Grossed out and need to vent—I just caught Mom using my toothbrush to comb her hair!

me too , so bored , outta my mind . took my dog out for a walk , wish i could keep going farther but cant do that . gotta be closer to home .
at least its nice outside i guess i ll fix me one mean coffee and sit out and enjoy it .
pa s doing ok , ask him if he has to go pee , its always no , but when i got him up he was soaked , ah its all good atleast no poopy soup .
have a good evening u guys ,, xoxo

I feel like howling like a coyote, but I don't have the time and the strength to do that! The full moon does not help.
Goodnight.

Hello Fellow Sailor Girls,
My sympathies to Diane and Rossella for the loss of their kitties. My g/f at work has 3 cats - she is a cat lover and two of her older cats is always dealing with kidney problems as long as I have known her. Seems it's a big cat issue. I heard it's the ash they put in catfood, so it's best to buy the best food or make their food. I still feel the pain of putting my own sweet babie to sleep several years ago..my Jackie Girl...Jack Russell terrier. She was so damn smart. I miss her so much.

When mama goes and I inherit the house I will be able to get dogs again...yeah can't wait. It will trully be an enlifting adventure to when I can finally call a house my own and can do what I want with it after renting for 30 + years. I have so much to do here. Everything needs work on. But first I have to clean the whole place out including the garage. Today I cleaned out 3 kitchen drawers because my mom had a gazillion utensils, many items repeated. I went through it all and sorted the worst in shape or moldy into the trash - duplicate or items I would never use for the thrift shop - the rest washed and put back into cleaned out drawers. I know the entire kitchen will have to be remodeled and all new cabinetry will be put in. That will be an adventure - remodeling.

For awhile I have noticed that tucked away under a coffee table in the living room is a box with a Belgian waffle maker. I bought a box of Krustease Belgian Waffle mix and made waffles....boy they came out good. Mom had already eaten her two toasts and scrambled eggs and coffee and did not want any more to eat today, but she came out later in the late afternoon and I warmed her up a waffle I made earlier with butter and strawberry jam and she scarfed it down. I really like how easy it was to make these waffles and they tasted really good. I also bought
Wild Maple syrup..yum. I think I shall make some more waffles this evening so they are already to go for tomorrow.

I also noticed that while mom was done eating the waffles she must have coughed cause I found sputtered everywhere bits of waffles...yelch. When I got over there today there was all kinds of stuff on the floor, pieces of bread from sandwich, pieces of cheese danish. After she had the eggs today - of course some eggs find their way to the floor. She never sits right at the table always cockeyed. I try to get her to sit more in front of the table but it's hard moving her chair with all that weight she still has on her. She trully is going out on the long road. Geesh I don't know if I want to live that long to be so sluggish.

Geezus my body has been aching the last few days and I don't know why...work issues are driving me nuts...oh heck she's calling for me. It's 7:30. Well I don't know what she is moaning about. Something wierd about don't close up the house -and leave space. I just looked at her funny with a scruntched up face and said OKAY. I don't know what that was about...I think really nuthing...probably checking to see if I was still here or just to be able to call me at her beck and call. I thought it would be about the phone being off the hook cause I am using dial up. The other day she said something to me that was wierd as well about everything being alright with the pharmacy and I had already picked up the meds that were ready two days before. She did say the nurse called and said she had a bladder infection and that meds where coming on Monday...have to remind myself to see if there is a message on the phone. Maybe it's the bladder infection...? But at this point I don't know why these stupid offices just give you a good amount cause from what I hear from you folks out there this is a constant thing. I think it's because their kidneys can't flush out all the bad crapola anymore. Well I guess I am going to say bye for now. I may come back on later tonight when I get back home. At least b/f is with his kid today - probably at Orange County Fair...creep. I will hear about it always later..he never tells me up front if he's doing something with his kid...oh cause I can't be around his kid. Another freaking sick story..... see ya laters....sailors!

pirategal . my body aches alot too , till yesterday my neighbor came by and i was admiring her bracelet , i ask her if that was a maginet kind she said uhh dont know but its suppose to keep ur balance up , she had me try it out and had to hold one leg up and arms strcehed out and she would try to move my arm down while i try to keep it up , i stayed pretty balance up then i took it off and tried it again , i lost my balance , i said oh hey that stuffs good ! my tennis elbow aches well not any more . this morning i woke up mmm feelin pretty good , body s not achin as bad .
i had some bracelet its copper with magnet on it . i havent wore it in a while , this new one its rubber thick hard rubber with a big round designs on it its called power.balance . i love it !! i kept going all day and in fact i reranged the family room around !
pirate , sounds like ur b/f has alot of secrets in his life and doesnt want u to have any part of it , i think all relatiosnhip should be openminded and be part of eachothers lives , how long have u guys been together ? im heading for 31 yrs marraige next month , damn how time flies !
if u guys are happy then im all happy :-)
u are a very hard working lady . ill come by and get ya and take us to bobbies boat . ya just sit and relax and i ll do al the driving wooohooo.
dreamy of the roadtrip to hunt down bobbie s boat . .....

hey bobbie , sure hope u get ur barbara b going good , purrr like a kitty .
wish u a safe journey out in the open sea . be careful and may the lord sail right along with you and ur momma dolphine swims right along with ya too . ill dream of me sailin along too .

good night you all xoxo

Bobbie, love you, too, lady! And I like the "What next?" name. I need a little dinghy, as it would be fitting after dealing with a mom like mine and Pirate's. I'd sail to a quiet spot in the middle of a lake and ask Calgon to take me away. Or, I may follow linda and Pirate's car in search of Bobbie's boat. Sounds absolutely dreamy! Just put it on autopilot so we can all catch up with each others' lives...

Welcome to the newbies on this site! Miz, hope your weekend is good before your big day Monday. Again, congrats! Glad you and hubby got an outing. Rosa, I sent you a Tea Party invite on FB, just for fun. Ciao!

Hi Maties,

Cap and his fam just left and I am alone on the boat for a few days. Nice. love his family. sweet sweet sweet. I finally have some Grandkids!
I'm going to stay quiet today and start brightwork tomorrow. Radar later this week/weekend. (gotta order parts)

ladies, hang in there.

Jsome, rossella, farmangel this boat's for you too.

Miz: you're the stuff. You'll dress up the foredeck in your bikini! Got a nice spot for you all picked out. have a good time tomorrow with your new job.

Rip! SS! Linda! Deef! Flex!

lovbob

Tennessee and Daughter!

who else in the crew am I missing?

lovbob

Just waiting to read, "All aboard." Or is it, "Let's set sail..." Something like that. Seems you have lots of willingness Bobbie! :) Hope your adventures are good medicine!

Hubby and I have searched high and low and we can't find my social security card. Man, I hate when I can't find something. Gotta go to the SS office tomorrow before work. I hope they let me start without it.

bobbie, I am so there, girlfriend!!

Hi Maxine here Ihard-you have such a tender heart-Pirate girl joining you in decluttering my house and it will be 5 more years paying off my husbands spending habit so will not be replacing things lots of stuff getting thrown out and the maybe stuff put in the shed that my son put shelves up it I love my wafflemaker-I make a zillion at one time and freeze they are good for desserts with berries etc. Bobbie do stay with us I am not a constant caregiver any more but love the friends I have made here Farmangel rain on us anytime it is still too f ing hot here and no rain-its good I have a good well. Take care everyone

miz . when we were buyin our home i couldnt find my ss card , i looked amd looked , had bunch crap piled up in my billfold , i empty it all out and found my ss card but it had my madien name on it ! i was shocked ! i ask if i could use this card cuz it is my ss card but diffrent lastname , they said yeah that ;ll work . whew !
now i am wondering what happen to it , havent seen them in a longtime . guess i better start lookin for it .
hope tmr is a good day for ya wish u the best luck . xoox
as i was talkin about the power balance bracelet , mmm i dont think its workin now cuz today i felt like i ve been ran over by a bus . so weak i am . kept pa in bed after bfast , he s leaning too much on the left side i told him im weak too pa how about we put u back in bed instead of in recliner , he s all for it . we took a long nap too , woke up still feelin like sh#t . maybe a nice hot bath my help perk me up some and get rid of that achin body . maybe i overdone it yesterday by reranging the family room around . ah i dont know . im just tired of feeling body aches .
SO SICK AND TIRED OF IT ,.
wheres that boat at ?? xoxoox

Hey Miz ...
You made the 2,500th post on this thread!
Thank you Bobbie for bringing us all together!

I've been feeling really lousy the past few days. Physically. I'm chocking it up to exhaustion, hoping it's not illness.

Missing my faithful dog & kitty who both passed 3 weeks ago ... phone fighting with the medical community to follow up with Dad's tests, trying my best to scrub down & organize this filthy house Everything feels sticky!!! ... moving way too much heavy furniture which I shouldnt due to a back injury & no excerise b/c no relief for Dad ... I can't imagine allowing a stranger to see this mess ...
my promised men "helpers" like to come over ~ play & anylize rather than
help with stuff I despartely need done ... like heavy equipment & furniture ...

Now my computers as messing with me!! I've had several keyboards crap out this week ... they will go to a friend who teached children ESL who use broken keyboards to help them learn ... good cause.

Lately Dad has been barking orders at me with a growly tone. This happens, easily after watch westerns & war films. I get so fed up with his frustrations & self imposed limitations which, since he has decided to isolate himself, he takes out on me.
I keep reminding him to speak to me as he does the pets. Kindly in his normal deep voice ...

He is better today.

I log on here to vent knowing there will be understanding & friends. I read your kindred posts, feel compassion, especially delight with the humor ... whenever I see the first comment of this thread "awwwwwwww Lord!" I know I've found my temporary respite.
I'd better post this before this keyboard, which keeps stalling, gives it up too.
Quick run for groceries & maybe a newkeyboard.

Bobbie: If I get onboard I want to be the ship's boy who polishes the brass! I remember one of the first Mickey Mouse stories (sort of a Moby Dick story where Mickey saved the whale) and he was the boy who polished the brass, and he liked to stay on the deck during the storms!There was a big chinese cook who felt seasick. Those were great stories!
Rip! You talked about one of the greatest doubts of my life. Why do the houses get sticky? Shouldn't the dust be like powder? Why everything becomes sticky? (I thought it happened only to me). Are there tiny pieces of glue falling from the sky and we never realized it? Please somebody give me an explanation.
Security cards: Are you sure your father/mother did not hide them? (one day or another I will say that my mother has stolen my head)
Last nonsense of the day: I am translating some episodes of "Melrose Place" (2009 series). The characters are evil, nasty, selfish, real son of b***ches. They would not take care of an aged relative. They would take all the money out of him/her and then they would throw him/her in the ditch. The evil side of me smiles at this idea!
Enough! 'Nite to everyone of U

Ah! I forgot! This morning my mother poop souped. Then she did not want to take a shower because she did not need it. But, when she got into my car, she said "Your car is very dirty" and she started plucking the little hair from her seat!

New keyboard ... still skipping as I type the words & the sentence disappears ... more computer notsense. Probably a stupid setting.

Rossella ~ I just had a horrid thought about the sticky (the new keyboard isn't & i always cover or hide the others when not in use ...

what if it's POLLEN invading our homes? I have beautiful tall fragrant Asain Lillies & Roses outside my screened office window.
NO! I refuse to believe it. Too much like a horror film ...

I'll blame the cats ... A sign hangs on my front door: "Warning: this entire premise is covered with pet fur!" adorned with photos of some cats.

Montgomery Creme, the curly fur Monkey looking cat, is out on the back lawn leaping up at swooping Dragon Flies! (do you have them there? i hope to have good photos of the Hummingbirds soon)
Man, can that cat jump high! I hope he doesn't do a backflip!

Oh - oh ... Pip Squeak is joining the challenge ....

I was glancing at the morning paper & noticed an article about young couples with children trying to afford homes. The accompaning photo had a shot of a small living room ... the focal point being a large TV ... but what got me was the dozens of brightly colored, plastic children's toys EVERYWHERE in that room!

Egads ... I remember getting one specifc toy on special occassions & simply adoring it! A stuffed animal was magic!

No wonder families are agitated all the time now! If I had to walk thru a room tripping over plastic riding toys or noisy little machine cars ...
I loved my quiet little, spring loaded, wooden Hobby Horse! I'd ride that dude for hours!

If we wanted to make noise- we were sent outside with old playing cards & clothes pins to snap on the wheels of our one color, speed bikes - which we valued & protected!

The sound of those cards sputtering in our spokes may have driven the neighbors nuts ... but they were sweet about it. Always Lemonade or Cookies for the polite neighbor children ...

One of my neighbors with 2 small children has every large toy imaginable in their back yard. Bright multilevel swingset. 3 ft deep pool.
Toys everywhere ... especially under the netted Trampoline!!!

I notice them bouncing around in there with their little friends, screetching loud enough to pierce an eardrum ... like little Monkeys on their nets in the zoo ... while the parents seem oblivious to their noise!
They must wear Ipods or sound reducing headphones.

i often hope one of them isn't screaming in pain. The parents claim to know the different sounds ...
It's a differnt time for children now.

I thought I was indulged way back then ... I had PETS! a sturdy bike, a great rope swing, woods to roam, a wonderful treehouse that we all built ...
a true community of not so close neighbors in a somewhat rural area ...
Even tho some of the neighbors were odd (who isn't) we all got along.

Now I am one of those peopel who drives up the cul de sac, remotely opens my garage door, pulls the car in, shuts it from inside & emails my older neighbor friend.

Why? B/c of one AH guy who thought he ran our local area. Complained about pets & kids other than his own. *His were awful. He is gone now but our habits remain.

Another story.
Thanks all, for sharing a bit of my memory lane. I really miss the days of not hearing the traffic & noise associated with progress.
We were very lucky to have those special times.

I think our generation is very lucky because we have known such different situations and lifestyles in our lifespan. BTW don't worry, there are still kids who like the wilderness, the sport, the simple things. Have you seen the photos of my nephew who went to Kenya with the scouts to build a new room in a school of a village? It was a great experience for them, and they did not see TV or computers for 2 weeks...

I was going to tell you ... my attorney niece & husband (not the lawyer's daughter) is with the Peace Corp in Africa. Too remote for internet access. They have telephone access every Saturday at a set time. Since my brother seldom communicates I'm not sure where. Their 2 year stint is over soon.

Also, Lori, cop / horse friend's youngest son is in the PC too. Hondorous. He emails her daily. He emailed her an hour after the announcment Farrah Fawcett had died. That's how she found out.
The world has updated!

I hope we find you something different to translate soon.
MP is too much nonsense. I remember reading something about how Courtney whoever, the one with the dazzling smile, said she felt uncomfortable with many plots. I tried watching a couple shows, but Animal Channel won.

How current are the show oprions? Can you select which you choose to translate?
How would you ever translate MR. ED, the talking horse? He still is on late night here!

Funny thing, several years ago, Lori & her nurse sister Cathy, spent a vacation week in Hondorus with their church rebuilding homes.

Rip!
I'm glad you like the thread. I'm so glad that there's the ladies out here who know what's what. Saved my sanity and was good for mom too.
sorry you are having puter probs. Just another 'straw' of frustration to load on the caregiving camel. Back hurt?

Rosella!
Thanks for being a polisher! Here i need to do the exterior teak and paint. The interior is in good shape and nice and clean but i'm not a constant doing the after guests laundry now.
Speaking of whales: I'm watching Whale Wars on animal planet. Lots of good boat stuff.
Now something is on that just said 'marauding feral hogs' which I thought would make a good name for a band.

love you guys,

lovbob

Dear Maryp, do you think that if I could choose what to translate, i would translate sit-coms about the Kardashians sisters, or about Kendra ex playmate? (Kendra is a nice girl, by the way, and she is not stupid at all). Melrose place is not the worst thing that happened to me. At the beginning I had to translate documentaries of hunting and fishing. That was even worse than the Kardashians. Now, I refuse them because they make me feel sick. There is a lot of competition in this job, and if you do not take whatever they give you, you are out. The big names, of course, take the best movies. But, in general, they deserve it because they are very good! I'm just an average translator, but it's okay as long as I work!
Ah yes I will always regret that I did not translate a single episode of ER, which was my passion. Just a few of Grey's anatomy.

Bobbie ~
seek me out for lettering!
If it helps, I'll throw in a couple of custom sand carved glass tumblers for your dirinking pleasure.

NOW!

Oh ... ER & Chicago Hope. Wonderful shows!
The ex cop in me misses "Third Watch" & "High Incident".
I don't know how the world of translating entertainment works. I am just glad you are here & have the talent for it.

I watch way too much TV these days, on call for the master. I hear him walking the hall upstairs which is wonderful!!!
Not that long ago he was walking / running 2+ miles a day with Hawkeye! (we have always been active)
Lately he just sits until his back aches.

Time for his evening beer & cigarette before dinner ...

Oh my ... a young squirrle is peeking into my office window with a longing look ....
they have found another peanut source now that the windows are clean.

Of course there is a kitty peeking out from my side (the inside) behind the computer moniter curious ...
such simple pleasures we have!

You are so lucky to have squirrels. Here, they live just in the woods and are too shy to get close to the villages. It is also very difficult to see them in the woods.

more cute photos soon. They are venturing into my bedroom for the peanut cache! PipSqueak make friends!
Butterflies are here now ...
God ... I love nature!
Are you still howling tonight?
Loved that post!
Did I send you the article about the guy who feed Hyenas?

Yes I howl ofteh, It's summer, there are stars in the sky, I am still an human being!

for anyone wondering about Rossella & my communication - we share a passion for animals (& people) which has become a true bond with each other, so very far away!
Sisters we have never had ... until now.

Rossella was aware of my darling Huskies passing before anyone else. I felt safe to share my sorrow with her, knowing she understood.

Thats the kind of relationships this site has developed - Joe (Thank you very much)

I read an article in the Seatlle Times this morning about a guy called the Hyena Man in Ethiopia who has created a truce with the beasts & the village if anyone is wondering.

I have lost so many cats and dogs that you cannot count them, but I remember them all, and when I see in the street a cat who looks like one I lost 20 years ago, I call him with the name of the cat I lost 20 years ago... Crazy. And tears come in my eyes. You never get used to it, even if you have lost so many of them

I can so relate, rip and rossella. I still miss my kitty girl so much. I used to see her at the foot of my bed sometimes in the dark after she passed. I would talk to her. I love animals so much I can't eat them.

I feed our local birds and the one squirrel who comes across the roof tops to find nuts or apple or toast crust, I threw out a cookie once that was gone fast! My cat has been sleeping a lot lately but it is hot. I am starting to get worried.

MIZ!!!!
I reach for several lost cats every night. The saddness is sweet in a way. We cherished them & they cherished us.
We had our special time together which will never be forgotten.
Stoic me still whimpers for them in the night.

I wake hoping Dad's special cat is resting on his bed.
Sometimes Ratzo, pictured in the photo with Dad, is snuggled against me b/c another household cat is in bed with Dad!

Keep writing Miz!