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Baby goats doing fine, dehorned them today. My least favorite job, but only takes 10 seconds. The horn buds have to be burned off. We are trading the buck kid to a guy for one of his buck kids. Need some new bloodlines. Mom came over to the house today, did some criticizing, and complaining about her health. The usual. She has already forgotten about being mad.. She has no friends. Doesn't understand that no one likes her (including me). The only reason I put up with her is because I feel sorry for her.
Here's one: CRACK!!!!!!! I have been watching that dip in the basement floor and last night I heard a loud crack and when i got up and looked along the steps to the upstairs there is a new ling three pronged seam in the wall of the foundation... WONDERFUL ! man the hits just keep coming!!! I told mom but I opened with: "I will not be held responsible for this!" Yes, that's what we need here, some MORE stress....It will have to wait and I hope to God it is covered on homeowners insurance! I called and scheduled my cab up to the hospital for 6AM. The bus won't get me there in time. Starting to get nervous here... FP having trouble standing up again, God I hope this is the beginning of the end... I told mom to check his BS. 73 is a bit low. Gonna be a H*ll of a week here I think... ooo baby goats picturing them. cute! Deef does work too hard, she is a dynamo, I don't know how she does it! Wait till canning and jarring season! I think she likes to be busy and get stuff done! Just make sure you get plenty of rest too Deef! Sharyn you have got one pest of a dog there! I know from pest but he was too picky to eat anything, sometimes even, perfectly good stuff! Sticks! not good and what was he doing with the check book, maybe check your acct. make sure he didn't write any checks or anything...:) Hang in there everyone! Jen
even without horns their heads are hard-my sister's goat loves to butt people and his head hits you before his horns and it hurts she sprays him with a water bottle like you do cats and that keeps him in line.
Started to read posts an hour ago and almost fell asleep! Lay down on the bed for a while and perked up a bit. Had the day off from Blanche and really went to town! Headed to Walmart at 9:30 then came back home and trimmed lawn around the edges while my sil mowed. Lots to trim as the gardens and flower beds are bordered by wood beams. After he did the edges of the driveway I used the blower to clean that up then grabbed the weed whacker and climbed under the pool deck and finally got that all cleared out. Next on the list was replacing screen wire on 3 windows with pet screening. The cats had the originals kind of torn up. The hardest part was getting the screens out of the window frames. Sil got me a handy tool to set the spline in the track, so it was pretty east to do. I have 4 more to do, but my friend stopped by, so that was a good excuse to stop for the day. Tomorrow I'll get up early and start to clean the first floor front porches then head to Blanche's for a couple hours. Then I need to get the pool pump up from the cellar and connect all the hoses. My daughter is off for the day so we should be able to get the cover off too. Hopefully we will get some warmer weather soon. Jen, I slept well last night but it was the first time in a week. My RLS is crazy lately and the main reason I always keep moving. It's just too hard to sit!!! Sharyn, That's some dog!!!Guess you know when something goes missing, it's probably the dog. Austin, I enjoy doing all this work, especially since I have the time now. It keeps me outdoors too and that's where I like to be as much as I can. Still take time to knit a bit every day, usually out in the yard. Meanwhile, I sure would love to see those kids!! Bobbie!!! How are you doing? Juju, hope you aren't over doing! Time for me to get to bed. Eyes are closing on me again!
Jen, You'll be fine!! Just let the doctors and nurses take care of you. Relax and breathe and it will be over before you know it. Good luck!! Love Deef!!
Know what you mean Deef, you do a mess of stuff then sit for 46 seconds and pop back up because there is another thing you want to get to! At least stuff gets done that way!!! Thank you everyone for positive thoughts and prayers...We shall just see how things go...jen Baby goats! Still thinking of them and smiling!
Jen! You are going to be fine and feel so much better on the other side of this procedure. Wow on the basement floor.
DEEF!! So glad you are making a plan for Blanche! C'mon now… Deef has to come first for a long time.
Meanwhile! wow, baby goats and how cool is that. I hear you Austin, and I got banged up by a goat once but I think I told you guys awhile back that the funniest thing with a goat is when one got into my truck and ate my sandwich. I showed up right when he was finishing up and standing sideways behind the wheel.
Sharynmarie! Dog Thief! thankfully you found your checkbook before she wrote a whopper and got herself a delivery of rawhides, pig ears and T-bones. Man, if our animals had thumbs we would all be in deep doodoo.
Jen! We will all be thinking of you and waiting to hear from you. Love you baby girl.
I am already making peace with god and thanking friends for their companionship...yes, I am that paranoid... finally getting some much needed rain here....Jen
Hope you are feeling okay Jen! What a day!!! Couldn't sleep AGAIN!!!. So I re-potted my calla lilies while I had my coffee, then I started on the front porch at 8 AM. Took me a couple hours to get 2/3 of it cleaned. The porch is over 30 feet long, so I did one side including 2 windows, shutters, siding and one storm door and the middle section between the 2 front doors. Tomorrow I'll do the other storm door and 2 windows and then maybe the floor. That will depend on how fast the temperature goes up. I took lunch to Blanche and she was going on and on about "those people" and how they were telling her what to do! I ignored most of the conversation and fed her lunch, then started her laundry and made her sit outside with me for a couple hours until the laundry was done. I relaxed and knitted and she watched the landscapers doing the neighbors yard. When it was time for me to leave, she started in again on you know what!!! I just said I had to leave and would see her tomorrow. I was exhausted when I got home, so I tried to nap on the swing outside, but my cat put an end to that when she got her leash tangle around the legs of the swing one time too many!! So I did a few things in the garden and made supper early as my husband was going out for card night. I was all set for me time until the phone started to ring and Blanche left some crazy messages for me. I finally gave up and drove to her house because when her niece visited yesterday, they left the TV on a channel she is not familiar with and she didn't like the "people" on it!!! I don't know who these people are!! They won't go away!!! So I started to explain that all she had to do was change the channel or turn the d*mn thing off! Of course she got mad at me because all she really wanted was for me to go over there, She said they told her to put the TV on. I said how did you hear them without your hearing aids? The volume was down and she couldn't hear a thing! So I now think she puts the TV on when I'm not there and thinks the people from the TV are in her house. I finally got to the point that I told her I was going to put the d*mn thing in the garage so she would stop talking crazy!!! She has always had a weird misunderstanding of the TV and now it's even more bizarre. She thinks they can see her and are only in her house and nowhere else. They "work" in her house and she can't turn them off until they are done working!! By the time I left, she was pissed off at me, which was my intention because it took her mind off the F'ing TV!!! Another friend pulled into the driveway as I was leaving because she called God knows how many people when I didn't answer my phone. I told the friend that Blanche was mad at me and she laughed and said she would straighten her out! Went to feed the cats and found one of them had peed over the side and all over the floor under the litter box! So my quick minute turned into a half hour clean-up! Geez!! I need to get to bed. I'm exhausted and have another full day tomorrow. Hope everyone had a better day than me! Deef
Can't say my day was great but I got through it! Wednesday and Thursday I am off and back to decluttering closets, drawers,etc. Hubby took a load to the dump on Sunday...all the trash I have bagged so far...but there will be more, LOL!!
We have been having some trouble with our dishwasher not washing the dishes. I poured half a gallon of white distilled vinegar in it and on the lower and upper jets to see if they were clogged with lime/calcium deposits. Ran the dishwasher this morning and the paper towels I placed on top and bottom were wet..so tonight I poured the other half gallon in and will let it sit overnight again before running it again tomorrow. Hopefully this will clear up all the clogged jets.
Another long day here. Got up early with the intention of finishing the front porch. That didn't happen! I started a batch of laundry and didn't get the chance to get it going because my brother called and we talked for about an hour! He's the youngest of 7 and in the midst of a divorce. Without mom around for him to talk to, he usually checks in with me for support and advice. By the time I got 3 loads of laundry washed and hung on the line, I was only able to get the storm door and 2 windows done, then it was time for lunch with Blanche. It was stinking hot here today!!! I showered quick and picked up MacD's for lunch. Blanche was very subdued today and we ate then went outside and sat in the shade because I was too tired to do anything else. Before I left she said she wanted the TV on, so I turned it on to the channel she likes. Then she started in about when should I turn it off and how do I turn it off and any other excuse she could come up with to make me stay. So finally I just shut it off and left. I'm piecing all her conversations about "them" together and I don't think she is really hallucinating. I think she turns the TV on when no one is there but just says she doesn't. She believes the people on TV can see her and inside her house. She thinks they are talking to her and waves to them, etc. I guess I'll have to work the whole deal from a different angle and see what happens. Tomorrow is eye doctor and bank. That should be interesting without her hearing aids! Shayrn, a dish washer is something I never want! Do dishes is the one thing I don't mind. I find doing dishes relaxing and never minded it, even as a kid. Good luck with the vinegar. It did the trick with baking soda, for my clogged drain when nothing else worked. When I got back from Blanche's I did manage to get the pool uncovered and the pump and hoses all hooked up. I thought we were going to get rain, but it passed us by, so that means filling the pool with the hose and hand watering the garden again tomorrow! Jen, how's it going? Been thinking about you all day. Bobbie!!!! Hope you all are okay out there!! Deef!
Well bad day here too. Indio got hit in the eye with a piece of wood (he was working on a circular table saw). He is usually so good about wearing safety glasses, and the one time he doesn't this happens. The hospital sent him by airplane to the big city hospital. Our little 30 bed hospital here in town does not have an eye specialist. I was going to drive him, but it's a 3 hour drive, and the ER doc wanted to get him to the big hospital. Besides, he wanted me to take care of his dog. She is a lab, Great Pyrenees cross, and she is his baby. (BIG BABY). He brings her over here all the time, but without Indio here, she is nervous. Just talked to Indio on the phone, doctor thinks his eye will be fine. Probably have to drive to the hospital tomorrow to bring him home. Jen, hope your doing well.
Bobbie~When I got home from work tonight, my husband said, "I caught her at the bank trying to cash a check and you need to watch your email for any charges to ebay for rawhide bones, LOL!! I stopped buying her rawhide...maybe I she is telling me something! Deef~Thanks for tip on baking soda, I am off tomorrow and will run that through the system too. I tried to find a product by Finish dishwasher cleaner but none of the stores have it. They only have Finish dishwasher soap. Meanwhile~I hope Indio does not have any serious issues. That is scary!! Jen~The basement floor...is it a foundation issue? I hope not.
Take care everyone, hope tomorrow is not so blasted hot.
Hi all, I haven't cracked the computer open in over a week, been crazy busy here. And so very tired! All the work I am doing is taking a toll on my arms and hands with the arthritis that has been worsening since last year, ugh...hurts to type today! Will check back later to catch up but just had to say hi! Juju
Sharyn, it is foundation but will have to be on the back burner...just can't be done now... G had major coughing choking incident this morning, literally couldn't breathe...Scared th'h*ll out of hisself I think...
Wow Jen...a progression with the dementia. Maybe time to start pureed foods. The foundation issue is major. we do what we can and you are doing that already!
I broken down today and bought a rawhide chew for the dog, LOL!! My concern with rawhide is all the intestinal issues they can cause...but it sure keeps her busy!!
Hi everybody! Jen! Juju! DEEF! Cuz! Sharynmarie! Austin!
Meanwhile! Whoa about Indio's eye! Any updates?
Sharynmarie, I was big on the rawhides when I had dogs. Also pig's ears. It would keep them out of everyone's hair when they had a new rawhide.
A beautiful day coming to a close here on the salt marsh. Helped with a new boat that will be here for at least 6 months and they took me to dinner! Take a dock monkey to dinner night haha.
Cuz, I haven't read about my other cuz and I hope he and my other other cuz are doing ok and my Aunt? How is your wife and the rest of the clan?
It's a tough time when all these changes happen to a family even if it's only the natural progression of things it's still hard.
Jen! Oy on the foundation. You're right about the back burner. Concentrate on Jen and get through the procedure and then… keep concentrating on Jen!
ok for now… it's almost 9pm and I want to go to bed! Want to be on the dock by 6 and make sure it's lovely with no bird guano.
Poop Poop Poop. It always ends up being about poop. This poop is a piece of cake. I use a hose and it's gone. Boy do I remember when that wasn't the case……
Speaking of poop!!! Took Blanche for eye doctor appointment today and when we got back to her house something smelled really foul!!! It was everywhere in the house and she was in the bathroom for a while before we left, so I sprayed everywhere and flushed the toilet. No, I didn't lift the lid to see if anything was in there, I would have hurled for sure!!! So, when I got to her house with lunch, she was sitting in the garage waiting for me. The first words out of her mouth were "those people" !@##@!@#$$%%%. After all we discussed yesterday and my turning the TV off before I left, she put it right back on and left it on all night!!! When I said why didn't you turn it off, she just said "oh well, I close my bedroom door anyway." So my guess is no hallucinations, just no understanding of the TV!. The eye doctor dilated her pupils and she had a hard time seeing on the ride home. I got her in the house and told her she needed to sit in her chair and nap. I needed to get home to do more work. At lunch time I turned off the power strip that the TV is connected to and hid the remotes. I figured a day without "that black thing" would do her some good, at least maybe she would get some peace and a good night's sleep. Of course right before I left she noticed the remote wasn't on her table. She wasn't happy, but I told her that I made the people go away and they wouldn't be back. Don't you know she called me 2 times tonight and left messages sputtering and fuming most likely because she couldn't put on the TV. She didn't sound distressed, so I didn't call back. I just hope she didn't call her church friends to come over and help!!! That would be a backfire on me!!! I did finish the walls on the front porch today and plan to wash the floors tomorrow! The pool is full and the pump is running! I cleaned the winter cover tonight and packed it away and got the solar cover on to keep the bugs out! Had one slight problem, I thought I had a jug of shock left from last summer, but I couldn't find it, so it will be a quick trip tomorrow to get a case! I also wash the chair and sofa covers tonight and got them back on. It's a start anyway! Made a salad with leaf lettuce from the garden already and picked a few radishes too! Hope it rains a bunch tomorrow. What we got last night just wet the top of the soil. Jen, hang in there! Sharyn, My sister's big Lab used to get poop soup from those rawhide chews! Juju, I hear you on the hand arthritis! Have to wear wrist braces to bed at night. My thumbs are the worst! The slightest jarring causes terrible pain! Exhausted here, but a good kind from actually accomplishing things that need to be done. It's time for dishes and feeding the cats, then bed for me! Night everyone! Deef
Hey Cuz Mike is doing what he can to get around but legs are getting worse. Dr's stiil have not said anything about any kind of treatment. Ma is slowing down. She did talk with Caroline and I guess she is doing ok. We are doing super. Just wish we had the finances to come down to see ya. I scrap out stuff just to get money for running the boat. Maybe we can do something in the fall like a major color tour. Joyce is doing super after loosing here mother on Good Friday. The three girls were all ready, in fact waiting for the day. I haven't been doing hardly any fishin but plan on getting out this saturday for sure. Love ya kiddo. Give yourself a big hug and kiss from me. Hope I can get a real one from ya soon. luvCuz
Deef-I would hurl too but had a good laugh at your post. The rawhide chews are great. She chewed all afternoon and now snoozing contently. To bad there is not a similiar product for Alz! Ha ha!
Jen, good luck tomorrow! Just relax and let the professionals do what they do best. Once the drugs kick in you can just close your eyes and go to sleep. When you wake up it will all be over. Give us a quick shout to let us know how you are! I can't believe another week is ending. Where the heck does the time go???
Hmnn could put those two together TV people and house reeks of poop....the TV people did it... Mom told fp about his altered schedule tomorrow, he won't remember anyway... beh, just gotta do what ya gotta do...maybe being unconscious for a few hours will be like a vacation....Will check back if and when I can. Thank you all for thinking of me....Jen
I typed up my will...I have no property, no money, and little of value...but why not... advanced directive too. No living in a vegetative state thank you... most likely I will be home by 2 tomorrow woozy and in pain... yep, bring it!
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Mom came over to the house today, did some criticizing, and complaining about her health. The usual. She has already forgotten about being mad.. She has no friends. Doesn't understand that no one likes her (including me). The only reason I put up with her is because I feel sorry for her.
WONDERFUL ! man the hits just keep coming!!!
I told mom but I opened with: "I will not be held responsible for this!" Yes, that's what we need here, some MORE stress....It will have to wait and I hope to God it is covered on homeowners insurance!
I called and scheduled my cab up to the hospital for 6AM. The bus won't get me there in time. Starting to get nervous here...
FP having trouble standing up again, God I hope this is the beginning of the end...
I told mom to check his BS. 73 is a bit low.
Gonna be a H*ll of a week here I think...
ooo baby goats picturing them. cute!
Deef does work too hard, she is a dynamo, I don't know how she does it! Wait till canning and jarring season! I think she likes to be busy and get stuff done!
Just make sure you get plenty of rest too Deef!
Sharyn you have got one pest of a dog there! I know from pest but he was too picky to eat anything, sometimes even, perfectly good stuff! Sticks! not good and what was he doing with the check book, maybe check your acct. make sure he didn't write any checks or anything...:)
Hang in there everyone! Jen
Had the day off from Blanche and really went to town! Headed to Walmart at 9:30 then came back home and trimmed lawn around the edges while my sil mowed. Lots to trim as the gardens and flower beds are bordered by wood beams. After he did the edges of the driveway I used the blower to clean that up then grabbed the weed whacker and climbed under the pool deck and finally got that all cleared out.
Next on the list was replacing screen wire on 3 windows with pet screening. The cats had the originals kind of torn up. The hardest part was getting the screens out of the window frames. Sil got me a handy tool to set the spline in the track, so it was pretty east to do. I have 4 more to do, but my friend stopped by, so that was a good excuse to stop for the day. Tomorrow I'll get up early and start to clean the first floor front porches then head to Blanche's for a couple hours. Then I need to get the pool pump up from the cellar and connect all the hoses. My daughter is off for the day so we should be able to get the cover off too. Hopefully we will get some warmer weather soon.
Jen, I slept well last night but it was the first time in a week. My RLS is crazy lately and the main reason I always keep moving. It's just too hard to sit!!!
Sharyn, That's some dog!!!Guess you know when something goes missing, it's probably the dog.
Austin, I enjoy doing all this work, especially since I have the time now. It keeps me outdoors too and that's where I like to be as much as I can. Still take time to knit a bit every day, usually out in the yard.
Meanwhile, I sure would love to see those kids!!
Bobbie!!! How are you doing?
Juju, hope you aren't over doing!
Time for me to get to bed. Eyes are closing on me again!
Love Deef!!
Thank you everyone for positive thoughts and prayers...We shall just see how things go...jen
Baby goats! Still thinking of them and smiling!
DEEF!! So glad you are making a plan for Blanche! C'mon now… Deef has to come first for a long time.
Meanwhile! wow, baby goats and how cool is that.
I hear you Austin, and I got banged up by a goat once but I think I told you guys awhile back that the funniest thing with a goat is when one got into my truck and ate my sandwich. I showed up right when he was finishing up and standing sideways behind the wheel.
Sharynmarie! Dog Thief! thankfully you found your checkbook before she wrote a whopper and got herself a delivery of rawhides, pig ears and T-bones.
Man, if our animals had thumbs we would all be in deep doodoo.
Jen! We will all be thinking of you and waiting to hear from you. Love you baby girl.
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finally getting some much needed rain here....Jen
What a day!!! Couldn't sleep AGAIN!!!. So I re-potted my calla lilies while I had my coffee, then I started on the front porch at 8 AM. Took me a couple hours to get 2/3 of it cleaned. The porch is over 30 feet long, so I did one side including 2 windows, shutters, siding and one storm door and the middle section between the 2 front doors. Tomorrow I'll do the other storm door and 2 windows and then maybe the floor. That will depend on how fast the temperature goes up.
I took lunch to Blanche and she was going on and on about "those people" and how they were telling her what to do! I ignored most of the conversation and fed her lunch, then started her laundry and made her sit outside with me for a couple hours until the laundry was done. I relaxed and knitted and she watched the landscapers doing the neighbors yard. When it was time for me to leave, she started in again on you know what!!! I just said I had to leave and would see her tomorrow. I was exhausted when I got home, so I tried to nap on the swing outside, but my cat put an end to that when she got her leash tangle around the legs of the swing one time too many!! So I did a few things in the garden and made supper early as my husband was going out for card night. I was all set for me time until the phone started to ring and Blanche left some crazy messages for me.
I finally gave up and drove to her house because when her niece visited yesterday, they left the TV on a channel she is not familiar with and she didn't like the "people" on it!!! I don't know who these people are!! They won't go away!!! So I started to explain that all she had to do was change the channel or turn the d*mn thing off! Of course she got mad at me because all she really wanted was for me to go over there,
She said they told her to put the TV on. I said how did you hear them without your hearing aids? The volume was down and she couldn't hear a thing! So I now think she puts the TV on when I'm not there and thinks the people from the TV are in her house. I finally got to the point that I told her I was going to put the d*mn thing in the garage so she would stop talking crazy!!!
She has always had a weird misunderstanding of the TV and now it's even more bizarre. She thinks they can see her and are only in her house and nowhere else. They "work" in her house and she can't turn them off until they are done working!!
By the time I left, she was pissed off at me, which was my intention because it took her mind off the F'ing TV!!! Another friend pulled into the driveway as I was leaving because she called God knows how many people when I didn't answer my phone. I told the friend that Blanche was mad at me and she laughed and said she would straighten her out!
Went to feed the cats and found one of them had peed over the side and all over the floor under the litter box! So my quick minute turned into a half hour clean-up! Geez!! I need to get to bed. I'm exhausted and have another full day tomorrow.
Hope everyone had a better day than me!
Deef
Wednesday and Thursday I am off and back to decluttering closets, drawers,etc. Hubby took a load to the dump on Sunday...all the trash I have bagged so far...but there will be more, LOL!!
We have been having some trouble with our dishwasher not washing the dishes. I poured half a gallon of white distilled vinegar in it and on the lower and upper jets to see if they were clogged with lime/calcium deposits. Ran the dishwasher this morning and the paper towels I placed on top and bottom were wet..so tonight I poured the other half gallon in and will let it sit overnight again before running it again tomorrow. Hopefully this will clear up all the clogged jets.
Have a good night and a good day tomorrow!
Blanche was very subdued today and we ate then went outside and sat in the shade because I was too tired to do anything else. Before I left she said she wanted the TV on, so I turned it on to the channel she likes. Then she started in about when should I turn it off and how do I turn it off and any other excuse she could come up with to make me stay. So finally I just shut it off and left. I'm piecing all her conversations about "them" together and I don't think she is really hallucinating. I think she turns the TV on when no one is there but just says she doesn't. She believes the people on TV can see her and inside her house. She thinks they are talking to her and waves to them, etc. I guess I'll have to work the whole deal from a different angle and see what happens. Tomorrow is eye doctor and bank. That should be interesting without her hearing aids!
Shayrn, a dish washer is something I never want! Do dishes is the one thing I don't mind. I find doing dishes relaxing and never minded it, even as a kid. Good luck with the vinegar. It did the trick with baking soda, for my clogged drain when nothing else worked.
When I got back from Blanche's I did manage to get the pool uncovered and the pump and hoses all hooked up. I thought we were going to get rain, but it passed us by, so that means filling the pool with the hose and hand watering the garden again tomorrow!
Jen, how's it going? Been thinking about you all day.
Bobbie!!!!
Hope you all are okay out there!!
Deef!
Jen, hope your doing well.
yeah still here, finally some more thunderstorms blew through, good n soaked now...
Deef~Thanks for tip on baking soda, I am off tomorrow and will run that through the system too. I tried to find a product by Finish dishwasher cleaner but none of the stores have it. They only have Finish dishwasher soap.
Meanwhile~I hope Indio does not have any serious issues. That is scary!!
Jen~The basement floor...is it a foundation issue? I hope not.
Take care everyone, hope tomorrow is not so blasted hot.
Juju
G had major coughing choking incident this morning, literally couldn't breathe...Scared th'h*ll out of hisself I think...
I broken down today and bought a rawhide chew for the dog, LOL!! My concern with rawhide is all the intestinal issues they can cause...but it sure keeps her busy!!
Jen! Juju! DEEF! Cuz! Sharynmarie! Austin!
Meanwhile! Whoa about Indio's eye! Any updates?
Sharynmarie, I was big on the rawhides when I had dogs. Also pig's ears. It would keep them out of everyone's hair when they had a new rawhide.
A beautiful day coming to a close here on the salt marsh. Helped with a new boat that will be here for at least 6 months and they took me to dinner! Take a dock monkey to dinner night haha.
Cuz, I haven't read about my other cuz and I hope he and my other other cuz are doing ok and my Aunt? How is your wife and the rest of the clan?
It's a tough time when all these changes happen to a family even if it's only the natural progression of things it's still hard.
Jen! Oy on the foundation. You're right about the back burner. Concentrate on Jen and get through the procedure and then… keep concentrating on Jen!
ok for now… it's almost 9pm and I want to go to bed! Want to be on the dock by 6 and make sure it's lovely with no bird guano.
Poop Poop Poop. It always ends up being about poop.
This poop is a piece of cake. I use a hose and it's gone. Boy do I remember when that wasn't the case……
lovbob
So, when I got to her house with lunch, she was sitting in the garage waiting for me. The first words out of her mouth were "those people" !@##@!@#$$%%%. After all we discussed yesterday and my turning the TV off before I left, she put it right back on and left it on all night!!! When I said why didn't you turn it off, she just said "oh well, I close my bedroom door anyway."
So my guess is no hallucinations, just no understanding of the TV!. The eye doctor dilated her pupils and she had a hard time seeing on the ride home. I got her in the house and told her she needed to sit in her chair and nap. I needed to get home to do more work.
At lunch time I turned off the power strip that the TV is connected to and hid the remotes. I figured a day without "that black thing" would do her some good, at least maybe she would get some peace and a good night's sleep. Of course right before I left she noticed the remote wasn't on her table. She wasn't happy, but I told her that I made the people go away and they wouldn't be back.
Don't you know she called me 2 times tonight and left messages sputtering and fuming most likely because she couldn't put on the TV. She didn't sound distressed, so I didn't call back. I just hope she didn't call her church friends to come over and help!!! That would be a backfire on me!!!
I did finish the walls on the front porch today and plan to wash the floors tomorrow! The pool is full and the pump is running! I cleaned the winter cover tonight and packed it away and got the solar cover on to keep the bugs out! Had one slight problem, I thought I had a jug of shock left from last summer, but I couldn't find it, so it will be a quick trip tomorrow to get a case! I also wash the chair and sofa covers tonight and got them back on. It's a start anyway!
Made a salad with leaf lettuce from the garden already and picked a few radishes too! Hope it rains a bunch tomorrow. What we got last night just wet the top of the soil.
Jen, hang in there!
Sharyn, My sister's big Lab used to get poop soup from those rawhide chews!
Juju, I hear you on the hand arthritis! Have to wear wrist braces to bed at night. My thumbs are the worst! The slightest jarring causes terrible pain!
Exhausted here, but a good kind from actually accomplishing things that need to be done. It's time for dishes and feeding the cats, then bed for me!
Night everyone! Deef
luvCuz
The rawhide chews are great. She chewed all afternoon and now snoozing contently. To bad there is not a similiar product for Alz! Ha ha!
I can't believe another week is ending. Where the heck does the time go???
Mom told fp about his altered schedule tomorrow, he won't remember anyway...
beh, just gotta do what ya gotta do...maybe being unconscious for a few hours will be like a vacation....Will check back if and when I can.
Thank you all for thinking of me....Jen
advanced directive too. No living in a vegetative state thank you...
most likely I will be home by 2 tomorrow woozy and in pain... yep, bring it!