Following Up From Friday

We got food from Ken's Place today!

Remote, Remote, Where Art Thou?

My mother's TV remote control has been missing for a few days. This is the third time this has happened. The first two times the remote was found eventually, although the first one took months!

We have a backup remote control in a drawer in her room, all programmed for the TV and ready to go. I have a taped note with her name on the back of the backup remote, along with the message, "This is NOT the missing Panasonic remote." I want the staff to keep an eye out for the "real" one. Possible locations are the laundry room and the kitchen.

Dad and I decided we should probably have a backup for the backup, just in case. I got one today and programmed it for the TV.... And I put a taped note on the back, of course.

Here's hoping the Panasonic remote surfaces soon!

Roll Down the Sidewalks!

Although the first day of Spring was earlier this week, the real sign of Spring is when Ken's Place opens.

And it opened today!

I just looked out the window and saw that it is busy, busy, busy!

I imagine that Dad, Lew, and I will order something from over there within the next week or so.

Now waiting for Pier Fries to open in another month....

🌞

Dad 662: An Important Day

(An early post from Dad today! ~ Tracy)

Derf Here! Pretty nice day today but temps are now in the low 40s.

Today is a very important day for me. I am about to visit Mary Lou for the first time in a month. Looking forward to my visit. Not writing any more today because this is my number one appointment of the day. I'll let you know about it next week.

Thanks to Tracy for her visitation schedule!

That's all for today. So....

Until next time!

Toodle Pip!

Derf!

Happy Spring!

A week ago today we were having a blizzard.

Today the temperature outside was supposed to make it up to 50 degrees or so. (I haven't heard for sure whether it did or not, but I do know it was pretty nice out.)

So here's hoping the winter weather is finally behind us.

Ken's Place opens this Friday!

Happy Spring!

A Laugh With Mom

I bring my mother a couple bottles of Ensure each day. She usually drinks both of them while I am there.

When she gets toward the end of the bottle, I have to encourage her to tip the bottle up higher so she gets it all in her mouth.  I sometimes do this by demonstrating with the (covered) bottle myself.

Yesterday I did the demonstration and said, "Tip it up high, high, high..." in a high voice.

When Mom took the bottle from me she did exactly what I had done — even saying the comment in the high voice.

Then she looked at me and started laughing! Mom doesn't have many moments where shades of her "old self" shine through, so this was pretty special.

I laughed with her.

💕

March Must be Mad!

The NCAA basketball tournament started today! The round of 64, anyway. The "first four" play-in games were Tuesday and yesterday; I guess those are technically part of the tournament.

There have already been some big upsets. A 15-seed beat a 2-seed. A 13-seed beat a 4-seed.

Mom and I watched the second half of Maryland's game this afternoon. Mom is from Maryland and attended the university for a while. So we were happy when they won today!

Play ball!