boB visits and brings the Martin 0019

boB came down to visit Kay today.  He called too late for me to cancel the shuttle pickup and go with him but as he took the scenic route down US 99 we both got there about the same time.  I was able to cancel the return pickup and he brought me home after we took Kay back to her place.  We went to the Old Country Buffet in Lakewood but there was a long lineup looked like from a church so I suggested we go to Ihops as we know Kay likes pancakes.   We had a good long time dinner there although I picked a meal way too much like I get here at Cascade Vista so did not like it too much.  Next time I will be sure to pick something with pancakes or a substitute.  Their gravy was too much like the canned stuff we get here.  Kay at

e almost all her 3 pancakes even though she may have eaten some candy that dulled her appetite. When boB got Kay home she seemed reluctant to let us go but when we were getting into the elevator to leave she did wave to us in response to ours so maybe she accepted it. I am always afraid she will be too unhappy when I leave her.    

A bunch of years ago I gave my Martin 0019 guitar to boB  because my arthritis was getting so I could not play it.  Lately my left hand felt pretty good and I wondered if I could play the guitar again.  So I asked him to bring it down for me to try.  Here is an example of me trying to play it after at least 10 years I think. Maybe less but a long time.  

Thanksgiving with Bob and Kay

 We had a very nice visit with Kay.  Bob and I.  He got here a little late. They told me she was in a bad mood and was not properly dressed.  I had called ahead and asked they get her dressed so we could take her out for lunch.  When I saw her she was sitting in the community room with the others and had on a real concoction of things.  A blouse (OK)  Another blouse or outer garmet not too bad but then she had put these over her  night gown of which I am not sure was hers.  Seems to me she had something else but I don't remember what.  These were over a pair of ugly pants I don't remember seeing before.  She had no shoes, or socks on.  Just barefoot.  She is real short of shoes and slippers but has plenty of socks. Up until a couple days ago she had a pair of attractive slippers or maybe they were slip on shoes. But now there is only one left the other disappeared   She has  just one pair of slippers.  This thing happens all  the time I am sure.  I can be in the room with her and hear the door from the hall opening and you would think it would be a caregiver coming in to do something but most likely it is some lost patient opening the door.  I cant see who is opening the door from where we are.  That is how Kay winds up in other rooms and beds. Lost.  They tell me she walks a lot.  Yesterday she seemed real feeble and I wonder how she does.  This is a big negative about this place.  All they have to do when alone is walk these halls.  No naturally lit areas.  They are making do as well as they can with the size of the property but I don't like this having no place to be of a pleasant nature. It hurts me to think of Kay having to be in such   confined quarters. Every day when I see her I have to leave her in this condition. 

As it would not do to  take her out in this condition I thought I would try my hand at getting her into proper attire.  So with the Caregevers help I started encouraging Kay to get the blouses off so we could get a brassier on her the build from there.  It took some encouragement but she did it.  At one time I told the caregiver to step back and let me get some of the clothes on her because Kay seemed to resist what the caregiver was trying to do. Kay's resistance to the Caregiver was not where  I thought she had something about this particular because of the way the caregiver treated her.  Maybe it was just the mood Kay was in.  But anyway we finally got her properly dressed and I combed her hair which she never resists me doing. Darn, I accidentally brought her comb home with me.  I had recently taken two there as she seemed to be out.  I had recently brought two because she never seemed- to have a comb.  I immediately left the comb out somewhere and it disappeared quickly.  But I had this one left which I kept in a drawer by her bed.  Patients from other rooms do  not seem to go into drawers in night stands.    

I brought Kay downstairs and we went looking for OCB but wound up at iHops instead.  I had boB take some pictures and I will show them but I need to decide about them  yet.

She is not laughing out

loud just responding to Bobs request for a big smile.

I wanted to go to the Old Country Buffet but there was such a long line we decided to look around for something else.  We found an iHops not closed and not too busy so stopped there.   There is more to tell but I have to stop now I have only been at this for an hour and a half I guess.  I will post the video tomorrow.  Two old people with walkers.  Very exciting.