As Good As It Gets

 

we need one of these!

 

 

Yesterday was a keeper

 

shorthand version to nudge my memory in the future:

 

laundry

complete prep of bedroom walls

 

sort a bag of fabric by colors

talk about making quilts

Bob Evans for lunch with Mom

homemade brownies for her and staff

 

she's okay with me going home for a few hours

it's going to rain

trim hedges and bushes

look over and see Melrose hanging on the screen

I just put in the door this morning

have to go get him down

 

light rain

clean up

weed beside garage...lots of chippy paint

mostly at the roofline around the house

use up some of her stash of Round Up on weeds

 

shower

back to see Mom

 

happy so happy to see me

she's bored and restless
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edited to add

Mom's blankets needed a wash today
so I got the dark olive
one out of the closet
she had forgotten about it and thought it was an Army blanket
so excited to help me put it on the bed
*

coffee and ice cream watching TV in common area

she picks the chocolate

watching PBS cooking show

decide it's too much work to make

butterscotch pudding from scratch

 

back in her room we watch the birds

then two chipmunks show up

entertaining us with their antics on the bird feeders

they fill up and zoom away

 

downy wood pecker and cardinal are rarities

a rabbit munching under the feeder

Mom sees me with my foot on the bed

so she turns her wheelchair to face the bed

puts both her feet up

watching the birds

I look over to see her

looking like the old Mom

 

the spell is broken when the aide brings

her dinner tray

peanut butter and strawberry jelly on wheat

potato chips and coffee

I go to retrieve banana/orange mix fixed early

some toast

by the time I get back half the sandwich is gone

 

she's saying she never had PB&J before

I tend to agree

have only seen PB and butter

we reminisce about her making the mix

of banana and oranges with a touch of sugar

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edited to add

we gave Deb a call after dinner
she always makes Mom laugh
finally she hands me the phone saying you talk
later she tells the aide
Deb can talk your ear off!
*
 

 

it's only a little after six and she's ready for bed
under her new favorite blanket

by six thirty she's out cold

 

grab her laundry

stop at grocery store

 

home again

start a load of laundry

feed the cats

watch an episode of Fringe

 

check on the cats

Melrose hanging out on footstool moved from bedroom

to rec room...he can see out the door now

Olivia on top of flannel sheets on dryer

under an open window

next to back door with newly placed screen

she loves her fresh air

 

more Fringe

almost 9:45

check on laundry

fireworks start at nearby park

I can see them over the trees

out the back window

I love fireworks!!!

oh man this is a great spot

watch the whole show

 

not a perfect day

but I couldn't have asked for as better one

7-6-2014

(photo from online...just like the ones by mom)