Showing posts with label newspapers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label newspapers. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Enjoying The Sunshine.



Roberto Matta.

It’s been both summer and autumn day, when I woke up this morning, it was quite cold and there was a thick cloud cover.

It was so cool Richie closed both bedroom windows as well as turning on the central heating for 10 min to take the chill off the room.

In the afternoon the cloud cover vanished and was replaced by a lovely blue sky and pretty sunshine which lasted until nearly 19.00.

Today it has not been easy for Richie to get me sitting well, nor has it been possible for me to maintain my position for very long.

As I can't sit well it means that it is more difficult for me to do simple things like backspace to delete or even reach for either my hanky or THC.

I guess it's just one of those days as I've been sitting extremely well for the last couple of weeks, and now this happens today.

How very typical for this to happen today and despite all Richie's excellent efforts to achieve a good sitting position for me.

I am glad that even so I've been able to carry on dictating using my Dragon voice recognition software and editing as I go.

I need to learn how to move word is close to each other once I have deleted words that are either misspelt or just not the words I wanted.

Knowing how to use the mouse via commands as well as learning how to get Dragon to open other applications would be very useful.

Especially after my left index finger, thumb and little finger no longer can function which is not long now I think.

My intention is to be ready when that happens, so that I can carry on communicating.

Via my blog, e-mails as well as read the newspapers, play solitaire and purchase pretty things on eBay.

Now that I cannot go out to the shops eBay has become the shop I can visit and either window shop or buy both are pleasant to do.

Well now that I've finished I shall find a picture and place both on my blog, after which I'm going to enjoy Richie’s company when he returns from the Rembrandt Park with the dogs.

Monday, February 02, 2009

Begin the day with two Jack Russells.



My days start with the sounds of Spike one of our two Jack Russell terriers squeaking in the front room.

This is followed by him charging the door and running in to the bedroom full tilt followed by Marleen the other terrier.

They swoop on Richie's bed and demand cuddles and then games in quick sucession.

At this point I start to do my arm exercises, then when the dogs let him get away Richie gets up and massages my legs.

Spike then decides he wants me to play ball with him which we manage somehow it gets too exciting for him so he dashes off with the ball to his bed for a game on his own tossing the ball in the air and catching it.

As soon as I have had my pills Richie can have his morning cup of coffee and I my chocolate drink and read the newspapers online.

That's how it goes everyday