Photo of the day, Thursday

Holly Update: She's going to town with the walking, that's for sure. She's burning a track into the main circuit around the house and to "mix it up a bit" she's introduced a method of doing a figure 8 using the island in the kitchen. So much fun!

I wanted to post the first shots of her walking, but couldn't due to technical difficulties. Her good friend, Cil, shot a photo to her that Holly posted on her blog, you really need to check it out. Well done Cil! Click here to see Holly's blog.

Some may have noticed that work isn't getting much press right now. I have a disability called compartentialization. It means when I get really stressed out, I don't talk about the stressed area. The stress is obvious and yet not. The economy is causing severe slow downs everywhere, even our manufacturing portion of our business. But on the advance product development side, that work load is at an all time high. For example, I have the privilege of heading up the largest single product launch that I've ever been associated with. I have lots of tools being built, some locally, some regionally and some globally. We are nearing the launch and so many things are coming together at once and the stress is almost palpable. That's just for one customer, all of our customers want to use this slow down to come up with new stuff so that they can take market share when we get better, so there are even more engineering projects going. Crazy! Special thanks to a keen person for a much needed shot of sunshine today!

Here's the shot that I was going to share last night when I couldn't find the camera cord. She's looking good and standing and holding both arms up. Wow, it was a heady moment. Not nearly as cute as Cil's, but a good sign of progress.

Have a great day!

Pat

Non-Photo of the day (Again)

Holly update: She was upstairs twice yesterday, took a shower in her own house and practiced getting into and out of the drivers side of the new car. Needless to say, she's exhausted.

No current picture today. I had one of her standing but then I couldn't locate the cable to get the pic out of the camera. This was from Spring break 2004, when we went to Cape Canaveral. This shot is from non-discript section of shore in Florida.

Have a great day!

Pat

Photo of the day, Tuesday

Holly Update: The doctor saw Holly today and upon review of her X-rays gave her clearance to put weight on both her arm and leg. While she isn't strong enough now to just jump out of the chair, we are greatly pleased with her being moved on to the next phase of recovery. We know it's going to be physically demanding and emotionally draining, but we are confident that we can get through that just like we've gotten through the past 6 weeks; with prayer, friends support and true grit. Yes indeed, Holly has true grit.

No photo today, I am stealing time on someone else's computer. Sorry, but how about this instead...imagine you see Holly jumping up in the air and clicking her heels together. While she would never try that, it's a good image to have don't you think?!

Have a great day!
Pat

Photo of the day, Saturday

Holly Update: Holly's obsessed with "Roller Coaster Tycoon". She's feeling good and living the life as we're waiting for the next update from the doctor. Hard to believe it's been nearly 6 weeks since the accident. Amazing how great she's doing, and that's for sure.

Crazy wild snow storm here today. They closed several chunks of the freeways around here. It was bad out, but we did what we needed early and then spent the rest of the day hunkering down and doing what we needed to in the house.

Here's a shot of me from our Chrismas party in 2008. Best I could do today.

Have a great day!

Pat

Photo of the day, Friday

Holly Update: Not much to note, she's well and looking for a relaxing night. The Physical Therapist was in this afternoon and got good readings for all the critical dimensions, you know, ankle bend passive and active. You don't know that stuff? Passive is how far Holly can bend it on her own and Active is with them "helping" you bend. Needless to say, you want to have good passive numbers, but no matter what, the active numbers usually hurt to get.

Work was. I am reconstituting my view of work. I'll get back to you on this.

Lesson #2 - Chicken Pot Pie with cin a bites, cinnamon sprinkled onto a pie crust and then wrapped up and baked. Below is our boy Spencer showing off his finest looking product. I am so proud of these boys. This is finally working out!

Have a great day,

Pat

Photo of the day, Thursday

Holly Update: She is marvelous! Check it out on her blog, she's playing games on the computer again. Not healed, but definitely on the mend.



One of the deals that we just happened to make with the boys is that we would teach them to cook our favorite meals. First up, Ian with our version of a gondola. He did an awesome job!


Here's the cook!

Here's the creation! Well done!



Have a great day!
Pat

Photo of the day, Wednesday

Holly update: While getting tired of the wheelchair she's doing great! It was shower day today and that always helps someones mood, being clean and sparkly don't you know. Less than a week to go and we'll see the surgeon and see what the next steps are. Still upbeat, but weary, that's us.

It was a grueling day at work today. And really that's enough said. The environment of the economy is so down that we try to ignore it, but it's right up the street with layoffs and company's going into Chapter 11. Nuff said, I'm getting depressed right before bed, not a good idea.

How to get out of the funk? Show a picture of one of your kids being silly. Now that's refreshing!

Have a great day!
Pat