.... in the family history is written.

Darling Wife's 95 year old grandmother passed this evening. Fine when checked at 6:15 PM, dead of "massive heart attack" by 7:00 PM.

The title matriarch isn't even remotely accurate.... though she was a massive influence on the utterly broken children she raised. Some good, some bad, some indifferent. Pretty much dysfunctional in the big picture view of things.

Means lots of unsettled stuff is gonna have to get dealt with. Like how is Aunt Nancy (late 50's, two late teen kids, two college degrees, has never once held a job, massive hoarding issues) going to get by now that grandmommy's SS checks are gone (she's been living off them in return for "caring" for grandmommy). And what is to be done with The Shore House. Etc. Etc. Etc.

And what are we gonna do with Kidlet and his lady friend, here for the past week, scheduled to fly out Saturday. Which is when the funeral is looking to take place.

So.... many questions, few answers tonight. So I shall leave you with a picture which captures yesterday's more entertaining events:


Darling Wife, Ed, Kidlet, Lady Friend O'kidlet, and Aladdin the Christmas Camel (at Mt. Vernon).

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife