I second that, and I also wish you the best in this coming year. This place would not be the same without you. May everyone have a great Christmas day. We are golfing so my wish to myself is to have my swing be strong.

Hi Judy, so good to see you posting again. I hope Greg's burns are healing well. You didn't say how you are doing? I believe you were having problems with your legs. Hope that is better. Ashley is quite a grown up beautiful young lady now. I'm glad she has a job that she loves, and hope she will stay with it. Nice looking young man, too. Don't be stranger here now. Sue

Thank you all for the Christmas wishes. Gadgets, you asked for an update on mom. She has dementia, and is in a nursing home for rehab after falling and breaking her hip in 4 places. Rehab has been slow. Some from the dementia, and some from slow healing. She has been making progress, and had only just been cleared for total weight bearing a week and a half ago. On Tuesday last week we were told that insurance would no longer be paying for her to stay there. That she would be discharged on Friday. We had less than 24 hours to appeal. The appeal was denied. She/DB is paying to stay until Jan. 5. (DB had total POA) The therapists were just going to start working with mom on stairs and getting in and out of a car. I don't know yet whether mom will go back to DB's or go to another facility. This one is great, but very expensive. Mom has had great care here. I will be sorry to see her moved. DB is trying to keep her with him and his family for as long as possible, but I don't know how much longer that will be possible. Mom is still in a wheelchair, and does very little for herself. The anesthsia and pain medication made the dementia worse. I went Tuesday to see her, and there was very little conversation, tho I try to tell her what the grands and great grands are up to. I went yesterday, and we had a nice visit. She could hold small conversations, and seemed to be enjoying the day. One of her aids is a wonderful woman, who has been an aid since she was 15, and is just a few years older than I am. I will miss her when mom is discharged. I made sure that I talked to her and told her how greatful I am for the care she has given mom. She had just found out the day before that mom is being discharged. She said she will be sad to see her go. Her own mother now has dementia. I am keeping her in my prayers. Thank you so much for asking. I had forgotten that I had posted about this or I would have given an update sooner. Tami

Mamapinky: Cheryl with our timedifferense it takes me to the next day for me to get back to you al. I do on a dayly baisis take 4 different medicins for my neck pain just to be able to have some kind of a good life, I dont know if its good to be on these drugs but if i dont take them i am on bedrest. One of them is a morfine drug, so they are strong. I would not want this on anybody but I also kinda do not wanna be without this experience, I have learned alot but the hard way. Elcamino: thank you for thise kind words. It just fun to tell others about someting you love and that people like us here in this forum can relate to. There are a thread here that do show al of my laundryroom and I think all of the equipment I got, look for: http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/3340925/showing-my-laundryroom-in-sweden?n=19 I have noticed that it does seme that you in the US does not iron much, just fold stuff out of the dryer, I mostly hang dry , not that it does matter as I iron either way of drying decause I like the look and feel of the fabric after ironing or pressing or mangleing, and mangled sheet does keep clean for longer and does not dust as much. Other this is from pics and vids that you mostly underuse the capacity of you washers, I dont get that, do they not clean full loads? I can cram my miele eurowasher full and it all is clean. This need a nother tread here