Christmas gift!

For Christmas I receive drone. Bizarre, neon, beautiful color, big. We didn't open, not yet.

The Family goes to an Atlanta Falcons Football Game

Melorie, Dad, Mom, Philip drive football game Atlanta. Kind of terrible have seat in front of edge almost near side above football field. Fun, interesting, short delay, long ball game. Like, enjoy stadium, was interesting, crazy, full, big, bizarre, neon, reflecting. I was wearing earplugs because noise keep expanding.

Thanksgiving Break Taxi Ride

Taxi ride long delayed. Driver best,  kind, wonderful helpful. Taxi expanded, on time. Tip nothing.

About 24 hours before Mom text taxi cab company say reserve. 

Greet service here. Park, take off, far off there, dinner Grandma Phyllis, cousins, Uncle John, Sarah, restaurant Washington DC. 

Sunday my happy birthday. Friday Mom, Dad, Grandma Louise, Melorie, Tyler, Philip ride Pedro's because I decide. We order, pay that wonderful, kind, helpful waiter. Mexican food salty, spicy, thick. I have best family people, everyone amazing. And Mom, Dad, Philp went the Ritz hotel because better than Best Western, opposite. The Ritz service interesting, crazy clean, long drive, arrive, short explore, delayed check-in, easy camping. Cool!

Greet Baby Hope

Amy think, expect Baby Hope late next week. Amy need ride, Melorie had to drive, ride, fly hospital early. Baby smell, cry, look like old, different, messy, bizarre, small. plan stay hospital. All very too much drink, burp, spit.  

Vegan Food

Aunt Melorie, Mom, Dad, Philip ride to popular, cool hotel building, through side entryway. Save key, return to big interesting suite room. Air conditioning, fan old, slow, wrong, broken, stinky, messed up. Very kind of angry, disappointed, horrified, stressed, frustrated, because didn't get adjoining rooms. Replace room, pay nothing, comfortable. Aunt Melorie make reservations because that hotel clean.

Festival feel party reception. We eat, spit, burp, spicy, salty, disgusting, sour baked vegan food from scratch. Don't like.

Figuring out Jack's tale

 We wonder Jack left a lot pee inside, laundry pieces, blanket, purse. Vet check Jack, figured need diabetes medicine needles shot. Philip, Michelle, Mom, Dad capture put dog food dishes on table. Jack, Bella smell, wait, cry. We give Jack diabetes prescription medicine inside pointy shot.

Come one, come all!

Day off this Saturday Mom Philip Emma schedule enjoy open garage, work have yard sale here in driveway outside. We wait for line, miles traffic. Philip has pants, going to be selling give, donate because ugly and small for big cash. Melorie Philip Emma enjoy take signs, put down side beneath near stop sign, to address. Signs invite people, someone, directions.

Philip gets the royal treatment...for his feet!

Mom, Dad, Philip travel salon. Delayed long line.

Philip sit pedicure massage chair. Long, free, round, cool, feeling good.

Mom pay money, Philip enjoy free.

Because nails grow, feel hope plan schedule treatment.

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First paycheck money, budget save deposit count. Work, count.  

Almost had to stay the shower

Saturday, because line people ride arrive outside driveway before Amy party baby shower, Philip, Dad escape to guitar store. We experiment, try play schedule. Long ride, arrive delayed, buckled, take off, shop accessible van, ride direct Dump.

Working at Pedro's

How are you? I'm fine. Have a nice day.

My promotion!

I greet many week, volunteer at Pedro's Mexican restaurant close to here. Work manager promoted Philip, employee. Before not yet pay , beginning soon every time earn money paycheck. After, deposit with bank close here.

Alabama Vacation

We think ride, drive Dodge Caravan crew vehicle before evening, this last too much  hours because stop and go traffic move, stop destination Ono Island, Alabama.

We ride tall boat. It was Labor Day holiday, amazing weather. Uncle Tom, Tara talk disgusting, salty, spicy language, discuss gossip.  Talk about their pets. We do find these crab trap, fish.

Family Vacation

July - Philip, Mom, Dad, Justin, Summer, Anthony, Aunt Cathy, Greg, Tara, Uncle Tom,

 ride park and arrived Uncle Tom's beach home.

Many us feel like a little interesting beach scenery.
We, everyone greet girl baby, baby parents birthday song.

Wait near bathroom, line delayed move, hard, crazy, scary, frustrated, every day experience. Mom make sure my attitude nice.

Aunt Cathy, Greg fly destination Alabama, plan choose rental car, pay credit card.  

Today's Adventure

3:00 afternoon today Repairman drive, park outside driveway. He/she might have to take care of, fix these appliances: dryer, oven. Hope is going to have different, new, right parts Washing machine, throw old part. Secretary control block schedule choose. Secretary texts, call customers.      

Rascal

Philip and I are reading the book "Rascal" by Sterling North. This is a story about a young boy who finds and raises a raccoon named Rascal. As we read, we often stop to discuss what is happening in the story, and we will share these observations here on the blog from time to time.

From Chapter 2:

Raccoon inside tree, out,  try experiment, climb down, fishing.

Tuesday Morning Adventures

Tuesday, Philip Claire ride Lowes because we watch that forklift very big load  pallet parking lot for bizarre messy ugly full pickup truck vehicle.  See Lowes guys, friends, employees. Hear forklift beep beep .

Dad's Patio Project

Dad feel enjoy clean, takes care of, neglect, fix old pergola. Expensive. Replace. Get different, new pergola. Build crazy long, on patio.

Medieval Times

Mom make reservations Medieval Times, a concert or show because surprise.  I enjoy ride drive went arrive that restaurant room mall. Short delayed. Long line. Easy watch, see. Group crazy loud. Horse riders scary fun interesting. Horse naughty potty. Mom eat barbequed chicken, burp.

THE NEW DEVICE!

We order new Eye Max/Eye Gaze Dynavox. Package was going to fly, park, ride, went on Fed-Ex or UPS. Fed/Ex, UPS was delayed crazy. Eye Max/Eye Gaze might have new, fast, different user, page, template, buttons, behavior. Eye Max/Eye Gaze will not have scanning pattern, switch; will be farther away, going to have wider screen.

The Dogwood Festival

Mom, Dad, Philip drive arrive Marriott Atlanta . Smell free sample chicken, hotdogs, fish. I receive smooth bumpy ride. Saturday, Sunday - weekend- hot, tropical, windy, sunny.  Pay nothing park vehicle, wait park, put van accessible parking, use parking lot. Expensive appetizers, ribs, wine; slow service. Room clean, taken care of.

New Jeep!

Dad drive Nissan Frontier, trade in vehicle for, pay, buy off-road Jeep.

Dad doesn't like gray.

I hope these:

trunk space, back seat, compartments.  

Dad drive for work, count, earn, borrow money, control, save.

A new device...?

Philip: Speech therapist figure I need Dynavox Eye Max Eye Gaze,  help try.

Claire: This video shows a man who has ALS, but it also features the device that Philip refers to, and shows some of its capabilities.

The Ritz!

Late last week sometime we drive, ride Dodge Caravan crew wheelchair vehicle. Arrive went parking space, crosswalk, the Ritz Carlton hotel. Crazy, long ride.

I spit because alcoholic beverage salty disgusting spicy greasy sour.

Dominique meet us restaurant The Atlanta Braves.

Upcoming adventures!

Mom, Philip, Dad upgrade the Atlanta, Georgia Ritz hotel two day this weekend  ( Saturday Sunday) overnight. Two beds, chair, beautiful sheets, towels. I don't know where Dodge Caravan Crew wheelchair van, may have to park parking garage, arrive avoid park valet.

Mom will have money credit card going to have two hundred dollars. Mom eat, burp, hiccup, drink, feed Philip, order room service pepperoni/pepper/mushrooms, pineapple, chicken, cheese pizza, ice-cream, pay tip.

Philip like enjoy ride elevator.

All About Salmon!

I think black silver salmon is like dolphin and whale because of  jump far out of, into same green ocean water. Before ocean, these salmon born mountain stream river.

Salmon dented, bumpy, broken pointy because  bear, shark almost kill.

 Salmon swim, play, dance, fight, climb fish ladder into river, beside dam.

Visit from the Steidls

Last week, the Steidl family came to visit the Hornicks. Here's what Philip wrote about the time:

Family people had to visit late overnight, morning, afternoon. In wheelchair van blue silver vehicle,  about far down to destination Florida.