September 18, 2006
Sorry I haven’t blogged lately- my computer has been having problems, which Tom fixed! Yeah- so I’m back on-line. What would we do without kids?
First of all, thank you so much to all the people who helped us a couple of weekends ago. John Paul and Janet, who showed up BOTH weekends, Paula, her husband Joe and daughter Clare, Ellington, Darryl, Cheryl, Sammy, Theresa, Maureen, Stephanie, Claudia, Frank, the 2 Shelly’s, Perrin and our neighbor June. Man, oh man, we got a lot done. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Our lives would look considerably different without all of you. I shudder to think what it would be like if we didn’t have so many wonderful loving friends and family members. We are truly blessed!
Can you believe I just got back from a weekend at Seaside, Oregon? Went with my friend Jennifer- it was good to get away but it was hard to leave my sweetie. Ben was so happy, and so was I, when I returned home. He was well taken care of by his wonderful caregivers- we couldn’t be luckier to have such great help!
Ben started back to rehab last week- his therapists noticed a change (improvement) in his cognitive abilities- he’s still got a ways to go to get back to where he was physically before he had the seizures. His long-term memory still comes and goes but his short-term memory seems to be improving although sometimes when we wake up in the morning he still asks, “Are you Barb?” When I assure him that I am in fact Barb, he answers with, “Phew.”
I’m almost afraid to say it, but we have had no ‘episodes’ since Ben got home this time. Again, I am almost afraid to say it, but I think his meds are finally leveled out. He’s much calmer and more able to understand when I explain something to him. He no longer shakes and trembles. He’s smoking a little bit- something I had a hard time accepting but it truly IS a quality of life issue and for sure it has improved Ben’s life for right now- and mine too since it was the thing we argued about the most and it set off several ‘episodes’.
Our cat Bogie still hadn’t come back after 3 weeks so I figured if we got a new kitten Bogie would come home. Sure enough, we adopted a 5 month-old kitten, who had already been fixed, from the pound. 2 days after we got little kitty, big kitty came pounding at the door and crying to be let in. Bogie was half-starved, nothing but sinew bones. He must have been locked in someone’s garage or something. But he’s eating like a maniac and putting some weight back on. In the mean time, little kitty wants nothing more than to play with big kitty who wants nothing to do with him. Poor Bones is beside himself with coveting the canned cat food we’ve been feeding Bogie. He stands in front of the cloths dryer where Bogie’s food sits and whines all day. Oh joy!
It was good to have some time to think about what I can do to bring in some money. I’ve got about 10 different ideas besides getting my book finished. I’m going to make time each week to get out some proposals and see who bites. I’ve got a few ideas for non-fiction books and for magazine articles. Also I’ll have time to finish my real estate license now that we have more help. So onward and upward. It will be interesting to see what happens next.
Hope to see all you locals downtown tomorrow night (Tuesday Set 19th) for Charlie William’s election party- he’s running for superior court judge. It’s 7:30-10:00 at Bill Hillman and Tom Anderson’s new studio, Washington Arts, at 117 N Washington next to Otto’s. If you are in Lewis County make sure to vote for Ben’s brother Mark who’s running for county commissioner. That’s all for now. Love, B
Sorry I haven’t blogged lately- my computer has been having problems, which Tom fixed! Yeah- so I’m back on-line. What would we do without kids?
First of all, thank you so much to all the people who helped us a couple of weekends ago. John Paul and Janet, who showed up BOTH weekends, Paula, her husband Joe and daughter Clare, Ellington, Darryl, Cheryl, Sammy, Theresa, Maureen, Stephanie, Claudia, Frank, the 2 Shelly’s, Perrin and our neighbor June. Man, oh man, we got a lot done. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Our lives would look considerably different without all of you. I shudder to think what it would be like if we didn’t have so many wonderful loving friends and family members. We are truly blessed!
Can you believe I just got back from a weekend at Seaside, Oregon? Went with my friend Jennifer- it was good to get away but it was hard to leave my sweetie. Ben was so happy, and so was I, when I returned home. He was well taken care of by his wonderful caregivers- we couldn’t be luckier to have such great help!
Ben started back to rehab last week- his therapists noticed a change (improvement) in his cognitive abilities- he’s still got a ways to go to get back to where he was physically before he had the seizures. His long-term memory still comes and goes but his short-term memory seems to be improving although sometimes when we wake up in the morning he still asks, “Are you Barb?” When I assure him that I am in fact Barb, he answers with, “Phew.”
I’m almost afraid to say it, but we have had no ‘episodes’ since Ben got home this time. Again, I am almost afraid to say it, but I think his meds are finally leveled out. He’s much calmer and more able to understand when I explain something to him. He no longer shakes and trembles. He’s smoking a little bit- something I had a hard time accepting but it truly IS a quality of life issue and for sure it has improved Ben’s life for right now- and mine too since it was the thing we argued about the most and it set off several ‘episodes’.
Our cat Bogie still hadn’t come back after 3 weeks so I figured if we got a new kitten Bogie would come home. Sure enough, we adopted a 5 month-old kitten, who had already been fixed, from the pound. 2 days after we got little kitty, big kitty came pounding at the door and crying to be let in. Bogie was half-starved, nothing but sinew bones. He must have been locked in someone’s garage or something. But he’s eating like a maniac and putting some weight back on. In the mean time, little kitty wants nothing more than to play with big kitty who wants nothing to do with him. Poor Bones is beside himself with coveting the canned cat food we’ve been feeding Bogie. He stands in front of the cloths dryer where Bogie’s food sits and whines all day. Oh joy!
It was good to have some time to think about what I can do to bring in some money. I’ve got about 10 different ideas besides getting my book finished. I’m going to make time each week to get out some proposals and see who bites. I’ve got a few ideas for non-fiction books and for magazine articles. Also I’ll have time to finish my real estate license now that we have more help. So onward and upward. It will be interesting to see what happens next.
Hope to see all you locals downtown tomorrow night (Tuesday Set 19th) for Charlie William’s election party- he’s running for superior court judge. It’s 7:30-10:00 at Bill Hillman and Tom Anderson’s new studio, Washington Arts, at 117 N Washington next to Otto’s. If you are in Lewis County make sure to vote for Ben’s brother Mark who’s running for county commissioner. That’s all for now. Love, B