Parkinson's: The Blessings of Sinemet

 Christmas is over, we have left overs in the frig, for dinner tonight.  Yea- a no cook night! The tiny girls are on quiet time in their room.  Steven is working on our Christmas cards and I am writing my blog with a cup of tea beside me.  This will be a hodge podge today.  It's the first time that I will have a current post. I wrote a bunch of posts before we went live with the blog so it's been a long time of catching up.

 The weird/good news is I don't feel like I have Parkinson's the last 2 months or so.  Oh I do, at least if 2 neurologists and a movement specialist and a DATscan are right. I am now on 3 whole pills of Sinemet a day and I am moving well and energized enough, considering at the moment we are often on grandparent duty. My daughter-in-law had major surgery a couple of weeks ago and is recuperating.

Because we have been so busy, I did get the vacation I was wanting, from thinking about Parkinson's.  That has been a blessing.  And because it was the Christmas season and my hands were working better, I got to make 2 projects for the girls!  I made a Christmas tree out of felt, with ornaments, out of felt to place on it. And I finally made 3-year-old Emberlee a Christmas stocking. I wasn't sure that I would be able to do

it by next year so was very happy to get it done this year.  That is the blessing and trauma of Parkinson's. We don' t know how fast it will progress and in what way. So each moment of being able to do things is to be cherished.

 Gratitude Journal Dec, 26^th, 2021

1. For all these feeling good days.
2. Time spent with my family. 

3. For Holly, who came by to drop off wonderful gifts.  A GORGEOUS handmade quilt by Becky Hanna (I won the raffle! I actually won a raffle!  I've never won a raffle before. It is the most colorful and wonderful quilt.  Does anyone know Becky Hanna?  I really want to thank her for her generous donation to the Arts Council and tell her how much I love it.) Holly also brought her own home-made chocolate covered pretzel rods and a hand knitted pot holder. Thank you Holly!

4. I am also grateful for Jerome stopping by to say Merry Christmas and deliver a surprise gift of local gift certificates from the Arts Council Board.

5. For my neighbor Kay, coming by, to deliver a wonderful bag of Christmas cookies from her cookie exchange group.  I had not had the time or the energy this year to make Holiday cookies so it was a double delight. 

6. For Talitha who brought by my favorite chocolate cake from Current Cuisine, to celebrate my birthday and came to Skype with me and Corrine.  I'm sorry Corrine that you didn't get any cake. Though we had fun teasing you about it.

7. For Andrew Brody and Bethany Quinn and Jill Becker whose generosity with their time and talents is amazing. They even offered us their Zoom exercise classes during the Holidays! Thank you!

8. For my dear friends, Ara and Corrine who check in regularly and sent such loving gifts. Steven especially enjoys the fruit cake Ara!

 Take care all,

I hope your Holidays are wonderful and full of giving and receiving love.

Nancy and the Snark

Footnotes from Corrine

I am grateful for Sinemet and to see how it's helped my arty pal get back to being creative.

Happy Hols

I am thinking next visit we need to get up to some good old jafagirl mischief with some of our pals in town.