Chugging along

Another week is down and it went ok.  MIL is going out to the barn to feed the cats without anyone with her.  I suspected something was  up with the cats out there, because they weren't rushing to meet me when I came to feed them in the evening.  Now I know why -- she had already fed them in the morning!  We had told, asked and begged her not to go out to the barn by herself, but she is taking those times when DH isn't there and doing it anyway.  I guess it's ok because she isn't falling or hurting herself, but I am concerned that it would be so easy for her to misstep or a cat to tangle in her feet and bring her down.  Now, the question is: will she actually tell us if she falls when we are not there?  I think that she is afraid that if she falls and tells us, the little bit of freedom she has when DH isn't staying there, will be gone.
My mom asked a good question: WHY is she supposed to have 24/7 supervision?  I thought it was the blood thinner, but mom pointed out that there are gobs of people on blood thinners who don't have to be supervised all the time.  Maybe the Dr's picked up on her stubbornness and the too think that she won't be honest about letting us know if she falls?  She was weaker and her balance wasn't 100% when she left the hospital, so that might have been part of it.  Maybe the Dr's felt it was too much fall risk for her to be alone?  Or maybe her confusion is why?  Her confusion is not really from the stroke, she's always been a little slow and gets mixed up easily. 
So after thinking this over, I'd like to set up an appointment with the Neurologist to revisit why he wanted her to have 24/7 supervision.  Also, at the same appointment, I can bring up driving.  She has been talking about "taking classes" and "getting tested" so she can "start driving again."  I don't want to have to be the bad guy telling her she'll never drive again.  I can handle reminding her about what the doctor said, but I need him to tell her first and really try to get it across to her.  Hearing it from more than just her kids, might help her know it's not just us being mean to her.  It's really a medical decision.
Not a single bit of quilting has happened at my place :(  But, I did learn to crochet last week, yippee!  I took my sample swatches that I made over to my crochet neighbor and she said I'm doing great!  She said my stitches were nice and even.  I made it through single crochet, half-double, double, treble and then circles.  I only made little sample swatches as I worked through the lessons in the book I bought.  When I got to circles, I was able to make pretty flowers so that was cool!  And, I came up with a great way to salvage my favorite skirt!!  I spilled some bleach on it last summer when adding chemicals to the pool and it left little dots trailing down one side from the front pocket down to about the back of my knee.  It might not have been so bad, but a couple of the dots were about the size of a small lima bean  and one of them wore into a hole :(  But I'm going to put little crochet flowers and leaves onto the skirt, sort of trailing down the side and around to the back - it will cover the hole and the few spots that are still there, plus it will add some neat dimension and interest to the skirt.  This is one of my favorite skirts, so I"m thrilled to be able to make it wearable again (I mean, a middle aged lady just CAN'T go around town in a skirt with a small hole on her tushy!!)
We took the chicks out into the run today so they could enjoy the pretty, warm day.  They were a little freaked out about it at first.  They just stood there and didn't even move for a couple of minutes - it was funny!  But they eventually began walking around, spreading their wings and scratching the ground.  I'll try to get some pix added to this post - it's been awhile since I've had pix with a post, and I know they make the posts more fun!
Tonight, we are taking littlest DD to meet up for her first date.  She is going to a school get together with a young man from church.  The two have been texting for a few months and it's been pretty obvious to everyone at church (heck, even DH noticed!!) that they like each other.  So he asked her to go to this event with him (dinner, bowling, scavenger hunt, and another meal to end the night around 2 or 3 in the morning).  Now when they first talked about this event, they were both saying the were going "just as friends"  But looks like they have had some change of heart as they texted more and spent time together at church. Earlier in the week he messaged me and asked permission to "ask her out" on a "real" date.  She thinks he's going to ask her while they are together at the function tonight, and for all intents and purposes, tonight has turned into a date too.  She's all atwitter about it, that's for sure!  Here are two pix from the night - first is after he gave her "the" note asking her to be his girlfriend (and yep, I still have my first note like that asking me to "go steady" with a boy when I was 15 *sigh*) and the second is the more formal pose that was being taken there.

Ah, isn't first love cute :)