Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
If not, just drink the tequila, don't try to play it.....
Another time I and a coworker were outside having lunch and a crow swooped down took her hot dog right out of her hand.
Hope you are feeling more like yourself tonight.
Have you had any special treats as of late?
On his way to work today, dH and I had ice cream at a store.
I have often thought life should be a bit more fair than it is, even though I was always told: "Life is not fair".
My single scoop was much smaller than hubs, lol. So I spoke up. The scooper man fixed it, but now mine was way bigger. Hubs said he should go and ask his to be the same size as mine. Quirky, huh?
Life is just so not fair.
The best laid plans of mice and men.....
Today has enough trouble of it's own. Do not borrow trouble.
While is is good to have a general plan, we just cannot plan the outcome of our lives in advance, i.e. the rest of your life. Que sera, sera, my mother would sing.
This will be the summer of your discontent, going down in history as a difficult time.
So sorry, cliche's are all I got. Because, wth am I gonna do with the rest of my life?
So many are asking this question lately, so you are not alone in that.
Try taking one day at a time, while you dream of better things.
What types of things make you happy? Do you like nature, music, movies, a particular hobby? Is there anything you've always wanted to try that you didn't have time to? Try out some different things for fun. Some you may hate, but some you may end up loving.
Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren
there were some lines that sounded familiar and it just dawned on me where I've heard them before - I think it was from an interview with Reagan's daughter who was describing her parents' relationship
you did correctly- only time you don't pull over to the right and merely stop where you are is if you can't due to traffic
Drove me CRAZY that my 60-something mother was being “such an old lady” — as I would disgustedly say to myself.
H*ll, I worked with people who were Mom’s age. Snap out of it, already!!
Jeez. Live and learn.
When I cleaned out Mom’s house after she died, I found years’ worth of her expired drivers licenses bundled with a rubber band. (I do the same thing. Didn’t know we shared that tic!)
Anyhoo, Mom developed “that look” somewhere between ages 58 and 62. **shudder**
You haven't been looking into his eyes again, have you?
Not that I'm suggesting you run out and find a dead person to see what I'm talking about. :P
Hearing a siren, I obey the laws and pull over, stopping until the emergency vehicle passes. Then, it is hard to re-enter traffic, because no one else has pulled over.
Elderly says, "It is a divided road, you don't need to pull over".
I state the law says to pull over, not only when one deems it not applicable to them.
I suggest, what if it is a divided road, you continue driving, but ths emergency vehicle turns or crosses in front of you?
I told him that I would look up the law again, which states pull over when you hear a siren.
I cannot find any exceptions in the State of California DMV.
Are there exceptions?
What do I tell him?
respect
They also bring magazines and read - not AARP. Every nursing home lady (and some of the men) need to listen to them read about dates and makeup stories from Cosmo, Marie Claire and Seventeen. Of course, PJ has a big following when he reads all of the Red Sox stories from the Boston newspapers, especially if they’ve played the Yankees.
I read Gardening magazines to my two ladies. They both had beautiful gardens at their homes before they moved to NH. When they were professors, their office building was across from the university arboretum. I stop and take pictures of the arboretum occasionally. I put the photos on my laptop and blow them up so they can see.
The last picture I have of my Mom where she wasn't in a hospital gown was at my sister's barbecue. It was a blistering hot day. My mom didn't seem to mind the heat funnily enough. This is pre. hospital, pre. nursing home. I notice the confused look on my Mom's face. It's very apparent in this picture. Her beautiful blue eyes had somehow lost their luster. :(
though they may be less frequent and fleeting, we still enjoy the smallest of these moments
I don’t think I’ve snapped a photo of mom for pleasure recently because I don’t see the same Viking blue sparkles in her eyes anymore
Did you ever see a lassie go this way and that
Go this way and that way, go this way and that way
Did you ever see a lassie go this way and that
Yup...............:O
So, I figured I'd just ramble for a bit since I've been reading over the threads
that I read and some people have brought up points on various threads. I'll just address them all on here cause I'm too lazy to go back and forth.
About the new Aging Care format? Yeah, I don't like it. It's chased away some of my favorite people and it's just not that user friendly, in my humble opinion. And I agree with some of you on here who have said that some really good features have been taken away and yet Dorker's thread goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on...........................................INFINITY!!!
Sorry Dorker, but having said sorry I don't believe I've ever seen Dorker post on any other thread perhaps to help someone else for a change? Wow, what a concept eh Dorker? Getting out of your own head for maybe a minute and think of someone beyond yourself. You probably won't read this cause .....................well we've established why already.
As for young people glued to their cellphones? Yes, but not just young people either. I think social media is what is killing our society today. Ironic that I am posting this on social media but hey if you can't beat em, join em, right? Why can't people talk to each other and look each other in the eyes? Ah, I'm sounding old but I remember Rosie O'Donnell saying once that she thought the internet was the devil. I know she was kind of joking but who knows.
Anywho, as you can probably tell I'm in a cranky mood today. If I offended anyone sorry, and Dorker's supporters? Yeah, I know. :P
neither of us could remember how to fill in the blank 🤔
Psalms 143
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
Psalms 119:50
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.