JUST CHECKING IN

 MADISON, ALABAMA

Just checking in but nothing is happening good or bad. Just eating well and getting lots of sleeping in.   Be happy and have fun. OFM

SATURDAY NITE

 Madison Alabama

Here it is Saturday night again and not even a little bit of juicy news to report. The OFM is still getting his exercise walk in every day. The weather has been cooling down slowly but definitely a lot nicer for day time exercise walking.  My body really likes the half hour spritely walks. Now that we are cooling down for the fall months most of the daylight time is decent for outdoor exercise walking.

On the Assisted living front, the OFM is heading up an effort to get more folks into the coloring of predrawn pictures from Coloring books to help keep the older minds active and resistant to brain troubles like dementia. The response is not high yet but is slowly growing each week so far. 

We even furnish the coloring supplies so there is no cost to the participant for supplies to participate. It at least gets a few folks heads out of their TV. That is a good thing.

That is all the news of late so go have some fun outdoors before winter attacks us. OFM.

RING BINDERS

MADISON, ALABAMA

The OFM was sitting on the back pack patio after supper tonight talking with his friend Art when the back door jumped open and out rushed the facility manager. Art and the OFM both jumped out of our skin nearly.  Then she stopped and asked if I would like to have some excess ring binders.  After we got our senses  back the OFM said yes mam.  Then she took me inside to check them out. There was about a dozen ring binders of a couple sizes she needed a home for for free. The OFM thought for a fraction and said yes I would take them.  I save the pictures I color in ring binders and I was definitely in need of a couple of binders.  Eleven of them followed me home of various sizes.  She was really glad to get rid of them and I needed a few. My talking buddy took a couple of them, Then I took the rest of them. Now all I need to do is carefully find out what to do with most of them. Three of them were put to immediate use but the rest will need a new home soon. So soon I will have a free ring binder festival and see if anyone else wants some.  And that is about the bigest excitement we have had here in a month.OFM

SPECIAL PIECE OF PAPER

 MADISON, ALABAMA

There was a nice event here a couple of days ago the OFM did not get to go to.  He had a delirium attack that day right after lunch and was down for the count the rest of the day. The next day he was informed he was awarded an award during the event by the powers that be.  It was a nice decorative award to hang on his door or wall.

The award was for THE CREATIVE CANVAS AWARD  for the help the facility gets from me for helping to commemorate important events by designing announcements notices and other things like that for events etc that happen here.  It was a very nice experience to receive it.  That is a pretty good highlight to a plain jane life like I live. the OFM.

NEW COLORING BOOKS

 Madison Alabama

Good morning.  The big excitement yesterday was the arrival of two new coloring books.  These are some of the nicest done coloring outlines I have seen and  I am really looking forward to putting them to use. Now if my brain would only allow me to put pictures into the blog to share them it would be a lot better. Have a great day. I am headed to the dining room for breakfast. OFM

STILL HERE

 MADISON ALABAMA

Still here and not a thing to write about happening. Health is fine and nothing going wrong but also nothing happening to tell all about. But I am still looking for things to write about.  Go have some great fun for me. OFM

HALL WORK

 MADISON, ALABAMA

I got the word from the boss lady this afternoon that the hallways will not be getting new flooring. So this afternoon the folks who were taken from their rooms so the foundation work could be performed will be moving back into that area.  That should finish the big work trouble for now. Maybe things will get a little better organized for a little while. As far as the OFM goes there was very little real bother for him during this mess and he is thankful for that. Otherwise things are just like normal by nightfall.  So the old routines are in charge of our life again.  Have a good day folks. OFM

FLOORING WORK

MADISON, ALABAMA

The flooring installers seem to be doing a very good job of installing the new flooring.  The flooring the owners decided on is vinal  light colored that looks like a nice  wood floor.  We are wondering if the owners are planning on re doing the two long hallways that run between the apartments.  That is about it for excitement out here. Have a great day. OFM 

IT FINALLY HAPPENED

 Madison, Alabama

I was sitting down by the dining room just digesting for a bit. But that suddenly ended when it was announced that the new carpet crew was starting the replacement process and we had to clear out of the  area and head back into our living quarters for the night. It would have been nice to get a bit of notice just for peace of mind.  Any way the workers got right to work removing old carpet and getting busy with something that makes a bit of noise. But it is not too loud and I will soon be heading to bed. It is lucky I am in a room almost as far away from the noise as a person can get in the building. Now if we had an idea of how long this will take it would be nice.

Other than the above it has been a very calm almost boring day. I got in a bit of coloring, ordering more coloring books, two nice walks around the neighborhood.  Soo there is all the excitement for the day. Have a nice night, OFM

NOTHING IN GENERAL

 MADISON ALABAMA

Well here it is Sunday morning and the OFM has had a nice breakfast of two strips of extra crisp bacon and a double bowl of Cheerios. A clear pretty morning outside and nowhere to go. But the body is alive and ready for some mischief if possible. The old Dementia is progressing slowly right on schedule but the OFM is kicking it in the teeth to let it know the fight is not over yet. Not much action around here but for using up colored pencils on coloring book pages and taking nice walks around the block. So folks get out and have some great fun for me.  OFM.

Delays

 MADISON, ALABAMA

Good evening. Today has brought us to some delay for unknown reasons.  The flooring project has shown no sign of activity at all. The foundation repair had absolutely no activity inside or outside today.  But our meals were good and the failed AC trouble has been fixed so that is some good news. Nothing else happened worth mentioning. This is definitely not a dynamic lifestyle.  Have fun. OFM.