Mary was really tired today and had a hard time getting going this morning. When we left, we went to the store first, I wanted to pick up a pie for Thanksgiving. I asked Mary if she 

wanted pumpkin or apple. She choose pumpkin. We drove up to Donner park area and Mary said something like it wasn't 'memorable'. She was cold even though it's a pretty warm day today. We went up to the Brigham Young monument. We were walking around and saw a sculpture of a man and she was reading about him. It had his birth date and date of death. She said "Well, I guess we don't want to talk to that man". We laughed at that. She said quite a few funny things, I wish I could remember them all. When we got back to the house, we had lunch and I had her make a note to put on the pumpkin pie using all the different colors of markers. She didn't want to use red cause that 'was for Christmas'. I had her go and lay down a few times but she just kept getting up. She is really tired today. I hope she has a good night's sleep. Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!

Those boys have big loud mouths

(Starting December, I'll be starting new hours. Monday and Wednesday 10 hour days). 

It was a cold day for Mary today. It snowed over the weekend too. We did triple duty at Wal-Mart today. It was a nice warm place to walk, plus I got to pick up some blankets for a blanket dive later today. AND Mary had a hand warmer ;) We got out our pine cones and were figuring out how we were going to make a wreath with the pine cones and leaves. We read the paper and I cut out some birds for her too.

Friday November 22, 2014

It looked like Mary had just woken up when I got over to the house. I had her get ready for the day and then we had some breakfast together. We went on a walk and took a different route. "Let's change it up a little bit and go a different way." I saw a flyer on the business named The Paint Mixer. She was reading the flyer and part of it said "Unleash your inner artist with family and friends." She said "Unleash your inner arsonalist". It was SO funny we were both laughing hard at that one! When we got back to the house, I got to meet Jannie (I think that's right) she is going to spend the rest of the day with Mary. 

Thursday November 20, 2014

After breakfast we went to Gilgal Sculptural Gardens. It was too cold for Mary so we didn't stay long but it was a cool place. I never even knew it existed but I found it

yesterday while looking up places to go. We went to the Museum of Natural History too. I saw something about a free outdoor photo exhibit. Well it was free but you had to pay the entry fee, so not free. Mary wanted to come home, she was cold. We came home and took a little break and had something to drink. I fixed some lunch and then asked Mary if she wanted to watch a video on my computer. I was naming off a few things and when I got to John Wayne, she said she would like to see that. We only got about 5 minutes or so into the movie before it stopped working :/

Wednesday November 19, 2014

Today I get to spend a long day with Mary. We had breakfast together and then when she was ready and rested a bit, we went to Tracy Aviary. They have a good deal on Wednesday’s. It was a little cold for her but they have an indoor area with birds too. She seemed to like it, except for the ‘cold’ part. We went for a drive and then came home and had lunch. I was cleaning up and she decided to go for a walk. We came back and cleaned up her room and put some things away. Mary re-arranged the leaves in the bowls and was mentioning how nice it looked and then she was saying she was exhausted. I had her lay down on the couch. 

Over the weekend, Mary was out on a walk and fell :( she's OK. When she looked in the mirror, she laughed. She has a band-aid on her head and thought it looked funny. We went out today after she was ready and bundled up. We walked over to the park again today. The pond was frozen over and there was frost on the ground. When we got back, I had her help me put her clothes away and then I got her a snack before I left.

Friday November 14, 2014

We walked over to the park today. It was a little cold but Mary was bundled up really well. We were sitting on a bench and Mary said "Let's run" she was laughing. She's a good sport about the weather. When we got back to the house, she had a snack before Peter came home. 

After Mary was all bundled up, we drove down to City Creek today. Carla came over to clean the house and I wanted to get out of her way for a little bit. It was too cold to go outside and go walking today. It was a little cool in places but inside City Creek was a little warmer. I want to get Mary used to the weather here. She kept saying it felt like a refrigerator. It kinda did. We had a good walk and sat and looked out over the city. We came back and got warmed up and talked about gardening. She said she likes to plant fruits and vegetables. I asked her when a good time to do that was and she said in the Spring. Maybe that would be a fun activity to do with her later on. :)

Mary got all bundled up today and we went for a walk at the park. It was a cold and breezy day today; winter is on it's way. We made it to the park and sat on the bench. The sun was out but the breeze was kind of cold. We came back to the house and I fixed us something warm to drink and we played with Molly and visited. She helped me put some clothes away before Peter got home. 

Saturday November 8, 2014

We had a full day today. We visited for a few minutes when I came over and then had some breakfast. We walked over to Sugar House park and spent a while over there. We had a good walk and watched some people playing soccer, walking dogs... we came home and had some lunch and she said she wanted to read a little. We sat on the couch and read together for a few minutes and then she wanted to go for a walk. When we got back, I asked her if she'd like to go to a movie, she seemed interested. I was checking out the dollar movies and they were closed for construction! We went for a drive instead to Memory Grove. I thought it might be a nice and different place to go. There was no parking, it was getting cool outside. We decided it was just a nice drive. We stopped at Java Jo's and got some coffee and hot chocolate. Peter came home and I'm sure Mary was glad to see him. :)

Friday November 7, 2014

Mary was sitting at the table when I came over today. She looked happy :) After she was ready for the day, we went for a walk around the neighborhood. It was a nice day :) I let her know I would be back tomorrow and wrote it on the whiteboard for her too. 

I visited with Mary a little before we went for a walk. We were checking out Amie's homework and she was explaining the math problems to me. We had a good walk today up to the High school and then around to Sugar house park. It warmed up pretty quickly and was a nice day. When we got back, Mary had a small snack and some apple juice. 
Peter is going out of town tomorrow and I'll be over on Saturday to help out. We'll have to do something fun. :)

Yesterday was daylight savings time. When Mary was ready, we went for a walk. We had a good walk around the neighborhood and over to the park. Mary was bundled up really good. It was cool, and at times a little breezy, but it was a nice walk. When we got back to the house, I wasn't sure what time it was! I fixed her some hot chocolate. We talked about Halloween and she was telling me that they went 'up the road.' 

Friday October 31, 2014

We went for a walk and when we came back I showed Mary the pumpkins and what we were going to do today. She was up for it. We got out some towels to put on the table. I drew some faced on the white board for her to choose from. She liked the triangle face. She carved her pumpkin and was paying attention to detail. She laughed when she carved her second eye and said "It's winking at you." She was laughing at a few different things while she was carving her pumpkin. I didn't take off the top; I didn't think she would like to clean out the inside. But when I asked her later, she helped clean out her pumpkin. I carved the other one and cleaned off the pumpkin seeds so they could bake them later if the want. We went for another walk, we saw Peter on the way. We finished our walk and then came back to the house.


Wednesday October 29, 2014

When we went for a walk Mary was all bundled up. It Was cold outside, we didn't walk long. We came back and I fixed some hot chocolate for Mary. The cleaning lady was over so we went for a drive and ended up at the park for a while. We found some more leaves :) Peter called and he will be back a little later so we went to the store and bought a couple pumpkins. Elise and Amie can help carve them with her, or we can do that on Friday; Halloween! I asked Mary what her favorite thing about fall was she said "The cold against my face and a warm jacket".

Monday October 27, 2014

I didn't go over today. My car wasn't working. I sent Peter a couple texts to let him know. I will see Mary on Wednesday.