Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from our home to yours. Here's to a safe Christmas holiday and a prosperous 2009. Hopefully the new year will include more blog updates.

Bahamas Trip March 2008

Mollie and Patrick flew to Nassau on Friday for a long weekend at a luxury home in the Ocean Club Estates on Paradise Island. We are guests of Shery and David Oakes, Patsy's bosses. The home is situated along the 16th Fairway of the Ocean Club golf course. It is walking distance to the ocean and is 2 miles from The Atlantis resort. We had a great time and really enjoyed the pool, beach, amazing house, and the great location. We enjoyed catching up with our friends from Ohio and relaxing for a few days.


Patsy, Amy & Mollie outside The Poop Deck Restaurant.

Here are a few pictures of the house:


Mollie and Amy having a chat poolside.


Back of the house and infinity pool.


Pool and view of the golf course behind.


Travis, Patrick and Jeff on the back porch at sunset.

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Bahamas Trip March 2008

Macie's Freudian Slip

Last night, Mollie was reviewing Macie's homework. One worksheet required her to complete sentences. One of these sentences started with: "A place I'd like to explore is..." Macie completed the sentence with "Canyon Ranch". We found this pretty funny, considering that Canyon Ranch, or "The Ranch" as it is known around here, is a very high end spa.

Photo of Canyon Ranch, Lenox, MA

When we questioned her about this she told us that what she really meant was the Grand Canyon. I think this might be a freudian slip that may provide insight into her very expensive taste. We all had a good laugh!

Welcome Sadie. Goodbye McCarthy.

Santa brought Macie a kitten. She was very excited and had asked for a real kitten many times leading up to Christmas. She named our new family member Sadie and has been very responsible about taking care of her. Sadie and our cat McCarthy (age: 14 1/2 years) became fast friends. They were often found curled up together. McCarthy has been an only cat for a long time so it was neat to see him have some companionship.

Unfortunately, last week McCarthy became sick and died on January 18. He showed some symptoms Tuesday night and was in worse shape on Wednesday so Mollie brought him to the Vet. They put him on an IV because he was dehydrated. He spent the night there and came home Thursday night to stay with us although his prognosis wasn't very good. He had developed kidney disease and had a growth on or near his stomach. He was healthy (or at least not showing any outward signs) until 2 days before he died, had a pretty darn good life, and spent his last month with a new friend, Sadie. Everyone is sad and misses him. Maggie may pick out a new cat so Sadie will have a new friend. We will post pictures if we get a new kitten.


Sadie

Sadie

Sadie and McCarthy

McCarthy spent his last night at home letting the water drip on his head. He always loved getting in the bathtub and we would let the water drip. He would drink the water and let it drip into his mouth. This night he seemed to be soothed by letting the water drip on him. When we brought him home he went straight to the bathroom and jumped in the tub!