Monday, December 17, 2007
Helping the Parental Units
I headed to Halifax this weekend after spending early Saturday as a Dicken's-type character at East Point. (Boy, am I glad I wore some extra layers that day - it sure was chilly!) Dad had surgery on his ankle on Friday evening and he was still in the hospital. Sunday was a busy day - I started at 7 AM with laundry and then got to work on their tree. My folks like lots of lights on the tree, but over the years, it had started to lose its shape a bit and some of the rows of lights weren't working, etc etc. So I took off all of the lights, re-shaped the tree and then started from the top and put lights on each little branch. I had to pick up a few extra lights for it this morning, and mom and I decorated the tree and put the remainder of the house decorations up today. It feels good to have all of it done. :-)
Unfortunately, dad is still in the hospital. They want to keep him there until they are absolutely sure that there is no risk of infection. That being said, his surgeon stopped in while mom and i were visiting around supper time, and mentioned that he may have to put another screw in, so dad may require another surgery. The surgeon said he'd be back to talk about it in a day or two. So it looks like dad may be there for a while yet. That was exactly why I stopped into Micheal's Crafts after supper and picked up a small tree and some garland and ornaments for it (all on sale for 50% - 70% off@!!) and brought them in to dad - so he could have a bit of Christmas cheer in his room. Tomorrow morning I'm going to surprise him with a portable DVD player!! :-)
Posted by Dre at 11:08 PM
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