Mission Accomplished, Vol. 1

Well the gang came through and when the day was done we had two solid railings, an organized living room, lots of brush cleared, a wider smoother path to the deck, materials gathered and a good plan for the ramp (provided my folks are okay with losing either the rhododendron or the lower deck railing).

Many thanks to Kathryn, Sam, Pat, John, Ed, Rose, Ginger and Tasha for all their help and patience with all manner of dust, cat excrement and debris. It's a daunting task tackling the Homestead, but we may one helluva dent, as seen below.







Also, found a message from Dr. Jones' office on the Homestead voicemail saying they are ready to schedule the ablation pending a conversation with me about the details. Wish they'd called my cell or home numbers (as provided), but what can you do? So, I'll have that scheduled on Monday and by the time Dad and Venka come up on Tuesday things should be looking good...or we'll have a lot more work to do before either of them come home.

Stopped by Maryville yesterday and apparently Mom fell on her way to the loo. Her ankle may be sprained from the fall, and they are going to get her an x-ray today to see what damage was done, but she needs to keep her right leg elevated to keep the swelling down. Definitely complicates the physical therapy progression to say the least.