Old stuff

Maureen came for a visit. We weren't able to go there due to crazy weather so we flew her here for a visit. It was great. Well I was with her one morning and she was talking in a weird word salad way so I took her to the ER but they didn't find anything. We think maybe that's what she's like when she's waking up, only she's usually alone. 

One of the nights, we met up with Laurie, Grayson, Ella, Jillian, and Gwen at Chuy's. We sat down and the waitress came over. She asked us if we wanted ranch dip and then ran off, which was weird. Laurie seemed weird too. Because! The waitress was Grayson's ex-girlfriend. And it was a really bad volatile relationship. So all of the adults at our table were discussing it and I looked up and the entire staff of Chuy's was staring at us. It was hilarious. Probably not to Grayson or Laurie but, man, what are the chances. She waited on us and was very nice and it was fine, just a bit awkward. 

I had a pain in my stomach area and kinda clutched it and said something and Ruby asked, did you get your puberty? 

She and her friends are talking about puberty a lot. 

Ruby told me she liked a boy and told him and he said he didn't like her back. She took it much better than me. I wanted to mail him a box of roaches or beat him up but she declined both.

I was waking Ruby up one morning and she wouldn't get up. I kept cajoling her and she yelled at me, "I can't get up if I haven't had a good stretch!"

Maggie's car was acting weird. Her battery was draining extremely quickly. She was taking Paige, Leah, and Ella for her birthday. I told her to take my car but she didn't. And, ugh, what a drama. It completely ran out of juice. Her Aunt Laurie met her and charged her card but she still couldn't get it home so we had to have it towed to get a new battery. Then! She blamed me! Teenagers!

I told Maggie I was taking away her phone until she gets a job. She told me she needs to play her game so she can collect her prizes. What a pitch! Can you imagine that working??? I laughed until I cried. 

Monday is canceled

On Sunday, I told Ruby to get her stuff ready for school tomorrow. She told me she didn't have to because Monday was canceled. 

We watched Tremors, which really scared her in the beginning. I kept telling her she didn't have to watch but she said she wanted to stay with me. Luckily, eventually she had fun. We finished Seinfeld (which she calls New York assman because of the assman license plate) and now we're making our way through Everybody loves Raymond.

Maggie and I are watching X-files. We yell at the tv a lot, which is also fun. 

This is, obviously, from last Halloween. It was Ruby, Maggie and her friend Leah, Jillian and her friend and her friend's sister. Ella and Eden stayed home and passed out candy.

Chiara's healed leg.

That's Sasha. She's eh. She mostly hides.

I was sitting on the front porch watching Ruby walking to the bus stop and I saw little visitors.

Laois (the black cat) is now Little Cat and lives with Laurie. We kept the calico girls and Zenitzu.

Sasha took a while to settle in.

We went and saw The Thing and it was sooooo fun!!!!!!!!

Fall

 Jillian's birthday

Driving to Uncle Steve's funeral

My Buddy boy's fur

and his ashes

and his pawprint 

The girls and I went to this Halloween thing with lanterns and lights. We met up with some of our friends from Ruby's classmates.

This is Sasha. I didn't get her as a replacement for Buddy but I like that she looks like him. She's a massive scaredy cat.

Searching for Sasha

Chiara had to get stitches.

She does not like being anywhere but home.

Lube & Leashes: vet clinic or sex shop???

Fall, I think

 This is Maggie's birthday dinner with her friends. They went to El Fenix. 

Maggie with a whole stack of kittens.

Maggie and her friends in one of their rooms, getting ready.

Oh yeah. Maggie was sick. I could tell she was actually sick because she came out of her room and into my room in undies and a camisole. I haven't seen her legs in years! She just slept next to me. Poor baby.

This is Marcelle. She has an orange stripe between her eyes.

She's a weirdo!

Maggie and I watched Fight Club. It's a crazy movie. 

Look at that fat dummy using Millie as a pillow. 

This was Ruby's pumpkin project. She made a fox pumpkin.

This was either to or from Uncle Steve's funeral.