August 2024 Island Trip – Day 4
The weather was finally conducive to working on the house exterior. The building needed a lot more scraping than I expected… And it got done. I also deployed two tubes of caulk that my AN calls, “Siding in a tube.” All in all it took about 4-hours. My DH and the cat arrived just after […]
August 2024 Island Trip – Day 3
As promised, it rained all night. A benefit of trailer life is hearing the rain on your roof. I don’t know what it is about that noise makes for amazing sleep, but it does, and I’m thankful. When I visited with our AN today, their rain gage showed 3.5” over the last week! Not our […]
August 2024 Island Trip – Day 2
The rain kept me from getting going on the house this morning. That’s OK… There are eight more days in which to at least prime the raw wood. I try to shampoo the carpets in the trailer at least once a year. It’s been two years. I did that after dealing with the great chicken […]
August 2024 Island Trip – Day 1
I left our mainland home in time to top off my capacious gas tank on the reservation, where gas is a dollar less a gallon, and then made it to the town, where the ferry terminal is, early enough to pause at the fabric shop. I found two flannel remnants. Spent less than $10! 😁 […]
Car Conclusion!
After having to send off yet another notarized copy of a POA for the auto salvage to our insurance company (they didn’t like the way my DH signed the form the first time, and needed a ‘certified’ copy of his DPOA, which they didn’t mention 🙄), MIL’s car has turned into a nice fat check. […]
Full-Tilt Boogie
This is a phrase my dad used to use to describe relentless time, good or bad. July and August have been ‘Full-tilt boogie.’ Recap: Island July 7- 18, 29- 31. MIL’s July 4 & 25, August 2, 15, 17, 19. Coast camping & reunion August 9-13. I go back to MIL’s tomorrow, making it 3 […]
Ankle & MIL’s
My ankle is still going in the right direction, and I’m also being incredibly careful. It’s like practicing to be a little old lady… 🤣 On Thursday we (me, DH, daughter & grandson) loaded out all the packed boxes and some of the remaining furniture from my MIL’s. Our grandson was charged with making sure […]
Ankle Update
I am pleased to report that 5-days, 120-hours, after the ‘Twang’ that shifted my mobility, I can walk without any assistive devices. That being said, I am being Very careful. Walking involves a limp to protect what feels like solid (haha) instability. Ice and doing very little is still my MO. I don’t want to […]
Do Not Laugh at My Toes!!!
The short story is after returning home from a long day at my MIL’s on Friday, taking a well deserved shower, and parking myself at the kitchen island, I had a hankering for pistachios. I took two steps in their directions and something on the right side of my right ankle went ‘twang.’ That’s as […]
July 2024 Trip II – Day 3
I’m home and I’m beat. The cat has forgiven me for my short absence. I get to do only things I choose tomorrow, and then Friday and Monday I’m back to my MIL’s. A week from tomorrow we head to the coast for five days with the little trailer. It feels a little relentless, and […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 