My Clever Husband

Randy has always been a creative problem solver, which is one of the many things that I admire about him. Today was a great example of that admirable problem solving skill.


When we moved into our house 4 years ago, it came with an ancient chandelier in the dinning room. We have always hated it, but could never justify spending money to get a new one (times that I have priced them, they have been around $200 ~ at least for the ones that we tend to like.) The day after Thanksgiving we generally avoid all stores because we don't like crowds. Well, today, we decided to venture into Home Depot to get some things for our backyard. While there, we came across a nice chandelier that we both liked for only $40, so we grabbed it. I was so excited to get it hung up today.

Randy's left side is still pretty weak, so this wasn't an easy project for him. However, his great problem-solving skills came in handy today. Randy pulled out the tallest tripod he has and used it to hook the piece to while he was working on the wiring. I captured a picture.... what a brilliant man!




Here is a picture of the completed project:




We are trying to find cheap projects we can do around the house that will make the house a little bit nicer. I think this light fixture was a great addition!

Updating

I am sure not many people come here and read this anymore... I rarely update it! One day, if I ever decide to write a book, I am going to kick myself for not keeping up on all that is going on.

Randy continues to improve, though it is a lot slower now than before. He has found some deficits that get in the way of him doing the quality of work he would like to do at work. The biggest issue is his memory ~ it is getting in his way of following through with things. Since I don't work for Boeing, he can't tell me specific of things, which makes it a bit harder for me to help him. However, he and I did sit down and have a brainstorming session of issues and solutions. He was able to give me enough detail in a non detail oriented overview that I was able to provide some solutions to him. Now getting him to use what we came up with is another story.... the follow through is a big issue in all facets of life!

On top of working, Randy has also been doing school. He has done excellent in the class that he is currently taking. It is an online photography class, but it isn't all about taking pictures. He has had quizzes, tests and has had to write a paper. I think he is currently sitting at an A- in the class. That class is almost over and his next class is beginning. There is a cool story with this, but I don't want it to get lost in the middle of a post, so it will have its own post here soon.

I am also pushing Randy into getting back into exercising on a regular basis. Work and school take up so much of his time. But physical exercise is so important to his continued healing. He himself has said that he has seen some slipbacks in his progress and he relates them to lack of sleep and lack of exercise.

With the lack of sleep issue, we are working with our doctor to find a solution to that. Randy went through a sleep study last Saturday night. We will find the results of that this Friday. Now that I am not working, I can take naps every day to make up for the sleep I don't get at night due to Randy's restlessness. But Randy doesn't have the option to take naps. Sometimes he has gone two days since sleeping. I don't know of anyone who functions well without sleep, but it affects Randy so much more. Hopefully, with the sleep study, they can provide us with a workable solution.

Another update ~ Randy and I got to do our first photography job together. We went to Oklahoma and were the photographers at my nieces wedding. It was a lot of fun to work together on.

While we were there in Oklahoma, we were asked to give our testimony to the church that my family attends. They played the DVD I made of Randy and his accident and then invited us up to talk. Though I hate getting up in front of a lot of people, it was a great experience.