I'm Back...

I know it has been a bit quiet on my blog.  Not so in real life I'm afraid.

Between my mother being ill, some new challenges at work, one DD's up and coming bat mitzvah and the other DD's college/graduation stuff, it has been positively crazy around here.  First some  photos from tonight's prom.  I can't believe this is the last one for her and that she will be in college soon.  It looks like she will be going to Brandeis next year unless either Barnard or Univ of Michigan moves her off their waiting lists.  She has her fingers crossed for one of those since Brandeis is just a too little close to home.

I just got home yesterday from an emergency trip to Florida to move my mom up here.  She was planning on making the move this summer but suddenly developed severe pulmonary fibrosis in the process of being treated for lung cancer.  So she is now on oxygen and in hospice but we did manage to get her up here to a facility which was quite the trick.  One of my sisters came down to help pack up her and to start packing up her house.  One of the cool things is we found all sorts of wonderful old photos and piles of recipes so you know I will being doing something with those later.

Next weekend is DD#2's big day.  I heard her running through the service yesterday and she did a wonderful job. One good thing about my unexpected trip was that it gave all of us a chance to stop and assess what is really important for the bat mitzvah.  It turns out it was good to let some of this stuff go and I thank my dear friends for helping us out in a pinch.

So hopefully things will calm down a bit here and I can find some time to post recipes and do some scrapping!  Probably not until after next week though....

Comments

[chantillylace]

Lovely photos and welcome back. I hope your mum improves really soon. I recently gathered up all the family photos and I've been having a whale of a time with them. Thanks for visiting my blog.

[Andrea]

Your daughter looks beautiful in her dress! I'm sorry to hear about your mom and the stress you've been under - hopefully things will calm down for you soon!

[Carey]

Welcome back! Lovely photos!

[Char @ DigiScrapChat]

Sorry to hear about your mom, but glad you got her close to you now...