Saturday, December 18, 2004 I had lunch with Norm and then went out to Tisha’s for a short visit.  Their house is huge.  It’s a real shame that they didn’t do better in decorating it.  I went to the Tanger Mall and bought a jacket, a couple of pullover fleeces from the Bass store and…

 Friday, December 17, 2004 I went to pick mom up and brought her to Livingston and then we went to Golden Dragon for lunch. I pigged out that time! I helped her put the stick-on letters on the mailbox and set the clock on the new clock/CD player.  I went over to Will’s and played…

Thursday, December 16, 2004 The weather is so warm today that I’m wearing my new LSU t-shirt and sitting in the sun in Emily’s back yard by the pool.  It was really cold the last two days and now hot!  We went to eat at Sonic and I took some pictures of some of their…

Wednesday, December 15, 2004 I finally got some sleep today!  I didn’t wake up until after 11 and it was nice to sleep in for a change.  Emily and I went to pick up mom and we went by Michael’s to see Mrs. Sandy, but she wasn’t at work yet.  We went to eat at Cracker…

Tuesday, December 14, 2004 Today is my Granny Bush’s birthday.  Funny that I forgot to write about getting a real wreath with beautiful red and gold ribbon bows and red Christmas balls made to leave at her grave.  I knew it would be hard to see her name written on a plaque that had “date of death”…

Monday, December 13, 2004 Laurel, MS We got up and left the hotel and I took mom to SoSo to hang out with Aunt Betty while I went back to the nursing home and had lunch with Dad.  We went to China Wok and they had decent food.  We drove around a little and went back…

Sunday, December 12, 2004 I woke up a little before 8am, after a restless night of sleep.  I guess it’s always weird sleeping in a new place, especially because I’m used to snuggling up behind Tracey, even if I go to bed way after her. I picked mom up and we got on the road…

Saturday, December 11th, 2004Vancouver to Baton Rouge, LA I took my first-ever flight by myself from Vancouver to Dallas and then caught a connecting flight to Baton Rouge on a smaller regional jet. I thought the small plane would be a much worse ride than the bigger plane, but it actually wasn’t bad and took…