Well Jim as soon as I am able to haul a bucket to the tree we'll try it. I really need some enthusiasm and help with the eating department. I just can't get motivated to make even soup. I have been having a shake in the morning and then I drink water through the day, but I really need to try to start eating. I think that part of it is I am afraid to do it by myself in case something happens. I know that with cream soups and stuff the risk is nil, but I am afraid to do mac-n-cheese or the other fun stuff that we have been trying in therapy by myself. I guess I will make an IM deal with someone and if I choke they can call 911 and then send them a mapquest map to the farm.


I hate being a weakling!! Yesterday I moved some mulch to my Blue spruce tree. I got a large kids tub that is bright yellow from my nephews. It is about 3 feet deep and about two feet around and has rope handles on it. They were going to throw it away and I can't stand to see useful things wind up in the trash.

So I put about 5 armfuls (can't use a shovel yet) of the mulch from the pile behind the garage in the tub and then drug it up to the tree being very careful to use my left arm, not my right arm where my flap is and then dumped it out as close to under the tree as I could and sat down and kicked it around until the area under the tree was covered. This was my big chore for the day. The rest of the day I walked around the yard with a hand spreader putting fertilizer out on the grass so that this rain will soak it in.

Patty