Yesterday after morning worship, I drove us along a rural road to my parent's house......lovely drive, just over one hour.  The pines along one stretch stand healthy and strong, silent sentinels along the road.   Very pretty view.....even as my eyes searched the entire trip for deer dashing across, fleeing the last day of deer hunting.

  Had a nice visit, mom had made a beautiful lighted wreath for me, and my sisters. Now I am going to paint that white dining room wall, so to hang it there. The other owner had a flat screen mounted there, with an electrical outlet box up there, in an odd place for one, in my book.  We see no need to have people we did not invite to dinner, chatter on while we ought instead to enjoy each other, or the guests with us at table!!

  But I shall use the plug in, for the wreath, and spoze I ought to make a wall hanging for the rest of the seasons, to cover that goofy thing.

  hubby is slowly making progress, his PT does passive motion on that arm, his upward range is nearly 100 degrees today, has to reach 180 for normal.  As of Thanksgiving day, he can remove the wedge pillow during his day hours..... that is going to be VERY nice.  Has to wear the sling still, and the wedge at night.  Until December 10th.   (he has many exersizes to do, to recover his range, one is hourly at home!! walking his fingers up the wall, far as he can, then holding it as he forces a stretch.....)

  That day he begins to drive, or is allowed to!!  Doing all of the driving, is a wearing thing. I love to drive, but HAVING to, and with all of his therapies added in..... is a weight .  Add in the commentaries " I'd park further in" or " you need to put you blinker on before you parallel park" etc etc etc etc.........and my back gets tense, not to mention that it is distracting to have a critic who loves to control driving with me.........  he saw a sign at therapy today, for massage, and mentioned that he'd love one.   HE'D love one!!!   I'd  melt, if I got one.  sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  I had better stop chatting and go put primer on the covered over hole, so I can paint. I dressed today to paint, so I'd have to remember. ha

  I also took pine branches I gathered yesterday along the way through forested thick area......... and made us a garland for our bay window.   I used twine to weave around each branch, then made separate twine tied bows to solidify the joints of it. I rather like it!!

  a little mental health boost!!  So, oh, last night's ThanksGiving eve at church, complete with pie buffet potluck style..........was heart enriching, inspiring.  SO happy to have found this church. Thanks Lord.

  The driving. And the driving. ALL the driving and heavy work and my work, now a month.  It is hard for him to be driven, and sometimes the edgy comments make me feel that saying " you are driving me to DRINK!!"

   Ug. I best be drinking from the living water of which Jesus spoke, so my attitude remains kind and more reflecting Him, and not me.

  Cuz, caregiver fatigue somedays makes me, without Christ overriding my thoughts, want to YELL.  Or drop him off wherever we are when the comment that is not kind, slips out.   Today it was leaving dau's driveway, after driving two and half hours, end of day when I am tired enough to collapse to begin with!!! honest!!! yesterday...... to his season ticket college basketball game, then to dau's for the night, and then to leave driveway to go to the season ticket college football game. Today is our surviving son's birthday, and all I needed was an extra three minutes to text him a happy birthday.... but I got roundly scolded. ( Ah, we got to the football thing on time. )

  Get patted down before entering the stadium, ish.  Stand in driving chilly wind, not my fave. Football, not my fave. Seats are near the 3rd largest HD scoreboard in the nation, with blaring speakers.... a hardship.   Being on the campus our deceased son went to, is tough to start with for me, cuz I picked him up EVERY Friday afternoon,and returned him, to his dorm.  Shoot, it is hard. My heart looks for him. Even tho my mind is rational and knows he's surely in glory.

  I was VERY glad to leave that place before the halftime time. VERY.

   Son and fiancee here, tis warm to my soul.  Thank You Lord.