A bit of an emotional roller-coaster this morning. Kelly phoned early to say that the Hospice transfer would likely happen today. Top of the roller-coaster. An hour and a half later when I got to the hospital Kelly said the doctor had been in and it looked like she was not going to Hospice after all. Bottom of the roller-coaster. Another patient apparently sicker than Kelly had priority plus the Hospice people were concerned about the abdominal drain Kelly had in her. All three of us (Sabra, Kelly, and myself) were all stewing about this when at 11:50 a phone call came through directly from a lady at Huron Hospice saying they had decided to take Kelly:)) Top of the roller-coaster again. Sabra, after later talking to Hospice a second time phoned me about mid-afternoon asking my opinion on transferring Kelly tonight after 6 p.m. in the dark or tomorrow morning. Both Sabra and I were in agreement that tomorrow morning would be the best time. So, that transfer will begin at 8 a.m. Sabra will be there to bring Kelly's things then I will meet them later at Huron Hospice. There was no point of me being at the hospital at eight. Clumsy me would only be in the way. IT WAS A BETTER DRIVING DAY THAN YESTERDAY
HEADING OUT OUR SNOWY DRIVEWAY THIS MORNING HEADING NORTH ON PORTERS HILL LINE A GAGGLE OF TREE TOP CROWS ALONG THE WAY SOMETIMES IT CAN BE HARD TO SEE WHERE THE ROAD IS THIS IS CALLED GROUND DRIFTING
Amazingly overnight, we did not get another major snow dump. A light dusting was all it amounted to. The weather looked clear this morning as I headed out for Goderich and the only few little problems I had taking Porter Hill Line instead of Highway 21was a few small snow drifts along the way. One of those small drifts gave my heart a flutter for a couple seconds when it squiggled Subies wheels going through it. My first stop in Goderich was Walmart where I picked up some peanut butter and half a dozen ducks on sale. Ducks?? (See photo below) Next stop was Pet Value for some doggy food. Coming out of Pet Value I was feeling a little wobbly so I next stopped at A&W where they had a special on bacon and eggs with toast and coffee, two extra sausages, a hash brown, and two tomato slices. By the time I waddled out of there I was totally unwobbleized. I SLOWED DOWN FOR THOSE 3 SMALL DRIFTS AHEAD
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A LOT OF SNOW PACKED INTO THOSE CLOUDS OUT OVER LAKE HURON
TAKING MY RUBBER DUCKIES FOR A RIDE IN THE WALMART SHOPPING CART....I WILL PUT THESE LITTLE FELLAS IN OUR FRONT YARD FROG POND IN THE SPRING |
I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THIS A&W BREAKFAST THIS MORNING |
I NEVER THOUGHT TO SLIDE THAT TABLE CLOSER FOR KELLY TO PUT HER COMPUTER ON BUT WHEN SABRA CAME IN SHE DID....IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT WOMEN HAVE MORE GOOD BRAINS THAN MEN
Upon arriving home, imagine my big huge surprise to find our driveway plowed out. I could hardly believe it and was so relieved that I didn't have to do any more shoveling today because I was already drained. But, what good Samaritan had blown out the driveway was a mystery. A couple hours later a neighbor lady called and explained who had done it. So a big thank you to our neighbor Kathy up the street for organizing the plow and a big thank you to Park resident Roland for doing the plowing. He's the fellow who did our driveway last year but has been having equipment problems and hasn't been doing driveways this year. I think he used Kathy's machine.SABRA'S PHONE IS ON 'SPEAKER PHONE' AND WE ARE ALL LISTENING TO THE HOSPICE LADY ON THE OTHER END READING KELLY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF HURON HOSPICE
IT WASN'T HARD TO SPOT SABRA'S CAR IN THE HOSPITAL PARKING LOT...NOT MANY OF THESE AROUND HEADING HOME ON PORTERS HILL LINE WITH BEAUTIFUL CLOUDS ALL THE WAY
HOW WONDERFUL TO SEE OUR DRIVEWAY PLOWED
GROANER'S CORNER:(( A Canadian tourist is fascinated by the Native American way of life and culture, so he decides to visit a reservation in the United States to find out more. After a long and dusty drive through the Arizona desert, he finally arrives at the reservation. Soon after his arrival, the tourist meets an old chief, who claims to remember everything that ever happened in his life. The tourist is curious and asks the chief: “What did you have for breakfast on your fifth birthday?”Without hesitation, the chief replies: “eggs”. The tourist was very impressed by this, and he never forgot the chief’s words, even after his visit had long since ended. Ten years later, he returns to the reservation and is surprised to see the same old chief again. He approaches the chief, puts his hand up flat and greets him with “how”. “Scrambled,” the old chief replied.
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Dentist: "I didn't. That was my echo."
-I wonder what Jeff Bezos does before he goes to bed. Probably puts his pyjamazon.
- I paid $500 for a belt. It was a huge waist.
Jack was living in Arizona during a heat wave when the following took place. "It's just too hot to wear clothes today," complained Jack as he stepped out of the shower. "Honey, what do you think the neighbors would think if I mowed the lawn like this?" "Probably that I married you for your money."
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