Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
Spring is right around the corner.
Planning crops, and ordered more bees. I can't wait for Spring. Flowers, birds and butterfly migration, planting and harvesting.
Maybe I will hatch some baby chicks. (I love baby chicks :) )
It will be here before we know it. :)
Is this close?
60 Minutes
CBS This Morning
Morning Rounds
Decade of Decline
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/60-minutes-report-traces-progression-of-alzheimers-for-10-years/
They followed the patient and her husband for 10 years.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/03/opinions/diagnosing-treating-alzheimers-opinion-devi/index.html
There were wreaths and fresh little Christmas trees on other graves,I saw today,but for some reason,they stole ours.
Unrelated.....on New Year’s Day the local news stringer posted video footage he shot of the CHP out with a drunk driver at around 4 in the afternoon. It was a homecaregiver still in her scrubs who said she had had a few drinks. I can’t help but wonder...considering the timing....was she drinking on the job? She looked younger, maybe late 20s early 30s and this sadly isn’t her first DUI.
That is just sad. I just don't understand people that can do these type of things!!!
Nonenol article....I read that too.
Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize in 2020!
Aren't candles, scent diffusers, and perfumes just what the elderly love to cover up odors? I blame those products, once the scent is in the home, they are going to expire, get old, deteriorate. So I do not spray scents around the home.
Luckylu,
Your Uncle's attitude about the theft is admirable when he says:
"They must have needed it more".
I am going to copy that!
My Uncle put 2 beautiful fresh cut Christmas wreaths on both sides of our family's headstone at the grave and yesterday,when he came by,he told me that someone had stolen the one off his parent's side.
He said he hoped they were enjoying it and they mustv'e needed it more.
I'm just sick for him and I'll never understand how grave robber's can live with themselves.
48 degrees F.
KTLA 5 online.
She now makes scrabble eggs with oil. Why? I have no idea! She uses to much oil or butter and has the heat to high. This is not how she use to cook and this is all she can make. I keep telling her that she shouldn't cook anymore, but she loves her eggs. So now, I will buy her those egg cups that you scrabble the egg in the cup and put it into the microwave. I hope she likes them.
My sig other took off one of the nobs on the stove, but you can still turn the burner on. Go figure!
It is really hard to tell some one that was a good cook that they can't cook anymore! She thinks she cooks like she use to and doesn't believe me because in her mind she is find and we are wrong! Ugh!(
I think that might just be the worst part about this disease...they just don't see what they are doing doesn't make sense or isn't how things are done!(
it is 55 here today. I wish it was 66! It’s cold and foggy. I had to turn the heater on an hour ago because it got down to 62 in here!
happy new year everyone!
MsMadge, I wish it was 77 degrees where I live. Here it is 27 degrees with the real feel being 11. UGH
Send, 66 degrees is great outdoors weather. I would be happy if it was 50 degrees. LOL!!
Happy New Year's everybody. I hope all of you have a safe and a great new year. God please let 2020 be better then 2019! 🎆🎉🌟🎂😁
It happens to the best of caregivers.
I started boiling several eggs at once, so I would not have to stand in the kitchen cooking and drive hubs, as I was rushed and trying to get ready.
It was then that I would get irritable.
An online instructional refreshed my abilities to make hard boiled eggs, starting with cold water, once they start to boil, cook 10 minutes. Eggs for 3 days!
Your Mom won't need to cook.
Took a lot of pressure off of me. Sometimes, I even peeled them for dH.
2020 is going to be a better year, as we ourselves learn, and learn, and
re-learn.
When people say: "First time in history", I take that to mean this may not be a true statement.
When I was living in San Francisco area, there was a rumor that fog covered the Golden Gate Bridge. When it was often clear, most of the time....in fact,
I understood why the rumor, so too many people would not visit or move there
if there was that much rumored fog.
Just cannot say how beautiful all of California may be. It is probably not as nice as today, or even as nice as we say!
MsMadge,
It will be much colder tomorrow for the parade, with temperatures dropping to 48 degrees F overnight (poor parade goers camping out)!! And tomorrow's high only 66. They will never come back to California now. Yay. One just cannot trust California!
NHWM, you are probably right that it was a knee jerk reaction and the fact that I haven't been sleeping very good for weeks. Although, I am not sure if my mother knows that I love her because she has hurt me so much in the past 3 yrs that now I just have a wall around me and I don't tell her much of anything. But I will tell her later today that I do love her and that I am sorry. Most the time I do feel like I am a bad daughter...like I can't do anything right!
Polarbear you are so right! I once spilled dish soap all over the floor when I was about 8yrs old and she not only yelled at me but she beat my a$$ & I had to help her clean up the mess. I am trying to tell myself that I am just human and I had a human reaction. She may not remember it at all. Thank you for your point-of-view. God it helps!
Worried, I wasn't home when she did it and she said that she tried cooking some eggs. I am going to buy her those egg cups that you add an egg into this breakfast cup and put it into the microwave. My sig other really likes them. But you are right too. She has done this before on the old stove so I should have planned ahead. And that is my fault. I also wonder why didn't I just cleaned up the mess and let it go. I will do better next time!
Countrymouse, I would have been just as upset if my cat did it. But for some reason I think I might have gotten over it sooner because it was a cat. I think sometimes I forget that my mother is a whole different person now. That her brain really is broken! The stove is only a few weeks old (very expensive) and my mother has never respected me or my things. I guess, I was thinking she just did this to be mean, but now I see she probably really didn't mean to do it. The one thing I am not is superhuman!
Thank you all for helping me see that am just human and I can make a mistake and it doesn't make me an awful person...just a human being. I will have a talk with her today and no I won't bring up the oil mess. I am not sure if she will even remember. Her and I can come up with a plan so she can have her eggs and keep the new stove intact.
Much Hugs to all of you! God all of you are just so awesome!
You are one of the sweetest people on this forum! You are not a terrible daughter. You’re a wonderful daughter.
Don’t you think it was more of a knee jerk reaction? I do. We all have those moments. Your mom knows that you love her. Give her a hug and kiss tomorrow and you will feel better.
It’s hard to be a caregiver. Really hard. Forgive yourself. I am not going to let you be overly hard on yourself. You always picked me up when I was down and I hope that I can help somewhat.
You have a big heart and that’s why this hurts you so much. It probably bothers you more than your mom.
Hugs!
I got annoyed with my mom on Christmas night and I still feel horrible. The kids & I went and picked her up at her hotel after she went to take a nap. I pulled in to our driveway and told her to be careful when she opened the door, because the basketball hoop is right there. And of course, she opened her door and the door of my brand new $63k car hit the basketball hoop. She felt just awful. Thank god there was no dent because hubby would have killed me. And I got short with mom after she opened the door and said “well I did it”. and she could tell I was upset! It was totally my fault too. And my husbands. I don’t know why he doesn’t move that damn thing. High winds knocked it down on to the Honda in October and shattered the mirror and left a black mark on the door (a week before I totaled it!). And now here we are parking an expensive SUV next to it! Anyway she has mobility issues and is on oxygen and she has to grab her purse and her oxygen concentrator & it’s tubing when she gets out and the tubing and purse strap get tangled so what I should have done is had her wait for me to come around & help her out. She doesn’t like me to help her, she doesn’t like depending on others and she never wants to burden anyone & I respect her independence but this one is really my fault and I should have helped her! I should have at the very least gone over and held the door. And I too can’t believe I chose to get mad rather than just say “no worries mom, it happens”. Why didn’t I just say that?
Shell, just tell yourself you’ll do better next time. And hold yourself to it. That’s what I am going to do. Not gonna let anything annoy me and make me mad anymore when it comes to mom.
I don't think being infuriated about an infuriating mess means there is anything wrong with you, does it? Wouldn't it be superhuman not to have a paddy about it? You'd have been just as cross (and just as unreasonably so) if it had been the cat who did it.