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My Grammie passed away over the weekend. She hadn't been doing well for quite a while. Towards the end of her life she couldn't do much- she couldn't walk around, had trouble eating, could hardly communicate. That's no way to live. Quality of life is very important... So, she just didn't seem like herself for quite a while before she died. The last time I saw her, I gave her a really really long hug when I left. I knew I might not see her again. I had a strong urge to crawl right into her lap and curl up there, but grown-ups don't usually do that, do they? Sometimes I still don't quite have the grown-up thing down. I haven't had a lot of time to really think about it because most of my waking hours are spent with the kids, so I'm distracted and can't be blubbering away about anything around them anyway. It's strange that when people die, life just has to go on as usual for everyone else. My favorite memories of her are from when my brother and I used to have sleepovers with her as kids, and when we would go to her house for dinner. I also have a vague memory of the house she lived in when I was very young, and there was a book there that I always liked to look at. I remember sitting and looking at that book.

We went to the park. The weather has been really hot and humid, and this week is going to be even more so. It wasn't too bad in the shade, in the late afternoon. I'm tired of being stuck inside for most of the day.

Blurry phone pictures. Really looking forward to when I can upgrade my phone to one with a better camera.

Every summer I take a picture of Celia on one of these park benches.

Speaking of benches, my mom and I got to sealing some of our teak furniture last week. It looks so much nicer now. The question is, how many years will it be before I have time to actually sit down in that pretty spot? Ha!

Yesterday Celia was helping me make dinner, and wanted a snack of bread with ketchup. Gross. I can't believe I have one of those kids who want to eat ketchup with everything. Or even by itself. We limit it a lot because of all the sugar and sodium, but since the ketchup was already out I gave her a little.

Chris and I were telling Celia about the things we could do when we take her into Boston. We told her we would see skyscrapers. She asked, "Will I scrape my knees on the scrapers?" I have to wonder what exactly she was picturing. It probably sounded awful!

Somehow, Celia loves decorating. It's funny because it's not something I spend much time on so I don't know how she developed such an interest. But she's always pretending to decorate with things, and when she collected acorns at the park she wanted to bring them home to decorate with. Hence, her very first centerpiece (completely her idea):

I was up early this morning, and Celia woke up pretty early too. We played a game.

Time to get outside and water some plants before Chris leaves for work. Another hot day ahead!