THE OG

Daddy wanted to go to the Olive Garden.

We met Chrissy there.

Clouds were pretty when we left...

CHRISTMAS BELLS ARE RINGING... A LITTLE LATE
We celebrated Christmas yesterday.

This sleep mask... :-)

The pup was loving it.

Such a good dog...

...and dog father.

BREAKFAST CLUB
The dad had an appointment today. He wanted to meet Chrissy at Bob Evans.

SNACK ATTACK
I picked The Dad up at dialysis and he said he wanted to go on a date with Rita...

I had to run to Sam's for some stuff for work so he was feeling ok and said he would come along and wait in the car. We stopped at Sonic for a baby hot dog.

YARD SALES AND MEATBALLS
Cara, Aunt Joyce and I went to the Freeport yard sales today…

If I had a kid this would be her selling fruit water from cute dispensers.

I always wanted this sign for Dixon House.

Twin and daddy made scooby doos, of course.

POSEY PUG
Chrissy came over to help me with a few things at the house and run to storage while daddy was at dialysis. She took the dog out and came upstairs with these for me. She said she used to go outside when she was a little girl and pick them for Mum.

THAT AWKWARD MOMENT WHEN YOUR DAD'S HOME HEALTH CARE PHYSICAL THERAPIST COMES OVER AND YOU WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH HIM

THESE KIDS AND THEIR MUSIC
It was around 8:30 and I had to run to the store. I called on my way back and he didn't answer so I was a nervous wreck the whole way home. I went running up the stairs screaming his name and got to the room to find this…

…both of them sound asleep with his Pandora on full blast.

ONE STEP AT A TIME
This is not going to be easy. Dialysis day today and I've been worried about him going up and down the steps. He had a hard time and had to stay downstairs for awhile. Lily gave him a pep talk.
She was like, "Dude - there's JELLO upstairs that Aunt Joyce brought over…you have to get up there so we can have a snack."

MERRY EASTER
Well, what do you think was the first thing he did...

…. he made egg sandwiches!

We hosted Easter dinner - with Christmas decorations still up. He went into the hospital in October so we never got to celebrate Christmas here and you all know I'm not real quick with putting holiday decorations away so Hippity Hoppity Christmas is on it's way! We'll get to Christmas later.

We had The General for dinner...

…with hot cross buns.

And, yes, lamb butter. :-)

It was a good day.

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HOW DO YOU MEASURE - MEASURE HALF A YEAR?
I didn't sleep very well last night. There were a lot of things running through my mind - including the question of how many minutes are there in 6 months?

Six months…

It's been six months from the time he slid off the bed to now. I can't figure out if it seems like yesterday or if it seems like forever.  He put on a hat that we used for crafts - he refused to decorate it at the time -  and out the door he went….

He wanted macaroni when he got home, of course… He shared with the pup...

…then settled in for the night watching a marathon of Ridiculousness.

Seems like old times.

(Sigh)

LAST NIGHT
He's scheduled to go home tomorrow. HOME.  It will be 6 months to the day that he slid off the bed and I had to call the ambulance and he went to East for the pneumonia. He's been in and out of  what…???  I think it was five different places?  East and the LTAC in Mckeesport, Seneca, back to East for Rehab, back to Seneca after that… I honestly lost track. How many dinners did I bring?  How many times back and forth to dialysis?  This has been one big old fucking mess. He's been a trooper, though. I don't know how.

YUM
The Dad loves Red Robin - we went there after dialysis. I'm not a big fan but my burger was actually pretty good today.

HE WENT OUT WITH A BANG
I'm all confused. My pictures are all over the place. I don't think I posted this from last week…  I sprung my dad out of the nursing home to meet his work friends at the gun show!

Jimmy texted me this pic.

He was having a good time and wanted to stay.  He ended up winning a gun and traded it in for the cash.

IF RICE PILAF IS WRONG I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT
We met Chrissy at Red Lobster today after dialysis. He's always jealous when she meets her sis-in-law Fern there and has been waiting and waiting to go with her.

He's a French dressing kind of guy.

He almost pulled a mussel eating all of these.

I ordered the chicken and, as Chrissy says, I'm the only person in the world that orders rice pilaf.

We had to have one mussel with him to mark the occassion.

Red Lobster - check.

PORK CHOPS AND APPLESAUCE
I made The Dad pork chops.

LIL SLUGGER
I saw these cupcakes at the store and got a couple for some of the ladies that are really into the Pirates. It seems like our residents are more into baseball than football… and most are women. The pup waited very patiently to get a little taste of ours. Love the Bud.

THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST
House sale today… I can't get enough vintage Christmas. I really have a problem.

FISH FRY FRIDAY
Why do I like fish fry fridays so much?  I don't even like fish. The residents loved it again!

I got the stuffed shells.

BURGER TIME
Off today since I am working tomorrow for the fish fry…

I had to go get some tests on my knee.

After, I met Chrissy at HomeGoods. This may just be a little TOO big to go directly to storage.

Later, we went to NPL. I just can't seem to like this place. I don't know why. I liked the other ones. Anyway, this is really the only thing I like because it reminds me of a jack-o-lantern.

Mushroom swiss takeout burger for The Dad.

One day I won't have to keep a menu after I order and bring food back. That's going to be weird. It's all about food with us. All about the food.