Fall is here

We have just enjoyed 3 weeks in our house again. I find that I just enjoy puttering around in the various rooms while Harry is organizing our garage even more. We now have reclining chairs in the family room (2 in a lazy boy sofa), in the TV room (which we refer to as Harry's room) and in the guest room (which we call my blue room) so I have to read the newspaper in a different room every day just to use the recliners.

It was great to know that Harry's sister, Alice and Doc, got moved into a one floor duplex last week-end after selling their big house in Watertown with no laundry room, bathroom, or bedroom on first floor. The other delight is to learn that Vi is continuing with her guitar lessons. Harry continues to learn more songs on the uke and when we had a camphost potluck, they urged him to play and the maintenance host's wife pulled out the one she received for Christmas and they had identical ukes. She was delighted to learn some chords from Harry and they really did well with duets.

Just before finishing our stint camphosting, Harry decided to throw a steak fry for our camp maintenance workers--10 of them were able to come and seemed to fully appreciate getting some recognition as he had each one introduce self and tell when they started and what their first duty was here. He also invited the other hosts (2 other couples doing what we do and one doing maintenance)

My only regret is how much time we spend in doctors' offices--my last was an MRI of my right hip and long bone. This is probably our last chance to discover what causes my right leg muscles to have sharp occasional pains and not allow me to walk correctly. Otherwise, we will assume it is all part of the arthritis that affects my knee, hip, and back. Lucky me, I have a husband who is willing and able to massage wherever it gets tight. We truly have become an interdependent team. Our kids' former babysitter probably sees this better than we do (she will be 95 at Thanksgiving). She is determinedly trying to talk us into moving into her complex which has apartments but also provides assisted living and skilled nursing care when it is needed. She gets around as fast as me tho she has just begun using a walker for the first time.

Next blog will be after 4 weeks as we head up tomorrow to get the RV from Sara and Kevin's yard, then go to a RV rally in the mountains, then go visit Diana, then back for Landen's birthday party and to again leave the RV while we go to SBarb to stay with the girls from Oct29-Nov. 6. rit by Anita