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Hotfooted, today I worked hard pulling up the onions thinking it would help my blood sugar numbers which have been higher than normal. We brought the onions into the garage and discovered a young groundhog in the garage trying to find a place to hide. Daughter has been watching them with a camera on the patio, so she arrived and put the cage in the garage. The young one would have no use for the cage or the dog food inside, so he tried the basement stairs, fell, and knocked himself out a little. Daughter took advantage of his stunned condition and scooped him up in a bucket and put him in the cage. She is going to view the situation until morning on the camera to see if the family comes forward to visit the young one in the cage. Tomorrow will be relocation day. We laughed so hard at the whole thing, which is good for everyone' health, and I suspect my blood sugar will be lower in the morning, as I went out in the nice evening and pulled more onions. It is exercise which makes for success. But my injured arm is not going to be too happy for a while. I have been willing to give up most of the gardening because my balance is so bad, but, but now I have changed my mind. Those onions are beautiful and Daughter is so good at catching groundhogs! I thought you would enjoy this story. The company came today to install the monitor for my security button, but I plan to wear it on my waist because I am no cow. Then the darn thing didn't work so he has to order another button. At least I will be safer in the bedroom while I am asleep. I will let everyone know how I like the security alarm after they get it corrected. It will cover me 600 feet in each direction, they said. Dorisena

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Dorisena, I did enjoy hearing about your groundhog in the garage.. My husband discovered a porcupine in ours one night... poor thing was trying to hide behind a ladder.. and Fred, being a city guy, had no idea what it was even.. We left the side door open and it was gone the next morning..
I'm in California with our son right now.. and will be staying for a while.. He has decided that the Diabetes, Parkinson's, and vision loss have progressed so far that he needs more help than the caregiver who lives next door.. My granddaughter lives here, but works full time and has a long commute to her job.. Dad is here, but will be going back home to Oregon tomorrow.. The stress level is extremely high for all of us, but I'm grateful that I can be here with my son.. He is so weak, and very glad to have Mom here for comfort..