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Glad,

Jimmy Fallon is doing jokes on The Tonight Show about the price of eggs. LOL 😆
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Success treating hypertension in Dh after only one week.
He started his meds, has an immediate response.

Rewarded with a Smart Watch that monitors even his b/p, sends alerts.

Relieved.

Dr. Internet and I are tracking his symptoms-all seem to point to his thyroid.

We got some Heritage eggs, light blue/green, with a deep yellow yolk. Mixed in a dozen of dark brown eggs.
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Mom: (shuffling back and forth through the house, hunched over, her head only about a foot above the floor, stopping every few shuffles).

Me: Watcha doing?

Mom: (licks her finger and presses it to the floor)

Me: Mom, what're doing?

Mom: (shuffles an inch or two, then licks her finger again and presses it to the floor).

Me: Mom?

Mom: Would you let me finish?

Me: Finish what?

Mom: Mopping up the floor.

Me: 😶
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My washing machine, about 7 years old now is so terribly confused. It goes off balance easily when I am doing blankets and such. So when it started it's dance tonight, I set it to drain and spin after redistribution. Something must be wrong with the mother board. It refilled, drained, then started dancing again. I am not going to move it with me, nor do I want to buy a new one.

I unplugged it to reset it, we will see. This is a top load machine. I hate front load machines, they do not drain completely (start to stink) and stooping down to load and transfer to washer is too hard on my back!
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Thanks Glad, it was interesting to me that we might be able to reset the washing machine. I have never liked mine, it is up to something and has a mind of it's own. NFD (No further details).
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gladimhere, I dislike crowded stores, especially grocery stores.

I signed up for on-line grocery shopping with curb-side pickup. Love it !!! No more trying to reach for what I need on the top shelf and getting "top shelf vertigo", nor squatting down to get something off the bottom shelf and attempting to stand up without falling backwards. The same employee does the grocery picking for me as I use the same day and time for pick-up, kinda like have a grand-daughter doing the grocery shopping for you :)
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Regarding washing machines. For years I use to have those jet engine sounding high speed computerized washers. Got tired of the LOUD banging noise when it was off balance. And got tired of trying to push the machine back into its spot as it kept trying to escape. Always a computer issue. Why did I keep buying these machines.... [sigh].

Now I have a Speed Queen commercial model with the old fashioned thingee in the middle. Ok, I can't stuff a large oversize quilt into the machine, so I now use light-weight bedspreads. The machine is so quiet. Never off balance. So easy to use, two easy to read simple dials, and one on/off button.
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I got a Samsung front loader set for the first time about 10 years ago and have had no trouble with it. nor does it get stinky. I generally preferred my old top loader with few instructions but can't complain about this one. I have them set up with the dryer on top of the washer which makes good use of basement space. They are on a wooden base with lifts the washer up somewhat so bending isn't much of an issue. I have to stretch and sometimes use a step stool for the dryer but stretching is good so that's ok.

The price of groceries is bad. it was always about 15% higher here that further south anyway. I wish I could count on a regular good shopper for online grocery shopping. I am sure I have had several dozen in the time I have used the service. A few are really good, Some are not. I get delivery too. I am getting softer around the middle due to not lugging bags of groceries. It actually was good exercise.
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DH placed a ratchet strap on our front loader LG washer. No more off balance loads. Also purchased LG washer and dryer for DD and SIL.
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My whine moment for today has to do with newer mattresses. Oh how I miss the days when I could flip the mattress by myself. Not any more, have you seen the height of the mattresses today?

And so darn heavy. I would need a car jack to lift the mattress when making the bed. Finally gave up, no more tucking the top sheet nor the blanket. Of course without the tucking, the top sheet/blanket tend to travel to one side touching the floor.
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FF: We got a ghost mattress and to have DH, SIL and GS carry it in - very heavy.
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Edit: *had* to have 3 people carry ghost bed in.
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FF, newer mattresses are one-sided. Not made to be flipped. The flame retardant is on only one side. That makes it a bit easier I am able to rotate mine by myself.
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That one sided mattress thing really makes me mad
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I’m 59, newly empty nested (my only child), finally got my elderly father in an assisted living place, and not sure what to do now. I have been in non-stop fight or flight for so long I’m lost!! I’m purging my house of stuff. It is freeing but I also feel like I have spent so much money over the years on unnecessary stuff. It kind of makes me feel like a failure. I’m an artist and collected so much stuff for projects that I never made and will never make. Makes me sad and mad to look at all of my unused stuff but don’t want to leave my house full of stuff that my only daughter and husband would have to figure out what to do with if I would pass anytime soon or whenever. Is it weird to feel this so weird? LOL
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My skin biopsy is negative!!

My middle daughter has taken leave of her senses in a big way; can't go into details because too involved.

BUT it sucks for me that when I tell my kid that she is skating on thin ice legally and could lose custody of her six year old to the child's father, she accuses me of bullying and threatening her.

I am staying out of this and will just keep up Nonna visits with my grand, but need to distance myself from my adult child for the sake of my mental health. She is going to have to find her own way.
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surfgirl - be as weird as you like. Whatever you have spent money on in the past is a sunk cost. It's gone. No use crying over split milk but maybe you can learn a lesson from it, maybe not. I think you are grieving which comes with any big change. Glad your dad is in AL and you daughter is launched. You still have a role in his life as well as in your daughter's - just as important, but different. Give yourself some time to adjust Maybe you can sell some of the stuff you have, or donate it for someone else to use. Enjoy this new phase.

barb - that is great news about your biopsy. Not so great news about your dd but you are doing the right thing by distancing and keeping up your relationship with your grand. BTDT. I know it is hard but sometimes it is necessary. (((((hugs)))))
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Barb, yay for clear skin biopsy! Boo to p.i.t.a. adult children!! Yes, one of the hardest parts of being a parent is standing by and watching the sausage being made. My forehead is flat from smacking it for many years while dealing with my eldest son. *Madonna mia!!*
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I'm tired of his son correcting me and interrupting me. He's been staying at our home to help with his father. He's been very supportive, but drives me crazy. He is in charge of most things (given that from me), and working with his personality drives me nuts. I AM grateful for his devotion to his father.
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Barb,

So happy that your biopsy is negative!

Kids…is that why I have gray hair? 😃
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Carolyn, from your profile it sounds like the son will be going home at some point? Maybe that time is now. Or maybe you should visit friends in New York for a bit.

Welcome to you.
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Barb: That's good news.💛
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Just saw a scrawny coyote trotting down the sidewalk. No doubt it is looking for a meal. Hope all small furry creatures are inside. It is cold today!
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Last year my neighbour was warning us to be careful when we went walking because they had spotted foxes in the area several times. I said "you mean coyotes". The insisted no, they meant foxes 🙄.

When I was younger we called them brush wolves, then locals began to call them coyotes (pronounced coy - oats). Today many people insist they are coy wolves or coy dogs, some even think the animals they've seen are wolves... yeah nope, just eastern coyotes
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Seen all three of them at one time or another. A wolf only once on a cold New Year's Day trotting along the path by the woods opposite the house. Seen more than one fox on the sidewalk and on the path. One was a silver fox - beautiful. The others were all red foxes. Apparently someone a few blocks away discovered a den of foxes at the bottom of their garden. Youngest son used to "call" the foxes in the bush near the house on his way to work.
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I just need to vent. I am overwhelmed!!!! I'm sitting down to take a break, but everything is everywhere! Papers, bills, calls to be made, physical therapists and occupational therapists, nurses coming to the house almost every day. Meals for my husband, putting up with having his grown son here. He's helping, and I'm grateful he's here, but I'm not used to having another person to deal with. I've always had and needed an exceptional amount of alone time, and it is gone. I went from being at home to seeming chaos. Everything turned upside down without notice. In the blink of an eye, my husband escaped dying by a miracle. I'm very frustrated and tense. Having headaches. Breathe... I took something mild to calm myself. But everything is still there. I feel surrounded. Logically, I know what I need to do. But it's not helping. Coming here to vent will help, I know. Thank you for listening.
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(((((((Hugs))))) Carolyn and prayers. So sorry you are going through this. I am an introvert too so I understand the need to be alone. Can the doctor give you something that will help. Try to take sometime each day, even a little, just for you.

I have found that Relora helps with anxiety and insomnia. Passionflower tea also. and CoQ10 and a big mug of tea!!!
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Bath aide: (to mom) let's get your shower done so you can have the dessert your daughter has for you.

Mom: WHAT DESSERT!?!

Me: It's pumpkin pie today, mom. Your favorite.

Mom: (to bath aide) I never get the pie! SHE (pointing to me with her thumb) will make sure you see me with the pie, then as soon as you leave SHE takes it from me and eats it all. Then she throws crumbs on the floor I have to get with my cane and eat. Then she tells everyone I made such a mess.

Me: 🙊(counting down to March 1 move in to board and care)
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natasana - I hope you have kept these and make them into a book. Maybe with other people's experiences if you need more. They are hilarious and we all need a laugh, 🤣 especially caregivers. So happy for you that your mum is going into board and care. Counting the days down with you!!!
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Thank you for your kind words Golden. Can't make this stuff up, lol!
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