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Oh, Golden, your poor daughter! Prayers sent!
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Golden, so sorry for DD. I'm glad she's getting care and I hope they can get her more comfortable and hydrated. Prayers for all of your family as you go through this journey and especially DD. (((((hugs)))))
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I would appreciate prayers for my dd and all of us. She is in emergency with chemo side effects - woke up in a mess with incontrollable D. Fortunately her hub is on days off and very good at dealing with this stuff. I have to be prepared to help when he is not on days off.
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Becky, tried to copy and paste something for you, but it's not working.

Google "OT and wheelchair users" and you will see why the OT is coming to visit.
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:) what's on my mind?

this is more of a comment to myself, but i feel like writing it anyway.

...often one feels like only mentioning when things go badly
...and one forgets to mention, when things go well!

i am sooo glad the private caregivers we have do such a great job.
kind, caring, sweet, competent.

obviously this is very good for my LOs.
BUT also it's muccccch better for me.
i am much less stressed.

before these caregivers, we had other ones.
not good.
then, they did something awful.

i interviewed many new ones.
i decided on the ones we have now.

they're really nice. and they're in a verrry sweet mood, every day, while they help my LOs. they also already helped during an emergency and did a great job. extremely luckily, my LOs are fine.

soooo, this is just to say (i tell them this directly too, often), that i'm really glad we have them.

at xmas time we had a lot of fun together -- i gave them reindeer antlers, and we all wore them daily, while we helped out my LOs and created a wonderful xmas for them.

in the mornings, my father would wake up and see a face in front of him with 2 big reindeer antlers.

bundle of joy :)
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Golden, you can just add a couple of drops in with his water. But I know what you mean. Our late cat Daniel would always watch when we did this and give us suspicious glances.
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golden: Good luck on the move to Edmonton. Congratulations on your condominium purchase!
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Thx gershun - I may try that. She really likes her routine with NO changes except if she wants her supper earlier or later. She notices everything!!!
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Golden, have you ever given Rocky rescue remedy. You can buy it for cats online. It eases anxiety for things like moves etc.
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Thx beatty, lu and becky

lu - that's what I was thinking with Rocky. I may have to stay with dd for a short while in transition and she has 2 cats and a dog. But if Rocky is with me (and my plush camo blanket) I think she will be OK. One of the cats has visited here on a leash and Rocky was cautious but not freaked out. She actually looked a bit interested.
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Congratulations Golden on the new home! Happy early Birthday Send!

Long gloomy day in Illinois! Poured rain all day. My son picked up our new van today. Wheelchair accessible, so he'll be able to take me out sometimes. My first outing will be to my grandson's ice hockey game Saturday afternoon if doctor approves me going out. My stepson and his wife left to go back to Maine. I'll miss them.
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Golden....as long as Rocky is with you,She'll be A-OK,I'm sure.
That's wonderful youv'e found a new place and you took the big step~
GOOD JOB!

&

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EARLY SEND!
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Great news Golden! 😻
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send - glad you got your plumbing fixed and early happy birthday.

Thx cw, My puttering away at downsizing actually has accomplished a reasonable amount. But I still have more to do.
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haha :). no one likes their passport picture.
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Thank you BOJ

I don't look like my passport picture from 1980.
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great you're ok, sendhelp :) :).
and very nice you received a gift! :)
happy early birthday!! :) :)

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dear everyone,

meanwhile, here's just another funny quote to make us smile/laugh :)

"If you look like your passport picture, you probably need a trip."
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Thanks Cwillie and Bundle of Joy,
I am okay and unfollowed so many.
Now my News Feed is better.
I do think in part, the Full Moon was affecting me.

An early birthday card arrived with enough gift to get the leak in the kitchen sink and the running toilet repaired. Any left over will be saved, because I would no longer be able to figure out how to have fun!

Happy Birthday to those with February and March Birthdays!
Really early for March, huh?
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WooHoo Golden! You have been working toward this for a long time, I'm happy for you that things have finally fallen into place!
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Well, I took the plunge and am in the process of buying a condo near Edmonton. I am looking forward to having less house to clean, less maintenance over all, shorter less-cold winters, being nearer better services, entertainment, shopping etc. Oldest son and sig other are in the process of moving to Edmonton from Calgary which is a plus. The process seems more complicated than previous real estate purchases I have made - more technology/more errors and bank people just plain not knowing their jobs, but we are getting there.

The house still needs some downsizing. I need to reduce belongings to fit a two bedroom + den unit, and some repairs/renos by R are needed, but I was assessed and I am quite happy with the figure.

I don't plan to sell till several months after condo possession date which gives me time for the transition. The trickiest part may be moving Rocky. She is such a creature of habit and likes things to stay the same. But she, like other cats, loves cardboard boxes so that should help. 😊
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My older grandson came to see me this afternoon. He brought his girlfriend with him. She was very nice. We played back alley bridge. I lost big time. I hadn't played that in years. They had gone to the grocery for me and loaded up my little fridge. He got it moved it so I could reach it.
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:) dear send,

hope you're ok!! :)

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hugs and courage to everyone, whatever challenges you're facing.

"difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations."
emmmmm....hopefully it's true :).
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Send.... What?
I'm not noticing a huge increase in "trolls, sock puppets, influencers, and toxic manipulators" in any the threads I usually follow🤔. I'll admit I've dropped one or two I regularly followed because of a huge increase in the number of comments, I figure I can decrease the volume of my daily feed by checking in every few days.

Are you sure you aren't just feeling moonstruck?😉
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My News Feed is killing me!
To unfollow a thread does not help, because all the people you may know keep posting there. Cannot "UNFOLLOW" that many people, that many threads.

Logging out of AgingCare forum until it is cleaned up of trolls, sock puppets, influencers, and toxic manipulators.

Voting with my feet. Or by clicking!
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Big families: growing up I only knew my mother's side. She is the youngest of 8 and I have 27 first cousins, which as an only child was fun for me. I stay in contact with as many as possible. A few years ago I was connected to my father's side: he was one of 9 kids. I can't even wrap my head around having that many relatives. On the other end of the scale: my husband comes from "The Dinky Family": he only has 2 blood cousins total. My Italian-American family has multiple Josephs, Johns and Tonys. We have to refer to them as Johnnie's Johnny, Joseph Sr., Joseph Jr., Cousin Joe from Texas, Tony's Tony, etc.
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My family has the tradition that all daughters name their first son with the mother's maiden name. My grandfather had 7 sisters so my dad had 7 first cousins with the same first name.
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Large extended family, I can not identify one bit. I have one blood first cousin, two adopted and two step. Can you have step first cousins?
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Big families that shared names is one of the things that made remembering who went where on my family tree so difficult, also complicated by the fact my parents shared an ancestor. My grandmother dedicated many hours researching, creating albums of family trees and keeping them all updated, now we've dwindled down to just a handful and I don't know my cousin's kids at all.
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My DH is the oldest of 39 first cousins. His paternal grandparents, who had 9 children (7 of whom were boys) asked each family group to name at least one child 'Mary' or 'Joe' after their names.
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Pam Z, I have three first cousins on my mom's side named Kathryn, Catherine and Katherine. My deceased husband has three grandsons named PJ after him and two grandsons Christopher Matthew and Matthew Christopher. My cousin named her son Zachary said the rest of the alphabet was used. Guess that's what happens when there are 27 or 28 first cousins.
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