See You Next Year!

    

     We arrived in time to join Bruce for his breakfast. He had a  yam, eggs, cheese and sausage dish. It did not look good to me. I do not like green eggs and ham or anything with yams. Take that Dr. Seuss.

     Luke and I looked through family scrapbooks that Aunt Kathy sent. He is taking pictures of them on his phone. He will have to download them to a computer then he can forward them to his brothers and sister. I love the clothes they wore.

   Bruce said in OT this morning he was stacking 1 inch blocks with his left hand. That is difficult for him to do as that hand doesn't grip things. He did the pulleys on the bathroom door. She has new ones, like bungees he will get to try next. I was helping Luke look at pictures.

     Luke left for Utah. I went to the temple. It closed at 10:30. Bummer. So I did some retail therapy at Deseret books. Found a nice purse to hold the iPad, a couple book markers with the New testament reading schedule on it and some Book of Mormon action figures for primary.

    Returned to rehab and Bruce was just finishing his lunch. He waited for me while I finished mine. 

    PT was weight lifting.

   OT was more wax on the hand. She thinks we will get to take a therabath paraffin wax home with us. Yeah! While lifting a weight with the right hand, she let us watch the Boise vs Arizona game. They are very nice to us here. I have some sewing I am doing. 

    Our Bronco friend Ken wasn't around so I tracked him down. He was in his room already watching the game. His wife Brenda said he was waiting for a blood transfusion and he will be moved to our end of the hall. They can't figure out why he is loosing blood. Our end of the hall does not bode well. 

     We did make another friend named Ken and he is watching the game with us. He had a stroke, he is able to walk with a walker but is in a wheelchair because his balance isn't very good. He said he was getting movement back in his left hand. His wife went home to get things organized there. He said this place makes you grateful, there are so many people worse off. Our little friend Sol who went looking at Christmas lights with us last week went home today. Luke was able to talk to him in Spanish. They had quite the conversation.

      We are watching the commercials, they are showing corvettes. Bruce wants to know if they have lifts for a corvette. I tell him he is too tall for one anyway.

    Dinner was Philly Cheese steak sandwich and fries for Bruce and a small salad and chicken tortilla soup for me. 

     CinderKaren has dirty laundry to bring home. Some things don't change.

     We watched the live stream game of the high school bb tournament in Stayton. The picture is kinda blurry but we can recognize Andrew by the knee brace he wears. Alas the team lost by ten points. They did take second so that is good. I loved seeing my granddaughter Thea in the blue hoody going up and down the bleachers. Where does she get her energy? And Ben waved to us at the end of the game. Did you see his beard? My side of the family, just kidding.

       The Observer newspaper printed a nice story about us. We have hopes for the future and know we will be able to handle what the new year brings. Having family, friends, church and community support will help us face our challenges. We can't do this without you. It has made us more compassionate towards others. See you next year!