November 2025 Island Trip – Day 4
Today had fewer people involved in it. This meant I had time to:
November 2025 Island Trip – Day 3
I am starting my days a little slower. I started a book this morning, “Wintering.” It’s almost like I was suppose to start reading this book this week. It was a last minute grab off the shelf as I headed out on Wednesday. Lots happened today, that I did very little of:
November 2025 Island Trip – Day 2
I slept solidly and woke half an hour before my alarm. I started off the day working on inventory. I have to decide how granular to get with this project. Going drawer by drawer seems the only logical way, but then I’ll end up with a spreadsheet that’s gonna look like my MIL’s household inventory… […]
November 2025 Island Trip – Day 1
This trip is about checking on trailers and pump rooms’ temperatures. now that the weather is cooling sharply, getting our old gas generator to a person I trust to own it (he works for a friend/contractor), and talk to that contractor about the structure he’s going to build over Stella, and the jacks he’s installing […]
An Interesting Monday
Monday was fun… I woke up with a heart rate of 148. Palpitations and high BP too. I reached out to my daughter as it came down to 128. She sent me to urgent care when it went back up to 133. They ‘made me’ ride in an ambulance up the hill, two blocks, to […]
Latex Gloves
I may have commented on this previously… Mom has now been gone for 5-years and almost 6-months. One of the items that came out of her apartment were a number (at least 5) boxes of medical grade latex gloves. The care staff needed them to help mom with incontinence struggles and toileting. There were the […]
Apples v. 2
After taking apples to the food bank, the gym, a child’s office, canning, and a friend picking up the remainder (except for 13#s that are only fit for cooking), 2025’s Applepalooza is concluded. Our friend will distribute between his business and his wife’s church where she feeds staff and kiddos at their school. Whew. I […]
Rifling MIL’s Apartment
The apartment was in better shape than it was last time I checked in on things. I tossed all magazines with 2024 dates and expired bulletins from the community, gathered the many scribbled notes and folded paper towels, removed the very dry Brussel spouts from the fridge, saw but (for some unknown reason) didn’t remove […]
October 2025 Island Trip – Days 4 & 5
Day 4 was mainly about firewood. The ‘leaner’ is down, and lots of trees that were off to the edges on the west drive were bucked up and tossed into my truck. I was on toss and stack duty while the guys were on haul and saw duty. It’s not the prettiest wood, but as […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 