There's nothing else like time with my mom

Here I am with Panda and Lucy (who we had to lock up when we ate because they got ferocious sense we were cooking bacon in their domain). Let me know if these are the things you had to worry about over your Christmas break...

Here is THE breakfast of Champions!! And this is my beloved mother adding paper to the fire.

Spending time with my mom is like being on a constant adventure! I often think to myself, "nobody I know is doing this right now." Let's take December 26, 2010 for example. We wake up to no electricity, which was a rude awakening considering her house only has space heaters and tends to be on the chilly side. So, no electricity added quite a twist to the climate. Her reaction was to jump back in bed and stay warm. Meanwhile, I had bacon on the brain and thought we should eat. So naturally... we get bundled up, clean the snow out of the fire pit in the back yard, and begin to make a fire. A slow process, mind you.

Here I am putting on a pair of her boots! Lots of layers!!!

Oh... did you think that was it? Well you are truly mistaken. You see, I ended up going to work with my mom at 3pm. I spent approximately 8 hours in this vacant room at an assisted living facility. Yes, I almost lost my mind. Luckily I had books to read, one of which I completed! Oh, and I managed to catch a mouse. I heard a shuffling noise and figured my mom was sliding a note under the door to mess with me, but sure enough it was a lil field mouse. Well I needed some activity in my life... so I chased it and caught it with my bare hands. NOT... it actually climbed into the trash can, so I just closed the bag up and took it to the nurse at the front desk... who called Security. Yuup, that mouse is getting locked up for breaking and entering!

If you'll notice, I didn't have many options, just a wheelchair, a desk, and a mattress. There was a bed in the other room but I didn't want to mess with that! The lighting was horrible, I kept rolling around trying to find the greatest amount of light so I wouldn't stress my eyes.

Here's the kicker, we got home around 11:30pm and went to sleep with NO ELECTRICITY. I thought I was gonna burst with anger, being that cold will make you angry! Plus I knew we could have gone back to her work and slept on that mattress and that bed :-)

PS, I cannot figure out for the life of me how to get the pictures with the correct words... I just wasted 30 minutes of my life trying to change it, in vain!