Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
No i dont intend to be any kind of a martyr if mum was easy to be around things would be different BUT shes so negative and hard to please always was so i cant do anything to make her happy and yes it will be a home by the end of the year as she cannot live alone. I was away today shopping when i came home she had the shower running so waters been running for about 6 hours??
I was cleaning the wee little apartment I had when my young daughter and I were living alone for a while, and was in the bathroom sweeping and such. I stopped for a moment, and in the silence, I heard, "scritch...scritch....scritch...tappity...tappity"
I'm thinking, "What the heck is that??" - so I start investigating. Nothing behind the door. No water dripping in the sink or behind the toilet or in the bowl. So I pull aside the shower curtain, and there in the bottom of the tub is the biggest freaking spider I've ever seen in my life. This thing was about 2 steps down from a tarantula as far as circumference of the legs, and pretty darn hefty in the body, too. I'm *not* a spider fan, and having a small child in the house, I was NOT letting this thing out of the tub where it might end up biting her (or me!). So, being armed with only my cleaning supplies, I grab the nearest thing I had available - my Pledge furniture polish spray. I sprayed....he ran....I sprayed....he ran again - up over the side of the tub and onto the floor...now I REALLY sprayed him, because he was headed my way, trailing lemon-scented foam behind him, running blindly in my direction because he was covered in the stuff. I emptied the entire can on his nasty butt, and still he kept coming.
He finally stopped at the bathroom door, having successfully backed me out of my own bathroom and into the kitchen, where I was looking for a big knife to use to end his pursuit. When I looked around the corner again, he had finally collapsed, legs splayed out, body flattened, and no sign of life whatsoever.
He fought the good fight until the last....when he went to spider heaven, smelling lemony-fresh and very, very shiny.
vilhelm grimm 2014 .
its a slow century b*tches , cut me some slack ..
little spider has been assigned the task of wrapping up a good sized water bug . big spider is working a web that extends to the crapper and my bare azz . he got too close to suit me , i knocked out a couple of his lines . he fell to the floor and took off up the side of the toilet with confrontation in mind . he was moving quickly and i much appeared to be the target . big spider is dead , little spider has plenty to eat for a while . im not sure what all the lessons are yet . big spider and i were allies against the hated house fly . im a trust but verify type of person . he breached our alliance . little spider ; choose your battles wisely or just dont eff with beard clip guy . whatever you want to take from it .
it did remind me of me and my youngest son . if i let you destroy me ive failed as a parent . back up into the world a little bit till you can play by some fair rules . bluntman is doing great . hes really a h*ll of a good young man ..
later in life one has to think about whether a partner is a liability or an asset . i think all relationships , even friends , is based on what each has to offer in a " trade pact " for lack of a better term .
many years ago...they only want someone to take care of them LOL!!
Yesterday I made my version of chicken cordon Bleu. Today is left overs with corn on the cob and broccoli.
You seem to have a little `sunshine`for another poster here (as he seems to have for you ... yay!) and power both of you!. It is your choice,however who`s going to take care of Mommie Dearest while you go visit in another countryÉ
.Time to put her in a NH and get a life, if that;`s even possible;e at our age,.
you wish you were free , then you feel like your wishing your parent dead . its horrible but there really is a future . of course you cant visualize it , too much brain fog ..
i had a real lunch at NH today , cold chicken sandwich this evening and im choking down a glass of ice water . i need to get strong and healthy to spite my enemies , real or percieved ..
Book although I cook from scratch I'm not bothered about food and just shovel it down because I need to eat. I'll cook a batch of something and it it for days.
I remember reading one of those futuristic sci-fi space travel stories in which the space travelers would pop up a pill into their mouth - and tada! It was a Whole Meal! I was sooo envious of them. I remember I kept hoping that the scientists at that time would make a real food pill like that. I still think about it, hoping that it will come to fruition one day.
tried some apple juice with edna yesterday morning . not happ'nin . it was urine colored kerosene .
oh well . hepc meds notoriously wreck ones appetite . on one treatment attempt i got under 150 lbs from near 180 .
i think our bodys are ever evolving for good or bad . i already need a pill to shut my brain off at night . the federal gov is pushing sleep hygiene as an alternative to sleep aids . thats easy for a govt exec with a belly full of booze who just had a romp with a prostitute on a taxpayer travel expense card ..
ill drink some " malk " and ruminate about the army sos for a while i guess , then switch off to how bad that apple juice sucked ..
Dinner is last night's leftovers..canned food warmed up in the micro. I would have much preferred my Lean Cuisine chicken fettuccine but I didn't want last night's food to go to waste.
Ill come over soon Cap and cook you some healthy meals!! and stop with your "old" wtf 99 is old!!! being old is all in your head not many men i know can push a garbage bin let alone do what you do and it will keep you fit just dont over do it!
Come to Ireland you can look after mum while i go to the PUB!!!!!!!!
I had a really hard time training myself to have breakfast. But it is like other habits -- if you keep doing it long enough you'll do it more or less automatically. It doesn't have to be limited to "traditional" morning foods. Some protein and some carbohydrates is good, so a glass of milk is fine. So is a bowl of stew. Or a grilled cheese sandwich. Or chicken livers and mashed potatoes. Or apple wedges and peanut butter. In a pinch, the occasional Snickers bar is better than nothing.
I know you want to save money for a big special vacation, but it won't do you any good to have enough money but not enough health to get there.
Take care of you, dear Captain!
im trying to outwork 5 young men in hard forestry work . it isnt possible , im a delusional old fool ..
cant wait till we get the cows . im going to walk up and kill one of em with one punch and eat him on the spot ..