Subj : Presents was:Scones was: To : Ruth Haffly From : Shawn Highfield Date : Tue Oct 29 2024 17:20:00 Hi Ruth, On , you wrote me: RH> Steve wrote out instructions for his mom to use her DVD player but I RH> think she has stopped watching much tv/many movies. She's getting RH> more active in her assisted living community now, good for her to get RH> out with other people. That's much better then sitting home watching movies and TV shows for sure. Good for her! RH> No, she always wrote about the same basics--what was in bloom, RH> rainfall amounts, anything of note in the community. Her mind had Oh interesting. Nice history lesson there from the eyes of a single person. RH> Mom went into the nursing home. For a while Dad did OK on his own, RH> then broke his 2nd hip so we hired a full time aide for him and RH> the housekeeper's hours increased again. A few weeks after Mom died, RH> Dad went into a nursing home for the rest of his life. Wow. Strange how fast people go. RH> Sounds about as big as the one we gave away. I'd rather have the RH> bigger fridge tho, since I do have a working oven otherwise. Yes don't blame you at all. RH> Most often, the major sweet we have on hand is some form of RH> chocolate. We've still got some that we got out in Ohio in May, plus RH> and some bars we got at Ikea last summer. Bit by bit tho, it is RH> disappearing. (G) Laugh. Andrea goes through stages where she'll buy chocolate, then it won't be here for months and months. I try to not buy stuff like that as if it's in the apartment I'll eat it. Shawn --- Grumble * Origin: Happiness is: CONNECT 33600/ARQ/V34+/LAPM/V42BIS (1:229/452) .