The heat and humidity finally broke--it was much cooler today with lower humidity but winds of almost 30 mph. As we took our walk this morning we noticed that some of the leaves are starting to turn. Half of the leaves on one of the trees were already a bright orange. Fall is definitely on its way.

John had a PT appointment at 9:00 a.m., so we had to hustle to get cleaned up and out the door on time. The therapist was very pleased with John's progress--his range of motion is improving more each week. The surgeon had given the go ahead to start the next phase of treatment, so John has additional exercises to do. He is starting to do some isometric exercises, but has to be very careful not to overdo any of them. If he feels any pain, he needs to stop and back off on the amount of pressure he applies to the muscles. His next PT appointment is after Labor Day.



Ralph Ramsey came out later this morning and John took him on a tour of the Clearbrook area and up to Matt's house. After a lunch of hamburgers, chips, and beans they headed back out and looked at some of the lakes in the area. Ralph will be heading back to Texas this weekend so we won't be seeing him again until sometime later in the fall.

John went up to watch Sam's football practice this evening and while he was doing that, I went to the library to return a few books and pick up a couple of new ones to read. We spent the rest of the evening figuring out the new DVR recorder from Direct TV that was installed this afternoon. It seems pretty easy to operate--we even recorded a show tonight and then were able to watch it. That's pretty good for us since we are electronically challenged when it comes to using this new technology.