same rehab center where she ...

So, here's how things went with Mom today. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are dialysis days for Mom, so around 10:30 they wheeled her...

So today, as every Monday, Mom had dialysis (Dialysis: ICU Edition!). Afterward we talked pretty seriously about what she should do after he...

So, the news is good: The evacuation order for my in-laws' neighborhood has been rescinded (yay!). Roxy-cat appears to be feeling be...

Mom was moved out of the ICU and into the cardiac care unit today. We weren't sure she would be -- her blood pressure has been dangerous...

I'm running on about two hours' sleep, not counting a couple of involuntary naps today, so I'm going to keep this short. Mom i...

Typing this up on an iPad, not my normal mode of composition, so I’ll likely keep this entry short. I am super grumpy this week. It’s anot...

NCE again I'm in Utah, hanging out on my mom's laptop (ding-dang touchpad! Bane of my existence, it is!) and doing some quality ve...

It's snowed on and off most of the day. This shouldn't be much of a surprise. If I choose to visit Utah in February, I'm bound...

Got up at Oh Dark Hundred and flew from SeaTac to Long Beach to Salt Lake, then got on the FrontRunner and eventually picked up a rental car...

This is my lovely mom. You've probably seen her before. And this is an X-ray of my lovely mom's hip. You may notice she has so...

ISS V has been delivered to her new college apartment and reasonably set up with food and other necessities. She doesn't know any of h...

"Out there" in this case being Utah. OK, you may not think Utah is very adventurous, but when you're about to embark on an app...

Once upon a time there was a Little Miss V. And after a while she grew up to be a Big Miss V and was ready for some solo adventures. So she ...

So we've been in Utah for a few days now, enjoying Dad & Mom's hospitality. Also I've been a total social reject, hanging ou...