Category: Fam Time

  • Rest in Peace

    On Friday, May 11, my great-aunt, Margaret Armstrong, passed away. I’m not really sure how I feel about this. I barely knew her. My memories of her pretty much boil down to playing the fish in a toy fishing game we played during a family reunion. I think I was about 11. She was the…

  • Amethyst Diving

    Last week I was in Lake Havasu visiting the family, and swimming and other combinations of those two. Mostly I came back tired and burnt, but hey, it was fun. The last day of swimming in the channel next to the London Bridge, I did some rock diving. One specific rock diving: Amethyst. I’ve found…

  • Off to Arizona

    I’m leaving for Arizona tomorrow and I’m trying to get some blog posts done, and some articles finished. I’m almost packed.Internet will be spotty, and what I can through my phone…which is alot. So the only difference will be I won’t be available all day. So sun, water, and more sun. See you in a…

  • 12,200 Feet to Say Farewell

    Last weekend we said goodbye to Bob Stevenson. He was my uncle by marriage to my mother’s sister. Most of things about him I already knew. I grew in Breckenridge and he and my aunt Kim were the only extended family nearby. After the memorial we hiked up to Mohawk lakes. He lived near the…

  • Of Sun and Towers

    My expectations for this week were to finish the major revisions on my novel, talk about that process, then start the (re)outline for the next novel. That’s still coming. Maybe next week. This turned into a different sort of beast. My nearly five year old nephew was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes this last Tuesday.…

  • Meditation

    My uncle Bob died last week. It’s difficult to think about. My aunt divorced him last year so technically he wasn’t my uncle anymore. But…my aunt was married to him for 33 years. I will always know the time because of the story behind their marriage in the first place. My aunt, with her new…

  • Going to Vegas

    J: Once we hit town, since check in isn’t until 4, we can hit Costco for the stuff we’ll need that week. If I understand that map, at least of them is fairly close to the condo. Me: Your Costco worship is crazy mad. But sure. 🙂 J: Blasphemer. Me: Good thing Costco hasn’t got…

  • Had Fun on Vacation, Not So Much at Home

    So Arizona was fun. I managed not to fall out of the raft or the boat but my brother did. We spent nearly every day in or near water as my family is wont to do. I’ll get some pictures up. J. hurt his back after we got home. It’s pretty bad but he says…

  • There is TMI in this Post Amoung the Weekend Updates

    So no, the weekend did not start out well with my computer dying, again. I’m actually extremely upset now as I know it’s a hardware issue. At the end of the week I should have an update on that. Any bets on what I’ll get from Dell this time? Writing went well this weekend. Not…

  • Things We Did

    The holiday weekend was full of weird things. First, of course, came Thanksgiving. This holiday went like most except Aia decided to have a full on melt down which resulted in a spanking and a long time out (which relatives trying “help” by giving her whatever she wanted didn’t). Basically she spilt water on her…