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Good Morning, Shameless :sunny:

It's so lovely and breezy this morning. I'm excited to enjoy the day!

What's everyone got on their agenda for the day?

 

I have to hit the floor running this morning, I got maters to skin and jar and then there's the ever bearing cucumbers to pickle and the sweet corn to shuck.. let's see.. I think that's all for today, nope I forgot about the Okra, gonna pickle that too bc there is no more room in the freezer.

There's a HUGE Watermelon and some rather large Cantaloupe on the kitchen table. That would be yummy for the Garden Party.

 

Good Morning Everyone. I hope you all had a glorious night

 

Morning everyone! Except it's afternoon in my room. No matter. Been round to mother-in-laws this morning to pick up her laundry and do her housework. She is 91 and has Alzheimers and is not able to do it herself, so we look after her. Funny though, she is still going on at my hubby to get a haircut and he's a grandad! She's been saying that for 40 years and he still pays no attention to her.

 

Good day every one...it's afternoon already here..
I took my bike around noon and drove to a big supermarket...
I had to buy some stuff for the house and for the garden party..
who's gonna be in charge of this party??
I can help setting chairs,tables etc..
I bought icecreams,chocolates,a lot of cheese,
few bottles of cava which is a very popular drink here at parties,
then also some French wine=Gigondas...
and a few bottles of cuvée de l'ermitage for scorpio=see pic..
I leave the food part to our ladies in the house...
they KNOW how to cook really:2thumbsup:

by the way..this is my bike...and you might wonder??
where do I put all that shopping...
well..it has a huge seat coffin...where lots of stuff can go..
at what time the garden party starts tonight???
so..picture of my Harley(uhuh):sultan:will follow soon...
patience..is a virtue(ahah)is it??

 

Mornin' Stillcrazy.... Good that you're doing that.

 

You are an angel. :angel:

 

Yes,crazy..that's indeed a good deed of the day you did there...
Alzheimers disease is not a joke...
did you know that the famous English writer Richard Pritchett..
made it public that he got Alzheimer's???
I hope I never get it..will you kick me out of the house if i do(joke)


@tyrsons...forgot to greet you..do you still got your van???
and drive it around in Ohio???good day to you...

here is the pic of the cuvéé for Scorpio...

 

some rockabilly perhaps???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip_rNAASt6I&feature=related"]Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party - YouTube

 

Tiger, I'm just going to try some of that Cava to make sure it's allright. Yes, it's fine but I'll have some more just to make sure. Better pour me another glass, you can't be too careful.

 

I got rid of the van several years ago... Trying to replace a heater core in the dead of winter killed my windshield wipers... It was becoming to much work. I wish I still had it sometimes though.

I agree about the Alzheimer's.... People quit laughing at it when one of their family members has it. Mom had it before she passed away. It ain't no joke.

 

:groupwave:arty::hurray:

 

:love: love your Heart Still,

 

Yes Altzheimers is certainly no joke. Hubby lost his dad about 18 months ago and he was the main carer for my MIL and they lived 3 hours drive away from us. We tried really hard to find a house with an annexe so she could live with us, but everything was just too expensive. Eventually I found her a rented apartment very near us in sheltered accommodation. She has her own apartment but there is always a warden on call. The apartments are really nice and she just loves it there. She has a carer that comes in three times a day to get her meals, but I still have to do the cleaning, shopping etc and visit her each day to walk around the park, take her out for coffe and cakes, or just sit and have a cup of tea with her. We take her out for lunch once a week. She has adjusted to all the changes really well and is quite happy.Fortunately my father in law left her enough money in his will to make her comfortable for the rest of her life. She can sometimes be hard work though.
We are moving into town in the next couple of months and she will be only a short walk through the park away from us, so it will be even easier to care for her.

 

you deserve a statue in that park,crazy..:2thumbsup::2thumbsup::love:
you know,what happens mostly over here is the fact that the children do not make the time to CARE for their parents...
and when they get Alzheimers...
they put them in these ugly old people's homes..it's a disgrace..
I took care of my Dad..untill he passed away from cancer in 1986..
never was there a thought of putting him away in a caring home...
he would have hated it anyway...

 

Good on you, Tiger, looking after your dad. We are aware that at her age and with Altzheimers, this may be a temporary arrangement, and she may have to go into a nursing home at some time later on. Luckily, the meds have kept her illness at a level we can manage, so we are just hoping it continues like that as long as possible. We can only take each day as it comes.

 

Bless you Stillcrazy. Mom had Alzheimer's. It is such a cruel disease. We did choose to place Mom. I really thought that Dad would go first trying to care for her at home. Dad did get very sick and hospitalized a couple times while Mom was at the nursing home. He is going really strong now at 89. Mom could not walk and needed skilled nursing care. Initially Mom went to the NH to get physical therapy to get back on her feet but she could not retain the instructions. None of us could lift her. I was still working full time back then.

Families do the best they can to support their loved ones. Sadly, those not touched by Alzheimer's tend to have no clue what it is all about. Alzheimer's is way more than just forgetting things.

:bigcry:

 

Oh Spectacles, that is such a sad story. I think we all just do what we can, nobody can ask more than that. We are lucky in that hubby is a psychiatric nurse, so he is able to deal with her when she gets difficult. But if there are physical problems as well, that just compounds the stress. I'm glad your dad is still going strong, more power to him!
I imagine a lot of us on here are dealing with aging parents in one way or another. Perhaps I should have started another thread.
Shameless, Super Moderator, should this be on a separate thread? Can you whoosh it over?

 

I really did not mean to be a downer. Unfortunately when it comes to Alzheimer's...don't get me started. Living while Mom was passing through that was so very difficult.

 

You're not a downer!!! But yes, I hear what you say about Alzheimers. I hope I never get it.