wednesday, 10/17/07

oops- things are so "normal" around here i haven't bothered to update y'all.... sorry!

we've got some fall weather finally-- sort of refreshing! although the rest of this week calls for rain, we'll take what comes.

nothing too new happening-- mainly our regular doctor, PT, OT appointments... everyone maintaining their cruise mode. dad is looking for my brother more as the days go by tho-- hopefully brother will call to say hi soon.

mom and i are sharing my laptop now-- i get it in the morning, she gets it each afternoon to play her games, check email, etc. no use buying one for mom as this is working out fine. mom wants to start taking it to her bedroom at night because she gets bored reading... shouldn't be a problem at all-- just need to add that to our "redecorating" plans already in motion. i have already cleared out a lot of stuff from the room-- now mom needs to tell me what she wants to move where. no money redecorating... there's plenty of items in the house we can put to use.

OH! mom has graduated to using her walker again (part-time)... although the doc said to take things slow because she's still working on that strength thing, the therapists were excited to get the all clear! no driving yet-- that's not unexpected... but caused a bit of an attitude for an hour or so. thankfully i was able to coaxe mom into using her scooter to go get the mail with me.... an accomplishment that made mom feel good, but.... showed her first hand why she's not allowed to drive yet! nothing has been mentioned since. (HA!)

dad's not been eating his regular 3 squares this week-- although if i give it a 24-hour consideration, he makes up for it! when he doesn't eat much during the day, he raids the refrigerator at night!! having been down this road before, the food in the refrig is ready for his grabbing... our lil mouse in the house-- too funny.