Hey Bonnie...I'm not sure why but I couldn't reply. So I'll do it here. We also are surprised to have so many grandchildren. But it is the joy of our lives to see those precious babies. Abby is the oldest she is now 20. Thank goodness for Abby she comes over on Wednesday after work to stay with her Paw Paw. That gives me the opportunity to go to the grocery, Sam's, or Walmart. The last few weeks I have only been going to the Houston garden center. I have hauled 142 plants in the back seat and trunk of our car. Also eight bags of compost. This week she is coming tonight to sleep over. I will go get 8 bags of mulch. I need 8 more plants that I am not able to find. I have a Mexican guy helping us to find them. Then next week I will start hauling pavers to outline the garden edge to keep the grass out. It is dirty work but I enjoy it and it helps me pass the time. It's also my therapy.
I hope we will see you guys also, it would be fun. We have a guest room for ya'll any time. Just call we'll leave the light on for you.
Bill has just this week made some progress in the left elbow area. He had slight movement in the shoulder and the hand but nothing in the elbow. So 19 months out he is still making improvements. He has a very long way to go but we never give up. We are hoping to get home in December for a family wedding.

I don't know what the odds would be on this in Vegas but on Thursday we got our seventh granddaughter. That means our daughter has four girls no boys and our son now has three girls no boys.

All seven are healthy and wonderful and we are very blessed to have them. Her name is Madeline and she will be called Mattie. She weighed 6 lbs 7 ozs. She is 20 inches long with black hair, blue eyes and dimples. We will get to see her either Sunday or Monday. Bill asks alot of questions about her like details of who she looks like.

Otherwise same old, same old from Houston. We have dropped out of the activities at the club for a week or so Abby our 20 years old granddaughter and her boyfriend Bryan have been working on planting the back gardens for us. The same family that did the hard scape was supposed to do it but they said they had a emergency and I never heard back from them. Bryan did a very professional job. Everything looks so small but now we can just sit back and watch the garden grow. Yesterday Bill was watering the plants.....so he has a new job and he enjoys it. Till....................

OMG......
Bill's good luck continued tonight. We had dinner for lunch and a late lunch of pizza. I left Bill in the bed to go cook the frozen pizza for 25 minutes. I sliced the pizza and poured him a cup of ice tea. When I got to the bedroom.....Bill was on the floor on his knees. He was holding on to the nightstand with his right hand and luckily the medium size trash can was holding his chest up. His left side was still leaning on the bed. I called Greg to get him up and back into the bed.
Good news he was not hurt nor did he fall........he said he just slid out onto the floor on his way to the bathroom. I didn't know he could roll over without the bar to pull on....I wish I could have seen how he did it but now I know I can't leave him with the rail off on the left side anymore.

Who knows maybe it's a good thing..............maybe he is getting stronger. Just another dip on the roller coaster to keep me on my toes.

Tonight we attended game night at Towne Lake for the first time in a long time. It was a lot of fun to see all of our old neighbors and to meet some new ones. Bill won 8 games at BINGO and I won 2 it was so much fun. Bill said he really enjoyed all the kidding about his being always lucky.
Shirley picked out 2 lucky cards when they played last week maybe she was right we may just keep those cards on the side for awhile longer.
The water was very cold this morning. I will be losing water aerobics on October 1, then we will be doing something called chair aerobics. I'll give it a chance but I don't think it could be nearly as invigorating as the water class. We are doing well with the renewed commitment to get out of the house as much as possible.
We have 2 neighbors that had surgery....I am baking cookies and should be finished tomorrow and we will go out to make a few visits on Caddo Springs.

OMG......where do I begin. I thought that Bill's physical condition was really tanking. However my medical training has once again misled my diagnosis.
Bill's MOM..his sister Shirley and brother-in-law Johnny came to visit us from Thursday till Sunday. Bill didn't know they were coming it was a surprise for him. Well the surprise was on me.
He perked up so much I couldn't believe it. He hardly slept during the day and stayed up for long hours after meals. He came out with some really funny things to say and really showed us he enjoyed himself.
Friday at bingo Bill played about half the games and was getting bored. Johnny had the idea for Bill to call. He called the numbers not only correctly but in a voice that we had not heard in a very long time. His voice was both strong and clear. He has been sand bagging. We now think he is depressed again. So I will ask the doctor what she recommends. Stronger dose or to try a new drug.
I have been doing just what he didn't need. Letting him sleep a lot and stay home. Assuming he needed the additional down time since he was so much weaker. Now I need to go in the opposite direction. We are hoping to get him going well enough for a trip home in December for Erin and Jock's wedding.
Thanks for coming Shirley, Johnny and especially Mom. You were just what we needed to get us going in the right direction again. Thanks for being here for us. Love Ya Lots

We played BINGO on Tuesday morning....Bill had two cards and did very well on marking. He enjoyed the outing and we are going to push to attend more events at the club house. I also rejoined water aerobics class Tuesday and am going to push to attend for the month of September. I really enjoy the class and seeing our neighbors is also refreshing. Bob our next door neighbor stays with Bill & his wife also goes to the class.

Sunday Sandra & Paul came to visit. We enjoyed seeing them. Guess what....you guessed it. Another Murray coming to Houston. Paul came in to get a job here and register for trade school. He did both. Sandra will bring him back on Friday...he will stay with her sister in Katy about 30 minutes from here. Sounds like a few card games in our future. This week they are bringing Blue Plate Mayo, Community Coffee and of course Bunny Plantation bread. I need to call her last night Bill said he would also like some Hubig apple pies.

Abby stays with Bill on Wednesday evening for me to errands. Last night I bought the last curtain rod. The last drapes are ordered and in the mail. This will be the last time I call the installer....he is beginning to think he's family. I also bought more plants for our New Orleans Courtyard that is under construction in the back yard. We are very excited to get that finished also. I really enjoyed working on that project....it has filled a lot of my time and Bill even has had some input. The hard scape is finished and we already sit out there and listen to the water from the fountain. So far the only birds that come are the doves. We are hoping when the plants go in...we will get some more colorful birds.

Bill's insurance is going to start sending a nurse to the house to do his blood work and check ups. It has become too difficult for me to get him in and out of the car. It is not safe for either of us. So I am relieved that we have that luxury.