Well all is good at the home front. Carl is keeping his talking up,

I have stepped away from the computer and outside. We are

having some great spring days, start out in the low 50's and

max by noon to a cool 70. I was to the nursery and found

dwarf irises, for the front along the driveway. Three plants

in three different colors, one in butterscotch, one in deep

purple and one in light violet. I hope they bloom this year,

if they do I'll post the pic.

I can only speak for my self about the computer is such a

good invention but, it can get me to forget about getting

outside and getting my exercise and helping Carl with the

planting of everything we bring home from the nursery.

It's been a while since I posted so, I have a few things I've

wanted to post about. And all have come about because I

put the computer down.

I've been going to the YMCA now for a year except for during

that cold part of winter months three times a week doing water

aerobics senior class. It is good to see all the other people I

have met and chic chat with them all. But, added going in the

afternoon late evening and I have met this one pictorial young

woman. She is from Vietnam. She came in the 70's as a child

with her mother and father and 7 siblings on the last

helicopter that was taking Vietnamese people out to USA.

She is a young woman with allot of passion. Her name is Q.

The best part is she does yoga and she is offered to teach

me going to teach me. YA!

Q tells me their are different types of yoga, the one bend

like a pretzel (ha! ha! ) and the one she does is every

move is stretching with constant breathing .

We met back at the pool the next evening and did yoga in

the water. While Q and I were doing yoga a couple other

women joined us that were also interested and were just

waiting around till aerobics class started :chat: (without

the chairs). Wonderful can't wait till next week.

Q is a blessing into my life. I needed a inventive to my

stretching, and a new friendship to go along with it. I hit the

mother load! We talk like we've know each other for a long

time.

I am able to get out and about and meat new friends, I

consider myself fortunate. Those that are house bound and I

know you and live near you I will visit often because I can.

For the computer can take you anywhere in the world enjoy.

Well, not to cut this blog short but it's time to push the

computer aside and get ready for my busy day.

Today is Emory Stroke Survivors' Club meeting at the Emory

Rehab ctr. We are having our Spring Fling. An Interactive

Horticulture Therapy Group with Kirk Hines, Certified

Horticulture Therapist. We will have light refreshments

to start and then proceed to the garden. This is a raised bed,

all are able to participate in preparing the soil and then all

coming to agreement how we should arrange the many

flowers that have been donated to the club from Home Depot.

It is a fun group that comes from the outside as well as those

that are recent survivors' come down and out with their

therapist and join the fun. If you club doesn't do something

like this I suggest you suggest this to your coordinator of

your club check into it. It is great therapy, fresh air and

social for us all, including caregivers. Note: some end up

doing nothing but they do get to socialize, and we all know

how important that can be to our rehab.

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