Well, we went to Waukesha on Friday to have John (the PD nurse) flush Larry's new PD catheter and check the incision sites. It took fluid well and drained well. We have to back on Monday and he will change out the dressings.
The only issues that Larry had were a little pain at one incision site , for which we took Tylenol in moderation and he was pretty wobbly until Saturday, so we took the pedals off his wheel chair and he used that to get from point A to point B in the house.
He of course, was full of gloom and doom..."Oh, I am so weak. I am sure that I am not going to recover and am just going to get weaker. Ohhhhh... I am so weak...Look at how weak I am. See? My arms are collapsing...my knees are collapsing. This is never going to get better . I am just too weak...." And on....and on....
I told him..."Larry, you just had anesthesia. That knocks your whole system for a loop and it may take a couple of days before the effects leave your body enough to counteract the weakness."
"No. I was fine after the cataract procedure. This is terrible. I am never going to be strong enough to get around again."
"Larry. You had a way lighter form of anesthesia for the cataract procedure. This was real surgery, where you were completely out for an hour."
"No. You are wrong. I am just getting weaker and probably won't ever be able to walk again."
So, we go to dialysis on Friday and the girls told him the same things that I did. He believed it a little more from them than from me and then yesterday, miraculously, he was able to stand up and walk to the bathroom. I said-"Wow Larry! Great job. You should be so proud of yourself that you walked so well today after being so weak for 2 days."
"Don't say anything! See! Look...you mention it and my arm collapsed."
So, we can say nothing, but, it seems that he is getting stronger again and THAT! is a good thing!
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Catheter In Place-Zip-Swish
Well, we were up at 4:30 this morning and Larry had the new PD catheter placed. Other than being a little sore where they did the incisions, he is fine. We have our first appointment with John in Waukesha tomorrow afternoon and he will flush it and check it out. Hopefully, everything will go smoothly.
I had to drive to Waukesha this afternoon with Louise. She bought an entertainment unit at Steinhafels and we could only pick it up at their Waukesha super center/warehouse. That is one big place! And, the guys wedged that thing into the caravan and you should have seen us trying to get it out and then into Louise's house! But, we did it. Now she has to get it in place, but that was a whole other kettle of fish and I did not stick around for that! Louise has more furniture in her house than you can imagine! I always say the rule should be- bring in something after you get rid of something else.
Larry always had a shoe thing- rummage shoes that is. He would buy all of these shoes and stack them in corners and in his closet. It didn't matter if they weren't his size, if they were a good deal, he still bought them. Finally, we told him- you may only bring a pair home if you get rid of a pair. It worked. From then on, her always got rid of a pair after he found some great Nike's or New Balance shoes.
The irony of his shoes is...all of his rummage shoes worked great for him. He got a brand new pair of expensive tennies for Christmas and they gave him a blister, which developed into an open sore, which then became infected, so the toe had to be amputated, which was wrapped to tight after the surgery, and his foot became gangrene...and that is how he lost his leg. New shoes.
I had to drive to Waukesha this afternoon with Louise. She bought an entertainment unit at Steinhafels and we could only pick it up at their Waukesha super center/warehouse. That is one big place! And, the guys wedged that thing into the caravan and you should have seen us trying to get it out and then into Louise's house! But, we did it. Now she has to get it in place, but that was a whole other kettle of fish and I did not stick around for that! Louise has more furniture in her house than you can imagine! I always say the rule should be- bring in something after you get rid of something else.
Larry always had a shoe thing- rummage shoes that is. He would buy all of these shoes and stack them in corners and in his closet. It didn't matter if they weren't his size, if they were a good deal, he still bought them. Finally, we told him- you may only bring a pair home if you get rid of a pair. It worked. From then on, her always got rid of a pair after he found some great Nike's or New Balance shoes.
The irony of his shoes is...all of his rummage shoes worked great for him. He got a brand new pair of expensive tennies for Christmas and they gave him a blister, which developed into an open sore, which then became infected, so the toe had to be amputated, which was wrapped to tight after the surgery, and his foot became gangrene...and that is how he lost his leg. New shoes.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Beautification Award
Well! Hot-diggity-dawg! Yesterday, I was out in back, working in the yard and I heard Elvis going crazy barking inside the house, like someone rang the doorbell or knocked. Since I am expecting a couple of packages from UPS, I figured that perhaps, it was a replacement driver and he went onto the front porch and left the box there (even though I have signs up asking to please bring them around to the back porch, they still leave them on the front porch), so I start walking up the yard and see a couple of women getting into a car and backing out of the driveway.
"Hmmm" says I to myself- "Jehovah's Witnesses?" And I proceed to walk to the front porch to check it out. I see a piece of paper stuck in the door and go and grab it out.
"Your house has been chosen as one of the award winners of the Community Beautification Award from The Junior Women's Club of Germantown".
So, I went back around the front and sure as shoot! There was the sign in the front garden! I want to thank The Junior Women's Club! YAY!!!
But, I guess that I have to leave the garden alone for awhile, until they get a picture. I was kind of thinking about tearing it apart this weekend and moving all the plants around. This is a perfect time of year because you can see how the garden looks after everything blooms...what is getting too big or taller than you thought it would get. I have to move a bunch of my hollyhocks because they are crowding out all the other plants. And I have a patch of really cool grass that is not getting as tall as it should-which means that the sun is not hitting it enough anymore, so it has to get moved out to an edge. My irises have to get split. My yarrow is not getting enough light anymore (probably because the hollyhocks is too big) and my poppies never bloomed! So we will play rotate the plants. Just not this week.
"Hmmm" says I to myself- "Jehovah's Witnesses?" And I proceed to walk to the front porch to check it out. I see a piece of paper stuck in the door and go and grab it out.
"Your house has been chosen as one of the award winners of the Community Beautification Award from The Junior Women's Club of Germantown".
So, I went back around the front and sure as shoot! There was the sign in the front garden! I want to thank The Junior Women's Club! YAY!!!
But, I guess that I have to leave the garden alone for awhile, until they get a picture. I was kind of thinking about tearing it apart this weekend and moving all the plants around. This is a perfect time of year because you can see how the garden looks after everything blooms...what is getting too big or taller than you thought it would get. I have to move a bunch of my hollyhocks because they are crowding out all the other plants. And I have a patch of really cool grass that is not getting as tall as it should-which means that the sun is not hitting it enough anymore, so it has to get moved out to an edge. My irises have to get split. My yarrow is not getting enough light anymore (probably because the hollyhocks is too big) and my poppies never bloomed! So we will play rotate the plants. Just not this week.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Catch and Release
Yesterday-Saturday was a gorgeous day. I went for a 3 1/2 mile walk with my friend Sharon and then Julie asked me if I would walk down to the antique mall with her to check out a roll top desk that she wants to buy. On our way home, Marv and Yvonne were out on their deck having an evening libation, so we stopped in to say hi.
Marv, has been having problems with the chipmunks and squirrels, so he set a small live trap and has been catching them and then driving out about 5 miles into a wooded area and dropping them off. He has dropped off 1 red squirrel (I hate those nasty little buggers!), 2 gray squirrels and 5 chippies.
Several years ago, Biz and I decided that we would trap the dang squirrels and release them in the woods about 2 miles from here. It was a home made trap that Larry got at a rummage sale, and real easy to set. So we baited it with a cob of corn and went inside and BAM! in about 10 minutes we had us a pissed off squirrel!
We put on big leather gloves (So he couldn't bite at us) and carried the trap to the big (We had a Dodge extended van then) van, loaded it in the back door and off we went. Now, as we are driving, the squirrel is not happy and he is screaming and rattling the doors trying to get out. This is making us a little nervous and we are going over our plan on what to do if he escapes in the van (the plan very simply was to JUMP!!!)(Trying to remember to put the van in park first, of course). We get him out of the cage at the drop site and zip back to the house. About 1 hour later-BAM!- another squirrel. Off we go, but this one is making the last one seem like a real wimp and he is really, seriously tearing at the cage trying to escape. When we released this one, we also dumped a bushel basket of black walnuts so they would have some food until they figured out where they were.
We are feeling pretty, darn good about ourselves! We are getting rid of a bunch of my over population of squirrels and not having to start a mini graveyard to do it.
On the third one, we are very nervous when we put him in and really try to block the cage so he can't push his way out and Biz rode in back next to the trap-what we thought she could do back there, I don't know, but, we got him to the drop off site and came back home.
It was amazing me that we were catching those buggers so fast, but, hey, what do I know about squirrels. We set the trap and went in to cook dinner and I see another squirrel go into it and it SNAPS shut! Well, he is just going to have to wait a few minutes. About 15 minutes later, we went out to take him away. Hmmmm....the trap is empty. Maybe the door didn't snap shut all the way and he got out. We set it again and I watch the squirrel go in....and push at the door until...he got out.
That was the end of the squirrel trapping. I could have just seen one of them getting out and running towards the front as we are screaming and leaping into the ditch, with the van still going!!!! And the squirrel would be standing behind the wheel, eyes glinting, heading for home.
Phrog was laughing so hard at us. He said "You have to take them farther away than that! They probably beat you home!" Sigh....
Marv, has been having problems with the chipmunks and squirrels, so he set a small live trap and has been catching them and then driving out about 5 miles into a wooded area and dropping them off. He has dropped off 1 red squirrel (I hate those nasty little buggers!), 2 gray squirrels and 5 chippies.
Several years ago, Biz and I decided that we would trap the dang squirrels and release them in the woods about 2 miles from here. It was a home made trap that Larry got at a rummage sale, and real easy to set. So we baited it with a cob of corn and went inside and BAM! in about 10 minutes we had us a pissed off squirrel!
We put on big leather gloves (So he couldn't bite at us) and carried the trap to the big (We had a Dodge extended van then) van, loaded it in the back door and off we went. Now, as we are driving, the squirrel is not happy and he is screaming and rattling the doors trying to get out. This is making us a little nervous and we are going over our plan on what to do if he escapes in the van (the plan very simply was to JUMP!!!)(Trying to remember to put the van in park first, of course). We get him out of the cage at the drop site and zip back to the house. About 1 hour later-BAM!- another squirrel. Off we go, but this one is making the last one seem like a real wimp and he is really, seriously tearing at the cage trying to escape. When we released this one, we also dumped a bushel basket of black walnuts so they would have some food until they figured out where they were.
We are feeling pretty, darn good about ourselves! We are getting rid of a bunch of my over population of squirrels and not having to start a mini graveyard to do it.
On the third one, we are very nervous when we put him in and really try to block the cage so he can't push his way out and Biz rode in back next to the trap-what we thought she could do back there, I don't know, but, we got him to the drop off site and came back home.
It was amazing me that we were catching those buggers so fast, but, hey, what do I know about squirrels. We set the trap and went in to cook dinner and I see another squirrel go into it and it SNAPS shut! Well, he is just going to have to wait a few minutes. About 15 minutes later, we went out to take him away. Hmmmm....the trap is empty. Maybe the door didn't snap shut all the way and he got out. We set it again and I watch the squirrel go in....and push at the door until...he got out.
That was the end of the squirrel trapping. I could have just seen one of them getting out and running towards the front as we are screaming and leaping into the ditch, with the van still going!!!! And the squirrel would be standing behind the wheel, eyes glinting, heading for home.
Phrog was laughing so hard at us. He said "You have to take them farther away than that! They probably beat you home!" Sigh....
Friday, August 15, 2008
Larry's Catheter-Cancelled for this Week
Well, Wednesday when Larry went to dialysis, Beth noticed that there was some funky discharge, so they drew labs and gave him 1000 grams of Vanco. We called the surgeon who is going to implant his PD catheter and never heard back from him on Wednesday, but, the consensus was, He probably would not cancel. OK.
Now, They also gave us a little notice on Monday saying that because the state had never done an inspection when they opened, that Medicare was not paying for anyones treatments and they were going to close the Germantown clinic until it got inspected. It has been open for 18 months and no inspector? What on earth is wrong with the department in charge of this? They told the person in charge of Purity (Who apparently has been calling them non-stop for many, many months) that they have to inspect the clinics that have problems first, recheck existing clinics next and if there is any time left in their schedules, they will check new clinics! I know that all of these departments have had major cuts, but, they should figure out how to make it work.
So, we go home and I spend the day writing letters to my senators, congressmen and state reps about the fact that the state still has not surveyed Purity Dialysis and as of August 20, if no survey is performed, we will be transferred back to the Falls and have to be there at 5:30 am Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays. This does not make me happy to have us shunted back there and my schedule messed with! I have everything set up with him going to dialysis Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays! Don't be messing with my schedule!
And, of course, I sent out all of the emails and apparently, the inspector was there on Thursday morning. I did get a reply yesterday from Sue Jeskewitz and she called Purity to find out what was going on, so I was pretty happy to know that at least one of the people that I wrote to tried to do something!
But, back to the catheter....so...it is 6:20 am on Thursday Aug. 14- we have to be to the hospital at 7:30, but since Larry can have nothing to eat or drink, I am waiting until 6:45 to get him up and we will just leave after he gets dressed goes to the bathroom. I get up and make my coffee, take Elvis out, get the paper and go get dressed. Then I come down and tell Larry that it is time to "Rise and shine!" As we are putting on his leg, the phone rings. Hmmm...the caller id says Purity Dialysis. "Hello?" "Oh Sarah! I am glad that I caught you! I just talked to Brodish and he is cancelling the surgery because of the chance that Larry has that infection."
Well, at least we didn't make it to the hospital and find out that it was cancelled! I let Lar go back to bed and then we went rummaging for a little while after he woke up and ate breakfast. But, all day long, I had the feeling that I was supposed to be somewhere else- I suppose because I knew that Larry was supposed to be at the hospital until after lunch.
And Larry is in Sports heaven this weekend! He has football, baseball and the Olympics! Woo-hoo!
Now, They also gave us a little notice on Monday saying that because the state had never done an inspection when they opened, that Medicare was not paying for anyones treatments and they were going to close the Germantown clinic until it got inspected. It has been open for 18 months and no inspector? What on earth is wrong with the department in charge of this? They told the person in charge of Purity (Who apparently has been calling them non-stop for many, many months) that they have to inspect the clinics that have problems first, recheck existing clinics next and if there is any time left in their schedules, they will check new clinics! I know that all of these departments have had major cuts, but, they should figure out how to make it work.
So, we go home and I spend the day writing letters to my senators, congressmen and state reps about the fact that the state still has not surveyed Purity Dialysis and as of August 20, if no survey is performed, we will be transferred back to the Falls and have to be there at 5:30 am Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays. This does not make me happy to have us shunted back there and my schedule messed with! I have everything set up with him going to dialysis Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays! Don't be messing with my schedule!
And, of course, I sent out all of the emails and apparently, the inspector was there on Thursday morning. I did get a reply yesterday from Sue Jeskewitz and she called Purity to find out what was going on, so I was pretty happy to know that at least one of the people that I wrote to tried to do something!
But, back to the catheter....so...it is 6:20 am on Thursday Aug. 14- we have to be to the hospital at 7:30, but since Larry can have nothing to eat or drink, I am waiting until 6:45 to get him up and we will just leave after he gets dressed goes to the bathroom. I get up and make my coffee, take Elvis out, get the paper and go get dressed. Then I come down and tell Larry that it is time to "Rise and shine!" As we are putting on his leg, the phone rings. Hmmm...the caller id says Purity Dialysis. "Hello?" "Oh Sarah! I am glad that I caught you! I just talked to Brodish and he is cancelling the surgery because of the chance that Larry has that infection."
Well, at least we didn't make it to the hospital and find out that it was cancelled! I let Lar go back to bed and then we went rummaging for a little while after he woke up and ate breakfast. But, all day long, I had the feeling that I was supposed to be somewhere else- I suppose because I knew that Larry was supposed to be at the hospital until after lunch.
And Larry is in Sports heaven this weekend! He has football, baseball and the Olympics! Woo-hoo!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Jake's Senior Pictures
Biz flew into town on an over night last Wednesday. She got to G't own at 1:15 am and slept till about 7:30. After we got Larry up and fed, we drove out to Slinger and Biza took pictures of Katie's son Jake. He is going to be a senior this year and did not want to spend $300.00(At least) on photos, so he asked Biz if she would come and take pics. And of course, she wanted to!
We had a lot of fun posing him in all different locations and doing different things. Biz had to be back at the airport by 3:30 because the flight she was working out on left at 5:00pm, so we did not have a lot of time to
dilly-dally and retake some of the ones that wound up being the neatest ones. If we had had some more time to readjust the lighting and change angles a little, some of the pictures would have really been neat! But, she took enough shots that we got many pictures to choose from that are very nice! It does help that Jacob David is a nice looking young man. And he is such a sweetheart! And he is going to graduate high school this year! YIKES! Where has the time gone?Larry is in Olympic heaven. The TV has been non-stop Olympics since Friday. He is in heaven! He switches back and forth between Olympic coverage, baseball, football and golf. It is also a relief from the Brett Favre drama that was dominating the Milwaukee TV stations. I don't have any idea what the Packer's are thinking, but I think that they made a HUGE mistake. But, unlike everyone else in the universe, I realise that the Packer's do not give a hoot about my opinion, so, I will leave it alone at that!
First pre-season Packer game tonight though. I bet that they all said a whole bunch of football related prayers "God, please don't let Aaron Rodgers get injured in this first pre-season game" "Dear God, please don't let Aaron throw a whole bunch of interceptions" "Sweet Lord, PLEASE don't let Aaron turn out to be a flop"...you know the prayers they are saying. Time will tell.
Jake is going up to Green Bay for the game and will let us know how it was up there! I just know that I have to go and find a Jets t-shirt before the season starts. Go Brett!
Monday, August 4, 2008
Bathroom Roulette
When you are Larry's age, many things upset your digestive process. It probably does not help that he had c-diff for so long this winter. But, now we are playing bathroom roulette.
He gets constipated. Then we give him a laxative. One a day. If that does not work, we do am and bedtime for 1-2 days and that usually gets things moving again. However....you always run the risk that-hmmmm...that last laxative pushed it a little too far and then the poor guy spends the next 8 hours running for the toilet.
That is how we spent our night last night. 13 times he ran. 10 times he made it there. I feel so bad for him, but, shit happens and that is why God created paper towel and sponges with anti-bacterial Mr. Clean! But, neither one of us got much sleep because he was constantly putting on his leg and running for the toilet. Call me on the intercom to help him clean up. Back to bed. And repeat- sometimes every 20 minutes!
Well, no laxative today. Hopefully things will even out one of these days soon!
I took a picture yesterday out in the garden.
When I was out weeding, I felt something small and cool jump onto me and then off right away. When I looked, it was a tiny green frog! He was so cute- but hard to get in a photo because he was trying to hop away as I was trying to get a picture. And he wouldn't smile! But I caught a cute pose on one of the rudbeckias.
He gets constipated. Then we give him a laxative. One a day. If that does not work, we do am and bedtime for 1-2 days and that usually gets things moving again. However....you always run the risk that-hmmmm...that last laxative pushed it a little too far and then the poor guy spends the next 8 hours running for the toilet.
That is how we spent our night last night. 13 times he ran. 10 times he made it there. I feel so bad for him, but, shit happens and that is why God created paper towel and sponges with anti-bacterial Mr. Clean! But, neither one of us got much sleep because he was constantly putting on his leg and running for the toilet. Call me on the intercom to help him clean up. Back to bed. And repeat- sometimes every 20 minutes!
Well, no laxative today. Hopefully things will even out one of these days soon!
I took a picture yesterday out in the garden.
When I was out weeding, I felt something small and cool jump onto me and then off right away. When I looked, it was a tiny green frog! He was so cute- but hard to get in a photo because he was trying to hop away as I was trying to get a picture. And he wouldn't smile! But I caught a cute pose on one of the rudbeckias.
Friday, August 1, 2008
So When the Cat is Laying on the Keyboard...
I am hiding inside for awhile because it is pretty hot and humid out and
thought that I would check my emails ,etc. So, I crank the computer on and Max comes and lays down on the desk-as he always does when I am working on the computer. I really don't even pay attention to him. Anyhow, I went to Iwon to check emails and the screen started to flash and move up and down and all kinds of weird stuff.
I figured that it was just the iwon site because pop-ups and flashing ads somehow still come on even with all the blockers.
Ok... I decide to switch to email 2. Still doing weird stuff! Wow! I hope I don't have some terrible virus that got in somehow. I'll shut down the internet and see what happens. Hmmmm....still flashing and doing weird stuff! Well, I'll shut it down and reboot and see what happens. And as it is shutting down, I feel Max shift his head closer to the middle of the board. He must have had his head on the left side of the board the whole time.
I moved the cat down 6 inches and turned it back on and -voila! Perfect Solly!
You would think that I would have that figured out because he does it all the time. But no. I blame the computer first. I think that it is because I listen to all of my friends who have pcs complain about all the weird stuff that happens to their computers on a regular basis. I have a Mac. Very little weird stuff occurs. And when it does, if you shut it down and turn it back on, it is almost always fine! I love my Mac. Love it, love it, love it! And I loved the Mac that I had before this one.
We had a busy day yesterday. It was Larry's last day of therapy. It is only the last day because Medicare has therapy capped if you go out patient and it isn't at a hospital. He could use at least another month's worth to try to rebuild his endurance and strength a little more, but, I figure with all the stuff that we are going to be doing to start the PD dialysis, I can always restart him at the clinic after Jan. 1.
And just in case I haven't mentioned it before- I am a firm believer in therapy for just about anyone! I think that Medicare should make it mandatory that you have to have your balance and strength checked, etc- at least every 3 years. I know that all of Larry's friends poo-poo therapy or the classes that they can take for strength and balance. Yet every single one of them has fallen at least once in the past year. They are all just darn lucky that they didn't break something.
Speaking of Larry's friends, we had lunch with everyone yesterday after
therapy. We were supposed to go to the Colonial House in Menomonee Falls, but they closed their doors right after July 4th. He had expanded the place and it must have been a little too much money wise and he declared bankruptcy.Very sad. We really liked that place. 
So, we went to the Oasis instead and had a very nice lunch, then went over to Jim and Elaine's for dessert (Which Elaine made). Larry had 
a wonderful time. I always enjoy seeing everyone too. Jim is in the green and his wife Elaine is in the black and white. Bob has the striped white shirt and Grace has the light colored print top. I am the youngster in black! They all always crack me up! Bob can hardly ever get a word in edge wise with Grace. If he starts to tell us something , Grace will take over the story. He usually just lets her. After 60 years of marriage, I figure you know which battles to pick! Elaine does it to Jim too, but Jim usually stops- looks at her and says "Do you want to tell this story for me?" and Elaine generally shuts up and lets him continue. Maybe we will see Bob and Grace again before they go back to Az.
thought that I would check my emails ,etc. So, I crank the computer on and Max comes and lays down on the desk-as he always does when I am working on the computer. I really don't even pay attention to him. Anyhow, I went to Iwon to check emails and the screen started to flash and move up and down and all kinds of weird stuff.
I figured that it was just the iwon site because pop-ups and flashing ads somehow still come on even with all the blockers.
Ok... I decide to switch to email 2. Still doing weird stuff! Wow! I hope I don't have some terrible virus that got in somehow. I'll shut down the internet and see what happens. Hmmmm....still flashing and doing weird stuff! Well, I'll shut it down and reboot and see what happens. And as it is shutting down, I feel Max shift his head closer to the middle of the board. He must have had his head on the left side of the board the whole time.
I moved the cat down 6 inches and turned it back on and -voila! Perfect Solly!
You would think that I would have that figured out because he does it all the time. But no. I blame the computer first. I think that it is because I listen to all of my friends who have pcs complain about all the weird stuff that happens to their computers on a regular basis. I have a Mac. Very little weird stuff occurs. And when it does, if you shut it down and turn it back on, it is almost always fine! I love my Mac. Love it, love it, love it! And I loved the Mac that I had before this one.
We had a busy day yesterday. It was Larry's last day of therapy. It is only the last day because Medicare has therapy capped if you go out patient and it isn't at a hospital. He could use at least another month's worth to try to rebuild his endurance and strength a little more, but, I figure with all the stuff that we are going to be doing to start the PD dialysis, I can always restart him at the clinic after Jan. 1.
And just in case I haven't mentioned it before- I am a firm believer in therapy for just about anyone! I think that Medicare should make it mandatory that you have to have your balance and strength checked, etc- at least every 3 years. I know that all of Larry's friends poo-poo therapy or the classes that they can take for strength and balance. Yet every single one of them has fallen at least once in the past year. They are all just darn lucky that they didn't break something.
Speaking of Larry's friends, we had lunch with everyone yesterday after
therapy. We were supposed to go to the Colonial House in Menomonee Falls, but they closed their doors right after July 4th. He had expanded the place and it must have been a little too much money wise and he declared bankruptcy.Very sad. We really liked that place. 
So, we went to the Oasis instead and had a very nice lunch, then went over to Jim and Elaine's for dessert (Which Elaine made). Larry had 
a wonderful time. I always enjoy seeing everyone too. Jim is in the green and his wife Elaine is in the black and white. Bob has the striped white shirt and Grace has the light colored print top. I am the youngster in black! They all always crack me up! Bob can hardly ever get a word in edge wise with Grace. If he starts to tell us something , Grace will take over the story. He usually just lets her. After 60 years of marriage, I figure you know which battles to pick! Elaine does it to Jim too, but Jim usually stops- looks at her and says "Do you want to tell this story for me?" and Elaine generally shuts up and lets him continue. Maybe we will see Bob and Grace again before they go back to Az.
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