Well, we (Lovely Husband really) have finally got some freedom! Apologies for the very short post last Friday, but we had a lot of things to deal with. I will now explain…

At the end of last week, we had two phone calls. The first was from the dentist to say that they had a cancellation available for Elder Son and that he could come in the next day to have a broken molar tooth extracted. The second was from the stairlift company to say that they could install our stairlift on the Sunday. Oh, and we had another message from Younger Son who needed a bed for the weekend as he was coming over for a friend’s party!

So, after quite a lot of excitement, we managed to organise YS coming for a few more days then he had envisaged to support us during all of this. He was a great help, as always. As soon as he arrived, he drove ES and me to the dentist, waited whilst all of the drama took place, hugged his rather traumatised brother afterwards, and then took us all home. Over the weekend he helped us to clear space and tidy up for the stairlift fitter. He also took ES to do our massive shop at the supermarket.

On Sunday, the stairlift was duly fitted and LH was able to go downstairs for the first time since April! What an achievement!

Now it is Friday again and we have been able to enjoy a much calmer week. LH is getting more confident with his new appliance and is beginning to spend more time downstairs. He is still rather wobbly and uses a stick and feels unable to go outside for the time being. ES and I have really tried to keep things running as smoothly as possible over these recent months, but I am sure that LH will probably reorganise everything in his own way!

We have found another use for the stairlift. I have been finding it very difficult to carry heavy trays of food and drink up the stairs when ES is out. Yesterday, I tried sending one up on the stairlift and it worked very smoothly. So we now have a “dumbwaiter” we can use when necessary!

Finally, it is LH’s birthday today, so he can happily celebrate! Hooray!

Decisions, decisions…

My fickle heart has fallen for both of these and has almost entirely forgotten my loves of the past few months! Which one do you like? I am not going to label them yet so that there is no hint of their origins (unless you already know from other sources)…

I hope you have enjoyed this post.

Happy Weekend to you all!

Love and best wishes,

Anne

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