Where in the World is Bob Saget?

[Gabe1]

Yep, 94 here right now (heat index of 97). No sense in risking your health, the plants can wait.
Need to take care of the yards again since all the rain, but, had planned on doing that tomorrow 'cause of our (now delayed) plans for today, so now just bein' lazy.

Yeah, it hit 90 today and it will be that again tomorrow through Tuesday. I'll attempt to get up tomorrow early, walk the Pup and hopefull get a few plants in the ground before it heats up too much.

I can either go grocery shopping or just fold the 3 laundry baskets of 'whites.'

 

[donaldtoo]

Yeah, it hit 90 today and it will be that again tomorrow through Tuesday. I'll attempt to get up tomorrow early, walk the Pup and hopefull get a few plants in the ground before it heats up too much.

I can either go grocery shopping or just fold the 3 laundry baskets of 'whites.'

Options are nice to have.

Stay safe!

 

[Gabe1]

When my kids were small and I worked full time and traveled at a moments notice for my job I think everyone had at least a months worth of 'whites.' Something had to give and it was usually laundry.

I'd send my kids off to my Mom's when I ran out of places to stuff laundry and took it all to the Laundromat and was done in a few hours that way. Still hate doing laundry. Some find it therapeutic, me not so much.

 

[Nemo14]

Again, the "like" means "I hear you".

May I ask, and if the subject is taboo, just say so - but, would your mom (and the rest of you) not be better off if she were in a home? Is this the plan, eventually? And if so, how and when do you make that determination?

Apologies if you have already decreed this topic off limits, but I haven't come across any such request.

Not off limits at all. The plan is that we do this for as long as we can. My younger sister is a nurse with a lot of experience, and her plan is that she will pretty much take the reins when it gets too difficult. We know that this condition will only get worse, and uglier in a lot of ways, but she can handle it. She was a great help to my mom when my dad was dying, and she's given me a lot of good advice. It might be that Mom's final days will be in a home, but we hope to put that off as long as possible anyway.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

When my kids were small and I worked full time and traveled at a moments notice for my job I think everyone had at least a months worth of 'whites.' Something had to give and it was usually laundry.

I'd send my kids off to my Mom's when I ran out of places to stuff laundry and took it all to the Laundromat and was done in a few hours that way. Still hate doing laundry. Some find it therapeutic, me not so much.

I feel that way about dishes. Love to cook, hate washing pots and pans.

 

[NYwdwfan]

You're right. My bad.
And, ladies don't "sweat", either...they "perspire".

You should have sent hubby on a mission to snore 'em out...!

We do NOT perspire...we glisten!

 

[PUSH]

Not off limits at all. The plan is that we do this for as long as we can. My younger sister is a nurse with a lot of experience, and her plan is that she will pretty much take the reins when it gets too difficult. We know that this condition will only get worse, and uglier in a lot of ways, but she can handle it. She was a great help to my mom when my dad was dying, and she's given me a lot of good advice. It might be that Mom's final days will be in a home, but we hope to put that off as long as possible anyway.

I'm thinking that's the plan for my grandma. She's living with my aunt, and she has for years before her mind started going downhill. My aunt is retired and has the time to take care of her, but it sounds like it's starting to get to be a lot to deal with every day of every year. My grandma's not to the point that it sounds like your mom is, but it looks like she's heading there. Right now she has some really good days and a few pretty bad days. My aunt said one night she found her wandering around upstairs in their duplex/condo, and then asked what she was doing. She then asked where my dad was. My aunt said that he lived with his family in a different house, and my grandma said something to the effect of, "I'm just so confused I want to bawl". Other than that, the worst has been mixing up names and repeating questions. Like today she was over here for a bit, and she asked how old our dog was (she asks this every time she comes over), and I said she'll be 10 in October. A second after I gave her the answer, she asked how old our dog was.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

We do NOT perspire...we glisten!

Some days I glisten a lot.

 

[Nemo14]

I'm thinking that's the plan for my grandma. She's living with my aunt, and she has for years before her mind started going downhill. My aunt is retired and has the time to take care of her, but it sounds like it's starting to get to be a lot to deal with every day of every year. My grandma's not to the point that it sounds like your mom is, but it looks like she's heading there. Right now she has some really good days and a few pretty bad days. My aunt said one night she found her wandering around upstairs in their duplex/condo, and then asked what she was doing. She then asked where my dad was. My aunt said that he lived with his family in a different house, and my grandma said something to the effect of, "I'm just so confused I want to bawl". Other than that, the worst has been mixing up names and repeating questions. Like today she was over here for a bit, and she asked how old our dog was (she asks this every time she comes over), and I said she'll be 10 in October. A second after I gave her the answer, she asked how old our dog was.

We get the same questions 20 - 30 or more times at a time.And whatever we tell her, she forgets in an instant anyway. Her long-term memory used to be pretty good, but that's all pretty foggy now too. She has bouts of lucidity, but they're getting fewer and fewer.

 

[donaldtoo]

We do NOT perspire...we glisten!

If you'll kindly excuse me, I'm just gonna' go dig a hole to crawl into now...

 

[Cesar R M]

Again, the "like" means "I hear you".

May I ask, and if the subject is taboo, just say so - but, would your mom (and the rest of you) not be better off if she were in a home? Is this the plan, eventually? And if so, how and when do you make that determination?

Apologies if you have already decreed this topic off limits, but I haven't come across any such request.

I wonder the same, if she has these episodes.. they might want to keep with professional help.

Also, does she responds if you show her mementos during her episodes?
just to show that she is out of that phase and had a long life already?

All the more reason to go to Disney. Port Riverside has one of the best Arcades. The arcades that are not near the pools seem to better and bigger a the whole at Disney.

I actually was there, but honestly, as my first time on WDW.. my mind was NOT SET to know arcades.. I was set to know all I could from the bubble/parks.

 

[Nemo14]

I wonder the same, if she has these episodes.. they might want to keep with professional help.

Also, does she responds if you show her mementos during her episodes?
just to show that she is out of that phase and had a long life already?

There's not a whole lot that professional do that we can't, and at least most of the time she feels secure here.

We have photo books that I've had printed up that show each of my siblings with their kids and grandkids, and she enjoys looking at those. Sometimes it calms her down, sometimes it confuses her more. I also have tried just keeping soft music in the background for her, but it doesn't seem to sooth her worries. She'll be fine tomorrow, but tonight she's really being difficult.

 

[PUSH]

We get the same questions 20 - 30 or more times at a time.And whatever we tell her, she forgets in an instant anyway. Her long-term memory used to be pretty good, but that's all pretty foggy now too. She has bouts of lucidity, but they're getting fewer and fewer.

My grandma's long-term memory is still pretty good. The other weekend we were taking her for a drive, and we ended up going through cemeteries, and she could remember so many things from her past, even this one shed she used to work in that was located in one of the cemeteries. She could also remember whose taxes she had done since she used to do that for a living. She's in her early 80s, and she's definitely losing more and more it seems like every time I see her.

 

[donaldtoo]

Just doin' a little bit of walkin' down memory lane, here.
We spent quite a bit of great family time here (Sea World San Antonio) when the kiddos were younger...

 

[PUSH]

I'm looking around on AccuRadio, and I found a section labeled "Canadian". I clicked on it, and I think @JenniferS would be in heaven. They have Canadian, Canadian Pop, Canadian Rock, a bunch of French and Canadian French stations, and "Scene: Maple Leaf Indie".

 

[Nemo14]

My grandma's long-term memory is still pretty good. The other weekend we were taking her for a drive, and we ended up going through cemeteries, and she could remember so many things from her past, even this one shed she used to work in that was located in one of the cemeteries. She could also remember whose taxes she had done since she used to do that for a living. She's in her early 80s, and she's definitely losing more and more it seems like every time I see her.

My advice for you is to record all those things she's telling you now about her past. I did that with Mom several years ago so we have them for future reference.
Also - make sure you give your aunt lots of breaks. You don't realize how caring for one in this condition wearies you chip by chip. I'm so lucky that my husband is so helpful and supportive - I could never do this alone.

 

[JenniferS]

I'm looking around on AccuRadio, and I found a bunch of French and Canadian French stations, and "Scene: Maple Leaf Indie".

Pass.

 

[PUSH]

My advice for you is to record all those things she's telling you now about her past. I did that with Mom several years ago so we have them for future reference.
Also - make sure you give your aunt lots of breaks. You don't realize how caring for one in this condition wearies you chip by chip. I'm so lucky that my husband is so helpful and supportive - I could never do this alone.

My aunt takes overnight trips to Madison every now and then to get away. My grandma isn't bad enough yet that she can't function on her own for a day, but even then my dad will go on and check on her and sit with her when he can. I'm sure my dad would take care of her more, but he is still working and doesn't have as much free time as my aunt does since she is retired.

 

[PUSH]

Pass.

Maple Leaf Indie doesn't trip your trigger?

 

[JenniferS]

Maple Leaf Indie doesn't trip your trigger?

I don't even know what this means.