Not the best summer ever…

Not the best summer ever…

First, June, my brother David died. June was kind of a rough month. Then, July...as I pulled into the Aldi parking lot on July 1st I got a call from one of my doctor's offices, saying they'd called my insurance to get approval for an MRI later in July. The insurance company told them that our insurance had been terminated. WTF?! Surely, an error. I called the insurance company, they said that had to talk to the policy holder, which was Kevin. I called and told him and went about my shopping, hoping that things would be fixed up by the time I got home. But no. Kevin had great health insurance...

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David, so happy

David, so happy

I've been looking and looking through the thousands of photos on my computer for pictures of David, and somehow I found this fabulous one. We were all at Shaw's Garden in St. Louis. He looked so...

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Once more, David

Once more, David

Vancil Funeral Home published David's obituary online on Monday and I burst into tears upon reading it. It just made it so real. It was a rough couple of days after that. Today it was published in...

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David

My brother David died yesterday. We was 64. On May 14th he'd been hit by a car while riding his little motorcycle and broke his leg. They put in two rods and some pins and told him to rest up for...

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A Run in May

A Run in May

There are many other things I want so say about this month of May which is shortly coming to an end, but this run (slow jog) in particular is what I want to write about tonight. I'm going on a brief...

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Continuing on with May…

Continuing on with May…

Hmm, as usual the month seems to be slipping away. While I was trying to clean up the hot tub room at the beginning of the month, Les felt that the mos comfortable place to lie down was on top of...

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Writing about May in May

Writing about May in May

Gee, that makes me feel incredibly efficient. Here's me, enjoying a mock mojito at the delicious restaurant Loukenin's on the first of May. We went there because the restaurant was shutting down on...

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Wrapping up April

Wrapping up April

Kevin dedicates a good portion of his time to keeping the cats in their respective outside areas. He finally thwarted Lester from escaping the fenced yard (but probably only temporarily), and...

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April, mostly cats plus a minor explosion

April, mostly cats plus a minor explosion

Gee, I'm really on a roll with getting stuff up here for a change. Or course that can and probably will come screeching to a halt again because that's how I roll. Rolling, but only occasionally and...

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March!

March!

Sometimes Kevin and I go to Mom's house to watch TV, but mostly to hang out with Pumpkin who loves Kevin best of all. We celebrated Mom's birthday in March and she got these two mugs, among many...

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