Weekly Update

Clarine has not had a good week. Oddly enough it is not her foot that is causing her the most difficulty right now. Monday she wasn't feeling totally well. There were respiratory problems. She went to the doctor. Her breathing passages were greatly inflamed, and she was having pain when she sneezed or coughed. She has had so much drainage that her nose is sore from wiping. She was given a heavy dose of antibiotics to take for ten days. Through yesterday she had not improved noticeably at all. I am thinking I can see traces of improvement today. I am inclined to worry about it a little. Perhaps today she is turning the corner.

She has talked about putting up Christmas decorations. Tuesday we put the tree together and set it up and did the other inside decorations. I also put up several different lighting arrangements out side. They work fine and look quite good. I tried to take pictures of them, but nothing shows like it does to the real eye. Maybe it was because the flash kept triggering. Oh, well! I included some of the photos anyway. There are lights on the trees on the sun porch, lights along the rosebushes at the east of the house, lights going down the steps toward the lake, and lights and garland above the doors on the garage. There are timers on all of the arrangements. they come on about 5:30 PM and go off at ten. I'm sorry I am having difficulty showing you just how pretty they really are. I was sort of "Scroogey" and didn't want to get involved putting up the lights, but when I got going, it was difficult to get me stopped.

I went to the temple again yesterday and Clarine stayed home to get better. It is nicer when the two of us can go and do our shifts together.

In spite of how she is feeling, Clarine has been making some wonderful bread, cookies, brownies, and other things that do not help me to control my weight as well as I should, but I really do love food. I guess that is one of the "tender mercies of the Lord" that I feel so well that my appetite is wonderful and doesn't sate nearly so easily as it should for some one approaching eighty years of age.

I hope you are enjoying this time of year and feeling the the love, mercy and grace of the Lord. I love you all. gwh.