Dad update

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

When the doctors told us that my father had a 50/50 chance of surviving his operations, it was a lie. We found out today that they were only estimating that he had a 10% chance of surviving today’s surgery. I guess we beat the odds!!! Yesterday he had his angioplasty. Today he had 6 bypasses [...]

Thanksgiving

Friday, November 25th, 2005

The dishes are washing, the leftovers are cooling in the fridge, and the fire has turned to a few glowing coals. There was some hope that Dad might come home yesterday night, but the doctors ended up keeping him at the hospital. We still don’t know exactly what’s going to happen. Yesterday, my friend L [...]

Dad, part 2

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

I’m exhausted. There’s no news to report. My parents never did get to meet with the heart surgeon. Hopefully the surgeon won’t be as tied up tomorrow and will be able to talk to my parents. I appreciate all the positive thoughts and kind words to my earlier post. I know that people have heart [...]

Dad

Monday, November 21st, 2005

I got a call from my sister about an hour ago. Dad went in for his angiogram this morning – now he’s being admitted to the hospital for at least a few days. What Jessi told me (Mom wasn’t up to calling everyone) was that of his four heart valves, one didn’t even show up [...]

In which Our Hero Ackowledges His Sheep-ness

Saturday, November 19th, 2005

What did we do in the days before IMDB? So I was watching my sister’s copy of Mists of Avalon last night and it was driving me absolutely batty trying to figure out where I knew Edward Atterton, who played King Arthur, from. He played Atherton Wing in the Firefly episode “Shindig.” He’s been in [...]

The SLC LJ HP:GoF Extravaganza!

Friday, November 18th, 2005

Okay, here are the details about the Salt Lake City Livejournal Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie night and meet-up. Saturday. November 19, 2005 8:30 p.m. Meet at Singing Cricket Cafe located at 673 Simpson Ave Salt Lake City, UT 84106-1415. We’ll have a quick bite to eat then head over to the [...]

Happy Birthday

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

So, it’s 12:01 my time… which means I can legally post: Happy Birthday to… The Joss of Us She-Who-Casually-Invited-Me-Into-The-World-Of-LJ Grand Poobah of Pop Culture Philosophy *-*-*masqthephlsphr”>!

X-Mas Shopping

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Dammit! Ethan (Brat Boy Bulletin) pointed out that there are only 40 days left until X-mas. Officially, my only X-mas gift responsibility family-wise is my brother-in-law Patrick. We draw names for the holidays so that we can focus on getting a few quality gifts rather than 20 crappy ones. Anyway, I was planning to go [...]

Baby it’s cold out there.

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

In my front yard this morning Yup, it’s officially busy at Bob’s Event. My staff all started this week, so trying to get them trained, keep them occupied, and keep up with my own work is a nightmare. Met with the city’s parks department yesterday. Everything’s going to be fine regarding Pride next year. Maybe [...]

Legacy Parkway and Family Medical Update

Sunday, November 13th, 2005

Happy Birthday *-*-*ldyheron”> and *-*-*anomster”>! Despite threats against it, the Legislature has signed off on the Legacy Highway Parkway “Compromise.” A woman I work with used to work on the project and we’ve been arguing back and forth about whether or not the lawsuits were in the best interest of the state. Yesterday, an editorial [...]