A lot of illness this Memorial Day weekend. Grandad had seed implants and is having to deal with the highly annoying aftermath. Jami had her gall bladder removed and had some adverse reaction to the anethesia that kept her in the hospital over night. Grant has the flu. Mary Claire developed a urinary tract infection.
And last, and I guess least, Clyde bit Mr. Monkey’s eye off, so we had to glue it back on. A rubberband and penny holds his eye in place as the glue drys.
It turns out Katie lost her dog tags on mother’s day weekend. Perhaps Clyde was to blame because they played so hard together.
Both Clyde and Charlie Fishback wore tags ordered over the internet from BoomerangTags.com. I had a very hard time remembering or finding this website when ordering for Clyde, so I’m writing in down here for posteritiy.
This is a great example of internet ecommerce. You can tell the owners are dedicated to a quality product, provide you a lot of extra information if you want it, and they can mail you the product in a regular envelope.
Despite this caution, I ordered the medium brass tag for Clyde. I put his name, our name, and phone on one side, and address on the other side. (If he had had his url at the time, I would have put that.) The hole is reinforced, and the engraving is deep with some kind of color embedded in the grooves. I recommend putting a piece of leather between the tag and the aluminum “government” tag to help keep the two metal tags from wearing on each other.
Kelly had a leading role in the 5th grade musical performance, I Need A Vacation. She played the mother in a scene about a family driving across country to see the sites.
Kathy was able to attend the morning show, and DC, MCC, and I attended the evening show. Kelly got up on stage for a spontaneous solo after the show was over….
She was then joined on stage by her brother and sister for a trio performance.
Back stage, Kelly rests in Mrs. Jones’ director’s chair..
Kathy had a big mother’s day weekend. (Gramalie and Grandad were on Duck Island, NC.) I picked up Nicole after finals to stay for the weekend. Friday night we went to watch Kelly and Mary Claire perform in the children’s choir.
On Saturday we took Clyde over to Ted’s house where Katie and Cleo welcomed their cousin with a lot of fun and play. Susan, Beacon, and Bell joined us later for a walk down to the pond. All the dogs got in the water, with Katie and Clyde doing the most swimming. Danny took Clyde for a run along the shoreline with an extendable leash. Clyde launched himself into the water trying to swim for some Candadian geese. Kathy and all of us had a great laugh at that sight.
The next morning, Kelly and Mary Claire got up to fix Kathy breakfast in bed. We went to morning mass for a repeat performance of the children’s choir. Kathy was in tears when the girls sang the song about biblical mothers Jacobed, Hannah, and Mary and then Ava Maria.
After mass, we went flower shopping. Kathy placed all of her new flowers, bushes, and bog plants around the yard. While she and Danny drove Nicole back to Athens, Kelly, Mary Claire, and I planted the flowers. Everything was in place for her return home inspection.
