Miser Family update: pens and needles version

Life continues to be rich and full in the Miser Family household, this week being particularly full of pens and needles.  As in, witness!  J-son got his tatoo(s)!  I've pasted here the one you can see; the other tattoo has a family name, so I can't show it on the blog.   But just to say, he's super happy, as you can see from the emails back and forth: 

On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 3:40 PM <J-son> wrote:

It was a success!! I love how they come out thx mom ur the best! ️🥰

(I see that he got MY name tattooed, quite large, on his right forearm.)

On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 7:11 PM <Miser Mom> wrote:

Man, you've got some gorgeous arms!

Did you get your own name on the other arm?

Mom

To which he responded,

Nope I got a cross ✝️  an thx mom I get the arm from the best 

It's so good to see him so happy!  

In other news, my husband drove out to visit N-son and to spend time not getting him a new ID.  Of course, the plan was to actually get the ID, but bureaucracy being what it is . . . they'd double-checked that the office that issued ID's would be open until 4:30, and it was.  But the office that authorized the issuing of ID's was closed.  So the two guys got to spend some time together doing father-son stuff instead.  N-son's counsellor gushed and gushed about what a great kid he is, which was a bit of a relief and a lot of a delight.  So that's good.

What else?  Early in the week, I got to go see Ragtime, a musical adapted from E.L. Doctorow's novel of the same name.  I-daughter took me, after seeing it herself and then nearly jumping out of her skin to get me to go back with her.  And it was FABULOUS.  The music was great, the cast was terrific and powerful, and the message of the show just kind of left us trembling by the end.  A different kind of feeling pens and needles.

Our home inspection (on our current home) was early this week, and the inspector discovered (per usual) lots of little things that ought to get fixed by a conscientious person, but nothing really big.  Phew!  The folks that are buying the house are going to get a roofer to come and replace some cracked/sliding slates, but that's it.  Meanwhile, friends give us gifts of cardboard boxes, and we continue to fill our gifts with the good things we've accumulated during our two decades in this house.  

Prewash got her own pens and needles this week: allergy season is in full force, and although I upped her meds to help get her through, I was a tad late.  So she got to go to the vet to get treated for a UTI and a sore toe, plus get topped off on her vaccinations.  We love modern medicine; she's already back in her element by now, although we'll keep those meds going for a bit longer.

And that's the news from our family, which continues to be wealthy in our adventures.  May you and yours be similarly prosperous.