Where DID October Go?!

RANDY'S 1ST DAY OF ELK HUNTING FROM HER FRONT YARD & NATALIE AND CRAIG'S 1ST BIRTHDAY

Happy Fall!

Is any one else (besides Ski-Bunny-Jewels) dreading winter?

I'm having a hard time gearing up for the forecasted snow we're to have this week. Ugh.

JK1 Business Update

I’m still trying to get my business going. It’s a struggle sometimes, but I’m not even considering giving up. I’m convinced I can make this work. I’m convinced this is the route for me.

My main hurdle right now is that, since Sacramento is a state government town, I need to focus on state government contracts (if I lived in Detroit, it would be auto industry contracts). I have nearly 30 years experience in the Information Technology (IT) field, but not very much experience in the state government IT world. Many state workers (including those who do the contracting) are risk-averse so they don’t want to take a chance with a new guy. Once I get past this hurdle I believe projects will go great.

I am getting some projects. Earlier this week I facilitated a meeting between two groups who need to work together but had some conflicts they needed to resolve, so they weren’t working together well at all (I guess the meeting they had before they called me in was really tense). I was able to bring them together, help them vent their frustrations, help them find common goals, and we were able to find a way to make a 30% improvement in their process of doing business. It’s tense and exhausting, but it is very rewarding and great fun.

Love,
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Gramma J Update

I know this news doesn't fit exactly in the RMCJJ blog, but all of you know my Gramma J, so I thought I'd give you an update.

She is now 95 years old.

This spring she fell and broke her leg. It was a serious break that required surgery. The surgeon was hesitant to even do the surgery. He said she probably would not live six more months. She came through the surgery better than expected, recovered quicker than expected, and is doing great.

She's still mentally very sharp.

She lives in an assisted living group home with a family and two other elderly ladies. She isn't walking again yet, but, as you can see from the update (below) I received from my aunt and uncle this morning, she has that as a goal.

(She's always really happy when we come to visit. It's never "where have you been?")

Here's the update:
Dr. H's office just called and said Gram/Sis/Aunt Wilma has been released from his care and she can bear as much weight as she can tolerate. She is free to try to stand and walk again. Therapists will come to work with her now. She made an agreement with Danny that if he could help her to walk again, she would wash the dishes. No more x-rays or follow up visits are necessary.Guess she showed them didn't she. In the hospital he felt that with or without the surgery she would only last another 6 months or so because that is what happens to elderly people who have severe fractures. She certainly hasn't declined since her fall.


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Dad K is on

Oops, I almost put Dad K******** is on.

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