((((((Hugs to All))))))
funnylegs4 ~
Thank you for your suggestions. I've tried to disguise quinoa with sauces, spices, veggies. He knows it's quinoa. He doesn't like it.
When he started the flax seed oil with cottage cheese, he wasn't enthusiastic about it. He doesn't like cottage cheese. So, we switched to yogurt with the flax seed oil, and he's content.
I've read articles recently that tumeric is overrated. It's hard to know what to believe any more.
You live in a locale, which is crawling with actors and artists (I gathered from your site and the location of your upcoming film). Perhaps there are acting schools/classes, and theater programs at nearby colleges/universities, where you could post a flyer (the old fashioned form of communication) to attract actors, who want experience and footage to add to their resumes. Or contact the heads of the theater departments and ask for referrals, offer to speak to classes as a guest, market yourself and your films. How about local CP programs, or programs for people with disabilities? Reach out to them for actors, grips, whatever you need. Or you might create a YouTube video with clips from your previous films interspersed with your concept for "Stroke of Endurance."
I'm just brainstorming here. In my previous life, when I couldn't find a teaching position, I had to work in the private sector. I was a marketing manager for a major corporation. I completed all of my coursework and 95% of my thesis for my Masters in Marketing Management. So, that part of me is trying to think of ways for you to cultivate the talent you need for this project.
Wishing you the best in this endeavor ~
Mary ~
The dips you are making for Kathleen reminded me of one of our favorite dips (we love Greek food), Tzatziki Dip or Sauce:
https://www.google.com/search?q=tzat...utf-8&oe=utf-8
I add Extra Virgin Olive oil, use dried dill weed, and add parsley.
And here are some gluten free falafel recipes to go with that dip:
https://www.google.com/search?q=tzat...free+falafel&*
HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY KATHLEEN!
Time sure flies! So happy to hear that Kathleen has been healthy and happy. May it always continue to be so.
A Mexican Fiesta sounds right up my alley!

Will there be a pinata? A mariachi band?

I know that there will be lots of guacamole! Have a wonderful celebration!
OUR UPDATE
Yesterday, I shopped at our favorite organic grocery, which is small and awkward to maneuver. Most shoppers just buy a few items in a carry all basket. I fill two of their largest push carts! It's a 20 minute drive to/from, plus an hour in the store or more on my feet, lifting the bags into our van, unloading the bags at home, and putting all of it away. It wears me out. I'm not a young woman, you know, and I have RA, which has been active, of course, during this stressful time with Jim and Jon.
As the cashier was scanning all of my groceries, she asked me, "Did you just get back from vacation?"
Our last vacation was in 1993, when Jim and I took the boys to Laughlin, Nevada, then to Zion and Bryce Canyons in Utah. We had a 2 week vacation. But everywhere we stayed, we had to unload a feeder seat, diapers, luggage, food, meds, wheelchairs. We had a fantastic time, but it wasn't like a cruise or the French Riviera!
Jim and I haven't even been out to dinner by ourselves since 1997!
Vacation!?!? If she only knew.
I just chortled, "Ha!" And then I said, "No, I'm just stocking up so I don't have to come back here for another month."
That's the truth. Shopping here is strenuous, because nothing makes any sense. The flow of the store is weird. It's narrow and they are always stacking shelves with pallets in the middle of the aisle. Everything we want is on the bottom shelf, so it's a lot of stooping and bending for me.
I asked that the bags not be too heavy. I'm obviously not a young, fit woman. But no, every bag was heavy, some ridiculously heavy, where the bag broke, when I lifted it to carry it into the house.
Once I got all of that sorted out with Jim's help, we ate some soup and Bavarian Rye bread (he loves this bread) toasted. My first meal of the day.
Then our friend came over to help us turn Jon. So, I got to change Jon's sheet, and do all of the other care needs for him. More stooping/bending, and standing. I also gave Jon a full bath and shave. He's peeing over his catheter. We don't know why, but it's been going on for over a month now, even with his new cath, which his nurse placed on Tuesday (and changed his trache). We're probably looking at increasing his catheter size from 20 French to 22 French. After all of these years of indwelling catheterization, the need to go up a notch in the cath size is not unusual. I just wanted to stave it off a while longer.
Jim is eating very well. He's making such an effort to keep up his nutrition. And now that I've brought home more options, he's enthused about eating. I found some new Quorn options. He ate one today and really enjoyed it. He's also ready to drink his Orgain shakes. I bought 2 6 packs. No mixing. Packed with protein and nutrients.
He's resting quite a bit, but he's also trying to be more active, which is wonderful. When I said, "I need to bring in the trash bins," tonight, he replied, "I'll do it. I can do it. Just let me." So I did. And he was a tad bit winded, but he remarked that the sky was magnificent, and he was glad to contribute to the household chores.
Jon's nurse, who is an expert in infusion, PICC, Central Lines, and IVIG, checked Jim's port, when she visited. She said that it looks good, and that his discomfort is to be expected. At least we know that nothing abnormal is happening there. But it's this bulging thing under his skin, right under his clavicle, so, of course, that doesn't feel good.
We're both nervous and hopeful about Jim's impending Round 2 of Chemo. We are praying that the molecular lab identified the best chemo to target Jim's specific cancer to eradicate it. Our apprehension is whether he will tolerate the new drugs as well as he tolerated the first round drugs. It's all the unknown.
We are all together, here, and we take each day as if it is our first and last day. Every day needs to be filled with more love and more memories. We have to squeeze all of that in between the physical aspect of daily living, and we do.
Life is precious. Here, there and everywhere.
Thank you all so much for your prayers, love, support, encouragement, advice, and being wonderful YOU~
Love & Light,
Rose