We are still trying to get my Dad settled in. He moved in with me and David on Dec. 12 and it's a challenge to get his things merged in our already cluttered household. But it's getting better all the time and I like having the things he used at home around for him to feel at home here.

I asked him tonight if his room and his bed is comfortable and he said it was (he would never complain even it wasn't but I think it is) and told him that this is home now and to tell us if he needs anything at all or would like the heat turned up or whatever. I told him we are glad he is here with us and he said "I'm glad to be here." He seemed to mean it. It's got to be difficult to leave the place that has been home for over 30 years but I think he likes the food and company and I'm certainly relieved to have him here. He won't be shoveling his roof this year (at age 93) and when the power goes out up that way I won't be worried that he is there with no heat source. Our power goes out - we have the woodstove!

I noticed some confusion tonight - he could not remember where his next door neighbor's house was - but he remembered that Mary brought him a box of chocolates. I offered him one, he declined. I suggested he might want to start eating them before they disappear. He laughed. He's doing quite well for all he's been through of late.