Annette ~ thank you for thinking of me. On a trip I was able to buy a gallon sized blue canning jar for a gift to my neighbor. It was really difficult to give that biggie up. You are so right about friends here. I feel like y'all are people I have known for years. Well, I guess some of us have known each other for years. Eduarda ~ I was thinking of you today. I was trying to decide whether to dig up my Phyllis Bide or leave it here. It is so perfect for that spot, I will leave it for the next people to enjoy. Cousin Edna ~ You are going to come help me finish packing right? WBHAHAHA!! Thanks for the good wishes. Next year I will be able to collect Medicare. Woohoo!

Couldn't get along w/o our rice cooker. It is OLD, my inlaws gave it to us and they have been gone a long time. It works perfectly ( when I read reviews now of the ones they selling and the price I am shocked) and we use it several times a week. My digital scale, that is newish. I can't imagine how I got along w/o it. But of course I now do wild yeast starter and breads using formulas so that is why I need it. And the digital thermometer for the same reason. And my stick blender...I was new to that invention..got it at Christmas...wow...I love it and can't imagine ever using the blender again...it is in the bottom drawer now LOL > c

It appears my 'fun investment on 4 wheels' is going to be a tankful of gasoline in my DD van's. We just found out there was some kind of mix-up and we were to be invited to grandson's graduation in Kalamazoo! You can't imagine how much this means to me to know he wanted me there! He left Florida before school was out last year to go to MI to live with his dad.....no explainations to me or his mother, and he wouldn't talk to me. Anyway, hopefully he is coming out of whatever he was thinking. The investment is my grandson! We'll be leaving in a couple hours as it takes 2 hours to get there. Fortunately, we have most of the shower food made that we're responsible for and I have some of my packing done to go back to Michigan with my niece after the shower tomorrow. Whew! What I need from you girls is for someone to start the June thread cause I don't know when I'll be back on. And, of course, good thoughts and prayers for meeting up with the ex-SIL and his family tonight. I have always been nothing but nice to these people and have never, ever said anything derogatory to the grandkids about him and what he did to their mother. I figure, when they're old enough, they'll learn. Granddaughter (she's 14) has already cut most ties with him. She's learned things just by visiting a week in the summertime and she doesn't want to go back. Sorry for this looooong vent/gripe, but I hope tonight will also be a happy time for my family. I know you girls will KOKO and enjoy the sunshine... SharonG/FL-IN

Thanks Christopher. I like that when you and your wife designed your modular home you you put a lot of intentiality into making it easier for her to get around with her RA. That's another good thing about modulars and MH. The smart layout of MH is already designed for efficiency, making it easier for folks like me to get around with a walker. And if you're buying new, you can customise it for the needs of your disability. Some of the older ones have pretty narrow hallways, but there are always ways to get around that. I would venture to guess that it's less expensive to customise a MH than a stick built. I'll eventually need a ramp, and that won't be any cheaper, but I've seen pictures of some pretty neat designs for ramps that can be incorporated into the landscape. Is your wife able to navigate the stairs with your basement, or do you have a work around for that?