June 12, 2007

The following is shared with us via joint effort from Dacia and Mandy.

"Amanda has been making big strides in the past couple of months. She’s relying less on her walker and using just a single pole most of the time and getting around very well. While her foot still causes her pain, it’s not nearly as much as it used to be and she even had a pedicure two weeks ago. Her memory seems to be improving somewhat and Chris and I have enjoyed some wonderful conversations with her during the past couple of weeks. This weekend she joined me, my mom, and our friend Phyllis at the Great American Scrapbook Convention. She did a few of her own scrapbook pages, helped us with some of ours and had fun visiting. She also won a door prize, which she was very excited about. On Sunday, while the guys brewed beer, she and I spent a lazy afternoon lounging in the pool and reading magazines. She made up a witty little song about otters and killed every ant that came near her. I asked her if she wanted to put on her blog some of the things that she’s been doing lately, so she wrote me a list to post:

1. Scrapbook convention – won a prize

2. Beer making at Chris’s house with Toby (cutie)

3. Pedicure

4. Walking with a pole

5. Camping – Renee, Pat and Chase came

6. Denton Regional Control Center – have been going three days a week

7. Didn’t let ants walk all over me."