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Eric’s New Wheels

We got a small tricycle for Eric yesterday and he tooled around on the deck learning how to make it move, ring the bell and steer.  He had a blast and it was a lot of fun watching him enjoy it.

Blowing bubbles on the deck

The temperatures rose to a balmy 40 degrees today and we ventured outside for awhile. Eric made bubbles under the supervision of Christmas Moose.

Two Cool Tools

I want to give my impression of two software tools that I have recently used: Mozilla Thunderbird – the open source mail client and Picard – the free MP3 tagger from Musicbrainz.

I have been a long time customer of Qualcom’s Eudora mail client for my home email accounts.  I started out on the Apple Macintosh [...]

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Recovery Status – Sunday 19 March

Overall this hip operation is a lot less painful and is recovering much faster than my previous one, considering that I was still in the hospital 9 days ago.

Yesterday I walked using just one crutch. I don’t go fast, but it is quieter and takes less space than the walker. I also [...]

My 1st week home

I usually wake up in the morning pretty stiff as I am limited in the sleeping positions I can accommodate. Upon arising I slide down to the dining room table to have some tea and read. Usually Eric is up about the same time I am and we both go through a slow [...]

Painting the Pig

On their shopping foray Kathryn & Eric bought a piggy bank for Eric to paint.  It took about 3 sessions of 20 minutes each for him to douse it with the colors he wanted, but it was good entertainment for him. 

This shows the finished product.

Weekend Report

Yesterday was a gorgeous day. I went outside on the deck for a couple of hours and sat in a chair in the sun while Eric made bubbles,

tried to jump rope,

shot baskets and played in his sand box.

I brushed the dog and got a lot of dead hair out of him.

We all crashed [...]

Countdown

I have met with * My orthopedic surgeon * The hospital who gave me a briefing and had me fill out a ton of paper work and drew blood * Red Cross to draw blood & store my blood in case things [...]

Eric’s Escalator

Eric demonstrates the escalator that he and I built from ascending pillows, stools and chairs.