Follow up on Redundancies…
Mom called just after 10 this morning asking if I’d gotten her e-mail. I said I had, and had responded to her. She was still worried about needing to move money. When I told her she had taken care of transferring funds on the 4th, there was dead silence on the other end of the […]
Pesticides
In getting ready to install a new garbage disposal at mom’s mainland home, I found not one, but two squirt bottles of weed killer under her kitchen sink. This is something I tend to keep in the garage, far from the area where I prepare food. Of course, both bottles, while labeled with an indelible […]
January 2nd Calls
Mom left voice mail at 3:20 and 4:54 this afternoon. It was crystal clear from her second message that she did not recall leaving the first message. I returned her calls. It was perfectly clear, as she answered the phone, that she’d forgotten that she’d left voicemail. The conversation went like this: Me: Hi Mom! […]
Two Year Anniversary & Holy F*ck!
This is the two year anniversary of this blog! It’s an easy day to remember because it’s my grandson’s second birthday. The first post signed off with a segue to my daugther’s labor being underway, and that I could suspend my stress for a little while to attend and delight in his birth. This child […]
Holidaze 2015-3
Meanderings… While sitting around the table after Christmas dinner mom decided it was time to empty the dishwasher. I gave my husband the ‘Git on yer feet and rescue the dishes’ violent head toss, with eye widening. As I watched mom try to put away a wine glass (top shelf), and almost fumble it, I […]
Holidaze 2015-2
I haven’t mentioned that my former mother-in-law hasn’t been feeling well for the last week (as gathered from Intel via my eldest, and what my former MIL actually tells me. I think my former MIL’s story is shape shifting a tad.). The 23rd – 25th, both mamas were circling. No, they didn’t mean persue me, […]
Holidaze 2015-1
I carried through with my intention to take mom to lunch and the quilt museum yesterday, or tried to. We went to lunch first. She did indeed get fussy about how long it was taking for our order to arrive, six minutes after placing it, and again at the 10 minute mark. At the 12 […]
Day off, sorta…
I am, sorta, taking today off. Tomorrow I pick up mom at the ferry terminal. Today is about being quiet and peaceful. I’d like to take mom to the quilt museum on our way home tomorrow, but don’t know if that will cause her anxiety. I’d like to take her to lunch at this cafe […]
E-mail woes
For a number of weeks 95% of mom’s outbound e-mail bounced back to her saying there were viruses attached to her messages. Her local ISP told her it was the fault of their contracted outgoing message handlers. She, naturally, found this Very frustrating. Suddenly I started getting e-mail from her again four days ago. The […]
Keeping a straight line to Christmas
Mom seems content on the Island since returning at the end of November. I am thankful. Last week we talked about Christmas logistics (who, when, where), and she said she’d look at the calendar to see what day would suit her to come over from the Island. Today I received an e-mail from mom saying […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 