Good news!

A week ago, early afternoon, we had a bad hail storm. It was golf ball sized hail, and it did a lot of damage to cars, houses and anything else that was outside.

We had 2 of our 3 vehicles, Randy's car and my van, damaged. The van even had the windshield cracked and the hood looks like someone had beaten on it with a hammer. The van goes into the shop next week for repairs. The boys car escaped damage, it missed the hail storm because it was at Kirkwood.

Today the insurance adjuster for the house came by.

The roof on the main part of our house is fine! I was worried about this because I was home at the time and heard how hard it was coming down. Too bad several of our neighbors were not so lucky.

The sunroom does have some damaged. That roof will have to be replaced and a couple of exterior wall panels. This is what we expected because we could see the damaged to the exterior wall panels.

The adjuster was surprised that we didn't have any screens destroyed or more siding damaged. This has been very common and I know several people who had their siding destroyed as well as their screens.

Randy did notice today that we probably lost one of our ferns because of the hail. It was looking good but now there is little left of it. Oh well, it probably would not have made it through the winter because I was the one who planted it. I do admit to having a black thumb.

Sometimes you have to laugh

There are times you have to laugh or you will cry. This saying is very true when you are dealing with a loved one with dementia.

My mother has dementia and is physically handicapped. Which means that there are many times that I have to tell myself to just laugh or to accept that she is not going to get better.

One thing I often have to remind myself of is that "life happens". Which to me means that you do what you can and don't worry about the rest. This is very true when dealing with Mom.

This doesn't mean that I do not get frustrated with her because I do. She could be doing better physically if she wanted to but she has convinced herself that many activities and almost all forms of exercise will make her sick so she will not do it. I keep telling myself that I can't make her do it, it is up to her.

At times Mom is very with it mentally and at others she seems like a bratty 5 year old. Since I never know which will be on the phone I have learned not to expect much.

I do feel guilty at times because Dad is the one who is having to carry the burden of dealing with her because my siblings and I do not live near them but they chose to live there just as the rest of us have chosen to live where we do.

I do remind myself when Mom is having a bad day that even if I lived closer it would not make a difference and my family comes first and there are times when I have to laugh because it is better than crying.

Continues to improve

This Cross Country season is being a great one for Jeffery. He is making marked improvements at each meet. The Thursday meet at Noelridge was a fast meet for everyone one. Many of our team set new personal records including Jeffery. His new PR is 20:32.

Jeffery set a new record

This season in Cross Country has so far been a really good one for Jeffery. This past Saturday he set a new personal record. He ran the JV 5K race in 20:59. Way to go Jeffery!!!