A Kane-Bayard Christmas 2013
A very sad 2012
Christmas:
Sorry for no letter last year. Emma was very sick the last quarter of the
year, and Colin and I waited until after Christmas, her favorite holiday, to
put her to sleep. Fluffernutter (AKA
Emma) was my best girl… (Sorry Kane girls).
Silly memories:
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She used to bark at me when I took too long
putting on my sneakers before a walk.
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She always had to check on me every time I took
a shower. As you know, showers are evil water
torture devices.
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Due to constant stomach issues, Emma was always
foraging on Colin’s socks & shoe laces, shirt sleeves and the old family
room carpet.
Kathy Update:
This spring, I had a table in a craft fair for my handmade
journals. In the fall, I held a trunk sale out of the back of my car. That trunk sale was so much fun; it was held
in a parking lot of a restaurant where one can buy some really delicious desserts
from the restaurant with one’s profits.
Foot surgery just sucks.
I had a bunionectomy on my right foot.
The healing process didn’t go as well as expected; I also wasn’t the
best patient known to man. The whole
don’t exercise and just sit on the couch with your foot up really isn’t
something I do well, even with staples and pin in my foot. During a drug induced crying hysteria
meltdown, I called my brother, Mik, in France to get help because I couldn’t
braid my hair. He kindly suggested that
I stop taking the pain meds and contact one of my girlfriends, who live within
5 miles of my house. Sage advice.
Advantages to buying and wearing guy bike pants: an extra pocket for keeping hands warm and storing
snacks.
Colin Update:
Quote of the year: “Where
is that music coming from?” asked Colin.
“A radio,” I replied.
“What kind of radio is that?
Is that a boom box?”
“Yes.”
“It still works?”
(Like it is some sort of Victrola or something)
Colin is in his last semester of college and is working
part-time doing animation for the ECU’s nursing college virtual training
program. Graduation is May 9th!
House Update:
Hall bathroom demolished to the studs in July. August brought walls, a sub floor and some
shower wall tiles. The tile floor came
in October. A toilet arrived in
November. For Christmas, mud had been
applied to the walls, and the shower tiling finished. January was exciting since we finally got a
door. Yes! No more hanging sheet to
separate you and your business from the rest of the world. We are still waiting for a vanity and sink.
Oh, yeah. I have the sink; it is sitting
in the living room.
Christmas Ornament
Update:
Pink ornaments; sorry if you like pink, but they just had to
go.
My living room is now a CSI crime scene. A white Styrofoam dove lay riddled with
mysterious holes. Windmills, parasites,
freezing weather, tornadoes, exhaustion, lack of food? Or Predators?! Currently, the interior of my home is clear
of fox, hawks, owls and weasels. My grand mom’s porcelain carolers, whom have
rather foul looks upon their faces, have been arrested, arranged and are out on
$500K bond with passports revoked. Trial
is scheduled for April; I’ll keep you posted.
