Author Archives: milerstimeblog

Today

Gosh, I just re-read my last two posts and realized how much I information I had already given. Well, as you can imagine, it has been a difficult couple of days. I just want to thank my family and friends … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Sad News

Darrel died this morning at 8:00. It was amazing how quickly he faded. We had an appointment with Dr. Feldman on Thursday. Darrel was weak and I ended up using a wheel chair to take him back to the car. … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Major Update Announcement, October 17, 2014

Not quite as exciting as the last one, but here it is… This has not been a good week in the Miller household. Darrel went downhill but it wasn’t until today that he crashed. He was actually doing okay and … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Darrel Soup Nights – An Exciting New Announcement! LOL

Darrel Soup Nights – A Definition: Soup Night for Darrel is an idea I came up with after reading, in various cooking magazines, about community soup nights. The ones I read about were to try to unite a neighborhood or … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Doctor Visit, October 13, 2014

Darrel had a visit with Dr. Picozzi at Virginia Mason today. First they took blood so we could see if his blood work had improved or not. The platelets were lower and the bilirubin was higher. Also the red and … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Darrel Update, October 9, 2014

Just a quick post…Darrel is not doing very well. Yesterday, he spent most of the day on the couch. He did watch a couple of (baaaddd, in my opinion) movies. His mom stopped by and actually sat through most of … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Darrel Update, October 7, 2014

Doctor Visit Another depressing visit to the doctor today. The plan was for Darrel to have blood drawn and then we would have a visit with Dr. Picozzi about his test results. His platelets were down again to the lowest … Continue reading

Posted in Darrel Updates | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

National Taco Day Pork Tacos

As soon as I saw it was National Taco day yesterday I pulled out some pork shoulder I had frozen. I love pretty much all Mexican food and would rather cook it than go out to eat it. I recently … Continue reading

Posted in Cooking | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Darrel Update, October 4, 2014

Happy National Vodka and Taco day and Happy Birthday to my niece, Christina! Darrel has been feeling pretty good the past couple of days. It is so strange how he goes from really bad to pretty good for no known … Continue reading

Posted in Cooking, Darrel Updates | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Pasta with Sausage and Mushrooms in Pumpkin Sauce

I was asked to cook dinner for the Monster Bash dinner and dance at the Des Moines Yacht Club later this month. I wanted to fix something that spoke to Fall and/or Halloween. Hmmm, pumpkin fit the bill. But what … Continue reading

Posted in Cooking | Tagged | 1 Comment