~Murphy's Law~

What a Father's Day my poor Prince Charming had!
While trying to find an Animal Medical Clinic open on a Sunday to take our beloved Shadow to, we finally ended up having to take him 5 towns away! While completing the necessary paperwork, B1 called us in a bit of a state as her Granny thought we might have to get Papa back to the hospital. Fortunately, by the time we got back home, Papa was feeling good enough to wait until the nurse came to see him at home today.

Prince Charming & I grabbed a quick lunch, jumped on the bikes & made a run for it.
Unfortunately, we only got as far as the first intersection near our home. Prince
Charming's bike wasn't firing right, so that put the end to a fun afternoon ride.
Since my bike was due at the dealership for service, Prince Charming got stuck heading there on Hwy 401.........definitely not the enjoyable ride to Prince Edward County that he'd expected to do today. He managed to get there before the Hwy backed up with all the weekend travellers trying to get thru the construction zones.

I first caught up to him at the gas station, thank goodness, since I'd left my wallet & driver's license in my bike & now was in my car. I wasn't so lucky with the highway traffic. Prince Charming headed off while I decided to grab a coffee to go. The highway backed up before I'd gotten to where I was to meet him. The short-cut I'd taken backed up about 10 minutes after I took it. What normally would take no more that 10 minutes took me 30 minutes or better.

Prince Charming didn't mind my being delayed. This enabled him to talk to the mechanic & he was waiting outside the shop for me (I didn't stand a chance at getting any shopping done, lol). However, my car wouldn't start & I had to get it boosted so that we could get home. By this time, we both decided that more than enough things had gone wrong. We opted to call Papa to wish him a Happy Father's Day instead of going there in person. Thank goodness the family celebrated Father's Day for Papa & Prince Charming on Friday along with the celebration of Miss Misery's 18th birthday!!

Murphy's Law ~ without bad luck we'd have no luck at all, lol. Some days are just like that (or maybe some months are just like that). We're definitely looking forward to July in the hopes that things will get better. The only June date I'm looking forward to is Miss Misery's graduation ceremony on the 28th.....then June can get the heck out of my life!!

~In Honour of Shadow~

~Shadow~ Thanksgiving Day 1998 - Father's Day 2007

Our beloved dog "Shadow" passed away early this morning........not a good way to start off Father's Day. Just getting back home this weekend from helping out Mom & Dad, I was planning on getting him into the vet's for his annual check-up sometime this week since it was due by the end of this month. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Over the last couple of weeks, Shadow had a couple of poor mornings whereby the girls found him breathing kinda hard & hanging around the ceramic tiles in their bathroom. I'd made a mental note to get him into the vet's office because of that, plus the fact that I've heard big dogs do not live too long because their size puts more stress on their hearts. I just came back home Friday night & he was his usual loving & pesky self up until Sunday morning. Saturday night he hung out with me at the bonfire.....soaking up my hugs & kisses as I missed him all week. He definitely was aptly named as he stuck like glue to me. I can't even go into the kitchen for a drink without him being stuck to my side.....he's always been my "sidekick" & I am going to miss him soooo much. Actually, just while sitting here I could swear that I'd heard him breathing & sighing...yes ~~sighing....while he waits for me to get off the @#*@#* computer to play with him or give him snacks.
Never again will he drive me totally insane in the kitchen.....no matter what the reason I'd be in there for, he'd be right with me to see what he could get. He'll never again clean out the cat food bowls on them.

I'll also miss Shadow's special greeting for me every morning. He'd lay at the top of the stairs....grinning his fool head off at me, then roll over for a belly rub, all the while moaning & talking to me. I'd never get by him without paying attention to him for a few minutes before starting my day. My family always laughed at me since "after Shadow, they came first", lol.

Our three cats will greatly miss him too. Shadow should have been a female since he thought he was "The Mom" to any of our other pets. Salem (our stray cat who's been with us going on 2 years) loved to hiss at him. He was finally used to Shadow but loved to hiss if he was too close. Misty (B2's cat) loved to steal what she could from his food bowl. Aurora (our Garfield look-a-like) was totally, madly in love with him (thank goodness they were both fixed or who knows what she'd try to do with him, lol). She's just wandering around the house looking for him, and even (OMG) braved the Big Outdoors to look for him too. We are all devastated with losing him....Shadow was an important part of this family......greatly loved & he'll be greatly missed.

Rest in peace Shadow.....and someday we'll see you again........along with other wonderful family pets from our past.

~Back Home Again~

Hurray!! Brought Dad home Monday evening from his triple by-pass June 1st. He's glad to be home but is still quite tired & kind of weak. Mom is sure happy to be home again, though she misses our place. Between the kids & pets the craziness helps her stay sane...........or is that supposed to be crazy......

I got home late last night (Miss Misery's birthday) so now have to catch up on housework & gardening before I go back to work Monday morning. The pets all sure
missed me & it was nice to be back again.

We had an impromptu birthday party at Granny & Papa's for Miss Misery, and also celebrated Father's Day early for her Dad & Papa. That way we figured that we'd only drive him bonkers & tire him out once this weekend instead of twice....don't think he could put up with the gang twice in a row at this point in his recovery.
I'm sure going to miss them as I've been with them everyday for the past 3 weeks....but I have to get back to work. I just hope that Dad keeps improving everyday and that Mom just takes it easy. Miss Misery is going to spend the next few days with them before she starts her summer job. I don't know who's looking forward to that more........Miss Misery or her Grandparents. Guess she'll be competing/comparing surgery stories with her Papa (may the best scars win, lol).
Papa has her beat in the "staple" department, however, as she hasn't had them yet.

Must sign off now as I definitely need some sleep. We plan on riding down to see
Mom & Dad tomorrow for Father's Day & to see how he's doing (great excuse for a ride, lol). Hope everyone has a great weekend & a good week.

Birthday Wishes........

Miss Misery..........

It's now 12:02am on June 11th. Your special day is quickly approaching (4 more days)!
I don't even have a clue as to what you'd like for your birthday. Let me know Nifty's schedule this weekend so I can try to figure something out.

In spite of the craziness around here we definitely won't miss celebrating your special day,

Love you whole big bunches!

~Mom~
XXXXOOOO

What Day Is It???

Hmm, I can't believe it's June 10th already. Miss Misery's birthday is coming up on Friday & I haven't even had time to think about it. We've been going to Kingston daily to visit Dad. I'm at the point now that every time I sit down I reach for my seatbelt...lol. The drive to Kingston usually takes 1 1/2 to 2 hours each way. I think I can do it in my sleep now ~ it seems that I just have left home & in a blink of an eye I need to get off the highway at the next exit 'cause we're already in Kingston....that's a scary thought that the trip seems to only take a few minutes now.
Dad's in pretty good spirits all considering. He still has his wonderful sense of humour & definitely appreciates how hard the nurses work to take care of their patients. For every step forward he takes, it seems that he takes a step back. Thank goodness he's starting to get his appetite back but he still is quite weak. We thought he'd be home by now.....even his doctor thought he'd be home. It was rather humorous that the doctor was in on Friday to check on him. After assessing how his nights have been his words to Dad were "I'm going away for the weekend, but you're not".
It seems that they're having some trouble regulating Dad's heartbeat, along with the fact that his lungs haven't fully expanded yet. He's been up walking a bit but is taking it too fast. Dad definitely doesn't know the meaning of slow down & take it easy! It's hard on all of us to see him so tired. He's back on oxygen again which is a concern but he sure brightens up when we come to visit. Miss Misery & Princess Sassy went Saturday to visit him with their Dad & Granny.......I got the day off for good behavior, lmao, but missed him. Today Granny & I took Miss Misery with us to see him. Princess McPout & Princess Grace & their other halves were there when we arrived. We definitely tired Dad out so hopefully he'll sleep some tonight. He never seems to sleep much at night.....kinda runs in his side of the family. Even with a sleeping pill he was awake most of the night.
Well, I must hit the hay so that I'm bright-eyed & bushy-tailed to head back out there in the morning. I hope Dad gets home within the week but I also hope he gets more practice getting in & out of bed before I'm in charge of helping him, lol. It's kinda awkward helping when you're not sure if you're hurting him. Will keep you posted.....
Have a great week everyone,

Just A Quick Update

Just letting everyone know that Dad ended up having a triple bypass surgery last evening. Took Mom down at noon today & we were very pleased to see that he was sitting up in CCU & had a bit of a liquid lunch (....no.....it wasn't his favorite beverage rye, lol). He finally escaped the CCU around 4 this afternoon & ended up in a room with 3 roommates. He's talking a bit more in spite of a sore throat & had some of his dinner before I brought Mom home. I'm SO pleased to see that his colour is improving every hour & am more than pleased with everything about KGH. The nurses & doctors are wonderful.
Am heading back to see him tomorrow morning but wanted to let you know that the surgery is finally over.
Will keep you posted....................

Time Flies..........

Here it is......May 27th.........I can't believe this month is gone ~ I can't believe that tomorrow my baby, Princess Sassy, turns 15!! We had a lovely family get-together today at the Grandparents home. My niece, Karen Rani, came down Saturday to visit them over the weekend. My oldest, Princess McPout (previously known as Princess Pouty in my posts) also went down yesterday & had a great time catching up with her cousing till the wee hours of the morning. I didn't go until
noon today....after returning one of Princess Sassy's friends home & picking up Princess McPout's fiance so that they wouldn't have to bring 2 vehicles back home tonight.

Should have gone down yesterday, but instead, I spent a lovely day out with Miss Misery, her b/f Nifty & his Mom. Started out a bit upset with the fact that her dress was not ready as promised. It's to be ready Monday instead....& it
better be there when we go tomorrow afternoon to pick it up. More importantly, it
better fit just right or she'll/we'll be quite upset. Nifty lucked out & quickly picked out a stylin' suit & shirt for the Prom which will be ready Monday as well.
We went out for a great lunch at Boston Pizza, then hit Tim's for coffee & spent some time talking together. After dropping Nifty off for work, we hit our favorite store to pick up a couple of ties for him to choose between for the Prom. Hopefully, one of the two we picked will go well with the dress & that he'll like them.
Anyways, back to tonight's wonderful dinner! It was an impromptu birthday party for Princess Sassy. She received some nice cards & gifts & enjoyed her birthday cake. Her sisters & cousin ordered it at the bakery & they naturally had the bakery folks think twice while doing the cake. Today they chose the saying "Happy Birthday ButtHead". The poor woman even came back out front to ask them how to spell it!!
Last month, the same parties in question ordered a cake for Princess Grace's b'day.
On that one they requested "Happy Birthday Dorkface" & received quite a look from the lady who was to prepare their order. Fortunately, it was ordered in a different town. Miss Misery's b'day is in June.........I'm rather dreading what they'll come up with for her.........Oh, Sisterly Love, LOL. Thank goodness they didn't come up with a name to add on behalf of my birthday. "Mom" has worked fine with me for all these years.

I probably won't be on top of my posts for the next week or so. Dad is going in for surgery Wednesday morning so I'll be out of town to stay with Mom. Not sure when he'll be home........hence another good reason we chose to get together this weekend at their place to bug them, lol. Going to be hectic.......still need to pick up some stuff to celebrate Princess Sassy's special day tomorrow. Also need to pick up Miss Misery's dress for Prom, as well as her prom tickets, for Friday night. (Sigh)
so much to do so little time.......probably a line most moms relate to for their entire life, ha ha ha.

Mom & Dad were on a cruise when I had my birthday. They gave me some lovely presents, and Mom picked out an amazing card that actually brought tears to my eyes!
I told my husband that his Mom & Dad really love me & they love me better than they love him, lol. That got all of them laughing for a while!!

So......on that note I'll sign off for now. The girls are kinda worried about their
Papa this week.....but I keep telling them to stay positive. Stuff happens when you get older & hopefully their Papa will be just fine & feeling much better than he has
been lately. I've been so fortunate with them.......(they are my husband's parents).
I'm proud to say that I have the In~Laws.............NOT the out~laws!!!!