A Great Day!

After a sleepless, noisy night, Mom decided she wanted to get up about 4:30 this morning. We got up, had breakfast (she ate about 2/3 of her meal), and then she decided she had to go to bed. She slept all day including through lunch, then woke up smiling about 4 pm.

All in all, it’s been a fairly good day. Mom ate a pretty good supper, including about half a chocolate cupcake for dessert.

She does seem to have increasing difficulty walking. This afternoon, I had to use the roll-a-tor to get her from the bedroom to the living room. We did this because this morning, I had to carry her the last few feet to her chair.

Right now (about 8:30 pm), she’s sleeping peacefully in her recliner. I’m hoping for a sleepy night tonight.

On Another Note…

Today, I opened my brand new EdgeStar ice-maker that I was able to buy for a good price in a scratch-and-dent sale. It’s for my camping lifestyle. Absorption refrigerators such as are found in campers are notoriously bad at ice-making and ice retention and I love ice in my drinks. This makes 28 pounds of ice per day, in as little as 6 minutes. And, I don’t even have to do any plumbing.

Since it only stores 2 1/2 pounds of ice, I’ll make use of the many coolers I have for storage.

The really neat thing about the ice-maker is that it came just when I needed a box of the size it came in to send my brother the dehydrator I got him at Bass Pro Shop. (Wow! what a sentence structure. He’s hoping to make jerky from all of the venison he harvests. I’m hoping he’ll make me a lot of dried fruit and veggies…just kidding!

The only downside is the ice-maker weighs 29 pounds. I may carry it in the back of the pickup truck.

On Still Another Note…

Today, I started a new book: A Patriot’s History of the United States by Larry Schweikart. Those of you who have known me for a long time probably know I was a history major in college. The book was recommended by Glenn Beck, whom I watch faithfully every afternoon at 5 on Fox News Channel. I also listen to him from 9 – 12 every morning on 970 WFLA.

Though I haven’t gotten very far in this book, I already find it interesting. I hope people in this country begin to wake up soon, before progressivism and socialism take over and we lose whatever freedom we have left.

We need to get back to our Constitution and rule of law. On the news today, I heard about some Republican (I expect it of Democrats) scoundrels who, though they voted against the stimulus bill and decry it vocally every chance they get, are not above accepting stimulus money for their states. That is why I think we should throw them ALL out. We need to tell them to GET OUT OF OUR HOUSE (see WWW.GOOOH.COM).

Until next time…