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I love my Dawgs!!! Yes, they are very comfortable. Wear mine(have at least 5 pair in different colors. Have had them a long time and have about worn my hot pink ones out-sole is getting a bit thin. Mine I have never tried wearing in the water but I did notice when I water the garden and my feet get wet, they are very…

My younger sister lives in a 5th wheel trailer. That is why she had to go into a rehab place instead of back home after she fractured a vertibrae and had a stroke. The steps up into the bedroom are too much right now.

got the pattern cut out and I can start sewing tomorrow After spending all weekend cleaning and decluttering and dh not even acknowledging any of it, I mentioned it this afternoon. Only say, yea, I saw and started talking about something else. I could have sat and did nothing all weekend like he does most of the time and…

The talks you would love to have again with your hubby sounds exactly like something my mom would say. Those things but also ask him some gardening questions. He really was the master gardener. Allie- I have had a LOT of experience with potty training- 40+yrs of it! The biggest thing is- you can't force them. When they are…

Hope you enjoy every minute of your time alone while the house mate is gone. I did enjoy the weekend. Could use a few more days. I did get some things done but not as much as I wanted. Dh came home and hasn't noticed one thing. He pretty much came in, dropped the stuff from the show on the couch and went to watch tv in his…

this in my Tiny Tim- counted at least 18 tomatoes on that tiny plant.

mom sprays the yard down to keep the chickens cool. In years past, when dad was still alive, he planted gourds all around the chicken yard- The gourds offered great shade over the whole thing(it is covered to keep the critters out. The gourds did great because of all of the chicken poop there. I have some tomatoes setting…

Insomnia again last night- not sure why- had a good workout at aqua zumba last night and it wasn't too cold(a bit chilly getting out of the pool)Fitbit says I swam 2570 yds in 58 min. First time it automatically tracked as swimming. Average heart rate for that hour was 120 I swam a bit before and after class but they had…

I would love a little of the heat waves some of you ladies are getting. I have Aqua Zumba this evening. It is just 75 right now and will be low 60s by the time we get done with class- that is going to be CHILLY- I don't bother changing there but will take a nice hot shower as soon as I get home.

not sure about that exact one but Amazon has many to pick from. We even ordered CBD oil to give to our cat when he was having seizures. It really was amazing how well it worked. We were able to just give him that every day for a week and then start up again when he had another seizure. We were able to have him two extra…

Going to be a long day- Insomnia last night. Finally got to sleep around 2 Am-got woken up early, just after 8 with the neighbors tearing up their driveway with a jack hammer and skid steer- it would hammer hammer hammer then beep beep beep backing up and do the hammering again. They are still working on it now but most of…

dh and my mom both tend to keep the volumn up on the tv.mom has hearing aids but still keeps it turned almost all the way up. Dh keeps it loud but not as loud BUT, the shows he watches, I do NOT want to hear, especially things like The Walking Dead- I don't like all that screaming,etc. That is one show I will not allow on…

thank you!!! I will try doing that- I think I will take the breast off and roast the rest like you do(legs and wings-not sure if there is any meat on duck wings- I do know to render out the fat in the breasts- just need to double check a few videos on that one.

I love that we have a video that a blogger put on Youtube of both my mom and dad talking about gardening and when they first got married. Love that I can watch it and see and hear dad again. I sure miss him.

thank you- I think you are right about him, plus, he doesn't like the quiet- he is very uncomfortable with total quiet. Growing up, I guess there was always yelling and that was normal for him. I grew up with basically no yelling at all. He just needs noise to be comfortable. He can be sitting in his massage chair, tv on…

lots of fun memories growing up on the farm- Only chore I really hated doing was the two weekends each summer we butchered chickens. 100 one weekend, 100 the next weekend. Set up just like we did corn. Plucking was bad enough but the one time mom had me in the kitchen gutting- oh no!!! I still don't like the smell of raw…

my dh is like yours with the tv. He has one on pretty much from the time he gets up. He doesn't have an actual tv IN the bathroom anymore-for a while he did have a portable, back before cell phones. Now he just takes that in the bathroom with him. There is one in almost every room.Only ones that doesn't have one is the two…

do you prepare the duck yourself or do you buy it already prepared? I have a whole duck in the freezer. Got it when I helped at the food bank/food program with mom a few months ago. I have NO idea how to cook it. I did look up a few recipes but very intimidated by all the steps on the few that did sound good. I have one…

you are going to get itchy shucking corn in your bathing suit!!! Shucked a TON as a kid. We grew an acre every summer. We would have the cousins/aunts/uncles/church ladies all come out- sit in a circle in the garage with a huge pile of corn in the middle. After shucking it went into the house- blanched then cut off the cob…

Thank you!! Yes, it has been a long one and will take time to find his new normal. We are planning on going over and start clearing out more of the stuff from her house. Things he wasn't quite ready to get rid of while she was still alive. It will be good for the kids to have a bit more room. She was there over 60yrs so…

thank you- and no apologies needed at all. MIL was from Okinawa and didn't come to the states until 1962. Nothing he ever did was good enough for her. She felt he owed her. His obligation was to get her what ever she wanted, do for her what ever she asked, while she talked down to him. For the last 4 1/2 yrs and some what…

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Thanks for the new thread- love the new start. Posted in June and copying it here Thank you all for the sweet messages. They all are so special and mean a lot.I am sure we will have a few hard days ahead of us but for the most part, I think most of those are behind us.Yes, it has been a very long hard 5 yrs. Many many…

After I got back from church this morning, dh and I went up to Fairfield- dropped off the time sheet so I get paid for watching my daycare girl then to do a very quick merchandising job-took less than 10 min. Stopped at the Grocery Outlet- got a few cases of cat food and a little dog food(for MIL's dog) then stopped at the…

My MIL refused anything they offered- just spit it out. Even in the end she was stubborn

with "Comfort care" hospice, they are still giving food/drinks if the person will take them and also some of the medications. With "death hospice" they stop all of it and let the person just pass away they do leave oxygen on. They removed that when there is no longer eye response or pain response At least that is how I…

He got the call while we were at the grocery store this afternoon. She finally passed away. 9 hrs after being taken off oxygen and over 11 days since they stopped all food/water/meds. She was stubborn to the end. Thankfully it is over and hopefully he can get some peace. I am curious to see how his numbers are when they do…

we saw them when we went down to take care of MIL's paperwork last year. Never rode in one. Was very strange to see.

you can simmer down the blueberries and make jam/preserves- if they are sweet enough, don't even need to add sugar. It takes a long time but oh is it worth it. I did that when we got cases of frozen ones when I helped at the food program/food bank- Mom and I canned them. So good on ice cream or on toast. Takes up a lot…

Dh got the call asking if it was ok if they turn off the oxygen for his mom. They transitioned her from comfort care hospice to death hospice a week ago Thursday, expecting her to pass last weekend. Stubborn as ever, she is still hanging on, barely. This morning they said no eye or pain response at all. He is over there…