Well, I told Mom today, "Your vacation is over! It's time for you to get to work!!" So, we started our work on our One Handed Cookbook by experimenting with different cutting techniques. Cutting with one hand sounds easy until you try it! I've learned a lot already. For one thing, don't make things so difficult! Tear the tops off of those strawberries and then lay them upsidedown and cut 'em up! After we got the strawberries cut for tonight's dinner, we moved on to making Peanut Butter Cookies for Dustin and Garrett in Iraq.
Bowls don't hold still when you stir so we put all of the cookie ingredients in a 1 gallon baggie. Mom did it all...cracked the egg/measured the oil/cut the bag open. A brick covered in aluminum foil serves as her "other hand" and holds many things down quite nicely! After we got everything in the baggie, Mom squished and pushed and squeezed it until it was mixed up quite perfectly.
We made a pan of cookies for both Dustin and Garrett and they're vacuumed packed and ready to go! They'll be tickled first of all, just to get the cookies, but secondly because Gma Chamberlin made them!
Like a good cook, Mom washed and dried all the dishes by herself -- with me standing by as the "balance supervisor" - even though she did not require any help. I'm thinking she's going to be back to work quicker than she may think! Dad's gonna love that because I can just about guarantee he likes HER cooking more than he likes his own!
We also went to quilting club today and had a nice visit with the ladies. The food is always good at quilting club and as I write this, I'm feeling kind of guilty for not bringing some of that yummy dessert home for Dad. Oh well, next time!
It's been a great day! Thanks for your prayers and interest in Mom's progress. They're certainly working...
Love, Audi
1 comment:
Audi ... Having been the Chief of Rehab at the VA for the last 9 years of my career, I just think this is a wonderful project. And I think there will be a very good market for this book once it's completed.
Have you thought of involving an OT as a co-author on the project. Besides their expertise, which is significant, an OT as co-author would bring credibility and increased marketing segment as the book will be marketed to OTs and their networks of co-professionals.
Just a thought ... Bill
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