I got dad all moved to assisted living yesterday and was settling in to cozy up and faff around as it was damp and rainy outside when the nursing home called, "Oops, we forgot to send his walker!" (This is a specially designed walker made to train him to use both his legs again.) "Can you come pick it up today? The answer was "No." As in "no, I am ( Read more... )

It's already been a long day. Dad was scheduled to be discharged from the care home at 11 AM. I got there and he was still in bed and it was 10:30! It turns out that some resident threw a chair through a glass window that morning. Yikes! Nurses and case managers were roused and Dad is now settled in his board-and-care home ( Read more... )

I love this little rainbowgraphics snowman I yoinked from yaaresse last year that I can't wait to start using it again ( Read more... )

I had taken a little break from posting - my dad fell and broke his hip last week. Over his objections, I called 911 and had the (cute!) paramedics bundle him onto a gurney and away into the ER. Turns out he broke his hip, broke his finger, and bruised himself up pretty good while getting up in the middle of the night to go to the kitchen (to do ( Read more... )

Along with the cat supplies at Pet Food Express today, I got myself a blacklight and enzyme cleaner kit to detect pet urine. I really bought it more for the blacklight, because I KNOW the pros are going to have to go in with the cleaner to get the stink out. I just want to know what other rooms besides my old room and my future home office were ( Read more... )

I'm doing some home clearing, lawyer-calling, financial-planner calling, and so on today. For some reason, clearing out her cabinets hit me more than anything before. Like in, "Oh god, she's REALLY and TRULY dead." Maybe I somehow superstitiously thought, if I left all her stuff, she'd come back ( Read more... )