For me, I like the idea of floor pillows even better than folding chairs---unless of course you're talking about the ones that have the fold down arms with the cup holders---now those are COOL! Hey, multi-colors---how bright and cheery would that be!?! LOL! You've got to love progress even if it does involve a mess! I've got a guy coming week after next to do several projects for me---love projects---especially when they get done! LOL!
Nikki told me that Jody had been by to see Mom and Dad. That was so sweet of her. I told Nikki that she was so cute, such a mess and SO smart! She is, too! Dad was awake at lunch and actually looked good. I made that statement and they then told me he'd been up all night! He'd had a nap and had eaten really well---his plate was just about empty. I took him some candy (he'd asked about some Mon) and asked if he wanted a Hershey's. He said yes he was always eat some candy. So I gave him one (they're the small size) and he ate the whole thing! Mom ate pretty good, too. I really like Margaret down there. She really feeds Mom. Anyway, I opened another candy bar and fed it all to Mother. She ate it---no problem! The one girl (and I do not know her name and now hate to ask) told me that Dad had been up all night and was moving his rings around from hand to hand. I looked and the Murray State ring was NOT on his right hand! I nearly panicked! I asked WHERE is Dad's ring!?! She said it was on his other hand! Sure enough it was on his ring finger above his wedding band! I'm like good grief! Later I got him to move it back to the right hand because you could tell it was not working on the left hand. When I finally got it off, his finger was bruised like the ring had kind of cut into his knuckle when  he bent his finger. We really all need to check and make sure the ring is there each time one of us goes so we can report/trace/look for it as soon as possible after it turns up missing! As for Mom's eyes, they are pitiful. They are SO matted and so yucky looking. I've wiped them off with a cloth, but they fill back up. They had not given either of them a bath before lunch, but they gave Mom one after lunch and were taking Dad as I left. Jon went with me today, too, to see them. I talked to Bryan today about Mom's teeth. I explained how she'd ground them off to nearly level with her gums in the front, etc. He basically said that with the trauma that the teeth had gone through with the grinding + her age, that the teeth had probably begun to seal the nerve off with calcium. He said that as we age this happens some anyway, but with the grinding it encouraged it even more. He also said he would probably guess that they were NOT hurting her. He said he'd seen so many with teeth ground down that when you looked into them there should have been a tiny hollow type hole where the nerve would be and there wasn't one. He said that when he'd ask the person if they were bothering them, they'd usually say they didn't bother them at all. His thought was that probably he'd do nothing right now. That even if they've kind of put a layer of calcium over themselves, they still offer Mom some 'chewing' help. He asked if Mom acted like she was in pain---moaning, crying out, not sleeping, etc---or if there were signs of an infection---face swollen, etc. I said no. So, I guess for now we'll just wait and see and then decide if we have to about what to do! Ok, SURELY that's all I need to tell you all! Sorry for the book! Pam, I'm glad Casey is still doing ok. I know you'll be glad for him to come home. Hopefully, he'll stay home and not be deployed. Ok, Love you all, Jeanie   PS: my computer won't let me check spelling----hopefully it's ok! LOL!