Am on a count down now have been sorting which clothes actually fit us both to take in case I think we put on a bit more weight since Xmas
I remember doing that last year, finally plucking up the courage to try things on to see if they still fitted
Am on a count down now have been sorting which clothes actually fit us both to take in case I think we put on a bit more weight since Xmas
I feel sad for you that after finally getting a good relationship with your mum, Alzheimer's decided to pop in and set the bomb off
I hope the ' chat ' your brother wants is a good one and maybe more of a offer of support for you.
It's a cruel disease,slowly taking our loved ones while we plod on , trying desperately to hold on to them. Be kind to yourself Sam, you are a wonderful lady who deserves good things to come x
Right off for a bath, before I face tonight x
I've just been reading another thread, seeing a word I only hear my mum say these days & it made me think
I miss my mum.
I've lost both my parents, one physically. One mentally. Neither should have happened
I don't miss the mum of my childhood, she was not what you'd call maternal, just got on with it, but I do miss the mum of my adulthood. The one I fought with to be a person, then built a good relationship with. I miss her. I see her sometimes, when I can keep life calm, entertained & moving slowly.
I've tried to bury the independent streak that runs through my very core, to not correct her (I did say try), to bring out her kinder side
The word I read was "smidgen" , another of her favourites is "a little minute", it's been a family tease, asking if that's an Irish little minute & is it less than an English little minute? I sometimes ask if she can wait a "big English minute". It's just another way of raising the humour levels
Just musing on the little things in life
Oh Sam. What a lovely but sad post. Things can just catch you sideways, can't they? And then you're right back 'in times before'.
Heartbreaking.
I just love tge expression 'a little minute'
Sending a warm hug. X
Margi, hope you enjoyed those bubbles even if it turned Sam green thinking about you havng a soak. X
Oh Sam. What a lovely but sad post. Things can just catch you sideways, can't they? And then you're right back 'in times before'.
Heartbreaking.
I just love tge expression 'a little minute'
Sending a warm hug. X
Margi, hope you enjoyed those bubbles even if it turned Sam green thinking about you havng a soak. X
I have no idea what the chat was I had to drive round his block 4 times before finding a space between a white van and some bins , he fitted a new DVD drive in my laptop, I took him shopping, lost him in lidl, found him, dropped him home & drove back to mum
He did seem to have something on his mind, but wouldn't say anything, even though I probed & bluntly asked later?
Men
Thank you "blushes". I'm only doing anything you & many others are doing.
Don't try making me jealous, just coz you can gave a bath
So is that what I have to do ?? Take my invisible to lidl, lose him, and not bother finding him
Thanks, I will try this and see if it works lol xx
Hi everyone
Back in action tomorrow
It's the quiz again at mums place
So I will share a paper with mum and go head to head with the few residents that participate in the quiz.
We all put a £1.00 in kitty and whoever wins bags the kitty
Last time we were beat by one point, ( didn't really help when mum shouted out answers to some questions )
I'm not bad at general knowledge, but was caught out by one point last time
Then mum called man who won a naughty name !!!
Anyhow it is quite ' clicky ' and I noticed last time that mum was told where to sit ( not near little group of regular players) because mum has dementia, she did not notice she was been left out
I actually think some who know mum has dementia are frightened of either catching it or having any communication with her !!
So the daughter from h*ll is returning tomorrow, nobody leaves my mum out and I will always be there for her ( even though she can drive me mad )
So wish me luck although as old as this group is ( eighties and ninetys ) they are a bright bunch of golden oldies lol x
Evening all,
Margi, I hope that you and your mum enjoy the quiz tomorrow - sitting exactly wherever you want!
Hubby and I both enjoy quizzing but it has never been Mum's 'thing'. The staff where Mum lives (lived?) did a quiz just before Christmas and tried to make sure there was something for everyone. Knowing that Mum had always been very religious, they asked her where was Jesus born. Mum thought for a while then said 'England?' Isn't it strange that it can be the little things that hit us hardest?!
Sam, I do hope that the cold is finally shifting, you really deserve some let-up of the constant rubbish you are dealing with!
I also feel a little jealous at the talk of baths - I had to get rid of our bath a couple of years back as I cannot get in/out now. Usually I am perfectly happy with a shower but sometimes I would love a bubbly bath!
Hoping that nasty little bugs - whether causing colds, UTIs or chest infections - bu$$er off soon!
Hi Sam what a saga you're having with the curtains poor you.
Glad your Mum had a glass of the prossecco
Hope you're both feeling better you with your cold and poor Mum with her uti.
My Mum is talking so much more rubbish lately and there's a blankness in her eyes going to speak to the GP again tomorrow.Thankfully tonight she's gone to bed in her nightie
We went to Mass at 4pm no chance of 8am this morning as Mum was fast asleep.I usually cook our Priest breakfast after Mass and Mum and I join him so he had to cook his own this morning.
After Mass he asked us to have a cuppa with him but it was sundowning time for Mum and she was starting to get anxious so we had to get home asap she was saying her Mum didn't know where she was so needed to get back to her so sad really.
I am going to get help in Sam for a few hours a week just to enable me to get jobs done clean out garage tidy back garden etc I can't leave Mum as she panics if I'm out of the room for more than a couple of minutes.I've just been waiting for her to get rid of these uti's she's not been right since Xmas.
Also to have the time for the much loved much missed soak in the bath.x
Slugsta your memory of your mum and where Jesus was born reminds me of mum and memory test, one of the questions was ' who was the lady prime minister back in the eighties ' ??? No idea said mum, ' but she stole the milk off children '
Some things she remembers, other things, no chance
I was having too much of a good time in Liverpool to study
Ps I will have to gag mum tomorrow or she may shout out answers lol
Hi Sam what a saga you're having with the curtains poor you.
Glad your Mum had a glass of the prossecco
Hope you're both feeling better you with your cold and poor Mum with her uti.
My Mum is talking so much more rubbish lately and there's a blankness in her eyes going to speak to the GP again tomorrow.Thankfully tonight she's gone to bed in her nightie
We went to Mass at 4pm no chance of 8am this morning as Mum was fast asleep.I usually cook our Priest breakfast after Mass and Mum and I join him so he had to cook his own this morning.
After Mass he asked us to have a cuppa with him but it was sundowning time for Mum and she was starting to get anxious so we had to get home asap she was saying her Mum didn't know where she was so needed to get back to her so sad really.
I am going to get help in Sam for a few hours a week just to enable me to get jobs done clean out garage tidy back garden etc I can't leave Mum as she panics if I'm out of the room for more than a couple of minutes.I've just been waiting for her to get rid of these uti's she's not been right since Xmas.
Also to have the time for the much loved much missed soak in the bath.x