Hooray! The Giants won!

Today was a most satisfactory day, as the Giants won against the Philadelphia team in AT&T park on a beautiful afternoon. We watched in the family room, glued to our TV set. The crowd was noisy and enthusiastic, and went wild when the game was over. People were paying hundreds of dollars for seats.
It has been a quiet week here in our neighborhood, and there has been no further word on the fire. Several of our neighbors have been away on vacations, but all but one family are back again. We feel more secure when all of the residents are at home again.
I continue to do my exercises and improve my walking abilities. I'm still careful not to fall.
Well, no news is good news, so I will say adios. Keep in touch.

A fire

A frightening event occurred in our neighborhood a couple of days ago when someone torched an unoccupied house down the street and almost burned it down. The fire department got it out, but since it is surrounded by redwood trees, it could easily have caused a disastrous forest fire. We have no idea who set the fire, and of course we are all on the alert for strangers in the neighborhood. There are several unoccupied houses around, any one of which could be a target.

Went into the clinic for my checkup, and things are going well. I am continuing my exercises and am getting stronger every day. My husband got an adjustment to his medication, so we are all set for awhile.
We are still trying to decide which mattress we want to buy. There are some pretty good sales going on so we should be able to get a good one. Well, take care and keep in touch.

All is well

Hi all, here we are again, practically as good as new. i have been practicing my physical therapy exercises, and can see a big difference in how I walk and how I go in and out of the living room and the family room. I hope the therapist can come for a few more weeks, but I suppose a couple more weeks is all I will get. Anyway, things are looking up!
Weather up here is lovely, so I took a short walk around the house, and sat on the bench by the side of the house and watched to see who would drive by. To my disappointment, no one came by, but i did see a squirrel and a couple of bluejays. It is hard to believe that it is October already.
Well, all is well. My injured leg has healed and I was able to eat quite a large dinner, which earns for me a half of a chocolate bar, doled out to me by my husband, who is quite strict about how much sugar I get to eat. So take care, and keep in touch.

Good news and bad news

Hi all. i am much better now, found out why I was getting dizzy and falling down. It appears that i was dehydrated and simply needed to drink more fluids. My gentle little physical therapist comes twice a week and gives me exercises to do to help me get stronger, and today we took a walk down the hill to the meditation meadow. My leg is almost completely healed and i can now ignore it, just being careful not to bump it.
Tomorrow is my birthday, (88) and we will all gather at noon and have pizza and deviled eggs and cake and whatever else I can think up. I don't make big meals anymore, but we will all enjoy ourselves and it promises to be a nice warm day. Today got up to seventy or so, warm for us here.
Our new hearing aids are making it much easier for us now, and easier for everyone else too. i found out that I can get eyeglasses as well, so i think that is what i will do. But not for awhile. Well, take care and keep in touch.

First rain of the season

This is a perfect time to blog - a gentle rain is falling and there is a lonesome fall feeling in the air outside. Bill is getting ready to cook dinner and i am in a blogging mood. We had a visit yesterday from the Home Help evaluator, and she has decided that Bill is in very good shape (I call him Super Bill now) but that poor frail me needs assistance in my daily life. I had hoped that she meant help with household chores, like cleaning the floors and cooking, but she meant help with walking. So for two days a week a physical therapist will visit the house and teach me to walk. (and do it without falling down, I suppose). Since we are not all that busy anyway, I will be happy to see if an improvement can be made.
Actually, my leg is somewhat better, and hurts very little. I vow never to fall down again.
I hear that the family reunion was a lot of fun, and wish that i could some day attend. Since we don't fly anymore, though, it isn't likely to happen. I look forward to the new family tree discs with great anticipation. Thank you, Paula, for all of your hard work getting them researched and assembled.
This is the time of year when the redwood trees shed their fronds and the yard and decks are covered with brown leaves, even though Bill blew them away yesterday. As i wrote above, it feels like fall has come already.
What are we having for dinner? Corned beef hash and egg, and wilted cabbage on the side. Yum, yum! If i don't have to cook it, I'll eat it! Keep in touch, I'll try to be more regular in future.

The flea market

It is midnight - a good time to blog. I am up late because I have been watching "Murder, She Wrote," which runs from ten to midnight, and sometimes is quite fun to watch.
We went to the flea market on Saturday, and saw quite a crowd there. I bought some nice wine glasses and saw quite a few people I knew. i rode around in my wheel chair, pushed by my husband. It was quite hot down there, much hotter than it gets up on our hill under the redwoods.
I got a letter and a picture from my high school class on the 70th reunion of our graduation. Of course time has taken its toll and there were only eight there. I have no idea how many of us are left. I must answer and send a picture of myself, of course I have aged like everyone else.
I can't say my leg is a lot better, but i was able to walk down to my daughter's house and back, which is an improvement of sorts. Sure hope it gets better soon.
Well, take care and keep in touch.

Good news and bad news

Hi all! I have good news and bad news today. First, the good news - my leg is getting better. Not completely healed, but i can walk on it again and it only hurts a little. The bad news is that my husband saw the neurosurgeon at UC Med and the risks of closing off his aneurysm outweigh the benefits, so they are going to leave it alone. That will mean that he will still be in danger of the aneurysm bursting, but the chances are good that it won't. Statistically speaking, most aneurysms have no symptoms and if he keeps his blood pressure down, he will be O.K.
We got our new hearing aids! What a joy to be able to hear conversations. Mine fit perfectly, and the sound is crisp and clear.
Wish I had gotten them years ago.
This is the weekend of the neighborhood flea market, which I hope to go to tomorrow. Judy will take us down and I will ride around in my wheelchair. It is a fun time and i get to see most of my neighbors there as well. Take care and keep in touch.