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Originally uploaded by Karen Lynnn

We had tickets to go home to PA for our annual Christmas party. The week before we left, my Aunt Joyce got an obstructed bowel and had to have emergency surgery. That surgery was do or die, no choice in the matter but what happened after wasn't good either.

When she woke up she started pulling the tubes out and they had to sedate her so she wouldn't do that. They kept her in a medical coma for a few days and then let her wake up. There seemed to be a glimmer of hope for a little while, but it wasn't to be.

Michael and I arrived in PA on Wednesday night around 9pm until we arrived at my mothers house. We were going to head for the hospital in the morning. At 9am Thursday we got the call from my uncle Richard. She was gone.

The last day or two she was in hospice care. Hospice seems to help the family, the living, just as much as the dying.

Friday night it started snowing and didn't stop until Saturday night. Thank goodness it didn't blow. No one would have gone anywhere. Leola got a good 10 inches I think. I didn't measure ;)

rest in peace Aunt Joyce, I am going to miss you

Solstice

Hey everyone! I hope you all had an amazing Holiday!!  :)

For the New Year, I just thought I'd post links to 3 of my favorite charites. I'll go into more detail on each one later, but for now check out their websites. All are real players working for our planet.

The New England Wildflower Society

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)

The Center for Biological Diversity

They've got this illumination thing going on around Roppongi Hills.

Spider at Christmas

This is right next to that Spider thing in front of Mori Tower. Just ignore some dude in front:-)

I started experimenting with Twitter.

SO this morning I woke up at 6 am to an alarm clock, because i had to do something quickly for work... 10 minutes later i was back in bed and HERE IS THE GOOD PART...

I thought I'd get Christmassy with my silly little game of the week. I haven't done one for a while. Apologies about that.

Anyhow, to make up for it, I bring you Santa, haplessly brought down in mid flight into zombie land.

Help him save the reindeer!!!

Santa christmas nightmare

10 years ago, a few days after christmas i drove to the pet shelter in san ysidro, ca and the rest is history.

oliver

sweetboy

Well, it's Christmas Eve. I figure it's about time I keep with my holiday pseudo tradition of sharing a few songs. Fill out the rest of your playlist with this post and this other post.

First some twinkly:

Some interesting versions of carols:

A couple classics:

And one for fun:

Wiper Blades

Heywood Banks