What Did You Do Today?

[gja1000]

I picked mom up on my way home or on my way to take her to do errands, I should say. LOL! She got a certified letter at my house and of course, she wasn't here to sign for it, so I had to take her to the post office. It was a check so I had to take her to the bank to deposit in and then she wanted it wired to her Oklahoma account and of course, they worked for 20 minutes and then decided something was wrong with the system, so I have to go back in the morning. GRRRRR!

Then we came to my house and I had put pinto beans and ham in the crockpot this morning. We fixed cornbread and fried potatoes. YUM! Mom really enjoyed it.

After dinner she was ready to go home, so I took her home and then I came home and sat in the back yard and watched and listened to the birds for a while and then I came in and collapsed in front of the TV. I had some emails to answer so I did that and now, here I am!

[Janet]

Let's see....took Mom to the bank...she closed her account in Florida and rec'd the check in the mail so wanted to get it deposited in her account here. Stopped by her house to get her mail and then to the kidney Dr.,that was pretty much it. Today we are expecting bad storms, so will stick a little closer to home. I do get my hair cut first thing this morning and it needs it so bad.

[Lindsey]

We have not been doing much and it's nice It has been snowing on and off, but it looks like it's warming up more now (how many times have I said that?) so I'm just waiting for spring still. We're still trying to sell our dang motorcycles, haven't gotten any replies on them yet except for one scammer.

I have been so tired and lazy and my mind is just never where I am lol. Thank goodness it's a short work week!

[gja1000]

I've been really busy at work this week. The students are enrolling for this summer and next fall and I am responsible for scheduling all the graduate courses. We have almost 300 students, and there are always interesting problems you never anticipated!

I got mom an Easter lilly today and took it to her on the way home. A lady sitting outside the assisted living facility said, "Oh, I wish I had one of those". Made me feel sad I didn't have one to give her!

Mom and I made plans for her to come over here for Easter dinner on Sunday. She has lost a skirt in the move, so I need to see if I can find it for her. I think it must be at my Austin house. I've bagged up a lot of her clothes that she didn't want. I hope it is not already in a bag!

[Janet]

When I got home from the bus route this morning I had to shampoo the hallway carpet. Mom had an accident and couldn't get to the bathroom in time. When I came in she was sitting in the recliner crying. She said she tried to clean it up but couldn't do a very good job. I felt so bad for her. We had weaned her off the Vancomycin and for two days everything has been fine...now it looks like she's going to have problems again. Her BP was low when she first got up, but seems to be fine right now. When she stands it goes down again so she has got to remember to make fists as she gets up.

I'm sitting on the couch with my laptop listening to the thunder. We are suppose to get some bad storms this afternoon and tonight with hail, strong winds and possible tornadoes. Indiana had 20 tornadoes on Tuesday. I say enough already.

Think I'm just going to take it easy today.

[gja1000]

Stay safe Janet!

Gary has the same problem with his blood pressure going real low when he stands up but he is strong enough to balance himself and grab on to something to keep from falling.

Sorry you have to deal with the carpet. Sounds like she might have to go back on the Vancomycin. I have a friend who is dealing with an elderly father in Florida who has chronic diarrhea from C-Diff, is extremely weak, and is on Vancomycin. The problem is that her mom is NUTS and won't care for him at home and just leaves him sitting on the porta potty for hours becasue he too, has accidents and she won't clean it up. He ended up back in the hospital and was discharged today. My friend called the social worker the first of the week and they got him into rehab, because clearly he can't go home. I don't know what is going to happen when his rehab days are up. It's a bad situation.

[Janet]

That is so sad Gayle. I have Mom wear the adult diapers. She doesn't mind when she has the diarrhea, but when it's back to normal so are the panties...lol. That poor man....things like that break my heart.

Mom has her walker right next to her wherever she is in the house. When she stands...she wobbles really bad. We're also dealing with her ankles being swollen...very badly. We are using a higher concentrate of dialysis fluid to help get it off, but we can't do it for very long because of her blood pressure. I've already started her on the Vancomycin so hopefully it will kick in quickly.

I hope I'm wrong, but if this keeps up she'll be back in the hospital before the weekend is over.

[gja1000]

This is not what I did, but what I am going to do. About 4:00PM yesterday, one of Gary's cousins and his wife (they're just a few years younger than us) called to say they were on their way to Austin from Oklahoma City. It was a completely spontaneous trip (sort of). They are leaving from Galveston on Sunday for a cruise, and since Austin is not too far out of the way from Oklahoma City to Galveston, and since they had never been to Austin, on the spur of the moment, they decided to spend Friday and Saturday nights in Austin. Okaaaaaaaay! Now, we are entertaining relatives all day today and this evening. I must be fair, they said if we were busy, it was fine since this was completely unexpected by them and us. In reality, Gary and I didn't have any plans this weekend that couldn't be changed, and we are happy to see them and show them our favorite city - Austin! It's a good thing my housekeep came this week so the house is at least presentable.

[judy]

I had a grandkid couple of days. I had the 2 younger ones Thursday night. They were just so good! It is really easy to have only 2 here instead of 3. I bought them three On Demand movies, and it was well worth the $12.00. They were so happy! Such cuteness and sweetness is amazing! I love them and just want to eat them up with kisses!

Mackenzie came over yesterday, and slept over until late today. I love her so much! We also had a very nice, quiet time together, chatting, playing a game on my ipad, making Easter eggs, and watching the same movies as the little ones. She is more demanding of attention than the little ones, but they have each other. It fascinates me to watch an almost 14 year old's antics!!! I taught that age for years, and I love it!!!

Now, I am doing absolutely nothing but relaxing, which I definitely deserve!

[Janet]

Well, today has been a day from hell! Got up early because the darn dogs started barking. Tonight they are sleeping in the garage, they have been barking all day and I'm so ready to get rid of at least 3 of them, but don't know if I could actually go through with it. Grrrrrr!

I did get my fridge cleaned out....WOW...it was worse than I thought. I'm so glad I did it today..needed the help to work off some aggravating stress. After that I showered and decided to take a nap. When I woke up I started playing a few games on my IPad. Well, it hurt her feelings saying I left her alone all day like I didn't want to be with her. Guess I lost it a bit, but I told her there are times I need ME time and today was one of those days. So sick of explaining myself, but I asked for it and I got it. No one to blame but me.

Tomorrow she is going to my older brother's house for Easter. When they get here I'm going to tell them that Rick,Ricky and I will be gone for the day so they will need to call before bringing her home and that we probably won't be home until at least 7:00 pm. Not totally true but mostly. I need ALL day! I can't wait!

[gja1000]

We had such a busy weekend. We spent all day Saturday (day and evening) showing Gary's cousin and his wife around Austin. We had loads of fun, but my, it was exhausting!

Then yesterday (Easter), I fixed a late lunch for mom Gary and I which took all morning. I picked mom up after church and we had a really nice visit and lunch.

Then I took her to Walmart for some things and that took a really long time with lots of walking around to find everything. By the time I got home, I was exhausted again! LOL!

[judy]

I spent Easter at Jessie's yesterday. We had an Easter egg contest, which was lots of fun, until Brandon's favorite egg broke. We also had an egg hunt, then Steve made a delicious dinner, and I found stuff I could eat.

My ex was there, and the kids were so happy. He is losing his hearing, and it's annoying to talk to him!

Jessie then bathed 5 dogs which are going home today and, hopefully tomorrow. They are so cute! They're malamutes, about 35 pounds each, but really are babies. I just loved them up!

Today...I'm not sure yet.

[Lindsey]

It sounds like everyone had a good Easter! Janet, I'm glad you got some time to yourself!

Good Friday is a stat holiday here, so we went into the city to see a classic car show, then did some shopping for groceries. Scott's parents were supposed to be at our place around 6-7 that evening and I was making homemade burgers to barbeque. We were in Walmart at 3:15 and Scott got a text from his mom saying they were about 20 minutes from the city. We RUSHED home and they were about 15 minutes behind us. I didn't have time to get much done before they walked in, and apparently having a few dirty dishes in the sink is a big deal. They were supposed to leave at 4:00 Saturday, so we decided to just stay home for the weekend instead of visiting my family at the lake (they invited us out for Easter), because we wouldn't get there until late. WELL, Scott's parents left around noon We could have gone to the lake, but I already had a turkey thawing so it was too late to change our plans.

The rest of the weekend we went through our WHOLE house and filled boxes and boxes and boxes of things to put in a garage sale, and then donate whatever doesn't sell. It really felt good to sort through things. I hang on to so much useless stuff. In my town, they have one weekend with a town garage sale. You can pay $2 to have your address listed in the town newsletter with a map, or you can also rent a table in the school gym. They put a big ad in the city newspaper too so a lot of people come out for it. It's the weekend before we leave on our vacation, so it will be a little bit hectic for us! But I've never had a garage sale before so I'm excited for it!

[DianaB]

I love garage sales, Lindsey......wish I lived close enough to come!!!! I think that Jaci's having a garage sale next weekend!!

I spent last week cleaning my house and getting ready for Easter. My Mom has just realized that her house is just not big enough to host family things so pretty much everything will be here, I think, from now on. But she still brought plenty of food.....potato salad, chocolate and lemon pie.....my favorite!!! I made grilled hamburgers and the girls all brought salads and stuff to go with it. A meal that's simple and not too much work. I've decided that we don't have a have a HUGE meal every time we get together.

My brother was planning on going somewhere but I heard about an incident at his home with my neice so I let Mom know that he wasn't invited. I'm tired of all the drama that always goes with him. He's back on drugs.......because he's got a new girlfriend with the same problem. Not a good combination!!!

I did have on of my brother's daughter's come with her little son. Natasha is expecting another baby and has been so very sick but she decided to come. I've become much better friends with her since we've both been on FB. She's had a really hard life and she lived with us for a while when she was just a couple of years old. We also tried to get custody of her when my brother divorced his nice wife (who wasn't Natasha's mother) because we knew that my brother wasn't a good parent (nor was her real mother) to raise her.

Anyway, after we ate my daughters and daughter-in-law went out and hid the Easter candy then the kids all went out and found it. The little ones got to go first to make it more fair and the oldest girls were thrilled to be able to still be able to find the candy!!!

They also played volleyball in the front yard and Amy brought her Wii and we played with a dance studio game. It's where you follow the dance moves. I even did it.....as well as my Mom and Glen!!!! It was fun but was a work out!!!!

After that everyone pretty much went home. It was a great day but I was so tired.

On Saturday we had a Easter Picnic with Glen's family. I don't usually go but this one was planned at Glen's brother's house right close to us. We usually go out in the country somewhere but we had a 80% chance of rain.....which we didn't get. I find that I just really struggle with Glen's aunts that are Althea's sisters. I think it's because they all think just like she did. Anyway it was nice to visit with some of the cousins and see the grandkids!! And the weather was beautiful!!!!

[Janet]

Diana, your family functions always seem like so much fun. I know you're not thrilled with some on the 'other side' but you know Glenn has to appreciate it.

Sorry that your brother has gone back to drugs, not a good thing. You were right not to have him and possible drama at your place. I do hope he gets it together before it's too late.