16 November 2014

Hi everybody!
     We got Grandpa home from the care center on Friday. Dad and one of his deputies got him from the van into the house. The van driver was able to put the ramp right on the front porch, but the wheelchair is too wide for the front door, so they supported him as he made it into the recliner. The hospital bed is in the livingroom as well, and they're doing pretty well with getting him from one to the other. He can get from bed or recliner to the wheelchair, then Grandma wheels him to whichever one he's wanting to be in.
     This Tuesday, there will be no power in Egin and Plano, from 8am until as late as 6pm. They're doing some maintenance, I guess.  It's supposed to be a little warmer than it's been the past few days...but still not ideal!  All the grandparents have propane heat, which will still put out heat, but the fans won't blow. Tomorrow night I'm going to put up "curtains" in the doorways to keep the heat in their main living areas. I hope it will make enough of a difference.
      Dad is in Moscow and Twin Falls for meetings this week. He left a day early so he could spend Saturday night and Sunday with Aimee's and James' family. He'll be home Friday night, I think.
     I'm studying the HAM radio license manual...hoping to get my Technician license again. It's amazing how much of it I remember!  I'm even hoping to get my old call sign back, KA7BVQ.  Do any of you kids remember what I used to say the BVQ stood for? 
     I would probably get more studying done if I wasn't watching all 7 seasons of The West Wing.  I'm obsessed!  I don't agree with most of their political views...but I love the venue. I've been crazy about presidential politics since I was 10 years old and Richard Nixon was running for president.  Grandad was the Republican Commitee Chairman for Madison County, and I would help out with punch and cookies at the events.  I even had a poster of Spiro Agnew above my bed (he was Nixon's VP). Most girls would have posters of David Cassidy, Davey Jones, or Bobby Sherman, ...but I was already hooked. I'm halfway through season 3 right now.
     I love you all, and hope you have a great week!  Johanna/Mom

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