I smell smoke

So it seems like forever.  Sorry about that. I blame an overly full tummy and a temperamental system.




So let's see, we were in Oklahoma.

yah, that's pretty much what we do. hang out. watch movies. read. talk. and EAT.  boy do we eat. It's like a magic place where all the munchy foods you want are at your finger tips.  I mean really. So much munchy food you can't cram it in...in FIVE days. That's alot of munchy food.







Dad Report:  Dad had a hearing appointment on Monday, and will be getting his hearing aids back.  This will be interesting as we recognize some of his "hearing loss" is actually dementia, his inability to understand what the person is saying rather than the inability to hear it.   But it should help some and if nothing else keep the radio and tv at a dull roar rather than a blasting scream.  He's forgotten who I am again - he knows I'm his daughter Caitie, but has forgotten the bigger picture.  He apologized on Sunday saying "I'm sorry, but I have no recollection of you as a child."  As much as I am "ok" with it - it still kinda hits your heart a little bit... especially knowing that really the people who recollect me as a child are few and far between.  Thank god for older siblings I guess.

He seems shocked every time to hear that I am Mary's child, as if I am so different from her that it is an impossibility that I am her child.  Which is funny as I am starting to realize, much to my dismay, how much I am like her.  Funny, this.  Dad got a walk today with the aide, who he refers to as "his friend" - which isn't a bad thing; having a friend.

The next big thing:

Figure out the logo - dammit.
Do watermark on Z's cards
Put Z's cards up on etsy
Call the merc back [called em back, they put me off for two more weeks. suck]
Package up all of Zs cards in clear bags
Make an appt to talk with Phoenix
Make an appt to talk with Hobbs
Stop in at Raven, check on stock - show Z's cards
Check on images from Pic-Mic
Start prepping new Pic-Mic images

Sorry had to get those down...I won't have this Weds. off which means I need to start doing some of this stuff after work. Bleh.

So back to Oklahoma for a minute.  Let's see Sunday night we had banana splits part deaux:

First you make it.
Then you take a photo.
Then you eat it.


I love Ruby's face when she's eating something REALLY tasty - it has this great joy - the kinda toe curling sparkle in your heart joy - that is fleeting but delightful when it hits.

This photo reminded me of this photo:

 Gma wasn't feeling up to snuff but it didn't stop her from enjoying this...

 Mom managed to eat a cherry stem she was so intent on her banana split

Boy-o was a blur of shoveling in ice cream. A blur, I tell you.

October wasn't really bad -- he was just keeping things in moderation.  [or maybe saving room for breakfast?]

Hard to believe we survived - and then the next morning - we were up and  lo' and behold, October made us a magnificent breakfast

He's not really a pirate (but don't tell him)

By the time our trip was over and we were back home - - my tummy was, well out of sorts.  And look fall was upon us

The fact that it was 86 degrees out today made it a bit weird, but it is indeed fall. See.  The leaves. Fall.

Random Photo of the day: I love this photo of the VHM. It really does say a lot about him.











He gave me a special surprise tonight - bursting into my office to pick me up dressed as a fireman!

For reals. He's perfect.