My husband was diagnosed with dementia a decade ago.
Around that same time his ex wheedled her way back into his life and tried to convince him I was an awful person. Lots of long boring details but the high points are that between the strokes and the dementia diagnosis two years after? I was homeless because my husband got paranoid and threw me out ( Read more... )

Today Steve was discussing some missing DVDs with our housekeeper.

He said he had been missing the DVDs "Ever since we had to kick that guy out of that house"

He's talking about when we had to evict his older son Nate from the mobile home.

It's definately a new low. It doesn't mean he has completely forgotten Nate. But he's definately on the road to ( Read more... )

This livejournal has very rarely been used for socializing. And what little socializing there was happened many years ago ( Read more... )

Yesterday I took a packet of old family photos to my brother in law. ( Read more... )

So, apparently I should be ashamed of myself ( Read more... )

Health update first.
ShoulderThe physical therapist now suspects a torn labrum in my shoulder. I will be having it Xrayed soon, which isn't likely to show anything, but it's a prerequisite for seeing the orthopedic surgeon next month. I don't really want shoulder surgery, but my shoulder still isn't improving much on range of motion, even after ( Read more... )

Steve made it out of the ICU about two hours ago. More or less right on schedule. His chest hurts like a son of a bitch, and he swears when he coughs. But he has to cough that crap up so he doesn't get pneumonia ( Read more... )

Putting this classic here, in hopes of finding it again when I need it.

http://www.turoks.net/Cabana/ChildrenPullOutYourChickens.php

In other news, people who declare FREEDOM OF RELIGION NOT FREEDOM FROM RELIGION and then say you're wrong for not being a flag-waving christian like they are are extremely frustrating.

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-forgive-someone-who-has-wronged-you-1671192403

Two visits in two days. Frankly, it was a spoon-annihilator for me. But I was successful at keeping my stress from affecting Steve, or his visitors. Martin and Drew were not so lucky. Martin was good and calm, but Drew also ran out of spoons. My fault there, and we discussed it yesterday and we each owned our parts. Poor Drew misinterpreted my melt ( Read more... )