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Hi Everyone. Just checking in. Was too pooped last night to even turn on the Laptop. Hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July - even though since almost all of you are looking after parents/relatives, it doesn't mean you get a break because it's a holiday. Still hope you get a few minutes to yourselves. Annt and Angie - my younger brother used to say 'Annie' and when I'd look up from whatever I was doing, he'd say 'get your gun'. It used to drive me bonkers and I chased him many the time though luckily for him he was too fast for me! I love my Stove. It burns Wood, Smokeless Coal and Peat Brickettes (Compressed Peat). I also have Oil Central Heating but it's expensive to run though in winter obviously I put it on often as well as the Stove. At last our weather has warmed up. IWe had a beautiful April and May and then June was a washout and unseasonably cold, so about bloody time. It's aro 75 degrees today and sunny. Absolutely perfect day. I'm dog sitting my Home Helps' 2 dogs as well as my own 2 so it's Doggie Heaven here today and they are staying overnight. They've all picked out their spot on my bed. Trouble is there's no room for me! Did a good bit of work in the Garden and spent quite a while throwing balls for the dogs. Put's me in a good mood. Mom sleeping a lot in the last few days. Don't know if it's just another decline in the stages of Dementia. God love her, though when she does open her eyes, she is constantly smiling at me. Mom has vascular dementia and I don't know if that's why my Mom has been very placid throughout her illness. My heart goes out to those of you who are caring for contrary Parents. I think if Mom was agressive with me it would break my heart. Linda/Miz I've read a lot about Dementia and I think an apt way of describing it is 'The Long Goodbye' or 'The Living Death'. I've always said there are worse things than Death. Seeing someone you love, lose all their dignity is a tough thing to witness. Try to stay cool everyone and CHINS UP!
happy noon , at least try to . miz- happy birthday to ur mom ! u know shes havin a birthday bash up where shes having ! wine with jesus :-) dad and mom s dancing away . isnt it wonderful . annt - boys never grows up , theyre always imature , am glad u got to see thier drama last night , something diffrent and new . i get so sick of same old shit . woke up 430 am , pa s all waa waaa , wet i changed him , im hungry ! i fed him oatmeal cereal with banana all chop up in his bowl . thenby 630 i tol dhim im goingback to bed . laid on my daughters bed and passed out till 10 . woke up started feeling edgey , kitchens a wreck and i have got em cleaned up last night , woke up saw its all backin the sink . put me on the edge , then laundry all piled up , set me off more offthe edge . got pa out ofhis bed and shaved him and all . served himbfast , he s feelin better getting out ofhis room . then hubby said he spilled tea all over my phone , while i was washing dishes , edge just filled me up bigtime , then he said i was just kidding . ahh i cant take it no more . so i went pop me a xannie and sat out in front yard with nice 3 trees keepin me cool , daughter s puppy done did me quite fw damages , his nails is like toothpick , slice me all up . grrr . got a big large bandadi on my hand . too stressful morning . now its 3 and feelike to take a napy poo . i need to go to town and buy all expsnive shit for sunday gathering . more money poof that i realy wanna hang on to . damn it all . i need to start scrimpin and save for the road trip . when i do save i always have to hand it over to someone that needs money ! what the hell . deefer- i ll join u on the pool and take a nap , i ll try not to spill my drinks in ur pool :-) alrighty now pa s all waaa . gotta go folks . u all have a happy day , try to at least . xoxox
OMG! Cuz....you're a guy? and not like the "hey you guys" kinda guy, but a real male guy? Dang! Why didn't somebody tell me? Now I'm trying to remember what stupid thing I may have said to you. Hahahaha! This is a trip!! Ok....so maybe you can tell me...what the hell is up with men anyway? Just kidding. I wounld't do that to you. I enjoy reading your jokes too much. A dude! Damn! You got a lot of insight for a dude...just sayin.. Ssk....don't I know it about the stool softners. Mom gets backed up too, then has a blow out. Last nite it was a blow out. When I ckd her at midnite cause I smelled something she was fine. Then 30 mins later....heeeerrreee's Johnny! What I had smelled at first was just the warning farts before the big blow. Deefer, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about too. But I'm happy for her. I'm sure she feels better today. Altho you couldn't tell it. As I said she's a glass half empty kind of person, so she never really feels good. Miz...such a sad day to remember. But man, she lived a long life and I'm sure you made the last years, months, days and minutes happier. Give yourself a hug for all of us. Feel our arms??? I want a pool!! Waaaaaaaaa...Deef, yours sounds nice. Hope it holds out for you. I'll bet you got a great tan. I still look like I crawled out from under a rock. I don't think the sun has hit my legs yet this summer. The beach!! Yeah Baby! That's what I'm talkin about! Have fun J. Was you going to the beach right? I can't keep up. I'm punchy from lack of sleep. Damn kids! They're 41 and 34. Not really kids anymore, but last nite they sure acted like it. Have a good afternoon everybody.
Ssk, Mom would be a basket case without that pill and fiber powder! The PD makes it almost impossible to go normally. She can feel the pressure but has trouble getting it out!! And all her meds are great for causing constipation!!! I tell ya! Damned if you do and damned if you don't!!! She acts like she is dying for 2 days, then goes and is on top of the world. Merry and I and the daycare girls have come to know the signs and don't get worked up that something is very wrong, anymore. She just has to ride it out until she goes, then she sleeps well for a couple nights. She is still sleeping right now, but I need to get her up and moving. Merry will be here at 10 and I need to get started on the pool, before it gets really hot. I hear it's supposed to be a hot humid week coming up. Angie, Doesn't matter the type of pool, as long as it's wet and cool! Mine is a 15' above ground that is at least 20 years old. We are keeping our fingers crossed that it will last a bit longer. Cost too much to replace it and I am the only one who gets in it most of the time. I have those molded foam rafts that I take a nap on every day when it is hot. I also like to get in to cool off when doing housework, etc. Love my pool!!! Rossella, screw the relatives!!! We know how hard it is to keep our composure, and if we lose it every once and a while, that's okay. It's better than hurting someone! Can't wait for life to get started again, for all of us!!! We definitely need to all get together someday when we are free. A real raucous time, with the kind of laughs that make you pee your pants!!!! Okay, need to get moving. Hope everyone has a good day.
Good morning all.... I am about to start the day. A busy one for sure.. I will be probably be baby sitting for my daughter and soon to be hubby. I love spending time with the girls. They are 6 and 9, I am going to go put some more air in the inflatable pool. She thinks I got that for the kids, not, i got it for me lol lol lol...Hey Kathy.... Before the summer is done we will meet, i am going to make that a mission of mine for sure, the top of my list... The electrician is suppose to come by,lot's of stuff to be done in the house, mainly the fire alarms. So it will be a busy day and mom should have a good with the company here. Tomorrow I am going to go the beach for the first time in forever, spend a half day just sitting...AHHHH... Can't leave mom to long, one never knows what will happen. Not sleeping much at night these days, alot of tossing and turning. Rosella, sorry that things are rough on you right now....It is so nice here... warm but hey i am not complaining. Hugs to all... love to all... and Rossella I love MOZZERELLA, not sure i spelt that right .. lol angie
Cuz, good to see you. annt, cuz is my cousin and he's a dude. heehee.
DEEF! boat time!
I am feeling punk and not myself so I am just checking in and everybody you know I love you all. and I mean all. Have a great holiday weekend and stay cool and safe.
Alright then cuz....I was thinking that you were going to let Bobbie beat you out with the jokes today. But she's baaaaackkk.....Lol! It's 1:15am and I'm still awake. This sucks! As I was trying to get things ready for my kids to come over tonite...mom goes to the bathroom and leaves a big turd on the floor. She won't stand over the toilet to wipe. She stands up and turns away from the toilet to try to wipe. By then she's dropped a poop on the floor cause she doesn't feel that it's there. I clean her up and then start with the clorox wipes cleaning everything up. My kids come around 7:30 and within 30 mins my oldest and youngest sons get into a debate that lasts the whole nite. Twice I got in between them and shouted..this is enough..stop right now. They weren't even angry just loudly debating, but it made the rest of us very uncomfortable. What is it with men? I'm so ticked off at them, especially my oldest cause he was the main instigator and the most unyeilding in the discussion. Spoiled the evening for me. Now I'm all revved up and can't go to sleep. I better get a giant size apology tomorrow. Deef...I feel your pain. Nice to know I'm not the only one who would like to off her hubby. Rosella was the smart one. I wish I could go back 11 years and do things differently. Oh well...no need whining about it...I made the decision, now I gotta make the decision work. Better try to get some sleep now. Mom will be up by 7am. I woke her up an hour ago cause I thought she had crapped her pants, but I was wrong. I keep smelling it. Probably just like the pee smell you can't lose Deef. And yes I love Catherine coulter. G'Nite
A young man finds his dream girl and asks her to marry him. He tells his mother he wants her to meet his fiancee. Wanting to make a bit of a game out of it, he says he'll bring the girl over with two others and see if his mother can guess which is his choice. His mother agrees to the game. That night, he shows up with trhee beautiful young ladies. They all sit down on the couch, and everyone has a wonderful evening talking and getting to know each other. After the three have departed, the young man says, "Okay, Mom, which one was the girl I want to marry?" Without any hesitation, his mother replies, "The one in the middle." The young man is astounded. "How in the world did you figure it out?" "Easy," she says. "I don't like her."
Two elderly women met for the first time since gradu- ating from high school. One said, "You were always so organized in school. Did you manage to live that way all your life?" "Yes," said her friend. "My first marriage was to a mil- lionaire, my second marriage was to an actor, my third was to a preacher, and now I'm married to an undertaker." "I don't get it," said the other. "What do these mar-riages have to do with a well planned life?" "One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and four to go!"
My mother and I were walking down the street when a man with a clipboard stopped us. "I'm taking a survey," he said. "Do you think there is too much sex in movies?" "I'm not sure," replied my mother. "I'm ussually too wrapped up in the film to notice what the rest of the audi- ence is doing."
Kathy! I'm so sorry to hear about all this ordeal. My mother is unbearable these days, in fact I can't stand her. She behaves more and more as a spoiled child. It is difficult to wash her, to feed her, to put her in bed, everything is difficult. You need a lot of patience! Next time one of my relatives will tell me I am psychologically unstable, I will beat him. If you resist in a situation like this without killing your aged relative, it means you are not psychologically unstable.
Took a while, but I read all your posts! Where do I start? Seems like we are all questioning this crazy thing called care giving. I for one am getting burn-out after 3+ years. Mom is getting harder and harder to care for. She doesn't comprehend things that are said to her, or chooses not to, depending on her level of dementia at any given moment. Most times she is distracted every other SECOND, when I am feeding, bathing, walking her, etc.She gets angry when I repeat myself and refuses to help me when getting her into bed, or when feeding her. Today the bed was dry, but the last 2, I had to wash everything! Sometimes she won't pee all day, then when she is sleeping, the dam breaks! Can't get the pee smell out of my brain! Wednesday and Thursday were a challenge as she needed to poop, and couldn't. So we had 2 days of the "poop fits" and finally had a present for me in her pull ups after supper last night. Of course she was all hands and no cooperation when I had to clean her up. Mind you, I had to shower her in the morning before daycare because she was saturated with pee. Well, the stool softeners did their thing, and I almost had to give her v-jay jay a hair cut to get the poo off of her!!! The smell is not to be described. Thank God I had not eaten supper. Still don't know if daycare will be taken over. Need to get her a physical and fill out an application for a daycare that is a half hour away. They will pick up people from town in their own bus, and transport them to and from the facility. Mom goes 3 days in town as it is only a half mile away, but I would send her there for 2 days as they will be longer and too tiring to do 3. Then there is the out of work husband that is driving me crazy!!! I can't understand how anyone can just hang around and do nothing for 5 months straight!! I'm so sick of him being at home and constantly talking to me and getting in the way!!! A very big knife sounds good about now!! By the way, I do all the bill paying, cooking, cleaning, fixing, etc. I spent 3 days last weekend trying to unclog my kitchen sink while he kept saying" you are going to need a plumber." "F" the plumber! No $$ for that, I fixed it myself after 5000 plunges and much gel drain opener. Next project is take out the old wall skimmer in the pool and put the new one in. Then It's hook up the hoses and pump and filter, them fill her up! By myself!!! Anniegirl, Kathleen Shea is my maiden name. My father's father was Irish. Although his mom was Polish and my mom is French Canadian, I always claimed to be Irish. I worked with a girl who is Irish and her name is Maureen Ireland! I would dearly love to go there someday! By the way, I have 6 sibs that give me little or no help. Rossella, I've been with the same man for over 41 years, and look where it got me. You were smart not to settle for one! Mozzarella! Yumm, especially now that I have fresh basil and other herbs. Annt, I'll be 60 in August, and right now I feel very old for the first time in my life! My husband also suffers from mild depression and mood swings. Oh yeah, and laziness!!! Was it you who read Catherine Coulter? Love the FBI series! Linda, thank goodness for insurance! I'm still paying the $1500 deductible I had from my colonoscopy last year. Miz, glad you decided to wait to give your notice. They could easily let you go on the spot, and then you would have no$ coming in. Kuli, So happy the wedding went well and your dad could make it. Christina, Glad you got away. Mom was good for your brother because he never takes care of her. My mom was a model patient for my sibs while i was gone. Bey she's back to her old ways with you, but I sure hope not. Angie!!!!! What can I say! Wish we were closer so I could at least drop in and visit occasionally! My friend comes for tea once and a while, and it feels good just to talk to someone that gets it. SSK, Wow, jogging! That's great! Not much going on here for the 4th. The town did fireworks last weekend and they were great! They do it the week before because it's so much cheaper. Hope you can get a boarder soon. Diane, hand in there. There isn't much I can say to make it better, but i do think about you and everyone else. Maxine, any craft fairs coming up? How far are you from Northampton MA? There is the greatest yarn store there and would be worth the trip for you. Your sister might know of it. "WEBS" Jen, Did you ever sing the diarrhea song when you were a kid? I know, not funny! I'm with you wondering when this is all going to end. Hope you get a lucky ticket!!! Bobbie!!!!!!! My neck aches for you! Hope you get done with all the cleanup soon! Still feeling very tired and get a bit dizzy, but mostly just tired of this life and the bills and the messes and..... Just like all of you! I will try to be better at keeping up with the posts. Hope you all have a good nights rest and a great holiday weekend!
Hi everybody! Annt. I burn wood chips too. I prefer woodstoves, (as Linda knows there is nothing that heats more than a woodstove) but it's too much work. You buy wood chips bags, you pour them into the pellet stove, that's all! No dirt, no fatigue! I am glad you go to Washington. Nice trip! And I like your way of eating pizza. In Italy we call the tomato-mozzarella pizza "Margherita". You are eating pizza "and" Margarita, instead! I'd like to join you. Sskape, I would like to rent my 2 rooms upstairs to 2 nice boys, too. Angie, sorry for your sister. I see that you are taking on your shoulders more burden. But if we are made this way, we can't help it! Austin, I went to Washington DC more than 20 years ago, it was the period the cherries were blossoming. It was so beautiful. I circled the White House, too (I didn't go inside, though) and I saw inside of the Smithsonian, the Spirit of Saint Louis and the first LEM which landed to the Moon, in the same hall... It was such an emotion. But, I loved the whole town, I have to find the pictures I made!
Hi everyone Miz glad the burden of giving notice is lifted for now Annt great idea for the ashes My son and I were going to go out at night and sprinkle some of the husband's ashes around his small home town when their one cop was off duty but I could not get the lid opened the urn weights a ton -i did not need all his ashes no headstone as of yet will wait until his debts are paid off, Once you have hospice it is easy to get them back again when needed Bobbie am glad you are my friend. I joined a craft group of experienced knitters and crocheters they are all so nice -not a bitch in the group-unuassual for New York state, Annie girl -how much heat do you need - i am melting here. My big bus trip is comming up soon-I will stay with my sister. There is life after caregiving-I always thought I would die first-you will be a different person-much stronger, My hsband rushed into death on Monday he was still giving me grief and by Fri morning he was gone, Annt -enjoy your trip to Washington -it is a much different place since 9/11 we were able to tour the White House and even saw the Carters out for a run-now you can not get near it,
A man walked in to a Topeka, Kansas Kwik Shop, and asked for all the money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours until police showed up for coffee.
In Ohio, an unidentified man in his late twenties walked into a police station with a 9-inch wire protruding from his forehead and calmly asked officers to give him an X-ray to help him find his brain, which he claimed had been stolen. Police were shocked to learn that the man had drilled a 6-inch deep hole in his skull with a Black & Decker power drill and had stuck the wire in to try and find the missing brain.
In Medford, Oregon, a 27-year-old jobless man with an MBA blamed his college degree for his murder of three people. "There are too many business grads out there," he said. "If I had chosen another field, all this may not have happened."
Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn't control himself during a lineup. When detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words, "Give me all your money or I'll shoot," the man shouted, "That's not what I said!"
A bank robber in Virginia Beach got a nasty surprise when a dye pack designed to mark stolen money exploded in his Fruit-of-theLooms. The robber apparently stuffed the loot down the front of his pants as he was running out the door. "He was seen hopping and jumping around," said police spokesman Mike Carey, "with an explosion taking place inside his pants." Police have the man's charred trousers in custody.
A man spoke frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!" "Is this her first child?" the doctor asked. "No, you idiot!" the man shouted. "This is her husband!"
In Modesto, CA, Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun, but unfortunately, he failed to keep his hand in his pocket.
Tennessee: A man successfully broke into a bank after hours and stole the bank's video camera, while the camera was remotely recording. (That is, the videotape recorder was located elsewhere in the bank, so he didn't get the videotape of himself stealing the camera).
Louisiana: A man walked into a Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer? Fifteen dollars. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, was a crime committed?]
Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. Seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass. The whole event was caught on videotape.
New York: As a female shopper exited a convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police had apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes Officer..that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."
Ann Arbor:The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 12:50am, flashed a gun and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.
Kentucky: Two men tried to pull the front off a cash machine by running a chain from the machine to the bumper of their pickup truck. Instead of pulling the front panel off the machine, though, they pulled the bumper off their truck. Scared, they left the scene and drove home. With the chain still attached to the machine. With their bumper still attached to the chain. With their vehicle's license plate still attached to the bumper.
Top honors for "Human Projectile of the Month" go to an unidentified dude who is also a serious contender for the annual "Darwin Award". That prestigious prize is given posthumously to the person who does the human gene pool the greatest service by removing himself from it in the most extraordinarily stupid fashion.
Troopers from the Arizona Highway Patrol got on to this gallant if not brainless form of ballistic research after motorists reported some mysterious scorched and blackened scars on a stretch of deserted highway.
The more officers found, the stranger the case got. Here is what they "pieced" together:
JATO units are basically huge canisters of solid rocket fuel used to achieve "Jet Assisted Take Off", typically lifting big transport planes into the air from short, rough ground runways, or shooting overloaded planes from the decks of aircraft carriers.
They were not, repeat NOT, designed to augment the inherent boost factor of a 1967 Chevy Impala. But it is guessed that -- let's call him "Zippy" ---- didn't know that when he hooked one up to his ride.
He apparently chose his runway carefully, selecting a nice long, lonely piece of straight highway in good repair. Not guessing that he might need a bit more than five miles of zoom surface, Zippy's test track had, that far down the track, a gentle rise on a sloping turn. He ran his Chevy up to top cruising speed and then hit the go switch on the JATO. Investigators know exactly where this happened, judging from the extended patch of burned and melted asphalt.
The pocket calculator boys figure Zip reached maximum thrust within 5 seconds, punching the Chevy to "well in excess of 350 miles per hour" and continued at "full burn" for another 20 to 25 seconds. Early in that little sprint, at roughly 2.5 miles down the road, the Human Hydro Shock stood on the brakes, melting them completely, blowing the tires and rapidly reducing all four skins to liquefied trails on the pavement.
Remember that little rise on the turn? That's where Zippy concluded his land speed record attempt and went airborne, ultimately reaching an altitude of 125 feet and still climbing when his flight was abruptly terminated. We'll never know how far or how high he might have gone. A cliff face of solid rock was in his way, posing a serious reaffirmation of the law of physics, i.e. force equals mass times acceleration. He gave it hell though, blasting a 6-foot crater. The best modern forensic science could do was ID the car's make and model year. As for Zippy, only trace evidence of bone, teeth, and hair were found in the crater.
.....this has been touted as true in some circles and urban legend in others. lovbob
Two men were digging a ditch on a very hot day. One said to the other, "Why are we down in this hole digging a ditch when our boss is standing up there in the shade of a tree?" "I don't know," responded the other. "I'll ask him."
So he climbed out of the hole and went to his boss. "Why are we digging in the hot sun and you're standing in the shade?" "Intelligence," the boss said. The ditch digger says, "What do you mean, intelligence?"
The boss said, "Well, I'll show you. I'll put my hand on this tree and I want you to hit it with your fist as hard as you can." The ditch digger took a mighty swing and tried to hit the boss' hand. The boss removed his hand and the ditch digger hit the tree. While he was hopping around in pain the boss said, "That's intelligence!"
The ditch digger went back to his hole. His friend asked, "What did he say?" "He said we are down here because of intelligence." "What's intelligence?" said the friend. The ditch digger put his hand in front of his face and said, "Try and hit my hand....."
annt- isnt our kids wonderful ! gotta make sure mommy s happy . my daughter is comin over too f course her baby dog is here lol , fixed left over dinner and i bet ya hubby be sleepin like a baby , cked on pa , he s still sleeping , gonna wake him up in a bit see ifhe rather have what for dinner :-)
My son and dil are coming over and bringing margarita mix and we gonna make pizza. I'll be joining you linda in la la land...Lol! Take it easy everybody and have a good weekend.
angi ! yes its beer time ! slurp 2 already and whoa , didnt take me long to feel it . stop by here to see whats up ohhh somebodys readyto partay , woo whoop , need go change pa t hen it be another beera time for me . loopie dooo . xoxox annt i we burn wood in woodstove . 22 yrs of hard workin cutin and splitin wood , but i tell ya its well worth it , i love em ., and yes my allgery is sucks too but hey woodstove makes it all better :-)
it id 230 pm and it has been a world wind week. Just found out that my sister that passsed in Feb this year, was a suicide..... although we had not spoken in 8 yrs, it still makes me so so sad. Then my daughters father, is now living with her and her family, the wife kicked him out of his own house... honestly. Now my caregiving gene has been handed down. Her dad is an alcoholic real bad, but at least getting some help. I have been helping her out, taking him out during the day, and since they have only 1 car, i bring her to work and then of course there is mom.... oh my.... lol..lol... I love her dearly... but , well you all know what i am talking about..... we play the repeat game all day.... and they wonder why i drink and smoke still... what a week. sorry to splur all this at everyone, just needed to vent a bit. Well it is almost martini time in a couple hours lol, then make moms dinner , then early bed night for me, i am exhausted........... hugs to all...ck back later. one more thing, when i was young, my nick name was ANNIE BANANIE, honestly... and dad's name for me was angelina snow a hunting we will go... lol hugs love to all and a BIG SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE OF YOU GREAT ANGELS..... FROM MASSACHUSETTS.. lol so tired i am silly now...
Hi , just checking in. ya miz, I'm feeling the financial stress and it sux. I wish I had a script for xanax so I could take one as needed when the stress builds up. I have another person coming over to look at the room for rent. At least it gives me someone to talk to for a while! The first one who came to look was a nice guy, but he didn't call back, and I think he wants to rent a condo , not a houseshare situation. My mom has been trying to fold a sheet for the past hour or so. It's keeping her busy. Annt, I have two brothers and was teased lke crazy growing up too. I wanted to tag along with my older bro and do what he was doing.And , of course, he didn't want little sis tagging along. I think I'm still scarred from it, I'lll have to get over it!!
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annt - boys never grows up , theyre always imature , am glad u got to see thier drama last night , something diffrent and new .
i get so sick of same old shit .
woke up 430 am , pa s all waa waaa , wet i changed him , im hungry ! i fed him oatmeal cereal with banana all chop up in his bowl . thenby 630 i tol dhim im goingback to bed . laid on my daughters bed and passed out till 10 . woke up started feeling edgey , kitchens a wreck and i have got em cleaned up last night , woke up saw its all backin the sink . put me on the edge , then laundry all piled up , set me off more offthe edge . got pa out ofhis bed and shaved him and all . served himbfast , he s feelin better getting out ofhis room .
then hubby said he spilled tea all over my phone , while i was washing dishes , edge just filled me up bigtime , then he said i was just kidding . ahh i cant take it no more . so i went pop me a xannie and sat out in front yard with nice 3 trees keepin me cool ,
daughter s puppy done did me quite fw damages , his nails is like toothpick , slice me all up . grrr . got a big large bandadi on my hand . too stressful morning .
now its 3 and feelike to take a napy poo .
i need to go to town and buy all expsnive shit for sunday gathering . more money poof that i realy wanna hang on to . damn it all .
i need to start scrimpin and save for the road trip . when i do save i always have to hand it over to someone that needs money ! what the hell .
deefer- i ll join u on the pool and take a nap , i ll try not to spill my drinks in ur pool :-)
alrighty now pa s all waaa . gotta go folks . u all have a happy day , try to at least . xoxox
Ssk....don't I know it about the stool softners. Mom gets backed up too, then has a blow out. Last nite it was a blow out. When I ckd her at midnite cause I smelled something she was fine. Then 30 mins later....heeeerrreee's Johnny! What I had smelled at first was just the warning farts before the big blow. Deefer, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about too. But I'm happy for her. I'm sure she feels better today. Altho you couldn't tell it. As I said she's a glass half empty kind of person, so she never really feels good.
Miz...such a sad day to remember. But man, she lived a long life and I'm sure you made the last years, months, days and minutes happier. Give yourself a hug for all of us. Feel our arms???
I want a pool!! Waaaaaaaaa...Deef, yours sounds nice. Hope it holds out for you. I'll bet you got a great tan. I still look like I crawled out from under a rock. I don't think the sun has hit my legs yet this summer.
The beach!! Yeah Baby! That's what I'm talkin about! Have fun J. Was you going to the beach right? I can't keep up. I'm punchy from lack of sleep. Damn kids! They're 41 and 34. Not really kids anymore, but last nite they sure acted like it.
Have a good afternoon everybody.
She is still sleeping right now, but I need to get her up and moving. Merry will be here at 10 and I need to get started on the pool, before it gets really hot. I hear it's supposed to be a hot humid week coming up.
Angie, Doesn't matter the type of pool, as long as it's wet and cool! Mine is a 15' above ground that is at least 20 years old. We are keeping our fingers crossed that it will last a bit longer. Cost too much to replace it and I am the only one who gets in it most of the time. I have those molded foam rafts that I take a nap on every day when it is hot. I also like to get in to cool off when doing housework, etc. Love my pool!!!
Rossella, screw the relatives!!! We know how hard it is to keep our composure, and if we lose it every once and a while, that's okay. It's better than hurting someone! Can't wait for life to get started again, for all of us!!! We definitely need to all get together someday when we are free. A real raucous time, with the kind of laughs that make you pee your pants!!!!
Okay, need to get moving. Hope everyone has a good day.
Rosella, sorry that things are rough on you right now....It is so nice here... warm but hey i am not complaining. Hugs to all... love to all... and Rossella I love MOZZERELLA, not sure i spelt that right .. lol angie
Cuz, good to see you. annt, cuz is my cousin and he's a dude. heehee.
DEEF! boat time!
I am feeling punk and not myself so I am just checking in and everybody you know I love you all. and I mean all.
Have a great holiday weekend and stay cool and safe.
More later.
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It's 1:15am and I'm still awake. This sucks! As I was trying to get things ready for my kids to come over tonite...mom goes to the bathroom and leaves a big turd on the floor. She won't stand over the toilet to wipe. She stands up and turns away from the toilet to try to wipe. By then she's dropped a poop on the floor cause she doesn't feel that it's there. I clean her up and then start with the clorox wipes cleaning everything up. My kids come around 7:30 and within 30 mins my oldest and youngest sons get into a debate that lasts the whole nite. Twice I got in between them and shouted..this is enough..stop right now. They weren't even angry just loudly debating, but it made the rest of us very uncomfortable. What is it with men? I'm so ticked off at them, especially my oldest cause he was the main instigator and the most unyeilding in the discussion. Spoiled the evening for me. Now I'm all revved up and can't go to sleep. I better get a giant size apology tomorrow.
Deef...I feel your pain. Nice to know I'm not the only one who would like to off her hubby. Rosella was the smart one. I wish I could go back 11 years and do things differently. Oh well...no need whining about it...I made the decision, now I gotta make the decision work.
Better try to get some sleep now. Mom will be up by 7am. I woke her up an hour ago cause I thought she had crapped her pants, but I was wrong. I keep smelling it. Probably just like the pee smell you can't lose Deef. And yes I love Catherine coulter.
G'Nite
marry him. He tells his mother he wants her to meet his
fiancee. Wanting to make a bit of a game out of it, he says
he'll bring the girl over with two others and see if his
mother can guess which is his choice. His mother agrees
to the game.
That night, he shows up with trhee beautiful young
ladies. They all sit down on the couch, and everyone
has a wonderful evening talking and getting to know
each other.
After the three have departed, the young man says,
"Okay, Mom, which one was the girl I want to marry?"
Without any hesitation, his mother replies, "The one
in the middle."
The young man is astounded. "How in the world did
you figure it out?"
"Easy," she says. "I don't like her."
ating from high school. One said, "You were always so
organized in school. Did you manage to live that way all
your life?"
"Yes," said her friend. "My first marriage was to a mil-
lionaire, my second marriage was to an actor, my third was
to a preacher, and now I'm married to an undertaker."
"I don't get it," said the other. "What do these mar-riages have to do with a well planned life?"
"One for the money, two for the show, three to get
ready, and four to go!"
man with a clipboard stopped us. "I'm taking a survey," he
said. "Do you think there is too much sex in movies?"
"I'm not sure," replied my mother. "I'm ussually too
wrapped up in the film to notice what the rest of the audi-
ence is doing."
Always keep several get well cards on the mantle… So if unexpected guests arrive, they will think you've been sick and unable to clean.
My mother is unbearable these days, in fact I can't stand her. She behaves more and more as a spoiled child. It is difficult to wash her, to feed her, to put her in bed, everything is difficult. You need a lot of patience!
Next time one of my relatives will tell me I am psychologically unstable, I will beat him. If you resist in a situation like this without killing your aged relative, it means you are not psychologically unstable.
Seems like we are all questioning this crazy thing called care giving. I for one am getting burn-out after 3+ years. Mom is getting harder and harder to care for. She doesn't comprehend things that are said to her, or chooses not to, depending on her level of dementia at any given moment. Most times she is distracted every other SECOND, when I am feeding, bathing, walking her, etc.She gets angry when I repeat myself and refuses to help me when getting her into bed, or when feeding her.
Today the bed was dry, but the last 2, I had to wash everything! Sometimes she won't pee all day, then when she is sleeping, the dam breaks! Can't get the pee smell out of my brain!
Wednesday and Thursday were a challenge as she needed to poop, and couldn't. So we had 2 days of the "poop fits" and finally had a present for me in her pull ups after supper last night. Of course she was all hands and no cooperation when I had to clean her up. Mind you, I had to shower her in the morning before daycare because she was saturated with pee. Well, the stool softeners did their thing, and I almost had to give her v-jay jay a hair cut to get the poo off of her!!! The smell is not to be described. Thank God I had not eaten supper.
Still don't know if daycare will be taken over. Need to get her a physical and fill out an application for a daycare that is a half hour away. They will pick up people from town in their own bus, and transport them to and from the facility. Mom goes 3 days in town as it is only a half mile away, but I would send her there for 2 days as they will be longer and too tiring to do 3.
Then there is the out of work husband that is driving me crazy!!! I can't understand how anyone can just hang around and do nothing for 5 months straight!! I'm so sick of him being at home and constantly talking to me and getting in the way!!! A very big knife sounds good about now!!
By the way, I do all the bill paying, cooking, cleaning, fixing, etc. I spent 3 days last weekend trying to unclog my kitchen sink while he kept saying" you are going to need a plumber." "F" the plumber! No $$ for that, I fixed it myself after 5000 plunges and much gel drain opener. Next project is take out the old wall skimmer in the pool and put the new one in. Then It's hook up the hoses and pump and filter, them fill her up! By myself!!!
Anniegirl, Kathleen Shea is my maiden name. My father's father was Irish. Although his mom was Polish and my mom is French Canadian, I always claimed to be Irish. I worked with a girl who is Irish and her name is Maureen Ireland! I would dearly love to go there someday! By the way, I have 6 sibs that give me little or no help.
Rossella, I've been with the same man for over 41 years, and look where it got me. You were smart not to settle for one! Mozzarella! Yumm, especially now that I have fresh basil and other herbs.
Annt, I'll be 60 in August, and right now I feel very old for the first time in my life! My husband also suffers from mild depression and mood swings. Oh yeah, and laziness!!! Was it you who read Catherine Coulter? Love the FBI series!
Linda, thank goodness for insurance! I'm still paying the $1500 deductible I had from my colonoscopy last year.
Miz, glad you decided to wait to give your notice. They could easily let you go on the spot, and then you would have no$ coming in.
Kuli, So happy the wedding went well and your dad could make it.
Christina, Glad you got away. Mom was good for your brother because he never takes care of her. My mom was a model patient for my sibs while i was gone. Bey she's back to her old ways with you, but I sure hope not.
Angie!!!!! What can I say! Wish we were closer so I could at least drop in and visit occasionally! My friend comes for tea once and a while, and it feels good just to talk to someone that gets it.
SSK, Wow, jogging! That's great! Not much going on here for the 4th. The town did fireworks last weekend and they were great! They do it the week before because it's so much cheaper. Hope you can get a boarder soon.
Diane, hand in there. There isn't much I can say to make it better, but i do think about you and everyone else.
Maxine, any craft fairs coming up? How far are you from Northampton MA? There is the greatest yarn store there and would be worth the trip for you. Your sister might know of it. "WEBS"
Jen, Did you ever sing the diarrhea song when you were a kid? I know, not funny! I'm with you wondering when this is all going to end. Hope you get a lucky ticket!!!
Bobbie!!!!!!! My neck aches for you! Hope you get done with all the cleanup soon!
Still feeling very tired and get a bit dizzy, but mostly just tired of this life and the bills and the messes and.....
Just like all of you! I will try to be better at keeping up with the posts. Hope you all have a good nights rest and a great holiday weekend!
Sskape, I would like to rent my 2 rooms upstairs to 2 nice boys, too.
Angie, sorry for your sister. I see that you are taking on your shoulders more burden. But if we are made this way, we can't help it!
Austin, I went to Washington DC more than 20 years ago, it was the period the cherries were blossoming. It was so beautiful. I circled the White House, too (I didn't go inside, though) and I saw inside of the Smithsonian, the Spirit of Saint Louis and the first LEM which landed to the Moon, in the same hall... It was such an emotion. But, I loved the whole town, I have to find the pictures I made!
In Ohio, an unidentified man in his late twenties walked into a police station with a 9-inch wire protruding from his forehead and calmly asked officers to give him an X-ray to help him find his brain, which he claimed had been stolen. Police were shocked to learn that the man had drilled a 6-inch deep hole in his skull with a Black & Decker power drill and had stuck the wire in to try and find the missing brain.
In Medford, Oregon, a 27-year-old jobless man with an MBA blamed his college degree for his murder of three people. "There are too many business grads out there," he said. "If I had chosen another field, all this may not have happened."
Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn't control himself during a lineup. When detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words, "Give me all your money or I'll shoot," the man shouted, "That's not what I said!"
A bank robber in Virginia Beach got a nasty surprise when a dye pack designed to mark stolen money exploded in his Fruit-of-theLooms. The robber apparently stuffed the loot down the front of his pants as he was running out the door. "He was seen hopping and jumping around," said police spokesman Mike Carey, "with an explosion taking place inside his pants." Police have the man's charred trousers in custody.
A man spoke frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!" "Is this her first child?" the doctor asked. "No, you idiot!" the man shouted. "This is her husband!"
In Modesto, CA, Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun, but unfortunately, he failed to keep his hand in his pocket.
MEGA MORON AWARDS
Tennessee: A man successfully broke into a bank after hours and stole the bank's video camera, while the camera was remotely recording. (That is, the videotape recorder was located elsewhere in the bank, so he didn't get the videotape of himself stealing the camera).
Louisiana: A man walked into a Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer? Fifteen dollars. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, was a crime committed?]
Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. Seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass. The whole event was caught on videotape.
New York: As a female shopper exited a convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police had apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes Officer..that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."
Ann Arbor:The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 12:50am, flashed a gun and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.
Kentucky: Two men tried to pull the front off a cash machine by running a chain from the machine to the bumper of their pickup truck. Instead of pulling the front panel off the machine, though, they pulled the bumper off their truck. Scared, they left the scene and drove home. With the chain still attached to the machine. With their bumper still attached to the chain. With their vehicle's license plate still attached to the bumper.
Troopers from the Arizona Highway Patrol got on to this gallant if not brainless form of ballistic research after motorists reported some mysterious scorched and blackened scars on a stretch of deserted highway.
The more officers found, the stranger the case got. Here is what they "pieced" together:
JATO units are basically huge canisters of solid rocket fuel used to achieve "Jet Assisted Take Off", typically lifting big transport planes into the air from short, rough ground runways, or shooting overloaded planes from the decks of aircraft carriers.
They were not, repeat NOT, designed to augment the inherent boost factor of a 1967 Chevy Impala. But it is guessed that -- let's call him "Zippy" ---- didn't know that when he hooked one up to his ride.
He apparently chose his runway carefully, selecting a nice long, lonely piece of straight highway in good repair. Not guessing that he might need a bit more than five miles of zoom surface, Zippy's test track had, that far down the track, a gentle rise on a sloping turn. He ran his Chevy up to top cruising speed and then hit the go switch on the JATO. Investigators know exactly where this happened, judging from the extended patch of burned and melted asphalt.
The pocket calculator boys figure Zip reached maximum thrust within 5 seconds, punching the Chevy to "well in excess of 350 miles per hour" and continued at "full burn" for another 20 to 25 seconds. Early in that little sprint, at roughly 2.5 miles down the road, the Human Hydro Shock stood on the brakes, melting them completely, blowing the tires and rapidly reducing all four skins to liquefied trails on the pavement.
Remember that little rise on the turn? That's where Zippy concluded his land speed record attempt and went airborne, ultimately reaching an altitude of 125 feet and still climbing when his flight was abruptly terminated. We'll never know how far or how high he might have gone. A cliff face of solid rock was in his way, posing a serious reaffirmation of the law of physics, i.e. force equals mass times acceleration. He gave it hell though, blasting a 6-foot crater. The best modern forensic science could do was ID the car's make and model year. As for Zippy, only trace evidence of bone, teeth, and hair were found in the crater.
.....this has been touted as true in some circles and urban legend in others.
lovbob
So he climbed out of the hole and went to his boss. "Why are we digging in the hot sun and you're standing in the shade?" "Intelligence," the boss said.
The ditch digger says, "What do you mean, intelligence?"
The boss said, "Well, I'll show you. I'll put my hand on this tree and I want you to hit it with your fist as hard as you can." The ditch digger took a mighty swing and tried to hit the boss' hand. The boss removed his hand and the ditch digger hit the tree. While he was hopping around in pain the boss said, "That's intelligence!"
The ditch digger went back to his hole. His friend asked, "What did he say?" "He said we are down here because of intelligence." "What's intelligence?" said the friend. The ditch digger put his hand in front of his face and said, "Try and hit my hand....."
cked on pa , he s still sleeping , gonna wake him up in a bit see ifhe rather have what for dinner :-)
Take it easy everybody and have a good weekend.
need go change pa t hen it be another beera time for me . loopie dooo . xoxox
annt i we burn wood in woodstove . 22 yrs of hard workin cutin and splitin wood , but i tell ya its well worth it , i love em ., and yes my allgery is sucks too but hey woodstove makes it all better :-)
hugs love to all and a BIG SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE OF YOU GREAT ANGELS..... FROM MASSACHUSETTS.. lol so tired i am silly now...
I have another person coming over to look at the room for rent. At least it gives me someone to talk to for a while! The first one who came to look was a nice guy, but he didn't call back, and I think he wants to rent a condo , not a houseshare situation.
My mom has been trying to fold a sheet for the past hour or so. It's keeping her busy.
Annt, I have two brothers and was teased lke crazy growing up too. I wanted to tag along with my older bro and do what he was doing.And , of course, he didn't want little sis tagging along. I think I'm still scarred from it, I'lll have to get over it!!