xmas letter 2nd copy

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Here is a second copy of Xmas letter Merry Christmas and Season’s greetings to you and your family, we wish you good health and prosperity thought the New Year. and I hope you have a great holiday season. We have been busy decorating the house and lighting the nineteen bushes around our home. We had 65-degree weather when we did the bushes; two days later we had 11” of snow. As always says “We are still Kicking just not as high”. and I stayed out of the hospital this year but I can’t say that for other family members. Kathleen (Dars mom) had knee replacement November of last year so we helped her recuperate. She also had surgery for Diverticulitis in November of this year so we again helped. My brother Dick fell and crushed his elbow. Do to his Rheumatoid Arthritis problem, they gave him a new elbow, during that time we house sat with him for a few days till got out of school for the summer. Kristi our baby girl, now twenty-six, spent a week in the hospital for Ovarian Hyperstimulation

Syndrome because of her Invitro Fertilization. She stayed with us after getting out, as Chad had to go back to work. It was nice having her around the house again, but not when she was feeling so bad. ’s Pulmonary Fibrosis has stayed about the same. Doesn’t seem like he has been on oxygen 24/7 for two and a half years. Had to replace R2D2, (his concentrator) with a new one that goes up to 10 Liters per minute as the old one only went to 5 LPM. So we now have R3D3 moaning and groining in the kitchen 24/7. He broke a rib just coughing so he had to wear a chest wrap for about a month, thanks to being on Prednisone. I am in pretty good health so far. With both of us retired I can’t say we strayed to far for home. If you drew a fifty-mile radius around our house that would include the Quad cities and Kristi’s house in Peoria area we didn’t travel to far. Except trips to Dick’s house in Normal, and one trip to Iowa city’s Doctors. We did manage to get to a few car shows on the good weather weekends. The old 1972 Cutlass still wins trophies. putters around the house as much as he can to keep busy between a few naps and breaks to get his air back. He has started a new hobby. He is making wind chimes. It is fun for him to go to the basement shop and electronically tune the metal tubes to ring at a certain note. He still has a few to make before Christmas. We do get out to together to Pulmonary Rehab exercise about three days a week. We both work out on the treadmills and bicycles. Some days our only exercise is pulling the leveler on our recliners and getting our youngest cat to chase the laser

pointer. Our two older cats know better than to chase a little red light. They know the sound of the lazy boy going up and that it is time for a nap. Merry Christmas to all and hopes for a safe and Happy New Year. and Darlyn

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