Thursday, June 19, 2008

The perfect wheelchair...

I had a really nice birthday.  My brother and his family from Modesto sent me you tube birthday videos periodically through the day, pretty cool.

Jim came here to install the electronic doors so that I can open them with Multimedia Max or a remote, what a relief that finally is.  My Mom doesn't have to get up every morning at 6 a.m. and come downstairs and unlock the door so my caregiver can come in.

I finally took my new chair in to be adjusted and it sure feels a lot better.  I decided to have the driving mechanism switched back over to the right hand side... what was I thinking??  I thought that it would strengthen my left arm but it only made it sore every day, maybe it would have strengthened it and not been sore anymore but I decided to not wait and see.

When I got back from Rehab Specialist Heather was cooking in my kitchen and it smelled great.  She made some spaghetti sauce, barbecued pork tenderloin, rice that tastes like popcorn and sautéed spinach with mushrooms and garlic... I was in heaven and I couldn't wait to get to bed to eat.  I usually wait until I get to bed because it's more comfortable.

Today we are going to go through more stuff.  We finally got everything from the old place here and now we're trying to sort it out before the house warming party, which is this Saturday.  I'm glad to have the old place finally ready to sell because my aunt and uncle have been spending a lot of time there and are very tired.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh for goodness sake!  Silly me.  When I commented yesterday I forgot to add, "Happy Birthday!"

Anonymous said...

I'm glad you had a great birthday, but I am so jealous of your having Heather(j/k).  I now want rice that tastes like popcorn! ~Mary

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday!  It was nice of your brother to send you tube videos to help make your day even more special.  

I'm glad to hear that you're feeling more comfortable in your chair and that things are settling nicely at both the old house and the new.  

Michelle

Anonymous said...

Glad you had a nice birthday :o)

Anonymous said...

Happy belated birthday! I forgot to wish you that yesterday in my comment!! I'm like Mary, I want a Heather; imagine to come home and smell those wonderful smells and know they are for you :)

enjoy the day; its hot down here where I live (Temecula Valley); betting it is a bit hot there for you too

betty