Considering it is hot today, we had our grand daughter here last night on a "sleepover" so I didn't sleep very heavily for fear of not hearing her if she woke up and all the other factors in my life I am surprised but I feel great!! It is definitelt a "better day".

Ray and I participated in a chat (Friday nght for USA, noon Saturday for us)and we must be quite a sight as we sit side-by-side. His face is raised, looking at the screen, a concentrating look on his face. I bend sideways so I can type across his body. He operates the "shift" key, I tap with one or two fingers on the rest. No wonder we get a lot of typos!! But he fully participates, waiting for me to yell "SHIFT!" as I type. He sometimes nods when he reads something he agrees with or sits back, when the guys were talking the technical talk on printers he lost interest for a while.

Asha asked him when he is starting his own Blog. He shook his head and frowned. He knows he is more limited in words now, but who knows? maybe in the future he will be moved to start one.

It was great that a few people remembered that we are here as a pair when his name is up for chat so said "hi" to both of us. He liked that. We are a team, not in all ways but in a lot of what we do, if you get Ray you also get Sue.

It was good to see Mary Goldberg on as I had a chat with her last night my time too. It is good sometime to just have two of you on so you can discuss something, with six or more on the topics can change really fast and you can get left behind wondering what the answer to the question you asked was. Or did it just get lost in cyberspace? Somewhere south of the Bermuda triangle?

We met a new friend "bessy" today too. I took Ray to the Gallery to see photos of the people we talked to so please friends if you don't have a photo up put one up for Ray's sake. If you don't have the technology a friend might be able to upload a photo on their computer if you sit in and put your details for Strokenet in first for them. Sons are often handy with "know how", or neighbourhood computer geeks.

I know chat isn't for everyone, I held out for almost six months before I went in myself. But if you are comfortable here and trust the people as you get to know them through posting and blogs then why not participate? for those of you like Ray who don't type much then a "sit in typist" like me or a friend might just help you achieve another milestone in your recovery.

I have to do some gardening, some ironing, some thinking about meals. I need to organize the freezer so I can find things instead of tossing things around like a dog digging a hole, each time I look for something. It is a busy day as usual.

But remember, here in OZ 90 kms north of Sydney, Saturday 14th 2006 is a good day.