Deck, edited!
The deck is complete at the mainland house. It looks amazing, and is probably more solid than the house. By the time I finished returning lumber to the lumber yard (they know me by my first name now, and we have inside jokes), made another dump run, and loaded the truck with all the scrap […]
Today’s Wins
Yesterday started off stressfully as I learned that the mainland house’s neighbor popped off at my tenant in a serious way: Over the phone at midnight, with hysterical screaming and yelling. She is still convinced that the smell of his cabinet door finish product causes her great harm, five hours after he uses it. He […]
Jane Came to Class!
I taught the second monthly Eldergrow class at Jane’s community today. It was wonderfully scalable and residents were able to approach the activities at their own level, while I was able to change thing up a little to meet them where they are. About 1/2 the way through class, Jane joined us!!! This is the […]
Creeping Sadness
I do not compartmentalize well. Most women I know can’t. My husband is able to compartmentalize at will. I am jealous, I’m an emotionally integrated person, for better or worse. The overriding emotion de jour in my compartment is what drives my day. This is my favorite explanation of the difference between how men and […]
Mom’s Doctor’s Appointment
Timing despite traffic was perfect getting from our place, to picking up mom, and then arriving at her doctor’s. Mom was in her apartment when I arrived (never a given on Friday at 10AM as a weekly lecture she enjoys begins at that time). She let me in, and asked about the weather. I assured […]
Weary & Call to Mom
This morning and early afternoon was spent corralling the last of the dead deck. It was 1000 pounds, which means I picked up 3000 pounds: Once to move it into the Gorilla Cart, then haul the cart as close as I could to the truck, then pick it up again, and place it in the […]
Closings
There have been endless closings of quilting/fabric stores, and scrapbooking/multi media/fine arts shops in our region over the last 10-years. Many due to retirement encouraged by e-commerce. Independent books stores were hard hit in the years prior to this last decade (and continue to be). Most of the retail left are the ‘big-box’ stores of […]
Deck, So Far
The deck demo was 100% completed today. I’m still working on carrying the detritus to the truck, and then the dump. At least three, maybe four more loads to go… We’ll need to replace the one piece of siding that the old deck was attached to. Not a big deal. I am creaky and tired, […]
Communication from Mom’s AL Nursing Dept…
I received the following from the Health Services Director of mom’s AL community: I am updating/editing our list of residents that may or may not need an escort when leaving the community. Your mom has memory loss but I don’t consider her at risk of walking out of the community. My question to you is if […]
Mainland House Projects – Update
Finally, I have some traction regarding the projects at mom’s Mainland house. There have been distractions such as a contractor not getting back to me to tune up their bid (and when they did, the piece I wanted them to price out doubled in price – FIRED before they started work), starting a new part-time […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 