I got home to Texas yesterday late in the day, before the storm hit. I'm happy to be here and not in OKC – the weather looks really awful there. And worse in lots of other places. If you are reading this from the big frozen middle of the country I hope you have power, food in the kitchen, and sewing to keep you happy.

We've been feeding lots of birds. The cardinals just would not stay put for a picture.

In other news, for those of you keeping up with my family, my sister is out of the hospital and home.I admit that I was not happy about it. I think she needs a bit more looking after than the dog will give her but there you go. She is an adult who makes her own decisions. I just hope that she's correct and that she can take care of herself at home. I will be very happy to have her prove me wrong.

My sister was happy for me to replace her as my Mom's trustee, which was what Mom said she wanted too. So yesterday I took a stack of papers to Mom and, with one of her good friends and another witness present, she signed everything necessary so that I can make decisions for her. My sister went with me later to the bank, more signing. Then back to Mom for even more signing. Today I was able to legally pay her bills and that made me feel a bit better. I hate late payments and penalties!

Mom is taking this all in stride, happily thinking about moving to Texas. It really makes me smile – she said with all seriousness that all she really wanted was a comfortable bed and toilet that fit her. (The one at Bellevue is too tall and hard for her.) And then there are a few pieces of furniture that she'd like to have, but if not that's OK too. She's just happy not to have to worry any more. Being the constant caregiver for my sister really took it out of her and she just can't go back to that ever again.

So now I'm going to be working on getting them both to Sherman. The first order of business will be finding a doctor willing to take Christy on as a patient. She's on Medicare which may help. After that things may move quickly. And, I hope, smoothly.