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Hey Cristina I forgot how to get to the recipe site so I thought I would post my cake recipe right here ok? Here goes
Bourbon Christmas Cake!
Once again this year, I've had requests for my Bourbon Christmas Cake recipe so here it goes: Please keep in your files as I am getting tired of typing this up every year!
1 cup sugar 1 tsp. baking powder 1 cup water 1 tsp. salt 1 cup brown sugar Lemon juice 4 large eggs Nuts 1 bottle bourbon 2 cups dried fruit
Sample the bourbon to check quality. Take a large bowl; check the bourbon again to be sure it is of the highest quality. Repeat. Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of sugar. Beat again. At this point, it is best to make sure the bourbon is still OK. Try another cup just in case. Turn off the mixerer thingy. Break 2 eegs and add to the bowl and chuck iin the cup of dried fruit. Pick the fruit up off the floor. Mix on the turner. If the fried druit getas stuck in the beaterers, just pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the bourbon to test for tonsisticity. Next, sift 2 cups of salt, or something. Check the bourbon. Now shift the lemon ice strain your nuts. Add one table. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven. Turn the cake tin 360 s and try not to fall over. Don't forget to beat off the turner. Finally, throw the bowl through the window. Finish the bourbon and wipe the counter with the cat.
Golf, be sure to take care of your health while caretaking. I know you know that. But I just want to encourage you to share your stories, or vent, or share your worries with us. I just joined, and I have been doing this myself. The reception is so positive! Also I have not reached out to anyone about caretaking prior to this, so before I felt very alone and stuck. Even though my mother and I have each other with the caretaking responsibilities, I still feel overwhelmed. Here's a great place to be when feeling overwhelmed.
Hi all, So sorry your dads are not doing well, Linda and SS. I hope things improve soon. Cuz I love the cake recipe! Diane, I'm glad things went well for you during the holidays. Maybe things will get better. I'm transfering mom to an acute care facility for another 20 days. She's not walking at all. Still in a lot of pain. I just can't do the rehab myself even tho she keeps begging me to take her home. I hope this place will get her walking again. She's not eating. Mainly because they just bring her tray and leave it there. I have to be there at mealtimes to feed her.
Really tired so I'm going to bed now. Yall take care. Love you all, Ann
I am sorry it seems the parents of everybody are at the hospital. Linda, while you are there, ask some doctor to check your back! SS, we are awaiting for more news. Ann, I hope your mother can start to walk again! Bookworm your story was incredible! I must say I don't have these problems, if the bathroom is not free, I can go to the garden with the dogs. Of course, it is cold in winter, in the night.
Its nearly 4am and I can't get my brain to shut down and sleep. I guess my worries are small compared to Still, Linda and Ann. A prayer for you all for speedy recoveries and strength to keep you going.
Diane, I have gotten good results taking Altering 30 minutes before I want to sleep. It's natural. Cuz, you devil. Cricket started the thread called "Favorite Recipes". No, don't post it there. Haha! Ann's Mom, Selfish Sib's Dad and Linda's Pa: God's mercy and Love, Grace abounds. And for my Mother. Bookworm and Golf: big welcoming Hugs. Yes, sooner or later you Must take care of yourselves, whatever that means to you. Rosella, I was looking at my wall and it was Dec. 13 of last year you invited me to the boat. What a ride. Whoo Hoo! When someone tells another about this thread, it is a huge gift, delivered on Angel Wings. Woke up at 3:30 thinking of LindaHeart. Love you, dear Friends. Christina xo
Linda - so sorry for eh recent development. I'll pray for ur Dad. Yes, my dad has ulcers in his stomach. Two large ones they said, so they are changing up his meds, no more baby aspirin but no more blood thinner either. I think he will will be transferred to a short term rehab after he is stable. Thanks to all for checking in!
Good morning everyone! Snowy morning here but no real accumulation expected. Hugs and prayers to Linda, SS, Diane, Sherry, Christina, et al. (I'm still trying to catch up on reading the posts.) Cuz, you are a real gem! lol
Mom had a houseful of visiting medical staff yesterday. Since her accident, she is having in home care but STILL refuses to accept a more permenant arrangement. I will call her case worker later today because Mom reported one of the ladies asked her "a bunch of questions to help me with my memory". I am guessing they did a Mini Cognitive Test. Yeah! I ask the doc to do this last Thursday and he did not.
Oops. I yawned and hit the enter key! I'm so exhausted right now. This caregiving is just overwhelming, isn't it? Seems I'm spending more and more time talking to Mom, talking to others, and taking care of financial matters for Mom. She is so forgetful and needs reassurance for every little thing. She makes notes about every little thing and then can't remember where she put her note. We started her on the Exelon patch last Thursday and I have some hope (but no expectation) that this will help a bit. We know it won't stop the process but perhaps it will slow things down a bit.
She has not been as depressed since the accident because . . . she's had real live visitors. The imagined kids and my (deceased) Dad still seem to be there despite 24/7 family company for the past week. (My brother heard her talking to them.) It's getting harder for Mom to deny the symptoms but she is so very stubborn!
I just spoke to a rep from Life Line Alert. Mom is arguing against this, too, but we're hoping to wear her down. This would give us at least some relief from the worry of her being alone for now. Say some prayers, please.
Thanks for being here. I really missed you guys. I have a turkey carcus simmering for soup and hubby will be home soon so I'd better get busy. Hugs and warm wishes! Bee
Morning, After baby-sitting, I went to bed early, but I was not tired from baby sitting. Compared to care giving, there is NO Comparison. Amen. Once you have been a Care giver--and I am not in the same league as some of you, not even when Mother was here at my house--everything is a cinch. He did throw up all over the living room floor, but at least it wasn't the carpet upstairs. I kept thinking, "Ok, bring it on. Test me. See if I am Grandma material". haha I am pretty quick, and that is the difference with kids and elders. One second, the kid can weave himself into a crowd and you panic. I was not one to hang onto my kids or put harnesses on them. I believe in letting out the tether gradually, and seeing how much they can mind and obey. Oh, it' s a good lesson. Learning to direct without controlling. And teaching them not to control others, and run from those who try to control you. That should be a commandment, Maybe it is, just worded differently. Linda's Pa is under control in the hospital. She told me to tell you. They are getting his blood sugar under control, and I am happy she can maybe rest a bit. But she probably won't. Sigh. Love that LindaHeart:) xo Turkey Soup! Hey, Diane. Make some turkey soup and you will sleep like a baby. I must have missed BJ's post after Christmas, because I STILL have no idea how everything went with her sister, and I am itching to know. Scratch, scratch. Oh, must be dry skin from the heat being on. heehee Another beautiful day on the left coast, so I am going for a walk right now. Thinking of all you beautiful Care givers. Be good to yourself today. Love, Christina
Notice I said "control" 5 times in one post. OooWhee. Maybe I am afraid of losing control of myself!!! It's a Freudian Slip, and not a frilly one. heehee
I'm still standing, LOL... Christmas? Well, I basically stayed away from her as much as possible. Set the table and everyone was making such a fuss how beautiful it was, so, we sat down to have dad say grace before we got up to serve ourselves and wouldn't you know it... she decided to have one of her chosen seizures right then in the den... Had dad crying (which is her way to make herself feel better) and again, Drama Queen was being coddled by poor dad! The whole family and friends weren't buying into it except him! Finally lost it and told dad she could continue with her seizure while he came in and said grace!!! After she realized it wasn't working she came in and sat down! Had wine for a few of us and Drama Queen made a big fuss over that! I said damn a couple of times and she goes and gets a jar to tell me to put in a quarter each time anyone said a "bad word". Oh, hell no!!! The worst of all was when everyone left for the evening, leaving me with her. She promptly went into mother's closet and starting taking all of her clothes, chosen items of mom's, personal items, gifts she had given her, etc. My heart was breaking... then she comes into my room and informs me she's taking her 50 year old gold-plated hair brush and mirror that dad had given to her one Christmas. That did it!!!! I definitely lost it then and all I could say was at least take one and leave the other for dad and me. Just because mom is gone, my father is NOT and it would be nice for him to have mom's things around the house to remind him of certain times in their lives together... guess that worked because she left them both! Then, she says to dad she needs to gas up her car, get groceries, etc. Of course, she knew dad would pay for everything, which he did! Plus the hundreds of dollars he gave her before and after Christmas!!! Didn't have the heart to "cook" the birds, just offered them some turkey instead, LOL. I stayed away from the nightmare discussion that she caused three years ago (y'all remember that one) because I just wasn't ready to talk but wanted her to know it's not over and I want her side of why she did what she did....sooner than later!!! She looked up at me and said, " Well, BJ, you just remember that the truth shall set you FREE", What the hell is that suppose to mean??? I'll show her the truth someday and perhaps have a gallery of friends, family, dr.'s, etc around to witness MY TRUTH!!! Hope all of you, dear friends, had a beautiful Christmas and a brighter New Year!!! love you, each and everyone.......That's my story and the Drama Queen is in the backyard in the hammock, old joke, LOL
new to this board but not new to caregiving. Took care of my mother for 15 years, had a 10 year break and now having my in-laws (Mother and Father) with us. It has only been 3 months but seems like 30 years These two people are so much more difficult than my mother or maybe I could forgive and forget with her better. Anyways, gross out is only the beginning, food issues, she uses food as a weapon against me, if she is upset she will put the food in her mouth and then spat it out on the table. (she is 90), she uses the tablecloth as a tissue wiping both nose and mouth (food usually still there) on it, then she shifts it around so it is placed in front of me. Her mobility is limited and has a hard time with a fork and spoon but she sure can get the wine glass to her mouth with no drops being spilt.
I have taken up chanting to myself so that I don't end up crying! Chant: Give me strength not to go postal.
Bless your Heart, Enough. You are welcome here, no judgment, you just vent and get to know your new friends. You came to the right place. Hugs, Christina
NIE, don't go "postal "for at least for another day! Shoot, why not just wait until the New Year!!! LOL! Welcome to our little crew! Christina, hope you had a great Christmas. Well... as good as it could be! This first Christmas without mom is really tought! "Drama Queen and Can't argue with stupid" could have spent so much more time here at home with mom but, no they wait until after she's gone to get together for Christmas, that sucks!!!
Nothingisenough, Welcome to this thread, glad to have you join us here. Come here and vent as often as you need to we understand. Maybe you can accidently break all the wine bottles, lol When she shifts the table cloth around like that, how awful for you! Maybe you shouldn't put a tablecloth on the table and just give her a napkin instead? or glue the tablecloth to the table in front of her, now that would be funny to see her reaction to that! haha Anyway it goes, we are here to help you cope. Love Cricket Chirp Chirp
Christina28 - helpful maybe but the laugh you caused was a needed item. We go through 2 -3 napkins a meal (the large dinner ones), she wants cloth but really I don't like doing laundry that much.
Cricket - love the idea of taping down the tablecloth that would be a riot to see but that little old 90 lb lady would somehow move the table around if she could.
lol give her one of those old prairie bonnets, they are made of cloth so she could use it like a napkin haha.. you could make home movies for your kids and say looksy kids what you have to look forward to when I get old....second thought, don't.
NIE, my mom gets sneezing fits to add to the full mouth of food. I know that isn't intentional but it is gross to see food flying everywhere! I swear I keep Kimberly Clark in business with all the tissues, napkins, tp and paper towels we go through each week. Just another expense of caregiving.
Still, I tried to get my family to sit down together for Christmas dinner to give my mother her one wish. Unfortunately the evil nephew could not do that. However, I am sure the day mom dies he and all the other judgmental assholes will be there. Of course they can't do anything before mom dies. In just sick of all the bullshit that flies around in my family. I guess I owe you 50 cents for the bad words :)
Enough, tell her Manners the Butler has been resurrected and lives at your house now. He is going to give her arrogant lectures if she doesn't shape up. Daintily wipe her mouth and make her reuse those paper napkins a few times. Manners lives under the table, remember. Keep your knees together...
I am thinking hold the wine back and say when you have eaten a bite properly you may have some wine....Se if that helps? And Drama Queen! man I hope there is some universal justice in the universe, it isn't here! That is like emotional torture what she is doing!
Enough, you can tell we like to wield our power around here:) I've got the yo-yo, who's got the string? I was talking to our friend's Mother who is visiting. She is in her 70s. When she heard we have been taking care of my Mother the last 3 years with dementia, she recounted odd stories from her childhood. Then said she took care of her Mother who had dementia until she passed. Hmmm? Is there a pattern of meanness, odd priorities, Narcissism, dependent and histrionic personalities which could be a precursor to Dementia? Maybe the part of the brain that governs those behaviors is one of the last to dull, and we get a ramped display as the wires are burning out? God Help Us All, from the ravages out there. Love you all. Hugs. Christina xo
Latest update on Alz's is the size of the brain. If it's smaller than normal, it's more likely that the person will get Alz's! People have always said I have a big head, hopefully that means I have to have a large brain to carry it!
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Bourbon Christmas Cake!
Once again this year, I've had requests for my Bourbon Christmas Cake recipe so here it goes: Please keep in your files as I am getting tired of typing this up every year!
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup water
1 tsp. salt
1 cup brown sugar
Lemon juice
4 large eggs
Nuts
1 bottle bourbon
2 cups dried fruit
Sample the bourbon to check quality. Take a large bowl; check the bourbon again to be sure it is of the highest quality. Repeat. Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of sugar. Beat again. At this point, it is best to make sure the bourbon is still OK. Try another cup just in case. Turn off the mixerer thingy. Break 2 eegs and add to the bowl and chuck iin the cup of dried fruit. Pick the fruit up off the floor. Mix on the turner. If the fried druit getas stuck in the beaterers, just pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the bourbon to test for tonsisticity. Next, sift 2 cups of salt, or something. Check the bourbon. Now shift the lemon ice strain your nuts. Add one table. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven. Turn the cake tin 360 s and try not to fall over. Don't forget to beat off the turner. Finally, throw the bowl through the window. Finish the bourbon and wipe the counter with the cat.
Cherry Mristmas
So sorry your dads are not doing well, Linda and SS. I hope things improve soon. Cuz I love the cake recipe!
Diane, I'm glad things went well for you during the holidays. Maybe things will get better.
I'm transfering mom to an acute care facility for another 20 days. She's not walking at all. Still in a lot of pain. I just can't do the rehab myself even tho she keeps begging me to take her home. I hope this place will get her walking again.
She's not eating. Mainly because they just bring her tray and leave it there. I have to be there at mealtimes to feed her.
Really tired so I'm going to bed now. Yall take care.
Love you all,
Ann
Bookworm your story was incredible! I must say I don't have these problems, if the bathroom is not free, I can go to the garden with the dogs. Of course, it is cold in winter, in the night.
Bookworm and Golf: big welcoming Hugs. Yes, sooner or later you Must take care of yourselves, whatever that means to you.
Rosella, I was looking at my wall and it was Dec. 13 of last year you invited me to the boat. What a ride. Whoo Hoo! When someone tells another about this thread, it is a huge gift, delivered on Angel Wings. Woke up at 3:30 thinking of LindaHeart. Love you, dear Friends. Christina xo
Luv -SS
Hugs and prayers to Linda, SS, Diane, Sherry, Christina, et al. (I'm still trying to catch up on reading the posts.) Cuz, you are a real gem! lol
Mom had a houseful of visiting medical staff yesterday. Since her accident, she is having in home care but STILL refuses to accept a more permenant arrangement.
I will call her case worker later today because Mom reported one of the ladies asked her "a bunch of questions to help me with my memory". I am guessing they did a Mini Cognitive Test. Yeah! I ask the doc to do this last Thursday and he did not.
She has not been as depressed since the accident because . . . she's had real live visitors. The imagined kids and my (deceased) Dad still seem to be there despite 24/7 family company for the past week. (My brother heard her talking to them.) It's getting harder for Mom to deny the symptoms but she is so very stubborn!
I just spoke to a rep from Life Line Alert. Mom is arguing against this, too, but we're hoping to wear her down. This would give us at least some relief from the worry of her being alone for now. Say some prayers, please.
Thanks for being here. I really missed you guys.
I have a turkey carcus simmering for soup and hubby will be home soon so I'd better get busy. Hugs and warm wishes! Bee
After baby-sitting, I went to bed early, but I was not tired from baby sitting. Compared to care giving, there is NO Comparison. Amen. Once you have been a Care giver--and I am not in the same league as some of you, not even when Mother was here at my house--everything is a cinch. He did throw up all over the living room floor, but at least it wasn't the carpet upstairs. I kept thinking, "Ok, bring it on. Test me. See if I am Grandma material". haha I am pretty quick, and that is the difference with kids and elders. One second, the kid can weave himself into a crowd and you panic. I was not one to hang onto my kids or put harnesses on them. I believe in letting out the tether gradually, and seeing how much they can mind and obey. Oh, it' s a good lesson. Learning to direct without controlling. And teaching them not to control others, and run from those who try to control you. That should be a commandment, Maybe it is, just worded differently.
Linda's Pa is under control in the hospital. She told me to tell you. They are getting his blood sugar under control, and I am happy she can maybe rest a bit. But she probably won't. Sigh. Love that LindaHeart:) xo
Turkey Soup! Hey, Diane. Make some turkey soup and you will sleep like a baby.
I must have missed BJ's post after Christmas, because I STILL have no idea how everything went with her sister, and I am itching to know. Scratch, scratch. Oh, must be dry skin from the heat being on. heehee
Another beautiful day on the left coast, so I am going for a walk right now.
Thinking of all you beautiful Care givers. Be good to yourself today. Love, Christina
Well, BJ, you just remember that the truth shall set you FREE", What the hell is that suppose to mean??? I'll show her the truth someday and perhaps have a gallery of friends, family, dr.'s, etc around to witness MY TRUTH!!! Hope all of you, dear friends, had a beautiful Christmas and a brighter New Year!!! love you, each and everyone.......That's my story and the Drama Queen is in the backyard in the hammock, old joke, LOL
I have taken up chanting to myself so that I don't end up crying! Chant: Give me strength not to go postal.
Christina, hope you had a great Christmas. Well... as good as it could be! This first Christmas without mom is really tought! "Drama Queen and Can't argue with stupid" could have spent so much more time here at home with mom but, no they wait until after she's gone to get together for Christmas, that sucks!!!
Cricket - love the idea of taping down the tablecloth that would be a riot to see but that little old 90 lb lady would somehow move the table around if she could.
Still, I tried to get my family to sit down together for Christmas dinner to give my mother her one wish. Unfortunately the evil nephew could not do that. However, I am sure the day mom dies he and all the other judgmental assholes will be there. Of course they can't do anything before mom dies. In just sick of all the bullshit that flies around in my family. I guess I owe you 50 cents for the bad words :)
Hang in there y'all.
Love ya,
Diane
And Drama Queen! man I hope there is some universal justice in the universe, it isn't here! That is like emotional torture what she is doing!
I've got the yo-yo, who's got the string?
I was talking to our friend's Mother who is visiting. She is in her 70s. When she heard we have been taking care of my Mother the last 3 years with dementia, she recounted odd stories from her childhood. Then said she took care of her Mother who had dementia until she passed. Hmmm? Is there a pattern of meanness, odd priorities, Narcissism, dependent and histrionic personalities which could be a precursor to Dementia? Maybe the part of the brain that governs those behaviors is one of the last to dull, and we get a ramped display as the wires are burning out?
God Help Us All, from the ravages out there. Love you all. Hugs. Christina xo