New Digs

Last Friday, I moved to new quarters. Here is my back porch.

There is a very nice view of the 14th fairway of the nearby golf course.

For Mother's Day, we celebrated with a nice dinner in the dining room.

91st Birthday

The celebration began with opening presents. First was a therapeutic item (a warm/cold compress - always good for sore bones!)

The "big finale" was a wrist watch/stopwatch/timer - useful for exercise periods.

Taking pills in preparation for lunch.

Demonstrating my special door closing cord (patent pending).

Cooper from the Stonefield staff did a great job of decorating the door.

Off we go for lunch - Mexican food at Ernesto's.

After lunch and a shopping spree at Walmart's, it was time for cake and candles.

Yum - gluten-free German Chocolate cupcakes, by Gail.

To close out the celebration, we did a couple of games of Wii bowling.

Aunt Margaret Visits

Aunt Margaret drove out for a "Post-4th of July" visit. She is looking great!

Sunday

On Sunday, we went to the church with the big pipe organ.

A Visit From Ada

Great-granddaughter Ada came by to visit while she was in town.

She seems pretty friendly.

What a fine pair! See the resemblance?

Back Home

After a stay of ten weeks at Belmont Rehab, I moved back to Stonefield.

Everyone extended a very nice 'welcome back' to me, including Chef Al.

My Leg

I went to visit the surgeon's office, and they took a picture of my leg.
Titanium rod and stainless screws -- good stuff!

They took out the staples in the side of my knee.

Back In the Hospital

I was getting ready to move to Orchard Park Assisted Living.

It was to be a nice new one-bedroom apartment.

But... I fell down and broke my hip. First stop - emergency room.

Marty came down to help out. This is after surgery.

Now I am waiting to see where I go next.

My Chair

Care Plan Meeting

On Tuesday, my Care Plan Meeting was held at the rehab place. We (Gail, John and I) met with the care director, my main nurse, my physical therapist and one other lady (activities director?).

The first thing we noticed was a mismatch between their records and my actual progress. They thought I could walk unassisted and go to the bathroom by myself. Wrong! We explained that I could walk with my walker when I got here, but cannot now.

Then I reminded them about needing prune juice at every meal (doctor's orders!), and that I had to wait a long time to get help to go to the bathroom early this morning.

We think they were a little disappointed with the tone of the meeting...

Visiting a B-24 Bomber

The Collins Foundation (http://www.collingsfoundation.org/) flys a restored B-24 bomber (along with a B-17 and a P-51 fighter aircraft) to various airports around the United States each year. This week, they were in McKinney, so we went to see them. We waited in line at Cutter Aviation.

There were a million school kids ahead of us. As it turned out, when we got to the ticket place, the man in charge took one look at me and said "you guys go right on in".

I'm sitting under the inboard engine of the B-24J. This is the aircraft type I trained to be a radio operator on during WWII.

Here I am by the main landing gear.

This restored B-24 is painted to commemorate a particular aircraft that fought during the war.

This is a view of the bom bay, with some dummy bombs on the bomb rack.

This is the radio operator's station. This is where I would have been, if I had been deployed into action. Thank the Lord, the war ended before I had to go into action.

A highlight of the visit was being thanked for my service during the war by a group of people who were visiting the display.

A Day in Rehab

Today I was on my way back from Happy Hour (I had a root beer float) and ran into Gail and John.

When we got back to the room, we tidied up a few things.

I got the job of sorting through my sock collection to find the 'keepers'.

Grandad finally made it to the Rehab facility - life is good.

Due to a twist in my colon, I spent some time in the hospital.

Jenny, Naomi and Danielle came by for a visit, and they brought a get-well card.

Naomi played 'bop the balloon' with me.

Man Overboard Story in Houston Chronicle Employees Magazine

"Copy!" was the employees' monthly magazine at the Houston Chronicle. Here is the Table of Contents of the June 1971 issue. (Click the image to see a larger view)

Note the story on page 7.
This is the story.
There was also a note on the 'bits and pieces' page.

He was quite newsworthy that month!

Christmas Clan

Pre Thanksgiving visit