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We’re back from visiting my husband. He was not upset today (except he wants us to get him a phone.) We pointed out that Khun Pim (his nurse) helps him when he wants to call Brian. These are quite enough, because he has trouble getting his words and thoughts out and the calls make no sense.
Otherwise, he was a bit distant today. Brian had called and asked Khun Pim to arrange for him to have a cup of coffee in the special cup we brought him. They had stopped a lot of things when he got sick and went to the hospital last time. Coffee was one of them, so we’re trying to get them to arrange for this on a regular basis again now. Brian had the coffee Harvey likes delivered to the nursing home.
The only positive was that he liked my vest. This is not a super recent picture, but you can get the ideas of the jeans vest with embroidered spirals on it. I wore it with a white shirt and a necklace with gold leaves.
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The chameleon puzzle is finished!!!!! Brian just took a picture (better than this one) to send to the place that makes prints on glass so we can add this one to my special statement shelf. Even though this puzzle was the most difficult one I’ve ever done, I enjoyed this one. I love the colors and the guy covered in beautiful flowers. I’ll leave him intact until the new puzzle arrives.
Here is the new puzzle that should arrive sometime next week –
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I had an interesting start to my day this morning. I was starting to dry my hair with my blow dryer when it said, “POP!!” and spewed smoke and 2 inches of FLAME from the end closest to my head! I got it unplugged quickly, then checked to make sure my hair wasn’t on fire and I wasn’t burned. The bathroom was fine, too, so I lucked out. I have another hair dryer ordered now (thanks to Brian). I found a Panasonic with a 2 year warranty, so I’m fairly sure that will be a good one. WHEW!
Speaking of appliances, I take my blood sugar reading every Friday for monitoring purposes, since I’m borderline high. My readings have been all over the place lately even though we have been eating carefully, as usual. Brian decided – after changing the battery and that not affecting the problem – to order another one. It arrived today. We got things out, looked it all over, and I’ll take my first reading Friday. Fingers crossed that my blood sugar meter was simply old and wonky (as am I) and that we can at least be sure we’re getting an accurate reading and can tweak things, if needed.
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It’s almost time for me to head for the cafe. Yesterday I sketched a bunch of Halloween cards that I’ll finish while I’m there. I’m also going to sketch a Halloween painting for Harvey’s wall.
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Pic Collage – Shoub Koh