My mother-in-law made it through hip replacement surgery today and seems like she will be okay. As soon as she's able to get out of bed and move around on her own, they'll release her. We'll take her home and get her all set up with plenty of easy food (probably frozen meals as well as dehydrated soup mixes from my stash). She has outstanding, caring neighbors that will help out and have told us they will be happy to ferry her back and forth to physical therapy as needed.
We need to come up with 'thank you' baskets for the neighbors. So far, I'm thinking fresh bakery bread, my prickly pear jelly, and fresh hot peppers from the garden (since they like to cook spicy Mexican food). Definitely need to round them out with something additional. Oh, maybe my 5-pepper jelly. Perhaps some dried beans from my CSA. Anyone have other suggestions? They have to travel so fresh flowers won't be practical.
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Some fresh fruit, maybe? To cleanse the palate... do you have apples out there?...
Glad MIL did well. Lucky her and you for the great neighbors, too. How about some candy for the baskets? Because they are so "sweet" for looking after your MIL.
What a nice thank you gift idea! I'm sure her neighbors will love getting those baskets!
Yippee! What nice news to read on a morning when I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed.
--Ave
I'm so glad your mother is doing well and that she has such great neighbors. That kind of community can be rare these days.
I was thinking about something sweet like cookies or zucchini bread, or candy, which has already been mentioned.
Your MIL is so lucky to have such great neighbors. I'm sure the basket you have planned will be appreciated, especially since it's holding treats that were homemade!
Best wishes to you and the family.
The physical therapist evaluated her yesterday and seems to think the prospects for recovery are good.
I picked up two pretty baskets yesterday along with some mugs. I'll mix up some Mexican hot cocoa mix and stuff bags of it into the cups with instructions for mixing it up. Not sure if the apples we picked at the orchard will still be good, but if they are, I can put some of them in, too.
So glad to hear she is doing well!
Did you by chance move into an area with a HOA? If that is the source of your bureaucratic nightmares you have my sympathy. I would much rather deal with the county, they don't have such a big stake in remaining in power like an HOA board does.
I'm so glad that mine is relatively powerless, being in a legal limbo, and that none of my neighbors care about my crazy prepper stuff.
Any one of those items would be a delightful and welcome gift to me, so I can't imagine you need something more. I'm glad your mother-in-law is on the mend.
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