A Day with Lois
We spent most of five hours today with my mother in law, Lois. My DH has scheduled a day off every, more or less, three weeks to spend with her. Today was the first. Lois has dementia, which is in an odd way easier for her and my DH to manage because she is willing […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 13
I had about seven property items to take care of today as well as tucking Stella up. Everything got done. One does not have a choice when leaving the trailer in the winter… Taking the mid-afternoon ferry landed me at our mainland home after dark, which is a little odd for some reason. Things are […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 12
The pest management company called this morning, and I learned about the dryer shed inhabitants. The wasps are queens waiting for warm weather when they can create new colonies, and the flies are cluster flies. Aptly named. When Paul stopped by, he sprayed the exterior of the dryer shed and said a bug bomb was […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 11
My DH did a very brave thing this morning and cleaned the gutters on the upper barn. Even the 12’ ladder is too short to do anything but get you onto the roof so you can crouch while using a trowel to remove the stinky organic matter from the gutters. He found two very small […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 9
We slept well and late. Ate a farmer’s breakfast and got around to working on lists after noon. The tenants stopped by to deliver the security deposit. Even though they started their rental on December fist, I can’t legally accept the deposit until we actually go through the house. They got to meet my DH, […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 5
The day started with a short but ambitious list. By lunch I was unsure that I’d meet half my goals. I did well: My butt is seriously kicked. Gorilla drainage work is not for the faint of heart. And climbing up and down and moving an orchard ladder all over the place is a work […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 4
Errand were somewhat entertaining. The year-round charity/garage sale was closed today, and it is tomorrow, so I dumped my aluminum cans off there, and then headed to the lumber yard. This turned out to be a good decision because I found 10’ lengths of flexible pipe to bury in my ditch. Makes things much easier. […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 