It was COLD today but the sun shone which made it bearable.      I slept until 7and then had to get out of here to be at St. John the Evangelist in Kohler for the funeral of a friend, Virginia Rammer.   The Rammers were neighbors across the street on the old gravel road.     I wanted to be there to see the family, all the kids that grew up with me and my brothers and sisters.      Ginny had a rough last few years, suffering from dementia.   LuAnn said that she was talking about their Dad, Gordy, the past week or so.   Perhaps he was there waiting for her.

Then I drove to St. John the Baptist to be a part of the annual Craft Fair.   I bought some chances for the baskets, put my name on a couple of silent auction items, bought a Jar of Raspberry Jam and a copy of the choir's new CD, then picked up some cookies and then went to Rocky Knoll to have lunch with Dick.

I was so tired that I laid down on his bed and slept for an hour after lunch.  That helped a bit.  Richard and Brenda arrived at about 2:30.   We visited the four of us until I had to leave for Mass at 3:30PM.   I stopped and fed Roxie on my way back to Rocky Knoll.   Richard and Brenda bought dinner at Sweet Basil and Bobbie and Bill came with wine so it was a lovely evening.    It was good for Dick and I hope it perks him up a bit.   

Monday I will be checking into things to do to help his weakness and exhaustion.

God love you all.

Richard and Brenda and me have just enjoyed a Jamison Irish Coffee and will be heading for bed soon.

Tomorrow will be another busy day.

Mary

It was VERY cold when I woke up this morning but did warm up later in the day.  The sun was a welcome sight and really does help warm the middle of the bones.

I left at 10:30AM to get gas in the car and then went to Sheboygan Medical Center for my appointment with Dr. Holmes.   He is pleased with my progress and has given me a new exercise to add to the two I am doing.    Roxie is a very confused little kitty when I get down on the floor to do them.

Since my appointment was so late, I decided to have lunch with my friends at Dairy Queen.   There were six of us there and I feel a bit caught up with the news now.    Ceil, Joyce and Betty are going to Branson next week and are quite excited.  

So. I arrived at Rocky Knoll around 1:30PM.   Corrie had suggested to Dick that since he has been SO tired, he take today of to give a three day weekend.   He is using the stand lift for going the the bathroom so the legs are being used.    We went down to therapy this afternoon and he used the pulleys and weight lifts for arm strengthening for over a half hour though so I was pleased with his effort.   I know how hard it is for him.

We had supper together and then I came home.  

Tomorrow will be a nice day for Dick.  Richard and Brenda and Bobbie and Bill are all coming to visit him and we will eat our evening meal together.  

So until tomorrow  May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Mary

It was sunny today but very chilly.    I spent the morning working of bills and the like and then went over to Rocky Knoll at 11:00AM.   Dick's therapy was scheduled for afternoon, so I sat with him til lunch.    I had a sandwich and some coleslaw.    He gave me his cookie dessert.

I went with him to therapy at 1:15.   He practiced getting up from the chair and sitting back down about three times.   Then he rested and attempted walks.   He seems to be having more trouble lately.   He has trouble keeping his knees straight and therefore taking the steps.   Hopefully it is just because he has been so tired.  

Before I had left home, Alicia called from Mother's house.    Jody, our cleaning lady, was there too.   Jody had opened the microwave to clean it and it turned on all by itself and the cancel button did not work.    I remembered that we had a microwave that we had purchased for a gift several years ago that did not work, so I told them to tell her not to use it and I would be there this afternoon.  Before I went to Rocky Knoll, I loaded it in the car and then went right to Mom's when I left and set it up for her and told her how to use it.     I set the old one on the floor and Randy will get it out of there.    It is very similar to her old one so it will be easy for her to use.    I knew we'd find a use for that thing one of these days.

Home again, I am winding down again.    I will go to bed early and read.   This morning I slept until a little after 8AM.   Can't do that tomorrow.   Too much to do.

God love you

Mary

A friend sent this to me today.    I simply had to share

A smile - is a sign of joy.
A hug - is a sign of love.

A laugh - is a sign of happiness.

And a friend like me????

 

Hell....that's just a sign of good taste!!!!

A rainy gloomy day.    I don't really feel justified in complaining when I hear that there are people in the New England states, still without power after the snow storm that occurred several days ago.   

I was home until 10AM.     After picking up a couple of things at Walgreens, I stopped at Kate's to drop off three little Kitty Cucumber figurines for he to put in baskets that she is putting together for the craft fair at St. John's.   I can't help with much, but am able to donate things to help make it a success.

I got to Rocky Knoll at 11:AM.   No surprises this time.    Corrie came to the room today and Dick worked on transferring from the chair to the bed and back again.   And then they brought in the stand lift and Dick is now able to go to the bathroom IN the bathroom as long as both of his prostheses are on.    Yea.   This will help with many things.

We played a game or two of rummy before I came home at 3PM.  Then I called Alison, our board president here at Tallgrass, and a good friend.    I had told her I would have her over for an Irish coffee.    So, we did.   I found out that the gal who bought Dick Kastburg's place was a neighbor at Creekside.    I don't exactly remember but will look forward to meeting her.   She is a quilter too.   Then Alison and I decided that the three of us could meet occasionally.   Nice to have good neighbors.

Today, as I mentioned, is a holy day for us Catholics,  All Saint's Day.   So it filled up and already busy day.

I went grocery shopping at 8AM as I usually do.    I picked up a donut for breakfast as I had slept until after 7AM.   Quite a slug-a-bed am I.  As it was also trash day, I had to be back from shopping and have everything put away in time to get to church on time at 10AM.    No glitches but I had to move pretty steady.   Mass was a good chance to settle my soul.   It was the school children's mass also, which is always a treasure.    Such a joy to see all those lovely healthy children gathered in one spot for good.

Home again, I had lunch, dropped of some items for Kate for the church craft fair and went to the Kettle Quilters meeting.  We had a nice meeting.   I didn't have anything new done.  (I have about four projects in various stages of completion downstairs.)    So, I brought the spiderweb wall hanging that I had made several years ago.   I had not shared it before and they all liked it a lot.  I am six squares behind on this years block of the month which has turned out to be 2 blocks of the month.    I may not finish it until next years.

I went right from the meeting to Rocky Knoll.  Lots of excitement there.   I got there and did not see Dick in the room but the bathroom door was shut.  I was putting things away when I heard Dick's voice from the bathroom.    I went to open the door and it was locked.   So I went for the first nurse that I could find who opened the bathroom door and we found Dick sitting on the floor.

As it turned out he was trying to surprise me by going to the bathroom by himself.    Well ---- He did surprise me all right.    He had managed with little problem until he tried to get up and back into the chair.   He ended up on the ground on his bottom, with the right prosthesis, the one with the sleeve, tucked under him.    Several of the nurses came in and after much discussion and trying different things, they got him back in bed to recoup.  I waited outside because I have to admit, I was pretty upset.    Except for a minor scrape, he is just fine.  He has been reminded that he is not released to DO THAT YET!

After he was in bed and checked over, I went down to the On The Rocks and brought us each back a glass of wine.   We were both glad that this was available today.    We relaxed and visited until it was time to go to supper.    I came home shortly after we ate and am now winding down for bed.   Dancing with the Stars, the Results is on tonight.    I will go to bed after that is over.

Tomorrow is a quiet day.   I will be at Rocky Knoll about 11AM and get home by 3PM.   I need some rest.

God love you all.  
Mary

Monday Monday.

Started off busy and stayed that way.   I took care of some financial problems before heading out to Bible Study at 9AM.    When I got there, Helen Morgan helped me get in the door as I had enough Blessing Bundles for all of my  fellow prayer partners and for the Blessed Trinity staff.   We had a good showing and a lively discussion of that is the value of "things".   We are trying to discern what really has value.

I next stopped at Mother's and we took care of a lot of her financial items.  We managed to get in a good visit while I was in between phone calls.  Good thing as I had to leave in time to go to have lunch with Dick.   I brought the Irish Meatloaf for my lunch and Dick had a taste of it.    He said that he liked it but likes my meatloaf better.   I need to think about that.

So  Home again.   I am still putting things away from the Samhain dinner.    And also trying to pack away the Halloween decorations.    I took my Spider Wall Hanging over to Rocky Knoll to share with the workers.   I wore all my Halloween clothes and jewelry and will pack it away until next year.   The fun thing I got this year was a Spider ring.    It has green "stones" in it and was a real bargain at Hallmark.   That and my Kmart bat earrings made me a real hit.

The rest of my evening will be spent trying to find a book I seem to have misplaced.   I need to share it with a friend.   I know I had it last week.   There are little people in my house hiding things on me.

God love you all

I prayed for everybody with my prayer friends this morning.

Mary. 

He had therapy at 1:15PM.   Things went quite well.   We figured out a bit of a plan and Corrie has a goal of having him getting out of bed and into the bathroom without the hoyer lift by Friday.   At least during the day time.   This will require lots of transferring and walking practice.

We played Rummy and I beat him for a change.   I was home before 4PM and have been putting things away that accumulated over the weekend.

Did you miss me yesterday?   I just plain forgot.    That is not normal but I did go to bed early and had a lovely night's sleep.   So I guess that is worth it.

Saturday was not too eventful anyway.    I prepared things for the Samhain Dinner which was tonight.  And I spent the middle of the day with Dick at Rocky Knoll.    We had lunch together and played some cards before I went home.

This morning I finished all the preparations except for the cooking of the food I was bringing to the Samhain Potluck.   Then I went to Rocky Knoll for Mass and my visit with Dick.    I helped bring a couple residents down for Mass.   It was a very special Mass.   Father gave a lovely sermon and everybody seemed to be involved.   I was reminded that Tuesday is All Saints Day and a holy day of obligation.    I figure that I can to to the 10AM Mass at St. John's and still do the grocery shopping before Mass.   I will go to Rocky Knoll AFTER the Quilt Club meeting which is at 1PM and be with Dick for the On the Rocks and will have supper with him.       See how things work out.   Thank heavens there is NOTHING scheduled for either Wednesday of Thursday.  Sleep late days.  Yippee.

Dick seemed a bit weak today and his knees were hurting again.   I hope that will work out when he gets up on his feet in therapy tomorrow.

I came home at 1:30PM to cook the meatloaf and the colcannon for the dinner tonight.   About mid afternoon, the phone rang.   It was our Nora, returning my call from last week.    She sounds so wonderful and is so excited about this precious baby that she is carrying in her tummy.   Did I tell you she posted a picture on Facebook and she looks adorable.
 
It is a boy, they know and she is planning everything for his room and to be sure that he is will clothed and cared for.   I will be so delighted to be a great grandma again and of a boy this time.    She and Ernie are hoping to come to Wisconsin when Leslie and Bill do next August.   She would like a five generation picture with Mother and me and Leslie and her and little Marcus.   Won't that be great.

Our potluck was really nice.  I found for Irish Meatloaf.   It has beef and pork and apples and it covered in potatoes mixed with broccoli.  It is a keeper.  Debbie brought Mushroom Guinness pie and Sweet Potato Apple Soup.   Joan K brought Potato Soup and Cranberry scones.  Janet brought Irish Whiskey Cake, Joan B. brought cheese and crackers and pumpkin bread, Rosemary brought Reuben Dip and rye crackers,  Gail brought a molded jello salad,  Peg brought a pumpkin bar and somebody, I think Joan brought chips and a great dip.

We had several placemats set up for our ancestors.   Every year more people participate in that.   Their table looked really good.   I made blessing bundles for everybody again.   It is a nice harvest gift.  I made enough to take to bible study tomorrow.

So that is the day and a bit of yesterday.   I will be signing off until tomorrow.   I loved today.

God love you

Mary

Today was a rather lucky day.   I beat Dick at Rummy today for the first time in about a week AND I saw a line of wild turkey hens crossing the road on my way home from shooting at Rhine tonight.  

I left for Rocky Knoll at 9:30AM so that I would be there when Tim from Wisconsin Prosthesis got there at 10AM.   Tim was on time.    He checked the final left prosthesis and declared it done.   Then Corrie, Tim and I helped Dick get up and walk so that Tim could check the right prosthesis that is still in the shrinking stages.    He made some adjustments that we feel will help Dick distribute his weight better and place his feet more correctly.   Now - Practice - Practice - Practice.

After lunch and playing cards for a while, I headed for Sheboygan.   I left at about 1:30PM.   I stopped at Glander Drug to pick up something for Mom, then went to the Memorial Mall to spend my 16 dollars in credit from Hallmark.   I got some nice paper plates and matching napkins and the neatest plaque for Halloween.

I picked up some feathers and small rickrack at Hobby Lobby, then went to The Clinic for my appointment with Dr. Holmes.   My rib pain has shifted some but when I told him how it was feeling, he said that this is what he was hoping would happen.    The nerve that was injured is slowly healing and I need to continue with my exercises to keep up the healing.   I was relieved because this is such a slow thing to be healing anyway.

I finished earlier than I thought I would so I stopped at Woodlake on my way to Rhine and picked up some choriso, Revolution Earl Grey with Lavender and a couple of bottles of wine.  

My last stop WAS Rhine where I finished the last two targets for pistol league and visited a bit with the guys.   I showed them (especially Doc) the pictures of me with the corn snakes draped around my neck in Dublin.

Home for the night,  after making my apologies to Roxie for being late, I fixed supper and now am settling down for the night.  

Have a great weekend.   This is the weekend of our Samhain dinner.   Prelude to Halloween.  Looks like we will have a pretty nice group there.

Til tomorrow then.   Love and God love you all.

Mary

Hello everybody.    I got up this morning and the heat had not come on for the daytime warmup.    At first I thought perhaps I had the time of the change wrong, but that was not it.   

SO I called Steger, the place that had installed the thermostat, and talked to the guy who did the installation.  He went over the settings with me and then suddenly a light went on in his head and he told me to go downstairs and see if he had flipped  the furnace switch on when he was done.     Oops,  he had not.   I flipped the switch and it warmed up in nothing flat.

I went to Rocky Knoll at 11:AM.   Dick was already in therapy.    Today he did the strengthening, then we practiced standing in the bars and getting those hips to do their share of supporting his body.   His knees are not as straight as they should be as he needs to do some of that shifting.

Then we had lunch and played some cards.    I came home before two PM and took a nap.   I was so tired and am still very tired so will go to bed early.   Tomorrow is a very busy day.

God love you

Mary

A rather quiet day.   I slept until almost 8:30AM, except of course for feeding a pestering kitty.  I almost have my desk cleared off and am almost caught up on the immediate chores that have to be done.

I went over to Rocky Knoll at 11:00AM so that I could be in on Dick's therapy.   Before lunch he just did stretching exercises, then after lunch, he practiced getting up out of the chair to the bed and back and then from the chair to  the bathroom and back.    Quite a lot for one day but we are going to have to push it even harder eventually if he is going to get home.

I came home at about 3PM.   Cut out some pieces for a Christmas quilting project, did some wash, had an early supper and then went to Mead Library via Sy Regan's house so that he could go.    I wanted to go to Karl Elder's Poets Corner anyway but sometimes I get lazy when I get home of an afternoon.   Knowing that Sy needs a ride gives me that little push I need.   I am starting to feel very comfortable with the other poets there.

I get home between 8 and 8:30 from this Poets Corner so I now ready for bed.    I will finish sipping my tea and head there immediately.

God love you all

Mary

Another day on the run.   I started off by going to fill the gas tank and pick up groceries and taking out the trash.

Then I drove to Wisconsin Prosthesis in Green Bay and retrieved Dick's left prosthesis.    It looks good.   I got to Rocky Knoll shortly after 11AM.

We had lunch and then rolled down to therapy so that Dick could get on his feet again.   It was a bit difficult.   He is having some pain.  It seems to be in different spots in both feet and legs.

But he did stand and do some walking.

I had to leave at 1:45 for an informational session on  the changes to United Health Care for next year.   Mother, Dick and I will all be automatically renewed.   I just wanted to be sure what, the changes were.

Then I drove over to John Michael Kohler Art Center for the Meeting on the Irish Family day that I am helping with in January.    We had a lively meeting, decided a lot of things.   Assigned each other duties and will meet again at the end of January for more tightening up.   It should be really wonderful.

I got home at 5:45PM and fixed myself pizza with wine for my dinner.   I am going to watch Dancing with the Stars at 8PM and then hit the heay.   Tomorrow I can sleep as late as I want to.  

God love you

Mary

Well,  after a thunder and lightening storm that sped through last night, today was sunny, clear and beautiful.   One of those days that we remember why we live in Wisconsin.

I left at 6:30AM for Green Bay to take Dick's left prosthesis for completion.   My friend, Mary Steger, rode with me.   Isn't that great.   I had not been there before and we were leaving in the dark, so I was glad of a companion.  She is somewhat familiar with the Green Bay area also.     There was an accident just shy of the turnoff to Sheboygan Falls on 23, so we had to take a detour but still got up to Wisconsin Prosthesis at 8AM.   The man there asked what time I would be back tomorrow night and I told him that I would have to come Wednesday because I have appointments Tuesday afternoon.    He said that he can have it ready for me tomorrow by 10AM so I will go back up tomorrow to pick it up.   What a guy.    Dick will only be one full day without it.

We got back to Sheboygan Falls and stopped at the Mac Donalds there.   Mary called Bob to pick her up there  so I could get to bible study on time.    I bought us breakfast anyway.   I had not eaten and was starved.

Bible Study was great.   We only had 5 of us there but it got pretty lively.    We are still on Psalm 49 and learning a lot.    We will finish the Psalm 1 portion of this Little Rock Study in a couple of weeks.   Good thing we sent for the Psalm 2 workbooks.

Mom and I had a great visit.   We did not have much "business" so could really visit today.    I did have to set up her pill box.   She is such a pleasure to spend time with.

I got to Rocky Knoll just before noon, and caught Dick as he was finishing therapy.   SO I was able to tell him and Corrie, that I will be able to pick up his prosthesis tomorrow morning and have it there for tomorrow's therapy.   The minimum possible days without standing.    We have to keep working at that.   I say WE when it is really him, but it seems like we.

I came home about three and rested for  a while.   Shortly after 4PM, Neil from Steger Heating came to check the furnace.   He determined that the problem is the thermostat, so he replaced it.   I now have it set where the temperature should just maintain.

Now I am finishing up a couple of things for tomorrow's meetings, will watch Dancing With The Stars and get ready for bed.

Tomorrow is even busier than today so pray that my Guardian Angel keeps up.

God love you

Mary

Lots of weird adventures to relate.  I am watching the Packer game as I do this.   We have to hang on to the ball for two minutes or score again to seal this game up. 

So.  The adventures.

Last night, as I let the house get a bit cold because I opened up the doors  to air things out, I turned on the furnace. 

We have the temperature limit set, so I did not give it another thought.   Until - I woke up at about 11PM and I was sweating.   It took a while to wake up enough to realize that I had better go to look at the thermostat.  I staggered to the hall and Faith and Begorra it was 92 degrees in this house.    I checked and everything looked like it was set correctly.   The temperature that had been preset was 73.  But it was 92.   So I opened windows and doors, turned the thermostat to air conditioning and turned on all the fans.   In about an hour and a half, I was finally able to sleep.   Poor Roxie came in the bedroom and laid under the fan.   She will never figure that one out.

By the way, the Packers just won.  They beat Minnesota 33/17.   Yippee.   That's seven in a row.

Now, I will tell you the tale of the mouse.   No pun intended.    I got to Rock Knoll at 9AM and went to Mass, helping bring some of the residents down, as usual.   A lovely Mass and I met a couple of the new residents.

I arrived back in Dick's room shortly before 11AM.   He was a bit sleepy and I was reading when I saw a mouse climbing over this CPAP and the edge of the bed.    Dick said that he knew there was one around and I ran for help.    They came right down with towels and whatever else they could think of.   Dick and I got out of the room and waited.    AH, you should have heard all the banging and furniture moving and chatter going on in there until someone said,  "There it is!" and there it was,  OUT of Dick's room and along the baseboard of the hallway.   It had travelled through the walls.  So the hunt continued.   By then maintenance had joined the chase.  Up and down the hall the valiant hunters ran.   Finally it ran into one of the other rooms and Joseph from maintenance managed to scoop it into a waste basket and covered it with a towel.

At this point, Dick said that he thought it had bitten him this morning.  Then I got VERY nervous.  It turns out that he woke up feeling something and batted at it around his arm and also around his knee.   He thinks it bit him but he was so sleepy it was difficult to be sure.   He could possible been feeling little claws too.   Anyway, he told the morning nurse.   The message about the mouse was passed on, but not the fact that Dick thought he was bitten by it.  That bothers me a bit.

Terry, the nurse, called a Veterinarian and a Doctor who both concurred that mice are not rabies carriers.  The doctor said to just watch the offending area to be sure there is no sign of infection.  Bobbie and Bill came to visit while Dick and I were playing rummy as the cleaning crew cleaned his room from top to bottom and inside out.  We could have moved to another room but I can't see that a mouse wouldn't be there too.   And he is probably in the cleanest room in the facility right now. 

We had a nice visit with Bobbie and Bill.   Told Bobbie what the doctors said about mice not rabies carriers and she mentioned that they do however harbor the hantavirus.   Very reassuring.   We agreed that it takes a LOT of dry dusty mouse poop to really spread the disease, if the mouse has it to begin with.

So was your last 24 hours as exciting as ours?

Tomorrow I have to get up very early as I have to be in Green Bay by 8 Am to drop off Dick's right prosthesis for finishing. 

 So good night, sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite.

God love you

Mary

The hallway was full of spectators and Joseph took it to a deep empty trash can.

At this 

I waited too long to start this.   I am very tired tonight.

SO I will just tell you that it was a beautiful day.  Sunny and warm with very little wind and no rain.

Dick is doing well, but  was a bit lazy today which is OK because there is not therapy on weekends.

We had a lovely lunch together and then he whupped me at Rummy before I came home to just BE.

So have a lovely sleep as I hope that I do.

God love you

mary

What a day, but I got a LOT done.    I am almost done with the minutes for CWI.   I need to verify a couple of things but will get them out this weekend.   Our secretary, Betty, was unable to join the meeting so I volunteered.

I washed the sheets today too because Jody helps me put them on during her cleaning.  Then I went to Sheboygan to have a chirpractic treatment from Dr. Holmes.   That went well.   I have a new exercise, that is not as uncomfortable at the ones I did last week.    He is still trying to find the best solution to the healing. 

I was delighted that I got the appointment when I did because, I was able to join my bank buddies for the first time in weeks.   Had a nice catch up with Marlene, Betty, Joyce and Barb.

I went next to Rocky Knoll.   I got there a bit before 2PM.   We decided to wander the halls because Dick seemed restless.   I ran into my friend Pat and her mother in law, coming to visit Pat's husband, Bob, who just arrived yesterday after a double knee transplant.  Pat and Bob shoot with us AND Pat is in CWI.  So Dick and I went to Bob's room so I could say HI.  Turns out that Bob sits at Dick's table.    Nice.

Tim, from Wisconsin Prosthesis got to Rocky Knoll at about 2:30PM.   A little early which was great.  He did some adjustments on his right prosthesis and we have made arrangements for me to take the left prosthesis to Green Bay for completion.  If I take it up on Monday morning early, I can pick it up on Tuesday afternoon which will only be two days without it.   If Tim takes it and sends it, it will be 5 business days including the travel time.  SO very early on Monday morning, I will be driving to Green Bay, and again on Tuesday afternoon.

We were done in time to go to On the Rocks.   I just had coke, today, of course, because I shoot on Friday evenings.   But we enjoy our time there.   Shooting went well.   Not great, but not bad.   I really felt shaky today too so am doubly pleased.

Tomorrow I have to get air in my right front tire and make sure that all three are equal.

A totally busy day, tomorrow SHOULD be really quite tranquil.

God love you

Mary



Whenever God closes a door, He always opens another,even though sometimes its hell in the hallway.

It was COLD and DAMP today.   It got into my bones.   Just a start of winter, I guess.

I worked on computer things this morning and called a friend about a Celtic Women  issue.   We are trying to get the CWI Celtic Tartan again as we have run out and apparently it is all sold.   I talked to the designer, Marjorie Warren, a talented woman, an expert on Scottish Tartan, and she and I are working on getting a bolt of the fabric woven for our use as soon as possible.  I presented it to the board and will get back to Marjorie as soon as possible.   Marjorie is recovering from knee surgery.  So pray for her.

I got to Rocky Knoll at 11:00AM.   Just in time to be around when Dick got his PT.  It was OK but he was weaker today.   I am not sure why.    He did accomplish a transfer and we did a lot of stretching exercises because of the weakness.   Dr. Sharon has reduced the number of diabetic tests for Dick because his readings have been so good for the past month or so.   Many of them 100 or less.

A Krueger came in to visit Dick this afternoon.   She worked for Eastern Shores and the Library system.   She even remembered that Mother was one of their most faithful patrons.

Tomorrow is an exceptionally busy day.   I will summarize after it is over.

I am just getting ready to enjoy a brat, beans and broccoli for my dinner.   A perfect B meal.

Love you

Mary



 

I have just been watching the evening news about the release and eventual killing of those wild cats and other animals in Ohio.   What  terrible tragedy.    Such a shame that there was no other solution other than the killing of the beasts.   I am sure glad that Jack Hanna came and has been able to explain that there was no other way without endangering human life.  His love for wildlife and the animals should quell the objectors.

There is always someone, though.   I remember being out on a jeep run in the dunes near the All American Canal.   We, the Orange County Four Wheelers, were a family club and always camped in a circle.   Children ran all over the place from camper to fire and just playing games.    A sidewinder was spotted in the circle and my ex husband got our his 357 Magnum.   As he was shooting, some strange woman, new to us, was yelling, not to kill it.  To catch it and take it out of camp.    Can you even imagine trying to "catch" a rattlesnake?   And what about all those little kids running around.

I went over to Rocky Knoll at 9AM because Dick had a project for me.   He had pulled the sleeve off of his new prosthesis and couldn't get it back on.   He was having trouble getting it stable so he could do it.   I managed to get it back on for him.   He had therapy at 11:00AM.   He got out of his chair and into bed and back out of bed and into the chair and into the bathroom, seated himself and got up again today.   He also did strengthening.     I hope he went down to therapy to use the pulleys this afternoon.    He will not be getting OT but they said that he can use the equipment.

I came home after lunch and took a nice nap.   Then I finished putting the exercise bike I ordered with bank points together and did some sewing.    I will be spending the evening doing CWI computer work.

Tomorrow I have nothing actually scheduled.   That is quite a miracle.    Hope you have a tranquil day also.

God love you

Mary

Today was supposed to be quieter but it did not turn out so.  I went grocery shopping at 8AM after putting out the trash.   I sure don't need much, but I go once a week for fresh things and to get the lottery tickets.

Then I had to be at the Sheboygan Clinic at 10AM for my chiropractic appointment with Dr. Holmes.   He was running late, but how does one know.   I was still out of there at around 11AM so was able to be at Rocky Knoll in more that enough time to join Dick for lunch and then go to therapy with him.

It was a good day, therapy wise.  He did leg strengthening, walked twice and for the first time did a transfer from the wheel chair to the toilet. ( A dry run, just to find out if he can do it.)    We are very pleased with the results. 

Today was On the Rocks day at Rocky Knoll too, so at 3PM we went down to the "bar" to enjoy a glass of wine together, before I headed home.

Roxie was really glad to see me as last night I came home after 6PM and she felt very slighted at that.  I washed clothes and caught up on about half of the items that I needed to from the telephone conference last night.   My main concern is forwarding a file to Maureen.   It is in Publisher and I am not sure that I can.

So.  I will be enjoying a nice cup of tea and then going to bed to read and just relax.  For some reason, I am even more tired than usual and just hope that extra sleep will help.

God love you all

Mary

Just a quick note as it is late and I have been on the go since 7AM this morning.

Bible Study,  Mom, lunch with some of the Writers Club gals and then out to Don Cooper's for our meeting, then over to spend time with Dick.   Had supper with him then went to pick up prescriptions at Walgreens and got home in time to feed poor neglected Roxie before getting on the phone for the CWI board meeting.

Whew.

So.  All is well.  Dick seemed good today.   I will be there tomorrow for his therapy to see if he is still able to stand by himself and perhaps even easier.   Mike, who got us the motorized chair, came and fixed the rests for his stumps so that we can get them on and off the chair easily.   Thank heavens, as it was really getting to be a chore.

So.  Until tomorrow

God love you

Mary

Packers won!!!  What a great game.    I went to Rocky Knoll at 9AM to help get residents down for Mass.   I am glad I did.   There were several new people on Moose Lane, the rehab area, and two of them were Catholic and not on the list.      Sometimes the lists are not up to date.   I was glad I was there to find that out and get them to Mass and/or blessed by the priest.

Then Dick and I worked on his standing.  He actually DID get up without help to the walker from his chair.   Then he stood for four minutes or more before sitting again.   We were elated.  Don't tell Rocky Knoll.   He is not supposed to try that stuff without therapy.

We had a nice lunch and then watched the Packer game together.   What a great way to spend an afternoon.  He is looking good.   There are some problems but we are working on them.

I came home at about 3:30PM and racked the Marigold wine.   As I said.  This is rather poinent as I do not plan on making any more wine after this batch.  It has been a fun hobby but it was more fun when Dick and I did it together.   I have to give up some things and this is an easy one.


Monday is going to be crazy.   Bible Study, Writers Club and lunch with my writer friends and then I want to get to Rocky Knoll to have dinner with Dick.   Whew!   How do I get myself in these crunches.

Til tomorrow night.

God keep you safe from harm.

Mary