HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Well Halloween has rolled around again. The weather here is cool so it seems like it really is fall even without the pretty colorful leaves.

I am happy to report that the pictures of grandkids in costumes and having parties has already begun. Little Natalie is going to be a ladybug but I might not see her in her costume until November. She cancelled our regular Monday night visit due to more fun Halloween plans.

I hope you all have a great week, get your leak repaired, do well on your tests, and have fun at all your sporting events and extra curricular activivies.

FLORIDA FOR THE WEEKEND - COOL TEMPS

HOME SWEET HOME

Well, we are finally back home and even got to sleep in our own bed last night. (That as you know is very important to me.)

We left last Wed. and spent 2 nights in Gainsville but couldn't get rooms after that because it was "Parents Weekend" (can you believe those parents came to visit when a hurricane was coming our way?)

We then went to Macon, Georgia and spent 4 nights at the Best Western.

Tuesday we drove back down and left Helen and Carolyn in Gainsville to spend the night. We came on to Ft. Myers. Our power came back on before we got here and Helen's came back on before they got back today.

Dave and I both went back to work today. There are still people without power in Ft Myers, we still have some traffic lights out and there are piles of tree limbs lining many of the streets but it is not nearly as bad as it was when Charlie came last year.

The high temp today was in the 70's and it is down in the 60's now. It feels like fall.

Getting back home in time for hurricane warnings

I have been informed that this blog thing only works if you update it on a regular basis.

Since my last posting, I have been in Kentucky with Mom and Carol and in Indiana with Cheryl, Janet and Laura. Both were very nice visits.

It seems that most of my entertainment is about eating and shopping. I got in plenty of both. In Indiana we had a "4 Hour rule" which meant that we ate every 4 hours with snacking in between.

I got home after midnight Sunday and Monday was a day off work to go to the dentist, having workmen in replacing Dave's shower stall, unpacking and doing my laundry. Tuesday was back to work and Bingo at the nursing home and ofcourse checking the weather to see if we are stil in the center of the cone of the hurricane they are predicting to arrive Sat.

GOOD NEWS: I went to see Helen Monday night. She is doing much better. She is still at Shell Point. She was talking in sentences. Her hair is beginning to come back in. She is walking to her physical therapy and the food suppliments she is taking now is not making her sick. Dave and I had Natalie Mon. night so we took her with us. She was quit a hit at the nursing home.

Helen is improving

Helen is at Shell Point and seems to be improving. We think that maybe her breathing treatments are making her have anxiety so we are going to see if Dr Nesselroade can change the medication.

The doctor did not see any signs of cancer when he put the scope down her when they inserted the feeding tube. She will start drinking by mouth and then eating and hopefully she will be able to get rid of the feeding tube in 10 weeks.

Keep praying for her.

Staying connected across the miles

I have enjoyed Todd's blog so much since he moved to China that I thought this would be a good way for me to communicate with you.

We are all so busy and so far apart. This way you can check in to see what is happening down here if you want to.

I am looking forward to my trip to Ky and Ind. I will be leaving this Sat. morning and spending time with Mom and Carol until next Fri. morning when I pick up Janet and Laura an d head up to Cheryl's house in Ind. I will drive back to Lou on Sunday and fly home.