I hope I don't have to worry!

[judy]

There's some really bad karma going on at my daughter's this week! Smootchie is still lost. I'm very sad about that. The younger kids assume that he'll come home, but Mackenzie is devastated.

My SIL fell on the ice yesterday and really hurt his neck and back - MRI or x-ray time for him, after his job interview.

He was fixing some wiring in the basement last night. Some lint from the dryer caught on fire. He put it out right away. At about 9 PM, the fire department was there because an ember had gotten into the hole in the wall where he was working.

Luckily, nothing happened, but it was quite a scare with smoke alarms going off and standing in the snowy cold for a couple of hours while the Fire Dept. did their thing. They are wonderful! They were blessed that nothing worse happened. A fire in the wall in a wood home is so dangerous! The fire chief brought back his trainees because it's a great learning experience for them.

I'm praying this bad karma blows over very soon!

[DianaB]

Oh, how scary! I'm so glad that your daughter and her family are alright! It's a good thing that we've had all of these prayers going on for them!!!!

[judy]

Yes they are Diana, and let me thank you all right now for the prayers! They needed them much more than I ever thought!

4WT prayers are the best.

[Marilyn]

Sincerely hope everything settles down for them & hope your SIL is not seriously hurt. They certainly don't need that complication right now!!!!

Prayers are headed your way!!!

[judy]

Thanks for all your prayers! It is like Crisis Central there.

At the moment, I have to admit I'm avoiding Jessie a bit! She wants me to come up at the end of the week because Mackenzie is very upset about the dog. They're out of school for President'sWeek. I definitely would (and might), but I just came home last week and I'm going up on March 5th for a few days for my birthday. Jessie is coming down on March 4th for her disability appeal hearing and I'm driving her back up. My birthday is March 9th, so I'll stay a few days.

I'm avoiding her because I'm tired when I come home. It's a long drive, the kids are - well, kids - it's not my own house, I worry about how my dogs behave, and so on.

I'm also avoiding going up because I think Jessie should take Mackenzie out for a girl's day out, spend alone time with her, etc. to help her get through this. It's difficult for Jess because her husband is very demanding of her time.

I, as tactfully as possible, said that maybe she should spend time with Mackenzie instead of helping Steve so much. She spent most of yesterday going to Albany with him for his job interview! On the other hand, if this is how her marriage works, that's how it is and that's where a child needs a Grandma to spoil her and give her the time she needs.

I'll see what happens. Oh - and my ex is there for the week. You would think that with 2 grown men around, they could watch the 2 little ones and manage on their own so that she can tend to Mackenzie's needs. Men! Grown children!

Thanks for listening - I needed to vent.