Periodic update

This week has been good--slime never really became a problem, absolutely no mouth sores, and the ability to eat real food, even though there is very little appetite. The reduction in Xeloda obviously has made a real difference, and I like it. Should be a good weekend, perhaps some outings in the offing. Further south, I still struggle with a rash/infection that will finally get me to an Urologist on Monday. I've had just a touch of constipation, but I continue to pop stool softeners like candy.

Many of you know that we have lived in the same house for forty years. Since I retired six years ago, I have greatly expanded what already was an extensive array of gardens, flower beds, and landscaping. Well, those decisions don't always turn out like you intended. I simply will not be to do this work anymore, nor manage a fairly large lawn. So we have made the decision to finally move on. We are looking at a nice condo, of which there are very few on the north side, and trying to figure out what we would do with all the furniture and "stuff" we have collected over nearly half a century. Painful as this is for us and our kids, there seems little choice. Between the expense of having the lawn/landscaping/gardening/snow removal hired out and the cost of maintaining a sixty-five year old three bedroom, two bath, house for just the two of us, it seems inevitable. Life goes on.