Happy St Patric's Day everyone - Hope you have all had a wonderful week - I feel bad cause I told you all I was going to do a much better job on updating this blog , well the next day I was given the very sad news that my great grandmother had passed away in the night.  It was very sad but at the same time it was a good thing.  She was suffering with dementia.  She was to that point where she had no idea who any of us were, she was talking to family members who have been dead for MANY, many years and could no longer get out of bed.  It was very sad to see a women who had prided herself in not needing help from anyone, she was severely independent.  That mood increased after my great Grandfather passed away.  She didn't want help, she just wanted to do things her way.  It was still that way to the very end.  She was firey, she was strong willed and as my grandmother put it - it was her way or the highway.  Sitting around with the family telling our own stories, the most poplar subject was her cooking.  You can't think of her without you mouth starting to water with the thoughts of home made cheese cake, GIANT pancakes for dinner, rice pudding and my all time fav - lemon meringue pie!  She used to make one for me every year for my birthday.  The last one I got was for my 16th.  My mom tried to make one - it was wonderful, ut not the same.  She will be missed - her food shall be missed.  We celebrate her life and the gifts she gave us all.  I will always have a different outlook on life thanks to her and my parents.  Love and miss you - always and forever - Courtney.

Dozer has also become obsessed with a blanket that came from her house.  He lays on it - rolls around on it - doesn't like to share it with the other dogs very much either.