Hello everyone. Things have been pretty busy around here lately. I enrolled in a trigonometry class at the local community college. It's true, if you don't use it you loose it. But I feel the accident didn't cost me that much, I would be having the same troubles even before. Spring finial sprung here in Ohio, a welcome event. The woods are just starting to bud out and turn green. Shilah's almost a year old and the cats still rule the house. A photo of Shilah at her best.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Thank you Margie and Barry, I love you two too. I miss having you two around.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Hello everyone. A special thanks goes out to: AmberLee, Jess, Dad, Chantel, Andrew, Beth, Sarah, Sarie's mom Joyce, Jeanne, Aunt Shirley, Jenn Floodstom, Holly and Steve, Heather, Keith and family, Michael, Dr. Almuth H. Tschunko, Marshall C. Kimball, Joyce Pennington and Jeanne Ritchie for your prompt respond and words of encouragement. I'll definitely keep the blog more current as I continue my college career.

Many of you guys have inquired about my computer interfacing. I still use dragon when writing or "dictating" long emails or any other lengthy document. But for everyday typing I use a mini keyboard, positioned properly. I gave up on the first touchpad I tried (the "Bamboo"), it took to much downward pressure to work. The new touchpad (an "Ergo") works so much better. As far as my ability to use the computer, I'm limited my knowledge and single key typing. I'm including a photo of myself and my computer table for a better description.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Hello, this entry is different. It is completely hand typed. I type with either my thumb or a knuckle, one letter at a time. Not as fast as Dragon, but it works better. I've enrolled in a calculus course at the local community college, I have know idea how I'm going to complete the written work though. Any suggestions? I know that by not updating the blog on a regular basis, many follows quit following. Because of this, I feel like there arn't very many followers at all. If your reading this please respond, maybe I'll keep it going and update more often. Also I'm including a photo of Shilah and myself, both of us are doing great. PEACE

Monday, February 21, 2011

For any followers left out there, I have no reasons why. It's been a long cold winter with saddening truths.
Currently I've been meeting with the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation from both the state and AEP, about finishing college. Not sure what but I've got to do something.
My respiratory therapist has given me the go-ahead to remove my trach this spring. Not sure, but hope it won't cause any issues with anxiety. No major issues with my health this past winter to speak of.
Though my shoulders and arms are getting stronger I'm not sure if I have the range I would need to drive a car. Which is my new long-term goal, to drive again.
I WILL keep this more up to date for anyone who might still glance at it.

Monday, December 27, 2010

Well I've survived yet another holiday season, as I hope all of you did too. I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with the entire family, from Massachusetts to New Mexico, and a rather calm Christmas. With all the excitement I lost track of updating the blog. My health has been well through this cold December where having. My shoulder has calmed finally, I've hardly had any pain in the past two weeks.Filling the propane tank reminds me of why I heated with wood in the first place. Though I've been staying warm, it's costing me a small fortune. And has encouraged me to better insulate my house. My cats, Dewey and Sebastian, finally came in out of the cold, Sebastian has taken over the house again. Shilah is over 30 pounds and heat at seven months old, off to the vet we go.

Tuesday, November 23

Hello everyone, another busy few weeks have gone by again. Though many attempts have been made to the hunting all have been met with failure. I finally got a site system worked out on the cross bow, I've put a pistol scope on the bow, and with its long eye relief I am able to use it in the gun mount if it is attached to my chair. Bad weather prevented me from hunting up until about a week and a half ago when some medical issues started occurring. The first was a really bad UTI that took two weeks in two different antibiotics to get rid of, only now it has cleared up. Last Saturday morning I woke up and could not catch my breath, we ended up calling 911 and going to the emergency room. Turns out I had a small patch of pneumonia in my right lung. They admitted me to the hospital for an overnight observation and so they could give me IV antibiotics. I feel great now and am on an oral antibiotic to make sure the pneumonia has cleared up. I'm going to give it a few days rest and then attempt to hunt after Thanksgiving, the dream is still alive.
Things around the house have been relatively normal. The finish my furnace installation, and now I'm not cold all the time. My dog Shilah has gotten big, she now weighs about 25 pounds. She's learning her name but not very quickly, she knows right from wrong but still tries to get away with anything she can to. You've got to love puppies.
The whole family is coming in this Thanksgiving. It will be nice to see them all at one time.