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| Snorkel Sleep Aid: High Tech Glam Shot |
This is a little catalogue of assistive devices my family invented for me:
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| Extra Keys |
While I always put my keys in a little bowl inside the door, for some reason they aren't always there, especially when Sadie needs to go out in the wee hours, so to speak. Keith invented the key on a pink string in the closet for backup.
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Other People Do Ladders
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My brother Chuck gave me the Boom Box to play my dozens of casettes, especially the Russian and Spanish language tapes. I don't think you can buy these any more. I have had to promise my family, no matter what the dire circumstances. NEVER to climb ladders any more. Even little step ladders.This is a toughie, as I was a girl who settled in trees to read books and lay out on rooftops to "catch the rays."
Rebekah gave me these warm footies, which I think are the darlingest and softer than socks. I stash them under the bed so I don't have to go searching when my feet are cold.
My cute little pink camera from Keith and Mary opens my eyes daily. Keith thoughtfully labeled the cord so I don't keep ruining the cable that connects to the computer.
Abi got me going with a laptop and cell phone once I gave up my car. A commuter needs to be in touch. The time before being linked up seems long ago and far away. I used to write a newspaper column, but at the time I didn't envision blogging. We barely had our first computers. (No microwaves then either, but that's another story of the long ago.)
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| One Hundred Alligators and a Purse |
The 100 Alligators is a brain regeneration device. I've been "encouraged" several times now by my medical advisors to do the dreaded jigsaw puzzles to restore the brain cells I absent-mindedly (ha!) frittered away in seizures. My little brothers and I used to do puzzles with my Grandma B. when she came to stay. In the last six months I've borrowed puzzles from the fam of cars, ponds, and two Harry Potters. I've never seen the point to putting something together with the sole goal of taking it apart. But if it's therapy . . .
Another low tech but effective sleep aid is coloring before lights out. Well, it IS Van Gogh and it WAS a Mother's Day present.
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| Van Gogh Coloring Book Kit |
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| Low Tech Sleep Aid |
If it's a hard case, one can always embark on reading the Bible cover to cover. There are enough words there to put anyone to sleep.
Do I hear "Amen?"
