Wowwww, this update is really overdue, but I didn't realize just how badly it was till just now (I haven't really wanted to look either LOL!). It's Christmas Day already!!! So although this is a Christmas day update, it will only have things that have happened UP until Christmas. I will do another update soon that will have a report on Christmas Day itself, OK (LOL!)
So . . . in terms of Mum's health, it has been a case of no news being good news, and that is a good thing. Yep, I am happy to report that she continues to cruise along quite able to deal with the pain that does seem to appear now and then in her right (amputated) leg without painkillers of any sort, by throwing it over the side of the bed and letting it hang there. Not totally sure why (though I think it might connected to her kidneys like the doctor does, and this action could open and stretch her abdomen, and allow any gravel there to pass more easily), but it works. :)
She occasionally cancels her weekly trip to the hairdresser due to lack of energy, but those times are quite rare, and she still won't have a TV in her bedroom where she spends most of the time, because she prefers listening to either ABC classical FM or the local ABC talkback radio, or reading. Crosswords seem to have passed by the wayside due to the collection of dictionaries she uses being too heavy to lift and open, and the need to use the internet more and more to find the answers to the clues because the dictionaries dont seem to have them any more, and her aversion to computers LOL! One of the highlights of her day is the board game we play each night. We have a few we can choose from, but we usually play Yatzee. I have to admit, she does have fun and is a better loser than me, but I am working on that. :)
Ok, thats the health report done . . . so now to share some of the more interesting things that have unfolded in my world in the last few months. Ok, it was my brother Phil's birthday on the 6th October, and we celebrated with a BBQ out at the farm. Shellie even went all out and got a professional cake made for the occasion . . . its not hard to guess what one of his favourite past times is . . .
Then, a little over a month later, we had another birthday cake for Alison's 81st birthday.
We celebrated that with her with a birthday dinner at the Tolga Hotel.
Ok, moving ahead in time, we come to a visit definately worth mentioning. Mum really does like people visiting, and every year, one of Mum's close friends, Patsy Hannam gets together with her four sisters (Adler, pre-marriage), and they always come and visit Mum as part of their activities.
And finally, I had to include a pic of a beautiful Golden Orb we have living on our downstairs verandah. She lost a leg sometime in her journey, but she is a real beauty. :)
Ok, thats is for this post. I didn't quite finish it before we headed out this morning for Christmas lunch at the farm (followed by the traditional waterfight with the backpackers from down Channel Road), and so I have had to do it after we returned from out fun-filled Christmas Day . . . but all that we got up to will be included in the next update, and I will do that when I get back from my two week holiday in Victoria. I fly down tomorrow (26th) and return on the 10th of January. Woooooo Hoooooo!!! Ciao for now . . .
