Well, it’s been spring break here all week and we have
enjoyed some time off of our regularly scheduled programming.
The weather has been atrocious! The rain just keeps on
coming down and we have flood warnings up all over the place. And the
forecast is for more rain as far as they can see! We may never have
spring! So, don’t tell me about your heat!
Drew…… Brenna will be home May 3rd!
Adam…Brother Hillam was going to put your car on a trailer
and bring it to us over this weekend and it was going to cost $500. Dad
emailed and tried to reply to his messages, but he never got back to us, so we
don’t know what happened there. Don’t know if it’s going to show up at
our doorstep or if he’s just going to wait for us to go get it in July.
It’s GENERAL CONFERENCE Weekend! I love
Conference! I actually just got up to make some cinnamon rolls when I
remembered I hadn’t written to you yet, so they may have to wait until
tomorrow! Can’t wait to hear the talks today.
Lainey and I went to North Bend on Monday night and stayed
until Thursday. We had fun. Lainey rested and read the entire book of
Hunger Games. Now she’s into book two. She wants to see the movie,
but she’s trying to talk Dad into reading the book first. The movie came
out a week or so ago. It’s quite popular. I don’t get it.
There are a lot of very young kids reading the book and seeing the movie.
I don’t think it’s appropriate at a young age, but then again, it’s not my kind
of story either.
Grandma and Grandpa Inman are doing the remodel on
their kitchen and I got to dig in and help. It’s going to be so
nice! I’lll send a couple of pictures when they are done. Mitchell
is there and he had all new cabinet doors and drawers made and shipped to
them. While I was there, Grandpa demolished the old counter top.
That was a sight! There was ¾ inch of concrete under the tiles! He
took it all off down to the plywood underneath. Also we took all the
drawers and doors off and Uncle Marty sanded all the lower facings of
wood. Grandma and I sanded most of the upper ones. So, in the next
few days, they’ll have all new cabinet and drawer fronts and all new
countertops! They are also tiling the back splash along the entire length
of the counters and covering all the old wallpaper. Should be really
pretty! While the men were doing the doors, Grandma and I went through
all her old medications and food in the cupboards. We threw most of
it away because they were almost all past their pull dates! Some of it
was up to 10 years or more past! I’ve got keep a better eye out for those
old folks! They are going to poison themselves!
Oh, great news!! You know how Grandma was in pretty
much constant pain with her neuropathy? Well, here old doctor retired and
she started going to a new nurse practitioner. She recommended that
grandma go to a new pain specialist and that lady recommended changing her drug
routine. She took her off of her regular pain meds and told her to try
Lyrica. Grandma’s pain has been down to the level of about a one on the
1-10 pain scale for the last month!!!!!! She’s also able to sleep at
night again! She’s so happy! She said she was offered this
medication years ago, but she was afraid to switch for fear it wouldn’t
work! I’m so happy for her! Couldn’t believe she had as much
stamina this week as she did!
We got to see Grandma and Grandpa Hopper this week too, of
course. They are doing well. No complaints! They are looking
for another house to rent. One with a walk in shower stall for
Grandpa. Also, it seems the owner of their current house is putting it on
the market to sell. So, the saga continues. Grandma is so fussy, we’ll
see if and when it happens!
That’s about all there is to tell this week!
I love you both and pray you are well and happy!
--Mom
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