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bobm
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Thank you everyone for your encouragement. Just after my wife's surgery last year, our family doctor gave me a mile long list of groups that provide in home assistance. After calling just a small handfull of the "helpers ", I found out what their "helpfull hands " would cost ... we would be in serious financial difficulty within 26 days. Thanks, but NO THANKS ! I have been the chief cook and bottlewasher as well as personal caregiver for my wife for over a year now, so i will continue on with my duties to avoid backruptcy due to the caring hands of other providers for a price.
positive thoughts 
The progressive governor of Oregon now wants to put in toll booths at the Columbia River to pay for Oregon highway infrastructure. This is illegal to do so for her to do so on a Natioanl Freeway system but who cares for the National law. 
So we can then expect to sit and stew in our cars for how much longer if this comes to pass. 
Last evening, our daughter called so we had quite a conversation with the playmates ( now 19 months old ). Daughter said that those two are starting to get into quite a few mischiefs. Such as, daughter started a load of baby clothes to dry in the dryer, shut the laundry door then left to prepare some juice bottles for their snacks. She then walked past the laundry room and saw that the door was open, the dryer not operating, but the dryer door was open and what does she see inside ... baby A sitting inside the dryer, totally undressed and trying to put on a different outfit and upon seeing her mom, flashed a HUGE smile.
Then, after extracting baby A from the dryer, daughter carries baby A into the living room and what does she see, but baby B climbing the stair ledge on the outside of the stair railing from the stairs which are blocked off with a baby gate , and standing about 6 feet off the lr floor. Since there is a 6" ledge on the outside of the guard tail, baby B lays down on her stomach and slides down backwards to the lr floor. Mom goes 
Mom puts down baby A who then goes and picks up a crumbled piece of paper off the lr floor , goes into the kitchen , opens up the baby proof door to the waiste basket under the kitchen sink, drops in the paper and closes the kitchen cabinet door 
Have to help mom with housework don't you know ! 
Grandma had a good laugh ( first laugh in several weeks ) and told daughter "PAY BACK" !!! We raised 3 kids with antics like these and THEN SOME , so the playmates are continuing with the family tradition. 
Now , off for another joy ride down I 5 .... 
