~Dearies~

The Dearies as I called them there in the HH I have to say

90% of the time they were taken care of very well..Most of

them had family that came daily almost to help them eat or

do what ever.. They came for the different events that we held

and many were dedicated to helping us.. You can tell by these

photos.. Up top..on the left, is dear Vesta.. She was such a

lovely lady, prim and proper..and she had no one.. Shortly

after I got there and had ventured out, before I lost my leg, she

came up to me and put her hand on my arm..looked at me so

sincere and sweetly said "I need a friend, would you be mine?"

I assured her I would be and we were from then on..

Up on the right, is Joe, he was a DBK. diabetic. He lost both

his legs at the same time.. He had other major problems as well,

he was over 80, and very Italian..lovely man..he would get mad

cause he wanted to get up and they had to watch him..he steady

tried to get out of his chair..we were not allowed to be restrained,

they even went to far as to tie down the side rails so we couldn't

pull them up..Many fell out of bed after that.. most got moved to

electric beds that could be lower to the floor..then they got about

a 2 inch thick piece of foam the length of the bed and that was to

land on when you fell out.. didn't work .. I loved teasing Joe, he

always seemed to know me and always responded..the two photos

of him are with his daughter and one is of Raul that worked there..

He never was on my hall tho.. I had wished he was..he was such a

Cutie and a very nice guy...Elgin was a dear little man..he would
take his cap off that he wore constantly and slap you with it to get
your attention.. he was so cute too.. :-)

The bottom photo in my collage is of the dining room there after one

of our bingo games or some gathering.. We were all in there one day,

I believe was lunch time..towards the end of the eating time..All of a

sudden was a LOUD BOOM!!!!.. I mean these Dearies- I thought half

of them stroked out- scared them so bad..did me! Someones tire on

their wheel chair blew out.. which I had NO idea that could happen..
I mean.. talk about funny later.. we did laugh..but some I mean they

almost passed out it just echoed in that big open room.. :-) Many of

the women screamed and one, Terry, she jumped straight up and

ran out so fast no one could catch her :-) It was a mad house for a

few minutes everyone was so shook up :-)

We are in for a crappy week end.. Heidi stopped by today and brought

me a gorgeous new skirt.. black and gray..I have the PERFECT set,

a 2 piece sweater set the exact same colors that will be great with it..I

really didn't have anything else to wear with it other than my solid black,

which with 2 light colored cats..well I don't wear it much..but this will be

really pretty together.. Monday Penny is going to the laundromat and she

can wash it then and I can wear it next week..its great material too..I

was glad to see her and she had planned to come by tomorrow but she

has shopping to do and with trying to get her house set up since she

did move out of the place she got robbed in.. was a bad area.. They

do think they know who did it tho..so she may get all her things back...

Was hard on her kids losing toys and clothes.. 3 of them.. Her oldest

is 15, and a son 13 and little Emily is 3... and to lose every single thing

you have.. its hard.. I told her if I can help her i surely would.. I have

extra linens and blankets and towels.. I had hoped the home less

shelter would help her but she said they wouldn't.. and she was not to

tell her clients what happened to her.. but Im glad she told me and

maybe I can help her.. shes a good kid...

Well this GORGEOUS WEEBLE kid is hungry.. Penny put a nice pork

roast in the crock pot when she got here..and it smells great.. I plan to

nuke a baked potato and have a nice dinner.. I called Dawn and told

her about the specials at the store and that I would get them but she

had to come tomorrow and pick them up..so I hope she does.. We are

due to have a really bad ice storm and Donnie is frantically working

to get his garage done.. He helps so many and this kid is over there

all by himself..no one is there to help him.. I don't know why that is..but

I do plan to call a few of his friends and ask them to get together and

get his garage done for him.. He helps so many and yet hes there by

himself.. I told him if I could I would help him..but not a whole lot I can

do.. maybe plug something into one of those 23 outlets he put into

that thing..We call it his GARAGEMAHAL.. Dawn even got him a sign

for it.. he will love that..

Food, and OUT of this chair.. I got up early 5 am today..but then I was

out like a light by 9..so I slept..I only got up twice Last nite so that

wasn't too bad... Signing off, but first ..."Nitey Nite" :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? love ya, and thanks !! :-)

Always, Lois ****

God Bless you, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend";

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again.....