January
21, 2014 Rosenfeld News by Tina Wolfe
Okay, so I’ll say uncle already,
these temperatures are starting to interfere with my getting out to our
grandson’s hockey games. Most of the arenas are wheelchair friendly so that’s
not an issue but it’s the going to and from the truck that freezes up the body
including the nose hair. When our granddaughter, Amber, arrived home last week
and stepped out of the airport terminal this is one of the comments she made.
She reported that it had been a long time since she had frozen nose hair. I
guess it’s one of those experiences which a person doesn’t think about until
you go away.
School
news
The students have begun skating as
part of the physed program. Fridays are a hub of activity at the rink and heads
are seen bobbing over the fence. I wish I were able to go take some photos of
those smiling faces.
Another activity available for kids
is the Boys and Girls Club. It takes place in the school gym and is held every
second Thursday night from 7:30 – 8:00 pm.
Stay and Play offered by the Altona
and Area Resource Center is for parents and their preschool children. This
takes place every Thursday morning from 9:30 – 11:30 at school and the
facilitator is Candice Wiens and helper is Neta Penner.
If the kids still aren’t tired and
the wind chill keeps them indoors there’s still another activity to try. An after
School Activity Program takes place at school every Wednesday from 3:45 – 4:30
pm.
For more information concerning any
of these activities please feel free to call our wonderful school secretary,
Gladys Klassen.
Condolences
Wayne Schroeder, 62, of Rosenfeld
passed away suddenly last week. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all his
family and friends especially to his love, Sharon and brother, Laurie and Carol
Schroeder and their family. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Progress
report
One of the things I miss the most
during this convalescence is the fact that I can’t get out to take photos to go
with the column. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a shot of smiling kids at the
rink? Even when adults dread going out somehow children find joy in being
outdoors.
I would like to thank Jim and Judith
Schellenberg for a wonderful day last Sunday. We had not been able to celebrate
Christmas or New Year’s Day due to the stomach flu which hit both families. We
now had a wonderful visit and toasted in the new year.
Last week was a stormy week so I had
to cancel my trip to HSC for my check up on Tuesday. The receptionist at Dr.
Pilkey’s office was wonderful and rescheduling was no problem. Then on Thursday
we had a white out and there was no going even to Altona for physio. I got a
lot of puzzling done.
Slowly but surely my walking is
improving but my balancing act is quite something to behold. If someone didn’t
know that I had experienced these injuries, I’m sure they’d think I’d been in
the sauce. And I don’t mean like gravy sauce. I keep the walker nearby at all
times even if I’m next to the wall or kitchen cabinets. At times I feel like a
drunken sailor or maybe I should rephrase that and say like someone who has
been fishing on a boat and then gets off at the end of the day. I can’t stand
at one spot for more than a minute; the ankles begin to burn almost
immediately. When doing anything in the kitchen I sit on the walker seat so I
have started helping Dave a bit. He complains that most of the time I’m in the
way, it’s a huge walker. But he’ll get used to it.
It’s amazing how things change every
day. Someone asked me how I was doing and I replied, “ Well, I don’t take one step
forward and one back; it’s more like ten
forward and one back.” I think that covers the progress report. Life is good.
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