Yippee! Boxes!

Brain cancer is...

 ...happier now than earlier today.

We were like many other Southern Californians today:  Cranky.  Everyone continues to be underslept, and to run around with busy days.  And lunch came late today, so we were hungry, and it was 98 degrees at 2 p.m.  Grr.

And then?  Yippee!  Boxes!  At first we thought purple shirt had come earlier.  No!  Something better!  These boxes came without our bidding.  They were presents...for us!

Thanks for turning our frowns upside down, Donna, Gail, and Melanie!

Cooler temps tomorrow.  Let's all aim for more sleep and an earlier lunch too.


  

Two Kinds of Good Monday

Brain cancer is...

 ...satisfied to spend the day puttering.

Darrell and I led primarily separate lives today, but as a result we accomplished two kinds of good Monday.

Darrell enjoyed puttering, doing things like laundry and yard care. He did some seeding for the dry patches in the backyard.  However, I took the picture, above, just because I think Darrell's yard is so pretty. (And it's my only glimpse of the outdoors today.)

I spent my day at the computer.   It's crunch time for all the grading that comes with college teaching.

We did spend some time together in pursuit of a new purple shirt.

Click!  See you in two days, purple shirt!

And now we'll close the day with our favorite:  Holding-hands-on-the-couch time.

Hope you had your own kind of good Monday, Friends!

Southern Skellies

Melanie is at Air Force school in the South.  She notes that Air Force school appears to be hard on skellies.

Point taken.  Also in the South, Roene's tiny skellies seem to be focused on greeting her guests with a little of that famous Southern hospitality.

Love 'em.

The Tracks at Brea

Brain cancer is...

... adventuring.

We were up quite early to get Zach and Summer to the airport for a 6:30 a.m. flight.  They are back to Colorado safe and sound and ready for their week.

When we woke up the second time, we sensed a distinct absence of family and excitement.  So we went adventuring.  We covered most of the trail called the Tracks at Brea.

Nice!

More About Lil Skellies

Thanks to Franceen, we have welcomed a Lil Skelly into our family.  Here’s what we have learned thus far.

The good news:

Lil Skelly is enthusiastic dinner companion.

The questionable news:

Lil Skelly is a really enthusiastic dinner companion.

 Really, Lil Skelly?  You saw the straw, right?
 

Four Generations for Granny's Birthday

Brain cancer is...

 ...celebrating Granny's birthday.

LuAnn's birthday is on Tuesday (a workday), so we enjoyed a perfect California Saturday (above) in her honor today.

Tiana, Nova, and Alex made the party complete.

We took our first (ever!) four-generation family shot today.

Happy Birthday, Mom!  Congratulations on Gen 4!

Family Friday...Finally!

Brain cancer is...

...maximizing family. ❤️

Finally (!!) we had mimosas and breakfast with Gordon.

Finally (!!) we had lunch with LuAnn.

And finally (!!) we picked up Summer and Zachary at the airport for a wedding weekend.

They were so happy when the road from Colorado ended at In N Out in So Cal.

Finally...family. ❤️

Thumbs Up, Thursday!

Brain cancer is...

 ...having a perfect Thursday.

Andi has pretty much curbed her one-click shopping habit, post baby shower.  Darrell has not.  Above he welcomed yet another shirt.  Yippee!  Our email today said that two-hour delivery for Amazon Prime is a reality.  Danger!  Danger!
 
When we shared the recommended vaccination list for the Cayman Islands, Dr. Alex said the Hepatitis A shot was a good idea.

We took care of it today.  Vax on, Ultra Vaxers!

Scalable Skellies

We received news of pocket-pal sized skellies today.

Literally a pocket pal in Curt's case:

And a coffee addict pocket sized skelly from Sherrie:

We hope your day is perfect too, pocket sized or not!

“Four and a Baby”

Brain cancer is...

...having lunch with Tiana, Nova, and Alex. 

Darrell and Andi filled Tuesday so far over the top that we could spend most of the day today with kids and grand kid.

When the hostess checked us in at the State, above, we heard new words from our son’s mouth: “Four and a baby.”

Nova is eight days old today.  Here are some other sweet moments of the day.

To finish, Nova's love of literature has grown exponentially, as you see in her appreciation of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Poor Nova and family...overexposed already.  Good thing it's an hour's drive, or this blog would become, "Nova Is..."

Happy Wednesday, everyone!