I very recently had my very first major laundry fail.  Someone dropped a greasy steak (yep…a whole steak) on Lou’s tan, feather-weight corduroy pants, and I didn’t have my favorite cleaning supply — Tide Original — on hand to attack the stain.  The whole incident was kind of a reality check for me that maybe […]

I have loads of blurry memories from the two days after Lou’s first trip to the ER.  I spent a lot of time in the bathroom with Lou, cleaning up blood clots, and draining that ankle bag. I only forgot to re-clip the drainage spout once — and thankfully, we were sitting outside on the […]

Late in the afternoon on the third day of waiting for Lou’s urologist to call, Lou received a call from the rental car company. It turns out, our SUV was due back to the rental agency three days ago! I couldn’t believe it had been a month already, but when I checked the rental contract, […]