The orchid above is the gift that Candace and Clinton brought to my bedroom the day they arrived on February the eighth while I was still mostly down in bed giving my back a chance to heal. Then Clinton (after working hours with Otto to clean the yard, walks and roof of fallen leaves) went out and bought me a WIFI for our house - one of my dreams. The next day Byron came up from Santa Cruz, and he and Candace installed it and made it secure. Now I can use my laptop anywhere in the house, not just where cable is available.
Clinton had to leave on Sunday to present a paper in Colorado, but Candy stayed on until Wednesday, shopping for groceries, cooking delicious meals, and being delightful company, and setting my computer to bypass some of things I hated about the Vista operating system. Apparently groceries were not the only things that she was shopping for; although I was unable to get down the stairs to see them yet, a new micro-wave oven and a new can-opener appeared in our kitchen. The old micro-wave had been a hand-me-down from son Sterling who had already considered it obsolete. Candy went home on Wednesday.
Now that I am able to go downstairs to prepare some of the meals, I have had a chance to use both microwave and very superior can-opener. I am dazzled by the new micro-wave's many features. I'm still using it with the manual in one hand. I also keep finding other goodies here and there - a new oven mitt, for instance.
Have I ever mentioned Otto's and my fascination with sudoku puzzles? It is shared by both daughter Candy and grandson Byron. We managed to get in a lot of competition while they were here by printing up four identical copies of hard puzzles from websudoku
I can't help but think how lucky Otto and I are to have such a close-knit though far-flung family!
Icing on the cake: we expect to see Byron and Myrtle this next Friday, Myrtle newly returned from four months in Brazil.
5 comments:
Keep getting better!
I'm thankful to Candace and Clinton for taking such good care of you. We all owe them a thanks.
The orchid is pretty.
I am so happy that you are feeling better!! It's great news that you are now able to get downstairs. Yahoo!
xo daria
p.s. the day that you posted this I had an orchid theme going too. Isn't that a cool coincidence?
Glad you're feeling better!
You do have a wonderfully close-knit family but I think you have a lot to do with it! I loved reading about all the little gifts they left you, most especially this gorgeous orchid and WiFi.
When you have a minute--looks like you have more wonderful reunions planned--you've been tagged by me. Stop by:
http://nonizamboniblue.blogspot.com/2008/02/me-me-me-me-me-me.html
Have a great weekend, Phyllis.
What a beautiful orchid and what a wonderful family you have.
I was just thinking last night, that my children sure are the jewels in my crown.
Get well soon!
Post a Comment