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Beth, hugs. You and I are in the same stage of life right now. Hopefully your Mom’s break will heal completely. My father seems to have healed from his broken hip six weeks ago, but he developed blood clots (probably from inactivity due to the broken hip and from stopping the Eliquis when he developed a huge hematoma. He…

Kim, my local pharmacy will take my blood pressure for me if I ask. Maybe try that on a day when you are calm and rested.

Michele, I’m so sorry about Clyde. Allie, condolences on your friend’s loss as well. That is extremely young. Pip, our cat, finally learned to use the litter box. She was about 9 months old when we rescued her from being dumped at our church and she had always been an outside cat (we assume). Although most of the time that…

@minicooper452 , I feel for you with your mom struggles, especially the dementia. I spent yesterday with my dad. He had a really good day, model patient, got dressed, we played cards, then night set in. He got mad at me because I wouldn’t bring him a file to sharpen his chainsaw, said he took his catheter apart and threw…

Catching up on reading while sitting with Daddy. He is much improved (a relative statement at almost 93). Machka, congrats on the NSV. My absolute favorite pjs are red flannel with little black dogs on them. My husband bought them along with a matching robe back when I was much heavier. They were too small. I actually need…

Wow! This had to be super scary for both of you. As you may or may not know, I am dealing with my 92-year old father who fell and broke his hip. It is a roller coaster ride for sure dealing with aging parents, and falls are perhaps one of the worst. My thoughts and prayers are with you both.

Michele, has Vince been evaluated by a pulmonary specialist? He may need to use some kind of nebulizer or inhaler. I’m spending the night with my dad tonight. He is much improved and making some progress with the PT. He still spends a lot of time sleeping, but he did that before he fell. This place makes him get dressed…

Today is the first day since Dec 30 that I have not been to the hospital. They transferred my father to a rehab facility yesterday. My sister spent the night and my mother drove herself there today to spend the day and night with him. I took Pip (our cat) to the vet this morning and left her to be spayed. Tomorrow we will…

Machka, sitters? Now, wouldn’t that be nice? All of the sitters that I know do it at the patient’s home. In non-Covid times people would hire someone to sit with a patient but we can’t do it now because it we would still only be allowed to name two people. And it’s all private pay. The hospital doesn’t provide them. Now I…

They have a pretty strict visiting policy because of Covid. He is only allowed two visitors and they must be the same two visitors throughout his stay. So Mama and I are the designated visitors. That means my sister, who is here from New Orleans, can't even come up to visit. As for letting one of us stay 24/7, they like…

Allie, congrats on the new grandson. Heather, congrats on the publication of your short story. Thanks to all the well wishes for my dad. I am at the hospital with him tonight. This is my first night staying, but my 8th straight day of being here all day long. My sister is finally here so she can chauffeur Mama back and…

Dealing with another hospital stay with my dad. He fell Thursday night and broke his hip. Surgery fixed it, but the COPD, which caused the fall in the first place, is worsening. I’m exhausted from sitting at the hospital all day every day. My mother has stayed a few nights. The hospital only allows the two of us. The plan…

Karleen, I’m six or seven pages behind in reading, but I wanted to acknowledge you and say welcome! I live in Jefferson, GA.

I’ve been taking it kind of easy. Ready to get over the Christmas indulgence and back to serious attention to the plan. Here’s another picture of some of my mother’s handiwork. She made Logan’s pajama pants and Nora and her doll’s matching pjs.

Beth, hugs! Those are some major changes. Pick out one beautiful decorative box to go with them to their new place for all those children's teeth. LOL. My sister is back to stay another 10 days with my parents. She has decided to pull the wallpaper off Mama's bathroom. I had my granddaughter's dance program today, a…

I have been reading but not doing much commenting. I will realize from others comments that I haven't totally been comprehending as I skimmed. I feel like I've missed a bunch. Karen, I'm sorry about your brother. Beth, what's the latest on your father? I've decided that my metabolic reboot plan is going to be Eat More,…

Rebecca, I thought you might enjoy seeing the aprons my mom made for my sister’s daughter and two grandchildren out of the scraps from making them stockings and pillow covers and a piece of material she found in her stash of purple and gold dancers.

Playing around with the new format. I found that I had a draft post. I clicked on it; it was a post in this thread from 2015. Weird! I’ve made an appointment to take my new kitty to the vet. We are going Monday at 9:30. I’m worried that she has peed somewhere in the house. She hasn’t used the litter box, but I haven’t seen…

Someone put a kitten out at my church. We left it there Sunday because one of the men promised he’d get his wife to check on it everyday. Well, I asked her today how the cat was doing and she knew nothing about it! So, guess who went and got it and brought it home. I have no idea if it is a boy or a girl. We’ve named it…

I realized as I continued to read that things had changed between your post and my reply. That's what happens when you stay away for 4 or 5 days! I can't say I'm a fan of all the white or some of the other changes, but the changes are not so egregious that I will quit reading or posting. I no longer read or post in one…

That's the way I did it before. It seems to be in the exact same place.

Wow! Karen, that house is gorgeous! I love looking at houses. I finished book 12 of the Ruth Galloway series today and got my name on the waitlist for Book 13. Now I’m back to reading the Samantha Bell books on Kindle Unlimited. They aren’t as good, but they’re not bad. It took me a while to get into the first one, but…

Am I the only one that read this as "Just skimmin' as I pooped." I was thinking TMI Barbara. TMI. But then I read it again. Oh, my! And, Tracey, I second the happiness that you got in to see your doctor. Heather, congrats on the quick action with the toddler. Good job!

Here is my introduction for the newbies. I am Kay. I just turned 67 last week. I live in Northeast Georgia (USA) with my husband of 46 years. We have two grown children and two grandchildren. I am a retired high school math teacher and content coach. I now hold a volunteer position with my church conference that takes up a…

Welcome! If you click on more at the bottom of the page on your app, you can find the community. I almost exclusively use the app for reading this thread and logging my food. I do tend to post longer replies when on the desktop, though. It’s just easier.

Rori, I had never heard of this until my sister had one this year in conjunction with a Halloween open house. She explained it to me. It sounds very nice and meaningful. Her ofrenda had our grandparents, her husband, her son, her step-granddaughter, her MIL, and several others. Welcome to the new folks! My scale had a new…

Margaret, somehow I missed the news of your husband’s cancer diagnosis. I’m so sorry. Beth, the table is so sweet! (Pun intended) Carol, thanks for the birthday wishes. I sort of didn’t mention it on here. Lol. It was kind of a non-event this year. My lay servant stuff certainly isn’t a full time job, but it has sure felt…

All caught up. No time to comment. Nothing spectacular going on in my life to share. Y'all have a good one.

What do I drink in the morning? I really prefer a cold drink to a hot one, especially in the summer. For quite some time I have been starting my day with one scoop of Advocare Spark, two scoops of unflavored collagen, and one packet of either Advocare Berry Collagen or one packet of True Lemon Raspberry mixed with 32…

Definitely remember the awful belt to hold the pads in place as well as the garter belt to hold up the stockings. Pantyhose was a great invention as were the peel and stick pads. I was not allowed tampons until I was old enough to buy them myself. We got a lesson in 6th grade about our periods while the boys went out to…