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

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