Long, Lazy Summer

    Haven't written much, it has been a long, lazy summer.

  On my walk yesterday I saw they had patched the big hole in the road. And I met the little girl with the pink tricycle. When I asked if I could ride her bike, she replied "mine". Her dad was friendly and the baby sitter, both wanted to pet Hali. 

This morning Hali was trying to be friendly with a grey cat where we walk in the grass because of no sidewalk, the cat did not want to be friends. 

I went to Zumba, there were 15 people there.

   I had my Quilt Questers group last night. They honored past presidents with a yummy box of fudge. I had my blocks partially sewn together. 

 Must go shower after Zumba.

   Luke says he loves the Star Trek quilt I made for them. It had a red chevron backing.

We went to a Pioneer Day pot luck at noon, before it got too hot.

   Bro. Pedro played the harmonic and that was delightful. He had several different kinds, I had never seen them before,  a regular one, a longer one, one with four different harmonicas combined an ad one with horns, that was very, very old. We did a singalong and heard two stories. They had a sling line up for the young ones to try and a pony to ride.

   Bruce and Bro. Hutchinson were the judges for the Dutch oven cooking. They both liked the spicy food. 

   We went to Wal mart after and I got some batting for two of my quilt tops. I worked on another top today and am very pleased with it.

  Our friend Newt Stanger has finished redoing the garden for us. He is now working on Bruces shop in the garage. Bruce was sorting screws, nuts and bolts. 

    Bruce is still progressing, albeit too slowly for moi. He straddles a pole and climbs hand over hand until he is standing, next he swivels his hips and plops down on a chair. So in fact he is using the pole to do a standing transfer. He did it four times and the last time he sat it was controlled no more plopping.

  At PT they have him doing transfers using the fun push-up grippers. No more slide board. At home we still use the slide board. They have ordered two poles for home use, one in the bathroom and one in the bedroom. We won't use them at home until he is stronger. 

  He only dropped his water bottle once this week and his leg only jerked off the bed once. Bruce awakens very tired in the morning. He has signed up for a sleep study. We did the initial interview and are waiting for permission form the insurance company. We think he has sleep apnea and hope a machine will help with that.

  I am exhausted and am making too many mistakes. My mom has returned to Utah and I miss her.