Truly one of the saddest days

My friends Crystal and Spencer lost their wonderful baby Sage today. I can't begin to imagine what they are going through and I'm not going to try. I know how much I love them all and how much joy Sage brought to them and to those around him. I remember holding him and how happy he made me. I will never forget him. He is with the angels now and will forever watch over us.

Foo Dog

Kat painted some beautiful Foo Dogs in the guest bathroom. She hasn't decided if they are fully complete yet but here they are.

Renaissance Fair 2009

This years Renaissance fair was fun. We went for my birthday today. We saw two shows and spent the rest of the time exploring the shops and people watching. My mom bought me a beautiful white dragon incense burner and Kat bought me a sterling silver spinning ring to replace the one I lost in the car accident. I bought Kat a really pretty Japanese Parasol. I have made getting a kiss from Twig my mission and as such, I tried to get a kiss this year for my birthday. She's very sly and I only got a glass gem but she smiled and as cute as she is, it was enough. I will continue to try to get an actual kiss until my dying breath though. Buffy as usual got most of the attention. Every few feet through out the entire day, I heard "oh, look how cute. She has boots." People constantly stopped me to ask to pet her. After 6 hours pushing through rock and dirt, my arms and shoulders are killing me.

Oh! Forgot to mention that Kat tried the rock wall. She gave it her all but, fell back to earth before reaching the top. Part of the problem was that she has long nails and couldn't get a good grip on some of the rocks. For the picture ordering for Kat and the wall of doom, start from the bottom.

Catching up

Mom is doing much better. She seems happier and is asking for food and water. She's more talkative and expresses her opinions more frequently. Things are definitely looking up with regards to mom.

Kat has started work as mom's caregiver and is really good at it. She's naturally compassionate and easy to talk to which makes for a perfect caregiver. She's able to take care of my mom's personal needs without my mom knowing which keeps both my mom and Kat happy which, leads to me being happy.

So, to summarize, Kat is back to work doing something that makes a difference and my mom is on the way to getting better which is a good start to some actual happiness.

Having my mom live with us is still taking some getting used to but, it's getting better.

We found out that the bank took ownership of the house because no one bought it at auction. This means that if my dad hadn't screwed us over by not getting us the location and time of the auction, my sister and I could have bought the house for the cost of the tax lien which was under $2000. We then could have sold it and paid off both of our debts and bought mom a small house out here for when she gets better. It's aggravating but, things could be worse so I'm still very grateful.