I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
Tekvah, reckon it's similar?
Personally, I'd go back to work. I'd ask my sister if she could do a social visit once a week.
Employ a sitter or aide for Mom's day-to-day needs (Mom's funds).
Mom: I can't find my prescriptions.
Me: Why do want your prescriptions?
Mom: I need to take them to that place up the hill. That lady had my gray tomcats overnight and I need to go pick them up.
Me: What are the prescriptions for?
Mom: The doctor will know it's me on them. He can tell the lady that has my cats then she'll know who I am.
Me: 🙊
ingestion vs. topical treatment
when mentioned, mostly about oils.
Barb,
Hoping your red spot is transitory, and nothing serious like psoriasis, similar to shingles.
The first thing I thought about is keeping our reading glasses extra clean on the frames, not just the lenses. I cleaned mine.
I am horrified that things have gotten so much worse from December 8 when I left to now.
I told my mother not to expect me to do these transfers by myself. My father is over 200 lbs. That conversation went nowhere good.
That’s tough to deal with. I am so sorry. You are entitled to whine.
Falls are horrifying. I remember the stress of going through my mother falling.
I've found myself change in this respect, as the years have gone by and getting older. I've found myself getting annoyed or irritated quicker than when I was younger, is this normal?
It's silly stuff like:
* things not fitting into the box they came out of.
* getting labels off things, wondering why manufacturers don't make it easy to peel off.
* I put on thing down on a table, it falls and the domino effect knocks the glass of water down, make the remote control fall, then a clean up operation. I suppose that's just being clumsy :)
* recent years is the juggle of face masks, with my spectacles getting caught in the strings. Obviously the glasses getting steamed up while wearing a mask is a given.
* Even taking off pants and them getting bunched up and caught on the feet.
* taking a bunch of keys out of you pocket and find the sharp end of key ring getting caught in the pocket lining.
* not being able to find the open end of plastic freezer bags.. then my hands are too dry to pulls sides apart.
When these things irritate me, I get annoyed at the manufacturers of products, thinking why can't just make things to be less annoying, design them better. Like a remote control that's curve on the bottom side, so when you change the channel, pressing the button just make it slide on the table, it it was flat on the bottom it wouldn't slide.
I bet half of things are more annoying because of other bigger problems people have going on in their minds.
Mom's bath aide: Let's go get a nice warm shower to warm you up.
Mom: I'm about to freeze to death! (Mom points to me) SHE keeps this house freezing, then turns the heat up just before you get here so you won't know.
Me: 😶
barb - let us know how you are.
natasana - what a tricky person you are!!!
Can everyone see my angry face emoji? Some emojis that some of you post my Kindle Fire device cannot read.
Some think it is highly exaggerated.
And I guess that.my spell check or the site do not like the word collusion I changed it twice from spell check changing it to collision. But, it was changed back, somehow. Maybe admin?
Someone is making out like bandits!
We are paying more and more for groceries. I am glad that we aren’t big eaters!
I usually roast my own chicken but sometimes buy a rotisserie chicken. At least we can get several different meals from one chicken.
I do the same. I freeze lots of things.
It is called a loss leader, and is very good. Much better than at the markets.
Prices are also high everywhere because minimum wage went up. And that causes the domino affect as every step up the company had to increase those wages. Who pays for this, the consumer with higher prices for goods and services.
I had to work 20 years to reach the minimum wage that young people are now getting today. But I am sure my Dad said the same about my beginning salary back in the 1960's :)
it sends my weight to the office
Lots of people out here buying chickens to produce their own eggs.
CW, I absolutely detest crowded shopping experiences! When I go i.leave by 8am at the latest to avoid crowds. The drawback? Sometimes the shelves are not completely stocked yet.