• This was an email from Kevin on Jan. 22. Most of you probably saw it already.

Just to let folks know, Cindi had a couple of operations today to remove cancerous growths from her nose and a place under her left eye. She first had to have the skin areas removed in the morning and then, in the afternoon, she had to have a plastic surgeon repair the areas. To do the repair under her eye, she had to have a skin graft taken from behind her ear. She was pretty apprehensive about the whole thing, as you might expect, and had been putting off the surgery. But, she finally got this part done. However, now she has a couple other places on her torso and one on an arm that have to be done, although not with plastic surgery.

I cannot tell you right now what everything looks like because she had a big dressing covering her left eye, which is holding the skin graft in place. The patch also covered her nose. She will have the dressing on until at least next Wednesday when she sees the doc again.

She is under the capable care of Nurse Cait, who when finding that mom could not drive because her eye was covered, was mapping out all of the things that she now HAS to drive to—to take care of mom of course. When I left Cindi this evening, she was pretty whacked and tired. I think she might like to hear from folks after tomorrow. She needs a little boosting. This operation was really scary to her because of the problems her mom has had. That’s all I got for now. Kev

• I'm planning a tea party for Gina (like I had last year) on February 15, which is Gina's birthday. It's nothing big--just cake and tea/coffee, reminisce about Gina, and visit her grave and put some roses on it. Please let me know if you're coming, so I can order a rose for you. I'm thinking around 2 PM.
• I'm pretty sure Daniel got a job at Bootsy's in Cincinnati. Their website is http://www.jeffruby.com/bootsy.html. It's a Spanish restaurant, I believe. Or do they say Latino?
• Fritz and Robin's clan had a big get-together meal with Janelle's fiance's family. Just a reminder: Janelle's wedding is scheduled for sometime in 2010.
• Simone unwilling joined Facebook ;-)
• Alec made the golf team at school. Go, Alec!
  
• In case you haven't figured this out, "Sweet Niece" is my (Bridget's) Blogger moniker.
• Mom needs someone to help her get to the dentist on Wednesday morning (Jan. 28) if anyone's available. She's had to cancel her last few appointments due to her fall making her so immobile. I went over the other night and did her dishes. I hope I can get over and sweep her floor and maybe do some laundry or something. If anyone can help her out, I'm sure she'd appreciate it, but she won't ask for help and will protest the whole time.
• The movie night at Fred's didn't happen--we couldn't decide on a really good movie ;-) and Mom wasn't really into going out yet, so we've put it off till next weekend. If anyone wants to come (meatloaf tutorial by Serena and apple crisp for dessert), please feel free! Just let Fred know. He projects the movie onto a wall and it's like a little theater.