The Big Apple and a house sold

I just got back last night from New York.
It turned out that only my brother and I went on vacation to New York. Why? Well...it's a long story. :D

Here goes.

The Friday before last, my dad had a really severe bloody nose that wouldn't stop. He ended up having to go to the emergency room and get a huge bandage stuck up his nose to stop the bleeding. The doctors figured that an artery had burst and would need medical attention from an ear, nose, and throat doctor. Turns out also that my dad has really high blood pressure.
Obviously, Dad couldn't go on vacation, because we were leaving that Sunday. So my mom had to decide whether or not she should go. She decided she should stay with Dad. The question then arose...would my brother and I go to New York by ourselves? It wouldn't be that big of a deal, because we were going to a family camp with a bunch of families we knew...it wouldn't be like traveling around New York totally by ourselves, you know? My brother and I wanted to go...so we did! My other brother dropped us off on the way to a wedding in New Jersey, and he picked us up a week later, when the camp was over. And here we are! So yeah, it was craaaaaazy. Thank God, Dad is doing much much better. He got the packing off his nose and the vein cauterized, and he is now on blood pressure medicine. Please pray for us though, for his continued health!! My brother and I had a blast in New York, even though it was weird that just the two of us went. We were our own little family. :D It was a ton of fun. We played a bunch of games with all those other families, and there was Putt-Putt, and a swimming pool, and a slip 'n slide, and a creek, and carpet ball (a game where you try to knock other people's balls down with the white ball, it's fun) and we played baseball and ping-pong and it was just fun. :D Sorry, that was rather a run-on sentence. :D And I apologize also for not having any pictures...but we didn't have a camera. Sorry. I wish I had some that I could post...

We found out the day before we came home, when I called Mom, that my Grandma's house was sold! WHOOOOOOO HOOOOO!!! We've been trying to sell that house for awhile, and we've had it on our hands, worrying us, since last September-- when Grandma died. Of course, it's sad to see it go, but the overall feeling (especially for Mom) is relief. :D It's possible now that we ourselves will be moving to another house...update on that later. :)

I posted the prologue of my second book on apricotpie.com. Check it out here: http://apricotpie.com/clare-marie/eleta-prologue

I re-read "The Princess Bride" and "Buttercup's Baby" a week or so ago. I think it has inspired me somewhat. Oh yeah, and I fell in love with Westley all over again. :D And I want to get a Princess Bride t-shirt, like "Westley Never Dies" or something. You know, I forgot just how downright hysterical that book is...
Now I need to go watch the movie. :D

I think that's about all I have to post about!! Update again soon, and keep us in your prayers!!



-Limwen