Grapes a Plenty

The Grapes are on and the birds are getting fat and sassy. We have big birds that have strips on their wings coming to check out the grapes.
We also have tomatoes that Robb planted. They have produced some really good tasting ones. What a blessing it is to be able to grow something that is delicious to eat. My Squash did not do so well. We are going to move our garden spot to under the kitchen and dining room windows. It does not seem that the old garden spot is sunny enough to allow the vegetables to grow. There are trees from the neighbors that shade the garden area. We will see if we can get a bit more produce next summer.


This is a picture of Grandpa just a few days after he was moved to the rehabilitation floor in St. Al's. He is still there as of today and probably will be there for another few days. He is not progressing as rapidly as he wants and as the doctors hoped. I am not sure if he will be able to return to the farm or whether he will need to have an attendant from now one. We spent Saturday evening with him to watch the Boise State game against Idaho State University. Boise State beat ISU very soundly but it was fun to get into BSU football again. Unfortunately we do not get BYU football. We wish we were able to get that so we can watch those games also. Grandpa was wearing his BSU t-shirt yesterday so he could be in the game spirit. It was quite fun. Brad and Linda brought him an art tablet and colored pencils so he spent some time just drawing. He also has a word search book and 24 piece puzzles of a farm and the race car from Cars. He just needs things to keep his mind busy because he keeps wanting to escape the hospital. In fact, they have an alarm on him and they have him secured in bed with a belt so he cannot get out of bed by himself. He is a fall risk and they do not want him to fall and reinjure himself. When assistance comes, he is able to get out of bed and take a walk with his walker or ride around in this wheelchair.

I better go. I hope your Sunday as a wonderfun as mine.

Apricots and the birds

Well, this week has been full of work, running here and there, and work. This pciture was taken when Dad came to visit us for about two hours while Scott and SAndy went to a wedding reception. Grandpa was staying with Scott. He enjoyed the apricots. Robb has dried lots of apricots and then we left some on the tree for the birds. They had already eaten some of the ones on the top branches.

On August 19, 2008, Bobby Jo came to live with us for the semester. She is here to attend Boise State University as a freshman. She was able to register for her classes over the last two days. I think she is tired of trying to schedule her classes, etc., walking here and there, and basically going through the normal hassles at the beginning of a semester. She is taking medical terminology, into to health studies, biology, American Sign Language, and I think one other class. I can't remember. She got her student ID card and rode the city bus home today. BSU students get to ride the city bus free. The bus stops at the end of the block from us. We cleaned out my sewing stuff from Tonie's room so Bobby could have a room for herself. I emptied Cyn's dresser and night stand so Bobby could use that. I think she might be set. Bobby Jo wants to get a laptop computer so we probably will not need to get a computer stand. She has been using my computer and that seems to work just fine.

We made cookies and cream ice cream tonight to take to the back to school ice cream social tomorrow with our ward. Every year our ward and a back to school ice cream social and an end of the school year picnic. The bishop wanted to have homemade ice cream so we obliged. We will see how many people made homemade ice cream tomorrow when we get to the park for the treats. Bobby will go with us and will get to meet the members of the ward.

This Sunday, Robb and I will be attending the dedicatory service for the Twin Falls temple. It is really nice to be able to participate in the service. I still need to get white hankies for Robb and I.

This last week, Grandpa went into the hospital on Monday because he had hematomas on both sides of his brain and the blood needed to be drained. He went into surgery on Tuesday and had drains in his head for a day. He is doing better and getting very antsy to get out of bed and get home. The doctors do not know how much of his memory loss will return or if he will regain some of his balance. When talking to him last evening, he was still having delusions, talking about a wheelbarrow, and other things. It reminded me of when Robb and I went to visit Grandpa Johnson when he was in the nursing home. Robb and I went on a buggy ride with Grandpa Johnson at that time. Dad Fisher is declining in health, more steadily since the family reunion.

Well, I better get to bed because I have to work Friday. Can you believe it!! oh well, I have taken too many hours of vacation so I guess I better work some hours this pay period. Talk to you later.

July is gone

We made it through July. Robb had his birthday, Tonie had her birthday and Robbie had his birthday.

We went to the Twin Falls Temple open house on July 26th, and we enjoyed the tour. The driving back and forth was not so good. Robb ended up in bed for two days because his back hurt so badly. I of course live with pain but it did not increase because of the trip. I think I do better with trips than does Robb anyway. here are a couple of pictures.

The next event is Robb's and My anniversary. We want to do something but cannot decide what to do. I think we may wait until the week-end to do a day trip to Stanley or Cascade or something. We don't know yet and Robb is hesitant to drive very far. He does not want to be laid up again. We probably will go to Idaho City, which is about 35-40 miles into the mountains. We want to try some fishing so we may need to get our licenses and poles. Robbie is fishing a lot so maybe he can point us in the right direction. My mouth is watering already for trout.