Author: Steve

First day of Rehab!  Judy is cleared for assisted range of motion.  Now she can start moving her affected arm around, but only with assistance from her good arm or some other means of support.

She can use the pulleys, where she uses the strength in her right arm to raise and lower her left arm.

Or do the wall-crawl, using her hand to pull the arm up and down a wall.

Her range of motion is pretty good to start with.  She’ll do these exercises and others at the physical therapist’s office three days a week.  She’ll do them every day at home.

It’s exciting to get this far; and a great relief for Judy to be able to move her arm around again.  No actual strengthening until three months from surgery though.

When we were talking about the car-cooler, did you notice the air deflector on the hood?

Given these were to divert bugs from the windshield, and the fact we don’t see them anymore, I’m guessing they weren’t all that effective.  Nice thought though.

Chicken broth, andouille, chicken, shrimp, chopped tomatoes, rice, bell pepper, parsley, fresh tomatoes, onions, celery, Creole seasoning, salt, bay leaf, cooking oil, pressed garlic, Worcestershire sauce.

Did anybody guess right?

Dinner?                       Yes.

Yummies?                    Yes.

Charro beans?            Not quite

Hell if I know?           Okay.

Paella?                         Close.

Gumbo?                       Ding!  Ding!  Ding!  Ding!  Close enough.

Jambalaya?                 Nailed it!

It’s Jambalaya and not Gumbo because the rice is cooked with everything else in the pot, while Gumbo is usually served over rice.  It’s Creole style, not Cajun, because there are tomatoes in it, and no thickener.

Even one-handed, Judy chopped all the vegetables and prepared the entire dish herself.  Jambalaya.  Creole.  Lovin those Creoles.

Judy is cooking dinner.

…and these would be the ingredients for…