Mom has redeemed herself

Thank you whoever you are who let Mom know I expected more double cheeseburgers in lieu of me missing the trip Up North last weekend. Mom went to the International Auto Show in Grand Rapids yesterday and she came home with one. And I didn't even have to whine about it before she left me in Delton with Grandpa and Grandma.  BIG SMILE!

And to top it all off...

They went to the Blue Tractor for dinner. And Mom got their pulled pork quesadilla. I LOVE pulled pork quesadillas! And well okay, when Mom got home on Sunday, she had stopped at McDonalds and brought me home a double cheeseburger.  Note I said double cheeseburger - that's TWO pieces of cheese. She didn't cheap out and get the McDouble with only ONE piece of cheese (I LOVE CHEESE).

But that is not nearly enough. I still have my McDonald's charge cards that my good camping buddy Marlee (and Uncle Dom) sent me. And I am thinking Mom better be planning on stopping TONIGHT, Friday, Jan. 27, and bring me home something good. Maybe even two something goods!

I missed the cool cabin decor store too???

Not cool. Not cool at all. I am the decorator in this family. Nothing gets done here without my say so and approval.  NOTHING. But they stopped at the cool cabin decor store in Traverse City without me anyway. And, saw Lake Michigan which is really pretty with all the snow and blue water.

More fun, and more importantly, FOOD, that I missed

So Mom, Emily and Jeremie headed first to East Jordan where they got to tour Timeless Travel Vintage Camper Restorations. Hey Mom, did you forget that I LOVE VINTAGE TRAILERS??? Mom said it was really really cool and they got to see 25 vintage trailers, restored, being restored, or waiting to be restored. Me? I got to see nothing!

After the tour, they headed to Elk Rapids and ate at Pearl's a New Orleans cuisine restaurant. They'd never been but it will be a new must do place when heading up north from now on. Sigh... I guess I will never know how good it is, but it sure looks like fun and I am sure that I love New Orleans cuisine!

Really Mom? Really?

So my Mom went up north again with my cousins Emily and Jeremie. She said I could not go because they were staying in a motel that didn't allow "pets". PETS?  Is that what I am now? A "PET"? I think not. Then she tried to make me feel better by saying I wouldn't like to go anyway. SNORT. I guess I was supposed to feel better that she took a picture of the giant trout fountain in Kalkaska and the army tank in Mancelona. Not buying it Mom and it's gonna take way more than a McDonald's double-cheese burger to make it up to me!

Sigh...

I thought when my sisters passed away that I would have more Mom time because it would just be me and my two brothers, Oliver and Henry. But oh no. Mom made arrangements to adopt a very lively boy who she named Caleb, not even a week after Abby passed. I have to admit, he is cute. And at least he is most active with Henry. Whew. Makes one's head spin sometimes. He seems to think that he's supposed to sleep right on top of me! Right now I don't mind because it's cold and it is like having my own personal heated blanket, but he better get over it before summer arrives!

Sad news

Both of my sisters passed away in 2011. My sister Sophie, who was 19, died on September 26. My sister Abigail, who was 17, died on December 12. These are two of my favorite pictures of them. That's Sophie, the calico, sitting in Mom's favorite chair with my brother Oliver. And, that's Abby in my pink trailer. The one I said earlier that I thought she would like. She did. She loved it and you could almost always find her all snugged up there. Missing my sisters.