Fidgeting

another night of pinning between patients...

I am amazed at how many people make these mats

all over the world

 a great alternative to viewing the news

 

off the weekend so now I can get to work

or maybe tomorrow I can

I'm fidgeting to get started

today will be spent with Mom

until she goes to bed tonight

 Mom and I are going to organize her cards

from Christmas

thanks to all my fantastic online friends

it could take all day! 

Wishing you a happy and healthy New Year

full of hugs and stitches

Stitched

 

yesterday

I got to stitch

for the first time

in about forever

the seating was uncomfortable

the lighting not so good

but I stitched

 

Mom kept watching me

but never asked to help

finally I asked if she wanted to stitch

 

her reply

"not today"

 

so maybe today she will

am taking something different for her

would love it if she

became engaged in something

anything

 

her every thought is of coming home

she asks if I would like to be there

 

I always so of course

a place where they bring me my meds and food

where I can get my hair done

play bingo

and sleep in late

what's not to love

unless you have to be there

 

the therapists

all rave about her progress

so praying it won't be too long

maybe a few more weeks

 

not soon enough for her

she was ready to call a taxi last night

 

spunk

she's full of it!

Decorating Delayed

 

 

a certain cat in our house

decide to eat the small artificial Christmas tree

as we were attempting to assemble it

 

knowing that if he ate it

another little cat would too

we put it back in the box

out to the shelf in the garage

 

 

alternate plans are being made

but who knows

maybe our only decorations

will be outside this year

 

 

on the bright side...

Mom loves her new red barn coat from LL Bean

there's been some stitching done every day

peanut butter cookie recipe a huge success

I have 6 days off after work tonight



Stitching Saturday

hand piecing

the log cabin blocks

so easy and peaceful



 

Van Gogh

 

yep yep yep

 

 

you know I love nine patch blocks

but these are

calling to me now

 

 

Mom has some applique to do

so she is a happy girl!

 

I made peanut butter cookie dough

before going to work yesterday

so she and Cara (caregiver)

could make the cookies...

 

ha...she was stitching

so Cara got to bake and do the dishes

Mom was happy to sample the cookies though...

 

 

 little every day joys
that ease our grieving





Giving Thanks

 

 

over the years

I have been very thankful

to come from a family of readers

reading to learn

to laugh

to heal

to relax

to escape...

 

the written word

has brought much to my life

 

lately

I've been reading everything

I can about Alzheimer's

my "go to" place is the

 

Alzheimer's Reading Room

 

founded by Bob DeMarco

this site is wealth of information

from the articles to the comments

I have learned

how to better communicate with Mom

how to be a better

caregiver

a better person

 

~~~~~

 

We had a very nice Thanksgiving today

brunch with my sister and her husband

here at home

they cooked and brought over most of the food

a real treat for both of us

all I did was fried potatoes...

even better is leftovers for lunch tomorrow

you know cooking is not my thing

 

Mom and I spent the rest of the day stitching

watching peaceful TV shows

The National Dog Show

Andy Griffith

American Pickers

Pawn Stars

 

yesterday Melrose and I had a contest

to see who could nap the most

he won...he does have more time to practice

 

Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving night...

sweet dreams

 

 

 

 

 

Home

no flowers here

just snow and more snow

the birds were wild about the feeder today

nearly emptying it out 

in a few short hours

with the squirrels dashing around the ground

then trying to get past the baffle

then climbing a small tree...

grand entertainment for Mom

she's been stitching

reading (letters and short articles)

practicing walking without her walker

testing the peanut butter fudge I made

some easy days

that we both enjoy