If only I had thought of that!
The ceiling fan in our bedroom broke not too long ago. This was frustrating on several levels.  One being that the ceiling fan was fairly new.  Secondly, the fan is remote controlled. Remote controls = easier life for Tom and Sheila. With the remote, Tom can turn the fan on and off throughout the time he’s in bed and regulate his own temperature level.  Mucho easier than having to make Sheila get up several times through the night to adjust the fan levels.

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I’ve been thinking about trying to continue The Story for a while now.  But, I’ve been struggling with it quite a bit. See, I’m at the point where things started happening too quickly to remember which came first. (Which makes me ask, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?”  Why, you ask?  I have no idea.) I could stumble through.  Most people wouldn’t know the difference. But I would know.  I would realize that something happened between ‘this moment’ and ‘that moment’.  And, that bothers me. I don’

Ooh the love… the loooooove
I went and visited my future camera again today.  It was heart wrenching to leave the Nikon D90 in the store, but it had to be done. Alas, I have less than no money.  If being in the red is seen as a negative balance, and being in the black means you have money to spend, I’m sooo far in the red that I’m the prettiest baby pink color you’ve ever seen. Tom had to go back to Best Buy today to return a purchase that didn’t wor

Uh… poop.
I’ve been thinking about how to describe SCI difficulties with bowels without becoming too graphic.  Honestly, I don’t know if there’s a way.  I personally don’t have a problem with being graphic to explain these details.  Yet, I feel that Tom would… and, truly, I wouldn’t blame him at the least. That being said, I don’t believe I’ll go into the ’step by step’ regarding bowel issues with a SCI.  I’ll just say that there is a routine involving a suppository that must be kep

A little SCI info for ya
Not being a quadriplegic, I can’t honestly say, but I would assume the worst part of a spinal cord injury would be the lack of bowel and bladder control. I feel that if these two functions could be returned to those with a SCI, their quality of life would increase dramatically. Without going into too many details, for Tom’s privacy, I will say that these two functions basically control his life. Lets touch on bladder issues today. (Not that we’ve had any major bladder issues recently, mind you.) We’ve been through multiple catheter issues, s