Good Times

Group shot of everyone plus George Strombolopoulous at Hotel Sask lobby. Again, a great night! As for an update, Joel is continuing to make excellent progress and is now experimenting with some reflexology and more massages. His determination and spirit is stronger than ever and he is going to do his own post very soon!

Geminis

This weekend Joel cruised around town to the Corner Gas party, Geminis and a few sweet after-parties. Thanks to George Strombo, Damon and Joel had some of the best seats in the house. He met everyone from George, to Ron McLean, Corey Haim, George St. Pierre an a ton of other peeps. This shot is the best one and says it all. For those of you who watch Air Farce, Luba Goy and Joel are pictured here, in a brief moment between their hour-long conversation! His mask and boa are courtesy of Luba. It was a great weekend!

New Look

Here is Joel's new look for the new ride! Happy Halloween!

New Wheels and UPdate

Joel has now purchased a new sweet maroon 1990 VW Vanagon complete with wheelchair lift and primo seating. Thank you Cal!!!! The week has been very tiring, with tons of physio and rest. Joel will be testing out a little reflexology this weekend to help with his rehab as well. He will do a post very soon and is missing everyone a lot!

Great Times

Joel is back safely at Wascana Rehab after a whirlwind vacation filled with tons of fun! We will post from him as well as some pictures very soon! But it was a great wedding and an awesome couple of days!!!!

The Boys

At long last Shane, Joel and John (creator of the blog) chillin in the hotel in Calgary. The flight was great and Joel is having a blast.

The Cards

Joel's friend Damon made Joel a little something -- Business Cards! Check 'em out! (Sorry about the photo quality!) Hard work and much progress continues at Wascana, while Joel is counting down the minutes until he gets to see his family in Calgary. This weekend will be great and a much-needed "mini-break" from rehab. But Joel isn't letting a vacation stop his progress....he has lots of extra things lined up to help him while he is gone (stretching, maybe a little accupuncture, who knows!). Anyways, will try and update the blog again tomorrow and while away at least once. As Joel says "Jump Feet First" and have a sweet day!

Hippo Party

Who would have thought a hang of Hippos would have the weekend energy to paint an entire house not once but twice! Now don't get me wrong, I can't use the word lazy, BUT slow movement with grace might be a better way to describe the hang that showed up. On another note, I would like to really thank ALL of you for attending the painting party. The house looks AWESOME! I even got to check out the upstairs: thanks for the lift! PS pictures of the newly remodelled house to follow in the next few days. Other big things that happened this weekend, I got to see and hold the Stanley Cup, and I discovered today, that people who drive VW vans, have secret waves to each other. Signing off on this Sunday night, and I will talk to you soon....

Joel

Jen's BDAY

Jen's friend Tricia, Joel and Kaley out for dinner on Jen's Bday. Other photo Jacqui and Joel. Jen just turned 26 and is doing awesome. Photos are once again stolen from the site Prayers and Love for Jennifer Gabrysh on facebook. Guess we should invest in a camera!

Just Another Day

It's just another day in Joel's life. Ya know, hanging out with the Stanley Cup at the Ruby. And this isn't the replica, this is the REAL deal, spelling mistakes and all. The way to tell is by the bottom of the Cup. The replica does not have the logo. Joel and Brent (his buddy from work in the middle picture) were just some of the lucky few who got to actually HOLD it, thanks to Mike, the Keeper of the Cup! He is also proud to say that he got to see his cousin Drew Miller's name on it first hand.

Update

Hey everyone,

Today is the day much painting will be goin on at Joel's house. If you have a chance call him or stop by! So far everything looks great and Hippo Beach represtatives have truly represented. This has been a great week and everyone's in great spirits. Joel has been doing excellent and is truly a champion! Take care for now and keep checkin back here....things we can promise: Pictures of Joel with a Special Guest and a blog from Joel.

Family Photo

Group shot Me, Kathy, and Hannah. She is so cute. I also just wanted to remind everyone that if you are still thinking those good thoughts, I have been feeling them FULL-ON! Some wonderful things have been happening, so thank you and keep it up!

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend full of family, friends and food. I think we all expect to gain a little bit of weight this weekend, loooove the turkey. (FYI my mom told me that she has seen a ninety pound turkey) On a skinnier note, therapy great this week with some additions of pool time and weight lifting. I've got an updated wheelchair something more sweet and metallic like (with a clock - don't ask why). Big thanks to the Cibart family for lending us their summer cruiser (a VW van)! On friday I took my first trip back to work to visit the guys at the sound stage and see what the movie Walled In looks like. Saturday I went to the beach for thanksgiving supper, Sunday I enjoyed anothing thanksgiving supper in the city and today was round three for me!
On a sadder note, my cousin Matt passed away and I would appreciate it if everyone would join in a moment of silence to send thoughts and prayers to our cousin Matt and his family.
Missing you all, Joel.

Update!

It's been a few days since we posted so sorry about that! Joel has had a busy week so far. He went in the pool and did water rehabilitation; got a smaller and lighter chair which is again being traded up for another one; and continues to impress during physio. He has also had a few nights out on the town. He has been to the Imax and to Viet Thai. And last night it was Jen's 26th birthday, so a bunch of people, including Joel went to Tepanyaki's to celebrate. It's getting easier to get out now too with access to the Wascana Van Kaley's super-speed at getting Joel in and out of the van! This weekend he may try and get out to the beach again for Thanksgiving. But Joel will be posting an update soon and looks forward to seein you guys!