I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
It's a small world, afterall....
The Oz Fest - a thing of the past now.. big mistake.. Fun while it lasted..
my oldest son lives in chesterton right now . i visited there twice this summer . lois, im from martinsville , bout 120 miles south . chesterton had a nice small town feel and look but trying to find rural enough roads to take g kids trike ridin was not to be . the rural roads were still grid - ish and in suburban " block " form . lots of intersections / stop signs . im going back up there nov 2 lois to see alice cooper in hammond .
i straight up drank 190 everclear about 1 - 2 times a week and ive never felt the need to apologise to anyone for it . i well remember sitting at the pc with a muscle in the back of my neck hammering at times . stress . extreme stress and about a dozen other emotions swirling around .
I am trying so hard to be just a *bystander* when it comes to my parents who still live on their own by themselves.... less hands-on care. What will be will be. One can't change the course of life. We can make suggestion for an easier life, by not all the time will one's parent(s) listen. Since thinking *bystander*, I now find myself sleeping better... which means 6 hours of sleep instead of 4.
" hilly " is specifically what we wanted . my son isnt familiar enough with the area to take us out very far . it was nice tho . beautiful day . if my ave pic were scrolled out more , you would see three kids holding their hands over their ears . they were making fun of ikes muffler - less - ness .. ike sounds like a pissed off mule in a tin shed is what im sayin ..
Why not get those Lean Cuisine quick dinners that you just put in the microwave? The portions are small but that is all someone really needs to eat unless they are football player. The sodium count I found is less in the Lean Cuisine meals compared to others.
Then again, the only thing that matters is they can't get the clotting factor numbers or whatever they call them to the correct level, so she can't come home til they do....so it's back to the hospital after a pot of coffee and a few minutes of putting my feet up.....I feel delirious....
My nephew fills a small part of the void of NOT being with my own grand children for THEIR birthdays. He's a doll and I love him
My "sister" who tore our family apart for years, and said who when Pearce was born that "I'm going to ignore him, why fall in love with a child when you KNOW his father will abandon him sooner or later" Invited herself to OUR party. My brother said NO, until MOM put the pressure on him and he relented.
I look forward to this every year. I go all out with watermelons cut into sharks, and dinosaur pinatas, and pounds upon pounds of my famous home made ribs.
I guess I'll cook and clean and go hide in my room. I TRULY HATE HER!....Can ya tell? lol
My SIL Annie, who you might have seen me mention on other threads, cried when I told her sis was coming. She truly needs a fun break from her mothers bedside vigil. My sister has treated SIL and both brothers, very meanly and rudely for years.
Ok, done whining, back to cleaning.
Tell your son to explore country roads east of Rte 49 and south of Rte 6. It's called the Valparaiso Moraine (I think) and it is lovely. You will run into county roads and routes around the Hwys, We have part of that Moraine across from our house on 950 North which is a sort of extension of Greening road just south of the Toll Road. The Toll Road bisected Greening when it went in, etc.. I know - kinda' complicated.
Whatever - enjoy your next visit..
Well, Dad called me this afternoon and he said after calling all around to different hearing aid places he found in the phone book, one that sounds good. Say what? What part of "there isn't anything more anyone can do" didn't he understand for Mom's ear. "Oh, Mom doesn't believe the doctor."
At first I said *NO* this trip to a new hearing aid place will be a waste of time because I know it will be 3 or 4 trips. I understand Mom's frustration but she has to realize that her 96 year old ear can't be made to be 26. Then I told Dad ok but if this new doctor said there isn't anything he can do, will Mom stop looking around? Dad said yes. Then Dad said what about surgery? HELLO, surgery on someone over 90? What was he thinking?
Now comes the logistics of trying to find free time so that I can schedule an appointment. It's not like I am sitting by the phone waiting for my parents to call to go somewhere.... I have a career that helps keep me sane.
Hope, why are they waking you up to help? If you weren't there what would they do? Sweetie, you need to take a deep breath and get some rest. I can't believe you haven't dropped yet with all you've been doing this past week.
Boni, happy birthday to your nephew!! He's a lucky fellow to have you make cut outs from the watermelons!! LOL! That is a lot of work!
You know, I really feel empathy for all of us. I wish I was better at putting my thoughts into words so I could truly express myself. What we do is HARD. Not just the physical work, the mental work is just as hard, if not harder.
Please, someone tell me how long this excruciating pain going to last? I' scared to cough or move to quickly cuz when I do .. I almost drop to my knees in pain. he muscles in both arms are now sore.... each breath I take is a stab of pain... Oh God.... I promise I will never cannon ball into a pool again.... waaahhh You'd think the could just shoot my back up full of lidocain or something similar.