Jenn Martinelli Blogging in Boston
- At Baker Peak in Vermont with Cleo, August 2011.
Where I'm always right and no one can argue with me.
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Dan broke himself
I got a call around 10pm last night from my mom, which is unusual, as she is typically asleep by that time. It started the way you never want a phone call from family late at night to start: "We have a bit of an emergency situation here..."
Luckily it was an emergency that you can recover from. My brother Dan broke his collarbone falling down "stupidly" on some gravel in the road while visiting my parents for Christmas in Knoxville. He broke his right collarbone so his right arm is basically immobile and he's flying back to Providence today and can't drive himself home.
Rob and I are renting a car and driving down there to get him. I'll drive his car home for him and Rob will follow.
Dan has to make an appointment right away with his orthopedist and find out what he needs to do going forward and how long he will take to heal. We are all hoping that since the ski/snowboarding season has gotten such a late start, it goes nice and long so he can get a lot of sb-ing in! Also we are hoping for a fast recovery.
Oh, Dan! What are you thinking breaking yourself, and not even doing something awesome like snowboarding?
We are all glad you will be OK. Boston is only 20 minutes away if you need anything!
Questions about my new weblog platform?...
Glad you asked. It's a super awesome new platform for creating weblogs or any other dynamic site created by my genius boyfriend Rob (robreed at gmail dot com). Email him and tell him how awesome he is.
Why you should visit this site regularly
Because I'm right about everything. If you disagree, I don't care.
What's going on right now
I swear, someday we will be done fixing things and moving in. Seems like every time we start something we find an unanticipated problem. And it's hard to find the time to work on this stuff. I made a Homeownership category on this blog but it is woefully out of date. I will try to keep it current, though. The process of fixing things and putting things where they belong continues.
We adopted two kitties from the Animal Rescue League of Boston in the fall of 2010. Molly is a sweet black and white/piebald kitty who was found on the streets as a stray. Katie is a torbie/Maine Coon who was confiscated in a hoarding case where there were 98 cats total. Both are great in their own way. Molly loves to cuddle like no cat I have ever known. She would rather be carried around like a baby or sleeping in your lap literally every second of her life than anything else. She's also a heat-seeker and regularly tries to march around on the stove while we are cooking. Don't worry, we keep a careful watch on her.
Katie is now enormous. When she stretches out she spans the entire width of our dining table. She still has a lot of kitten type energy and likes to play a lot. Luckily she easily makes a game out of a lot of things. Unfortunately, one of those things is our blinds. Which will need to be replaced. Her favorite toy in the universe is a plastic drinking straw. She literally goes crazy for them.
In Memory of Billy the dog
Best.Dog.Ever. 1995-2009.
Many of you knew or knew of Billy. We miss him a lot but his memory lives on, especially thanks to this blog.
Here are some favorites:
Some photos in honor of Billy's 13th birthday
In Memory of Emily the kitty
Greatest kitty in the world! 1992-2010.
Many of you probably have heard Emily stories. She was a sweet and funny cat who seemed to get more personality every year. Imagine how much she had by the time she was 17 and a half years old!
Check out this post to see links to more favorites:
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