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Hello All,

Shelly, The daughter who lost her husband, Terry, was our oldest one, not the one who is planning to buy our house. It gets confusing to have 2 SIL who are both named Terry, but at one time, our oldest son married a Terri also. They divorced several years ago, so we went back to 2 Terrys. Carol and Terry had been married for 38 years. Terry was disabled...he had a stroke when he was 2 years old and spent 2 years in and out of a hospital. The stroke left him with his left arm paralyzed. Also, his right leg was shorter than the left. He also had some learning disabilities, but had overcome most of them by hard work. He worked at a couple of different furniture makers factories, and did all their finial finishing. The last job ended when the factory closed, and he got disability retirement. She has always worked to help make ends meet. They had 2 boys, both married, and one has a 4 year old daughter. She went back to collage and got her CPA license. Right now, she is working 2 jobs, one for the city of Ft. Worth, and one as a Karati (sp) teacher, and takes on private clients for tax work. They are all used to hard work. The oldest son, TJ is in his 2nd yr. surgical residency in Iowa. His wife is a professor at the University of Missouri in Columbia while she works on her doctorate in English Literature . The youngest son and family lived with Carol and Terry, and Terry was the chief cook and babysitter. Carol and Terry also volunteered with Mission Arlington for about 30 years.

Max, I still have the big floater, only now it has settled into the middle of my right eye, and causes a blank spot when I try to read or work on the computer. The macular problem with my left eye seems to be worse. Between the 2 of them, I get very irritable when I get tired. I really think that my vision was a big part of my fall. For months, I have tried to ignore both problems, so have also ignored a lot of things I should see. I have an appointment with the eye doctor on Thursday. We will see if I can get some help with it.

Susan, I think Bob has made amends for putting the box there. He has been very sweet and considerate of how I feel. I am beginning to feel very spoiled, and I probably should put an end to it, before I get too used to all the attention and pampering.

I need to get a few things done and get to bed. Goodnight all.

Ann