My funny Valentine

Valentine's weekend was bittersweet. Mike and I had a lovely day at home together (before and after he worked that day) enjoying a morning scavenger hunt and a delicious dinner c/o a Bon Appetite recipe for marinated lamb with garlic golden taters and my favorite - yellow heart cakes with lemon raspberry filling. All homemade!

That day, however, I found out that my Grammy was failing. She wasn't eating, which was extremely rare, and having trouble breathing. At 98, she was holding her own, but my visit to her the next day was encouraging. We had a wonderful visit, talking for over an hour and even singing together. Since it was Sunday, she sang a hymn, "Morning has broken" and got through two verses on her own. This made her thirsty, which was great, because she had been dehydrated. She was able to drink some, and I left her in good spirits. It's hard to watch someone with such a strong spirit be betrayed by her body.

All in all, Valentine's weekend was filled with love, which is all one could ask for!

Sox...a writer?

I arrived home recently to find Sox greeting me with blue paws! Turns out a blue pen was left on the coffee table and he got the munchies while we were at work! Luckily a walk in the snow cleared it quickly. The mark on the carpet, however, did not go away so easily...

I wish it was something more profound he had written. Just looked like a bunch of scribbles to us!