Reclamation!
I’ve mentioned more than once how my parent’s belongings filled up a tremendous amount of cubic in our home, and the relief I felt at reclaiming one guess bedroom, albeit one of its walls serves as a library. We have company coming in for the weekend, which has sent me on a moderate cobweb and […]
Septic…
Our mainland septic system tossed us a mini worry today. My nose told me something was up! I was heading downstairs and smelled something stinky. Not exactly sewage, but not pleasant either (grey water is most odiferous). My first stop was the downstairs bathroom where indeed there was water on the floor. I flushed the […]
Transparency in Piggyback Stress
It took more than a year after my mother’s death to allow these thoughts to run through my head in full sentences: Mom’s illness was incredibly stressful. This doesn’t need further parsing. After my dad died, the weight of the consequences of her illness, all of them, fell to me, a natural outcome as her […]
First World Let Down
I’ve spent the last 5-days hustling our garage and kitchen getting ready for our new fridge. This is the first element of the kitchen redo. One orders appliances, well everything really, as far in advance of the project (any project) as possible these days… Covid kinda wiped out the world’s supply chain. I placed the […]
Threads
We’re trying a new recycling service for 6-months called Ridwell. They pickup every other week, taking plastic ‘films’ of many description that regular recycling won’t accept, light bulbs, batteries, ‘threads,’ and a revolving alternate. We are flabbergasted at how much plastic we no longer throw out. I felt guilty last time I was on the […]
Touching Base with an Old Friend of My Parents
I made contact with the person I wasn’t able to see on the Island earlier this month due to flakey ferries. We had a Zoom call this morning. I’ve known him since I was, probably, a tween. He was always a grownup in my eyes, and then my folks and his folks became fast friends […]
Sweet Chat with My Uncle
My uncle called me twice yesterday, in quick succession. I was in the middle of both fluorescent to LED fixture and bulb conversion choices, and couldn’t take his call. I called him back this evening and had an engaging conversation. He told me about an intern who’s going to start working with him on his […]
Class Action Law Suit
A suit was filed against the company that owns the assisted living community mom lived in. I received a postcard and two stacked of paper work regarding it about a month ago. You could: Do nothing to opt-in, but give up your right to sue the company in a separate action. Opt-in, but retain your […]
High School Reunion…
Our 40th high school reunion is next month 😳. When the call went out, on Facebook, looking for interest and help, I said I’d make a flier. This is easy for me. Left-handed, half asleep with jet lag, I can crank out a simple flier with a low opacity photographic background of the scene of […]
June/July 2021 Island Trip – Day 16
Closing up went easily, including setting up the timer for the soaker hose on the slope below Stella’s pad. I watched the connection carefully as we didn’t bring a pressure reducer for the setup (next time). Things looked good, and the slope will get water three mornings a week. Yesterday afternoon I took an old […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 