Chrissy's Photo A Day

Today was good. I started off with a walk by the river with Kathy. When I got home, I got a job offer from the school I interviewed at last ...

Jes took this photo of her kitty, Maya, on her perch at the top of the stairs. I did not have a good day today. I became very afraid due to ...

Tonight I made fried green tomatoes. After living in the South for 43 of my 44 years, can you believe this is the first time I've actual...

I'm thinking of painting my office purple. Light purple. "Dried Lavender" perhaps. You can see one cluttered wall in one photo...

Today I went by the high school and picked up all the books Squirt will be using this year. He needs an extra copy of all the books at home ...

Ian came over for lunch today, bringing Sticks kebobs for me and Dan. He gave me this postcard and marzipan from Germany. Then Jes when out ...

Today I had a job interview at this middle school in the county. They have an opening for a sixth grade science teacher for only one class. ...

I got a migraine today, the second one of the month. This photo of the sky symbolizes the feeling of the pain coming in from all sides and t...

I messed with this video all day, trying different formats and had trouble uploading it. Finally, this evening, it worked on YouTube an...

Today I picked three cups of blackberries from the side of the road and made this cobbler for dessert. I do this every July. Dino was over f...

One of my daughters has my feet. Is it blonde Aza, leaning on Jacob, doped up on Percocet the day after having her wisdom teeth cut out, or ...

8:30 am, Aza's wisdom teeth came out. Small candy corn... Percocet, ice packs, bloody gauze. Cleaned her bathroom. Sitting on that bathr...

Today I ran errands. I mailed copies of the wedding DVD to people, returned stuff to the engineering school, and picked up my three complime...

I spent all day on this musical slideshow project. It took five separate pieces of software to get the thing produced. I made nine copies an...

Poor Frisbee has been neglected of late. He can't sleep with his big brother right now because it just wouldn't be safe. No one seem...

Just look at this hospital bill! YIKES! Thankfully we have good health insurance, but I'm going to need to see an itemized version of th...

Today, since Squirt is feeling so much better, I gave myself permission to feel better too. I decided to get some chores done, one of which ...

Me: Squirt, how do you feel? Him: I feel great! Me: NO, seriously. How do you feel? Him: Seriously! I feel great! Me: Well, then I'm goi...

The videoconference was at Lambeth House today. I took a picture of the projection of me on the wall before I connected with the Polycom at ...

This is a body pillow. I bought it for Squirt today to help him get comfortable while he sleeps. He finds it both amusing and comforting. To...

Today I called the doctor because we just couldn't seem to get this pain under control. When the nurse called me back, she said it sound...

This is a flowering plant that Frank brought my son in the hospital. Today was filled with pain as I watched my son suffer with only Vicodin...

Before & After Amazing... Squirt gave me permission to post this today after saying "woah!" about a dozen times. One week ago ...

Sometimes it's crazy having three grown kids, their friends, and three animals in the house. But it sure can be entertaining, and there...

Back at home. Jes washed and dried her tent, air mattress, and tarp from the West Virginia experience. I rearranged some flowers. We had din...

Today, the surgeon discharged us early in the morning, but something happened with the discharge papers, and we couldn't leave the hospi...

Today he climbed stairs. He got his IV taken out, and one drainage tube. He lost his button to push for narcotic pain, and started Percocet....

This morning, at 6am, Squirt woke me and said, "Mom. Look at my hand". It was like a blown up rubber glove. Infiltration, they cal...

A room with a view. Today was hard. They all warned us that the second day is harder than the first. Squirt couldn't keep anything in hi...

We arrived here at 6:30am this morning: me and Dan and Jes and Squirt and Kels. The rest of the waiting gang arrived mid-morning, and we had...

Today we celebrated. We celebrated Jes's 21st birthday week, we celebrated a belated Father's Day, we celebrated Squirt's last d...