The Caregiver... How are YOU doing today?

Hi everybody!
Thanks again for worrying for my little dog. She is definitely better and she'll come home probably the day after tomorrow!!! She is a mess... I'll take a picture of her and I will put it as my profile, so you will see what you have worried about!!!
Seeme, we had the same story in our family 2 years ago. The daughter of my cousin got pregnant and she wasn't married. They didn't say it to anyone!!! I wonder what they thought of doing. Hide the baby once he was born? Of course the new of the pregnancy spread in our family anyway, and we all called to make congrats, because the birth of a baby is always and always a happy thing. They had not said it because they felt uncomfortable...
Stormy what a morning! You were right in calling the 911 because if you don't know how to do these things, it's much better you don't do anything! If your sister had been there, things would have gone the same way. She was lucky she didn't have to deal with that situation.
Vic: you are lucky to have a husband like yours.
Starry: Big kiss.
And big kiss to everyone who did not write tonight.

Getting some rest finally. Mom settling into her second week in AL and making friends. She's eating better, going to activities and doing chair exercises. It's an adjustment for all of us but we're getting there. The relatives are having kittens as she's in an AL 1600 miles from her hometown, and them. But they didn't visit here when she lived there, and they didn't call much when she was here 6 mos/yr. As Sis and I have cared for her, and done it well, they have no say! Moral of the story - visit loved ones while you can, love them while they're with you, support them thru the changes of their lives. Because things change so quickly and those precious chances to be together slip from us. To all of you looking at this sort of move, pray, think, research, and do it from your loving place that's thinking of your parent. You'll be ok and so will you parent.

I am doing okay today. its kind of humid and hot. I have to go grocery shopping tomorrow with sis. It wasn't too bad taking things down on saturday as both my sister and my brother in law was there to help. Though lugging boxes was bad as the one box that held my mugs got soaked but sis has a tote for me to put them in so thats good. I am trying to figure out wht to do for next week as next Wednesday starts the Bannertown Fair and I have a booth there. I don't have any water bottles lol .. and Low on other blanks hopefully I'll figure it out. Mom is doing good ... she woke up and smiled at me today said good morning ... shes so sweet.. went swimming yesterday ahh loved it though the water was cold since the air was hot ...well won't be able to go swimming from the 10th through the 15th as neighbor is going out of town... but that's okay I have to get stuff ready for fair next week anyway.

lol, Vic, loved the story of the biker friends, mine would not be caught dead within 50 feet of one if his friends were coming over.. Sorry to hear that your brother isn't of much help, even calling, have one like that myself, gave him hell about it, the internet is at least one way to keep them occupied, my challenge is I don't have to give mine things to look for, I have to try and keep him from looking for things..TO BUY..lol..

Sun is shining here today, weather bug is showing 98 for a high, bet it's going to be higher than that.. maybe today I can get out to the burn pile and get that going, want to have this place in some kinda order before we leave.. Anyway, baby brother is needing a ride into town, has something on his mind he wants to talk about, so will go get him and take him.. Ya'll be good and I will check in with you later...

Oh yeah... Rain all around but not here...just down the road.! Ughh hot and humid. Need to mow and weed but....
Ladee..hang in there the BS will come together and it is all yours! Pray your charges are in good spirits..
Oh..Starri..told hubby about finding how tos on Internet for rv's ...yay! It has kept him occupied! Lol...men!
Enough rambling ...

Morning all...hope today goes better for all! Stormy what a terrible scare! I am with everyone here when I say I would have found the next cubicle! Glad you will be able to get back to the "normal" now that sis is back.
Starri..too funny about laundry! A friend once told me that she always had to pick up her hubby's socks because he took em off at night and left on the floor. Well she got so tired of picking them up to put in the laundry that she started sweeping them under the bed! When he ran out of clean socks he asked her if she knew what happened to all his socks....she asked him if he put them in to be washed and he said no...so he finally looked under the bed! Too funny! She was able to cure him of that habit... Course some of us have a harder time of it. But I tell ya that I have a gold mine in my hubby. Through all the years he has been right there with me doing everything. one time years ago he was vacuuming and I heard some of his biker buddies pulling up and told him to give me the vacuum...he wouldn't do it! They called him pussy for awhile! But you know I think they respected it but couldn't admit it!
Dad has done much better in the last two days. He is not so much out of it and back to feeding himself and not slipping out of chairs as often. I figure it is was build up in his ear. His ENT appt is thurs but will call this am to see if I can get him there today. The home health folks came sat....a nurse will be coming today. His doc used the anemia diagnosis but I also made them aware of the meningioma. Saturday early am he kept calling us about having to get up to go to a funeral..he had to get dressed ....kept trying to tell him it was too early. Mo wasn't even up..finally got him calmed back down. No crazy talk yesterday and last night was pretty good. Hubby took the first few times..and I picked up after one or so.. So yay! I was able to rest..I tell you, if I could I would sleep the days and nights away...
Seem..I think it was you that said you asked sis to come 'again' and no joy! I know what you mean we sometimes like to keep hitting our heads against the brick wall...just hoping that response will be different. I sent my brother a couple of text msgs several days age saying that dad seems to be regressing and that we are getting home health to come in again. You would think he would at least say thanks or even call to talk to mom! Nothing!!!!! Whew.. From what mom says he is working seven days a week with no time off right now. He works for Boeing as and engineer. For 20 plus years with the shuttles. Soooo right now he is doing something that has to do with the new solid rockets... Course Obama discontinued a new program so bro doesn't know if he will have work. Guess he is trying to get in all that he can. Think he can go elsewhere with company but he doesn't want to leave Florida.. So who knows. I understand his predicament but s$$t you would think he would at least call or respond. I feel the worst for my parents especially dad as he asks about him all the time and is worried for him. Oh well....
Emjo...loved the story! Good chuckle! Seeme hope you bil can get over the Catholic thing.. None of kids, grands or even bro got married in Church. Unfortunately if the marriages breaks up it is easier to get annulment if they aren't! Sad huh! Mom used to worry about it so much...think she has finally let go and let God handle.. At least the grands are all finally married..as they were all living together at one point or another. My bros ex wife is living with him again..so who knows about that one. Don't think mom asks but I know it bothers her as my bro suggested that she get her a Christmas pres so she wouldn't be left out....
Well enough of that!
Here's praying for the best day possible for all of us!

Ros, so good to hear that little one is doing better, I hope she gets to come home soon, just try to remember not to carry her all the time..lol.. Give Ericka a scratch behind the ears for me, and a "good Girl"

Stormy I am glad they were able to get the trach back in here. Were you able to ask Dad if he had been messing with it? I certainly would have needed a drink and maybe even a hospital bed myself having that happen, and I would not have cared what hour of the morning it was..lol..

I'm glad to hear that you were able to go home to get some rest, and that Sis is back now, maybe your life can return to whatever it knows as normal now.

Ladee? how are you this morning? after all you did yesterday, are you able to move today? I am feeling like I've been beat from head to toe and really didn't do all that much yesterday. But at least all the laundry is done up, with the exception of some linens.. those I will take to the friend so he will feel he's earned the money Glenn's paid him for this month. He won't be doing laundry while we are gone, but we're going to continue paying him anyway, he'll mow the lawn every now and then and throw the fish some food.. The money's not much, but he's on SSI, so it takes a bite out of his electric bill..

Shawna? how are you feeling today? all that setting up and taking down of equipment probably has you sore.

Seeme, hope all the soup is gone now..lol, no more soup poop for a while, how is everyone else today?

Stormy, You poor thing!!! I haven't read anything that scary for a loong time. I would have freaked out myself!!! Does your dad mess with it very often? Lordy, lordy.....what a brave person you are !!! I would have had to have a cubicle next to him in ER !!!!! Glad sister is home for you again, but I do hope she had a good time. Maybe it was cooler in the mountains for her.

Rosella......So glad to hear Nicky is doing good so far. I'm going to take it as a sign that things will progress slowly but steadily in the healing direction. Tell her she is a brave little girl for me.

My fave sister called yesterday to say we have another great-grandchild in the oven. The nephew is in the Coast Guard and has met someone who is not a US citizen, she got pregnant, and they should be married by now. That bro and sil are keeping it very hush-hush because they were not married in the Catholic church.
That whole thing sounds like the begining of a tragedy to me. I'm sure it isn't the first marriage to start that way, and the bro better relax on the church thing or he could lose a son. They tend to overdo.

We had rain last night, finally, so I went outside to enjoy the lightning display. It was a constant flash and continuous rumble. But today we will have to put up with the added humidity. Heat index will be up over 100 and I have to take mom to the dentist and me to the reg doc for yearly check-up during the hottest part of the day.

Oh, I told sis that I needed a vacation and she didn't offer again, so I think she is of the opinion that I asked for this, so I should deal with it. Got it. I didn't think I needed to be hit over the head twice, but maybe I did.

Mom did good for Kathy, and she will go with me tomorrow to Raleigh to take mom to the lung doctor. So glad for the extra help.....I just get screwed out of my "day off".

Mom is due to get up at any time, so I will close for now.......Cheers to everyone having a great day, a productive day, and a peaceful day with no drama......Love you all.....(((((hugs))))) and kisses......to Nicky also............

Hey Ladies, Well Brother calls me this morning at 7:30 and tells me that dads tracheostomy tube has all but come out of his neck and he can't get in back in. And I said WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!? How did that happen???? Bro said I went to the kitchen and when I came back to the den it was just about all the way out. He said dad must have been messing with it and it about come out. So I had to throw on some clothes and rush over there to see if I could get it back in his neck. Before it started closing up or swelling up. I tried getting that thing back in but it was not budging and dad started bleeding from us trying to get it back in. We were not forcing it in. Just got it irratated and it started bleeding some. Not much. Anyway we finally had to call 911. There goes my hope for the weekend that everything goes smoothly.... They got there and they just said it would be best if they carried him on to the hospital. So they didn't try to put the trach tube back in. I guess they saw it was already bleeding and they didn't want to cause him anymore pain. So off to the hospital we go. They finally got a new one in. But boy did they hurt daddy trying to get that thing in I felt so sorry for dad. Then here comes the blood. Him coughing up blood from where they forced the tube in. YUCK BLOOD!!!! But we got to carry him home about 30 minutes after they got the tube in. We were over there for about 3 hrs. I was glad when we got him home. When my aunt got there today to relieve me I told her well I'm going home to have a nervous breakdown. Just kidding. Ya'll should have seen me and bro though before the ambulance got there this morning. We looked like 2 chickens with our heads cut off running around the house. I was checking on dads breathing, checking to see if ambulance had arrived and trying to find his meds and ins. cards. I don't know what bro was doing. We just kept walking back and forth from one place to another. We both were about crazy. I felt like telling him hell fix me a drink i need one bad. And it 8:00 in the morning!!!!! Well that was my lovely day. Oh and sis is back. Thank GOD!!! She is with him now. Well I better carry my butt to bed. I love ya'll. Have a good nite... Hugs Stormy

Hi girls thanks for asking, all of you, about my little dog. She is better and she ate a lot of chicken that I brought her; the doctors and I now are very interested to know if the chicken will pass through the organs that have been bitten. (all of them! Stomach . guts...) We need 2 or 3 days more, to be sure that everything is OK. She is in a fantastic vet clinic where they watch her 1000 times a day, even during the night. It's much better than a hospital for people. I shoudn't say so.
Shawna; I have a job which is underpaid, too. People don't realize how much time we need to do what we do. A plumber (I have nothing against plumbers, it's just to make an example) earns in one hour what I earn in one day. We must stop to lower prices! Otherwise we shalll become the next generation of slaves.
Starri: I think a woman is very lucky if she finds a man who does "anything" in a house. In Italy at least they don't cooperate. Sometimes they do the cooking because they like it, but the rest is blank...
Vic: good wishes with pa.. Hope it's just a question of the wax in the ear.
Ladee: hope you are going to live very soon in that new house! I have painted the living room in yellow (egg yolk) and it's fantastic; in summer you feel you have the sun in the house, and in winter it makes everything happier. But it must be a "real" yellow! not lemon yellow. The dog who defended Nicky was Erika, while Camilla and Rexy didn't move... They were too scared. Camilla is the white one, Rexy is the german shepherd, Erika is the other one!!!
Seeme I hope you get some sleep. Veg soup seems very good but it sure makes your mother poo a lot!
Burnedin I am very sorry for your husband. It must be very hard.
Stormy i am glad i was wrong and your brother is behaving. It's been a surprise for me!
Emjo: very nice story, the girl and God and crap. Very good.
I have to say everybody good night because I have to work for a few hours... I have a translation and I have not worked at all because of Nicky, so I have to make up for the time lost. A big kiss to everyone and thanks for being here!

Ooooh, Jo, you have far more forgiveness in you, than what I have in me, that last little nasty would have sent me through the roof, and Mom or not, she'd be taking out a restraining order. Maybe have G or someone sort through the mail, if it's from her, put it in a shoebox slid up under the bed so that you don't see it till you go sweeping for dust bunnies. It is kinda sad though that she doesn't realize what she is doing, she's getting older and getting to where she's going to be alone in her last years. Mine almost was... only in the last year or two was I able to get past her nastiness and be able to be around her for long periods of time..

Sounds like we have a storm moving in.. so I guess I ought to get off of here..lol.. hope we get some rain out of this one, yesterdays rumbled and grumbled, rained like hell about a 1/2 block from us and not one drop here..

Ya'll have a good night and I will check in later..

Hi starri - glad ur hubby did some laundry

it's Ok - be nosey -
the contract G is working right now is 15 days on then should have about 5 days off. and then another 15 on. He is safety and covering the day and the night shift (they donlt want to hire 2 people) so has to be there - stay out at camp and be on call 24/7. he actually works from noon to midnight but can be called anytime there is an incident
.. depending on the time of day, the drive from town to the worksite is a hour to 1 1/2 hr long which is too long if something happens there.
They used to be able to bring family out to the camps to visit but then the pro's started coming in so that was stopped - unless you are on official business which means someone has requested that you come out there and there is paperwork, you are not allowed. There are ID checks all the time - he himself has been checked 3-4 times in a day -they have a quota

the good side is that this crew of steel heads (iron workers) are very focussed, work hard and got the other job done quickly so he probably will be away less than 15 days if the weather cooperates. When it gets wet out there it is a sea of mud and can slow things down

i am thinking about taking a trip to the big city while he is away and visiting girlfriends

it seems it is either feast ot famine for us - he assures me the horses will not always be 2 hr drive away - they usually are just down the road but no pasture here.

well re the phone I have caller id so i don't have to answer and re emails I have them sent to a hidden folder so i don't have to look at them till I am up to it - and the mailman - hmmm - actually a mail lady - I just bring the mail in and let it sit there till i feel like looking at it - gives me some kind of protection - there are other family members who have been burned who just toss that particular mail in the garbage - the last bit of nastiness that came in my direction was a dig that involved Gordie in hospital when he was dying and was strictly to prove her point - it was the last straw for me - remember this is not alz or dementia - this has been going on all my life

take care and hope u get ur route figured out

down the road, not done the road.... guess I'm too tired to hit spell check...lol

Hey Ya'll, I think I posted this morning, can't remember, that was hours ago....Got most everything done today....don't have the tools to put the locks on or I would have already done it.... steps or stones,,, I'll work on that myself...I'm gettin' er' done, ya'll!!!!
Seeme, I prayed today that if you couldn't get away you would at least get a restful sleep if you got to take a nap...
Burned, sounds like you are finally getting some help... glad to hear from you today and never apologize for being a busy caregiver, we were thinking about you whether you get time to post or not....
Stormy sorry your day got started off so bad.... fill us in on what happened....
emjo, the painting everything was a JOKE in response to Seeme's post about BS.. of course it is going to have cool colors, things that make me feel comfortable when I walk in the door, but decorating will be done the road, as I get extra money....glad you are feeling less "dopey" today....
Jam, there is no grass to mow here, so one less thing for folks to do in this heat....
The AC is working good on the BS, if it hadn't and I didn't have the money for a new AC, then Mike would just have to put up with me until winter.....
Son did not show up today, which was good because I got a lot done... And I am learning, if I have no expectations, then I don't get upset...
Need to get started on laundry, love ya'll, later...

Seeme, try and get yourself some rest, I know that the soup poop wasn't fun, but they are right about the soup..lol, is always better the next day.

Shawna thanks for thinking about me, I might just have to take you up on that offer of finding someone, if he keeps treating me like I'm some kinda idiot..lol..

Hi, Burned it is so good to hear from you, It sounds like things might actually be starting to get easier.. I am so glad to hear that. keep us updated when you can,

Stormy it sounds like your morning got off to a "stormy" start, fill us in on what is up when you can.

Jo, I am happy to hear that you are feeling better, nosey question? where the heck is G going for 15 days? he out hunting again? I'm afraid if your mom has your phone number and email, a moat isn't going to do you any good, even with gators.. but it would be fun to watch the mailman try to deliver..lol

Ladee? are we up to passing the hat for bail money? or is everyone fine but tired? Jam, so good to see you and hear about you getting rain, if you can at all pull it off, get in the RV and hightail it..lol, take a break from the walls you are staring at all the time.. where is everyone else?

I've survived the day, hubby has survived the day, and actually surprised me, he did things on his own doing laundry without me having to tell him what to do... now for figuring out which way to head next, I need to get clothes in the camper, but I have to leave some in here for us to wear till time to go, I don't want to have to stop and do laundry on the way out of town.. Still can't figure out how to read hubby's streets and trips program he has on the computer, he's got what looks like a good route laid out, but it doesn't do me any good cause I can't tell what state we're in or what town is near where the cut off point is, so that I'll be able to look up a campground before the sun starts going down.. I don't want to spend the last hour of daylight trying to find a place to camp for the night..lol..

Guess I will go get the rand macnally and see what I can figure out... will check in again in a bit.

Good Afternoon Posse!!!!!

Thought I would check in a say hello to all............

Got the yard mowed this morning.....the heat and humidity are almost more than anyone can put up with. Found a sackful of cucumbers, so more dill pickles....dil makes the best. Now waiting to see if the approaching thunderstorm is going to hit or go around us. Temps this morning were at 98, right now 77! Amazing change.

My son and dil want to take their girls to the San Diego zoo, so I guess finding a package for them will give me something to do while it's raining.....to heck with laundry. We've been talking about loading up the rv and taking all of us to Orlando. The granddaughters need to see Disney, we would like to go to Universal Studios......I'm just not into bibbity-bobbity-boo these days.....:)

Storm has hit and it's raining.....yippee!!!!!

I'm keeping up with everyone......I'm not mentioning names so that I don't have a "senior moment" and forget someone.....just know that I am with you each and every day and you all are in my prayers.

Love and Hugz,
Jam

I don't believe this. I was just propositioned by a 25 yr old on facebook!!!! I tell my age and it doesn't phase them. I thought that craziness was over!!! Maybe will get Gary thinking about being away so much LOL

what next!!!

Hi burned - good to hear from u and that there are some lights at the end of the tunnel that are not an approaching train - u sound more cheerful and looks as if some things are going ur way.

seeme - i am OK have been very "dopey-sleepy: the past couple of days so have given in to it and doesn't seem to have done me any harm - my To Do list went from walk to plants to sleep and that was the only one I accomplished - u have inspired me to make tomato veg beef soup - love soup and have a strong stomach and just finished a bowlful and it was great -glad kathy will give u a break today

ladee I know u are too busy this weekend - praying you get the help you need and make the progress you planned - brown really???? glad ur son has been helpful - it does make u wonder - hope u don't hurt so much and someone figures out what is with sonny

stormy - u are a good girl -cooking sunday meal for ur family - glad ur bro is behaving and being helpful - u needed that - praying about next week and the news

ros - how's the puppy - thinking of u I know this is hard - yes the bumper story is true and i pee where I have to when I am out walking too - usually behind bushes

vic u sound so much better - let us know what happens with the eval hope they can do something for dad - it would lift ur spirits and ur mums

jam -we look for u every day

shawna -sorry the sales were low - hopefully the larger event will be better

starri - hope you get the laundry sorted out in all senses - G will always do things - but not in the order I would like ahhhh - have to be thankful for what he does -and yes when u r away Glen gets to do stuff too.

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considering the importance of cow patties here I am dedicating this story to those of you who know crap:

CONVERSATION ON AN AIRPLANE WITH AN ATHEIST!
An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned to her and said, "Do you want to talk?
Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with a fellow passenger."
The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total stranger, "What would you want to talk about?"
"Oh, I don't know," said the atheist. "How about why there is no God?" as he smiled smugly.
"Ok," she said. "Those could be an interesting topic but let me ask you a question first.
A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?"
The atheist, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have no idea."
To which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to discuss why there is no God when you don't know crap?"

And then she went back to reading her book
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All is well here - feeling more energetic and less dopey!!!! Yeah! Don't seem to need my antihistamines these days but that should not make me sleepy. Gary should turn up sometime today and head off for another 15 day 24/7 stint tomorrow. Soup made, antelope pot roast on the stove, (I stink of garlic) shopping done last night, laundry in the way. Daughter said she will come and do some cleaning for me when the kids go back to school. She can use a few extra bucks and I can use the help. Mother still b*tching which means she is well. I am still thinking about the POA.. and boundaries. think I need a moat around me with gaters in it lol - and a drawbridge i can pull up whenever i need it

everyone hope u r havng a good day - hoping some of the absentees will post

love and (((((((((hugs)))))) and prayers ♥♥♥

Joan

Well gang to put things mildly things did not go smoothly this morning. Brother did fine last night and it wasn't him this morning. It was dad. Brother had to call me over here about 7:30 this morning. It's a long story. One I will have to fill ya'll in on later. But just to let ya'll know dad is fine. But I am way behind on doing stuff to him. And my aunt is coming to relieve me at 4 but I've got to call her and tell her to just come at 5 instead. Because I'm behind on his feedings. So I will chat to ya'll later. What a wild morning is all I've got to say. And glad that it's over and things have calmed down some. Need to take my antidep. I think I forgot to take it last night. Love and Hugs to all of you!!!! Stormy

I apologize for not posting sooner been catching up with kids getting ready for school and my own appts coming up. My case manager didn't like the fact that I was paying out of pocket for hubby's med or been working off n on for the last 3 months or more just trying to get albuterol ampules for his nebulizer machine. I have been a wreck but finally manage to get a chance to talk to my therapist but the best part is that my case manager agreed that after my appts when I finish the paperwork to be paid for as an actual caregiver i may get a few more hours lol and the beautiful lady that helps me and my husband may get some more time which will be a plus for her. She is such a sweet compassionate person and I am grateful to have her in our lives...hubby likes her alot but I still deal with the majority of things but I told my case manager you cannot take away my extra help I needed it won't help me cope if its all me again. So she agreed to that point. Hoping to get some issues resolved here soon being my doc appts and etc. I am trying to stay happier but hubby is weaker tho and has been and lately been cold to the touch is that normal. I am not sure....i am not ready for the love of my life to go to the heavens as of yet but at the same time I know he will not be in no more pain and have a new body. Keeping ya' all in my prayers and hello to new members to the thread. God bless.

But Starri if you want one I can have it made somewhere else but I don't think you want to pay 35 bucks plus shipping for a tank top ....

Starri while I would love to make you a tank top as it is right now lol... my heat press is only 12 by 12 and my printer only prints 8.5 by 14 so ... I am not able to do a quality t shirt as it is I did a few for mom but shes such a tiny thing I do the medium shirt and print two prints then tape them together .... to make an image for her and I wouldn't sell a shirt that looked like that .. right now all I got is mugs water bottles mousepads and licence plates ...

Thanks, Starri, I do have help and Kathy comes in tonight. I only have her ( she's my neighbor, also), because mom is so particular and so am I, when it comes to having someone here while we sleep. I just had to deal with soup poop again last night. I had Omaha flat iron steaks out for supper, and while I was nappiing, he fed them both the homemade veggie soup. It always tastes better the second day, so they both had 2 bowls full of it. Mom was full of it all night. I think she is dehydrated and has the urge to go all the time. The symptoms of deydration are almost the same as a UTI for her.

Ladee, Starri does have a good idea about asking for blocks lying around...never know.....sure can't hurt to ask......hope Mike is helping a lot.....at least he can see you are trying to get out......maybe he'll foot some of the bill...lol...guess he is, just by doing some labor.....can't ask TOO much from him......

Got some dusting and floor sweeping to do.................later............

Morning All

Vic I am glad to hear that you have help coming in, will make it alittle easier for you.. hopefully it's just wax in the ear, hubby's had that problem before. I'm afraid Vic had I waited for hubby to get it in the car, it's still be in the bedroom..lol, but it is now in the car, didn't get done yesterday (Saturday) like i hoped, I threw my back out trying to get it in there.

((((Ladee)))) my dear? you've been married right? you've been reading my horror stories about my hubby and his lack of doing things that actually involve work right? Don't let the Son surprise you...lol.. Cider block bricks, if the height of the door is say 20 inches from ground to bottom of door, you'll need probably 6 bricks, laid on their sides.. four for the bottom and two for the second step, their sturdy and if you make sure the ground you are putting them on is fairly level, then they are stable.. You can check with the lady you are renting from, there is a good chance that she's had someone move off and leave some behind, steps or bricks..lol.. A trip to the hardware store can resolve the lock issue for a bout 10.00, a padlock latch, you can get one about the right size for $5.00 and a pad lock to go with it, probably even have enough for a soda as well.. You can get one of those slide chain's for the inside, won't look quite as tacky but will serve the purpose, safety (as much as you can have) while in there. Thieves are going to break in where ever they want to break in, the things they don't like is time consumption, visibility and noise,

I've done the just wash mine, ended up with a 6' pile of clothes to crawl over and hubby wearing dirty shorts, if we went to walmart or somewhere he'd buy new undies.. If it wasn't for the fact they all fit his butt, I'd swear he had a underwear fetish.. Ladee, save yourself gas money and money for the water, see if the landlady has a hose and a bucket you could use.. At least use the guys as pack mules, let them drag the bucket back and forth.. Make yourself a list of all that you want done, the order you want it done in, and give them a copy, along with the instructions on how to do it if you have too.. I have to watch hubby in fixing things, he'll be wanting to do a 200.00, take two months to do it fix on something, when all it takes is a .50 cent part and 10 minutes max to have it repaired. I have to keep reminding him that "Just because I have Tits" doesn't mean I am stupid..

Here's a thought, Shawna how much would you charge me for a tank top that says "just because I have tits, doesn't mean I am stupid" would need like a 3x size 4x if their running small.

Seeme, hugs my friend, getting impatient is a warning sign of exhaustion.. anyone you can get to give you a break.? even just sit with her while you go lay down for a few hours.. ear plugs will cut out the sound.. Check with the local Churches, Senior center's etc.. there ought to be someone that can spell you for 3 or 4 hours to just get some sleep.

Well, time to go piss off the hubby and make him get up..lol.. we both had bad nights tossing and turning last night..so I've let him sleep as long as I intend too, will take one of the laptops with me, so I can check in while I am sweltering in the laundry mat... See you guys in a bit.

Morning.......not a good one, but it is here. Mom was up every 15-20 min last night until 1:30, then she went every 30-45 min, finally I slept a couple of hours between 5-7. My eyes are so swollen and scratchy. She must be sleeping now, cause she isn't screaming. I'm sorry to be such a shiner. I just need a break from this every day boring routine. I'm getting more and more impatient with her. I don't even like myself. Someone please slap me out of this mood.......

Rosella, Give Nikcy a kiss from me. Where she is sounds like a vet hospital since it is open 24/7, so I am sure she will get immediate help if she starts to develop an infection. Sounds like she is in a good place.

Shawna, Little fest = little sales. You will have much bigger success with the bigger 4 day fest.

Vic, hope the help works, especially the PT. Get him walking again and his attitude will improve, too.

Ladee, take it easy in this heat, and PLEASE don't decorate in brown, too drab for your attitude.......oooooohh, how about psychodelic 1970 colors.........eh, you will find you like you always do.........

Starri, Glad you can get hubby to do anything around tha house. Min takes care of the outside and I take care of the inside......not my choice--HIS. At least he took care of mom yesterday for me to get a good nap, and he is making most of the meals because he enjoys cooking.

Emjo...Are you having a busy weekend? Everything working OK? Are you out running with the horses again?

Jam... hope your back is better...that is one debilitating ache....just affects everything, everywhere.....take care.......love ya....

stormy, does sis come back today or does bro have one more night to pull? Just so glad he did his part for you, and did it sober.

Mom is due to wake any minute, so I will send this off. If I missed anyone, please chalk it up to lack of sleep. I am praying we all have a better day...........

Morning Vic, glad to hear dad had a half descent night, that means you got some sleep...You are a reminder, to "take it as it comes". I always appreciate your posts, hope you have a good day and know HH and the help you get will make things a little easier, at least for awhile... need to get going before it is 1000 degrees outside... hugs to you....

Morning Ya'll, My whole body hurts today... neck, back, bad leg. Son said he was going to build me some steps,,, uh, let's write that down ya'll and I'll let you know when and if it ever happens.... Sure hope Mike comes by today and helps get some things done.. I need to vacuum and am bringing two fans today to keep the air circulated.... and UH, how about we get a lock on the door???? No one but me seems to think this is important....Ahhh, just love having men around that just waste time talking, figuring out ways to do it that will take less time, as they are wasting time by talking about it.....
Starri, if hubby doesn't help, then just wash YOUR clothes, eventually he will have to do something...and hide your underwear, he may try to improvise....
emjo, how are you doing these past few days..... and yes, Rossella probably is a sex offender, you haven't know her as long as some of us... LOL...
Ro, hope the sweet Nicky is doing better today... they seem to be right on top of this, so if it looks like she is getting an infection they will treat it right away... Did she know you, and wag her tail??? Poor baby, she is going to have bad puppy dreams for a long time... And which of your other babies broke up the fight????? Please give him or her a huge Texas hug for me... Maybe taking mama along is not such a bad idea, get her tired and then YOU can sleep...Praying for you and Nicky... some people may not realize how much we would do for one of our animals....
Shawna, sorry to hear the people were lookers and not buyers.. when I used to set up booths I always wanted to print a sign that said "I'M NOT GIVING IT AWAY, IT'S FOR SALE", maybe you'll do better at the next one... and glad to hear mom did ok, and man would I love to be soaking wet from the rain....
Stormy, yeah, maybe the bro drinks to drown out his wife.... and so happy to know things have worked out well this weekend.... and sis got to have a good time and not be worried... it will be your turn next, to get away for the weekend...
I didn't write down names as I was getting caught up, so I have missed someone, maybe I will be forgiven because of the heat and Son.....not sun...
I will do as much as I can today, then come home and get ready for Marie and Sonny next week... Hope Sonny had a descent weekend, because Marie will be grumpy and hard to please.... oh well, it's my job.....
I need to get going.. thinking of ya'll as I try to clean and organize the BS, and Starri, taking the table out is good idea.... have to give that some thought....
Am going to Walmart this morning and getting gallons and gallons of water so I can finish up what I started yesterday.... Guess if Mike wants me out of here so bad he'll come and help today.... hmmmm.. Hugs across the miles to all my friends....

Hi all..dad had a pretty good day yesterday. Seemed more aware but he can't hear. Think it is wax down in his ears. We go to net next week but may call Monday, hope it isn't the meningioma messing with the hearing. His night seemed pretty good but earlier he has been trying to get out of bed to get ready for the wake! Have calmed him down a couple of times so he is now resting again. Take the day as it comes. Home health came yesterday to evaluate...so we should start getting help again on Monday. RN agreed to get PT out here to evaluate...so we will see. Maybe a shot of decadron will help if fluid is pressing on the meningioma. Oh well...we will see what the day brings.
So sorry Shawna that you didn't sell more...just don't give up!
Ros..lil' N is in prayers for a full recovery!
Starri make hubby carry everything to truck and do his job! Haha
Everyone take care.

LOL, Ros dear, you are NOT a sex offender.. your just a lady in need of a place to pee, there's nothing wrong with that, here in South Carolina, charging someone with that is what they can do if you get caught..

Stormy glad that the brother showed up the second day, he might have actually enjoyed being away from the wife..lol, I have a friend that has one of those, he's a contractor and always checks with us if we have something for him to do, as he knows here, she can't get ahold of him, and won't try and come find him..lol.. He's a sweet heart, I had hoped he'd found a good woman that would be kind to him, but she's turned out to be a real Bit**.

Shawna, I'm sorry to hear that the fest didn't go as well as you had hoped.. it's sad that your dad never had the chance to get the RV, ours is a little camper on the back of the truck, nothing fancy like those things that you see going down the road that takes a years worth of salary to just fill the tank... lol, While the space in them would be wonderful, it just means more to clean and I could not afford to put enough gas in it to get to the gas station.

It's almost 4 AM here, I finally gave up trying to sleep.. tossed and turned all night, my fault, I didn't take my sleeping pill, and the brain has been running at 95.. should have known I was heading to the flip side of depression.. While manic does get a lot done, it wears me out both physically and mentally.. One good thing is it drives hubby crazy, lol, I stay on his butt big time and make him get things done.. Might regret it but just took the sleeping pill ,hopefully it kicks in and I get some sleep, have to go to the frigging laundry mat today and not looking forward to it, this is hubby's chore which I ought to know by now (married for almost 11 years) he'll never get it done.. He cheated, pays someone to do it for him, and still can't gather it up and get it over to him..so now I have about 6 loads, and will not take that many to our friend at once to do.. So I get to take it AND the hubby to the laundry and do it ourselves.. he's not getting out of all of it.. he was funny yesterday, he saw me gathering up the clothes, and he was acting all generous saying he'd go with me if I wanted.. I was like YOU ARE going with me, I am not doing YOUR chore myself..lol.. Come travel time, he gets to do it himself.. I'm not doing it, bought us a laundry bag, it will hold only two loads, we do not have room in the camper for even that, so it means he's going to be doing a load at least every other day..lol..

I've already warned him that I am not doing everything myself, setting up camp, caring for the dogs, cooking and cleaning, etc.. if I see that is the direction we are heading, the truck is heading back home, the trailer for the bike and the camper are getting sold, and we will grow old on the deck.. I do most of the work here at the house, so I will be damned if I am going to do it on the road.

Hope all have rested well, Ros let us know about Nicky..

Hey everyone sorry I didn't post earlier but I was so dang tired after the fest and got soaked so I just got mom ready for bed and crashed myself. It went okay the tarp went up without a hitch. My brother in law came helped us set up but I think i am going to have rethink of a way to display my products as ppl just walked and bought NOTHING. A couple ppl walked by looked at the stuff looked interested and then found out the price and just walked away. Sorry .. but I won't lower the prices anymore than they are. its not exactly cheap getting the blank products to begin with to make the stuff. I did make some money but that was from the stuff that I had already been asked to make before hand and knew they were coming to the fest to pick it up. The only on the spot order I got was for one mousepad but that went well because I was going to give her a discount cause all she wanted was a pic and some words. Yet when I gave her the finished product she decided to pay the full price. But alas its not good .. cause I need money to get more products for the fair thats coming up on the 17th through the 20th. That's a four day fair. I know I will sell there as Fest is a very small little thing and most of the time its ppl who want free stuff ... anyway ... Mom did good thoguh she did have an accident I had help in the form of my one sisters friend who came and watched the booth with me (shes also one that bought the two mugs and two water bottles from me) so that I had a couple extra eyes ...to watch so no ppl stole and I could take mom .... to the bathroom if i needed. It was a good weather till it started pouring around 4 so we had to pack up early that could have been another reason i didn't sell as much as I had hoped .. LOL heck if any of you want to buy some of my pre done mugs let me know I might just give you a discount lol ...

Stormy I am so glad you had no problems with your brother.... I am one of those that don't see the need to drink to excess the only time I drink is when I go to my sisters for the weekend. We make sure mom is all settled for bed has her meds goes to the bathroom then we sit down and enjoy a few rum and cokes... oh well to each their own....

Ros ... I hope your doggie is okay ...

Ladee how is the BS doing ... one thing my dad had always wanted but we never got was an RV... he wanted one so that we could go wherever we wanted but alas not a dream realized but that's okay he had a good happy life

Jam Welcome back love ... so good to hear from you......

sorry if I missed anyone but I am so kind of tired and out of it ...with allergies and such from the day I had lol ... love to my fellow CGs