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Happy Pancake’s Day!

This is the anniversary of our adoption of Pancake. We’ve had Pancake for 5 years now, so it’s a very special anniversary. To celebrate, Pancake got a new bamboleo toy and tuna for dinner! I recently read a post called, “Thanks a lot, asshole.” If you haven’t already read it, …

Grandma Update

Grandma RC passed away yesterday afternoon, around noontime. It had been kind of uncomfortable for a few days, because they really thought she was going on Wednesday (hence me flying out that night)…and then she was moved to hospice care at the hospital, and she held on (albeit drugged and …

Hasty Road Trip

DH’s grandmother (his dad’s mom) has been in and out of the hospital (in MI) for the past 4-5 days. We’ve been getting regular status updates via e-mail, and as of this past weekend, it seemed like she was okay, hence me not mentioning this already. But…things change fast. DH’s …

Time Travel

As many of you have noticed, the blog has gone back in time to catch up on posts from our (very awesome, wanna go back NOW) Disney trip. As such, I skipped over quite a few events that would normally warrant a blog post. I don’t want to spend another …

Hanukkah down, more to go!

We braved the storm and ORD to visit the Detroit area this past weekend for Hanukkah with my DH’s side of the family. Despite receiving 8-10 inches of snow on Friday early morning and morning, our trip to ORD from Gurnee was relatively uneventful. We’d packed two large check-in suitcases, …