Heartfelt thanks for all the encouragement to continue blogging. It won't be particularly stroke survivor oriented now, but rather just our daily living and overcoming challenges. The big news here is Lesley is getting her outside brick bread oven built next week. The mason showed up today and evaluated the site, all OK there.

She also had a bit of luck. The local whole foods coop is closing it's bread bakery. They are selling all the equipment at bargain prices. She bid on what she wanted equipment wise, and got it. Stuff like bread cooling pans, racks, flour bins, scales, etc. We pick up the stuff Saturday with some friends to help. Our basement gets ever fuller with stuff.

I couldn't really deny her after just buying the boat, fair is fair. She has her toys, I have mine. Speaking of the boat, a friend is welding a bit on it now, in times past I would have done that myself, but not now, should get it back tomorrow. We hope to take it out again as a family in the next few days, see if everything works. Lesley also got a yoghurt maker today and the depth finder I ordered for the boat came in also today. UPS knows our driveway well indeed.

The effects of the stroke are still with me some, but we are just getting on with life. Now that Tippy is sleeeping thr night thru, I am sleeping better as well. I still have many days where a nap is needed, hate to waste the short summer here sleeping during the day, but have to some days.

Tippy continues to grow and play with our other dog endlessly. She gets prettier every day. I do what I can outside for an hour or so, then rest. Lesley has our yard looking lovely. The hard work over the winter post stroke has indeed been worth it, am now doing more of what I want to do, feeling better all the time. Don't give up, no one but you can do for yourself what needs to be done, but then you get to reap the rewards of your hard work. Achieving goals is really neat stuff, make yours short term and realistic, then revel in the satisfaction for a few days of having reached them, then set more!