Tom home

 I got Tom home last night , Jan 25 after a week in Togus hospital.  His gout is better and he is able to walk with just his cane as of today.  

It snowed quite a bit today, maybe a few inches and the roads are a mess

I was very tired last night when we got home and we had leftover soup, but tonight we had pork roast, green beans, baked potato and sweet potato.  

I burned  a pot yesterday while making tea and today heating beans.  I simply cannot leave the kitchen with something on the  stove.  I must not go to the computer or go to lay down in the bedroom.  

Tom 1-19-2024

He has been at Togus hospital since Wednesday night 1-16.  They finally agree he has Gout in his ankle and hopefully treatment will take the pain away.  We may get him home Sunday or Monday or not..

He has to be able to walk for us to manage him at home.  

Last of Swap Shop materials

 Yesterday at the Swap Shop, I turned over all my history of the shop which I opened in 2007.  I had kept it all these years, but it was time to clean house so my history is gone.  Maybe I wrote about it in 2007, I will look and see.  Don Berry is now in charge of the shop and it's future.  See Dump Shopping 2010

Tom :

 Yesterday, Thursday, January 16, I took him to RUmford ER.  They treated him for a foot infection, but had no rooms.  At 11:OO pm. They took him by ambulance to Togus hospital.  He is now being treated where they know all about his various ailments.  He feels content there.  His infected foot is maybe a little better, but still hurts.  I'm in  the Augusta Hampton Inn for a few nights so I can come visit him easier than being at home, an hour away.  It is more restful for me.  I had a chicken pot pie and ice cream from the deli downstairs that Beth brought to the room before she left for home.  I cooked the pie in the room microwave and ate half the ice cream from the room refrigerator.  She set up my Chromebook before she left for home.  

January 16, snow

 Snow has just started but it is supposed to get really bad after lunch  time.  It is nearly 12 noon now.  It is also very cold.  I'm going to get dressed in very warm clothes and may get in bed to get warm.  It is too cold to work in the sunroom.

January 7 snow storm

NOt much of a storm.  We may have 3 inches so far and not much falling now.  It is however, cold.  The sunroom has no sun and the heater is only making it 50 degrees.  We closed the curtains last night too, but it hasn't made much difference.  Hopefully the flowers will survive.

I was invited downstairs by Beth to watch the uphill race in the Alps.  It was exciting and a girl from Maine won first place.  HIggins placed enough to make her a winner overall 

Church was cancelled, which was good as we could not have made it out safely.