• Aging Parents,  Assisted Living,  Mom

    Trying to find some NORMAL amidst CHANGE

    Good morning! This is just me, this week, going through a lot to get Mom ready and set up for Assisted Living. There is a LOT to the process and we are showing that week to week in the videos. This week we are finalizing paperwork, medical appointments, and Mom’s own tour of assisted living. We try to get things done at home as well as attempt to find some normal living in between the chaos. Watch the week HERE.

  • Aging Parents,  Assisted Living,  Health,  Moving,  Uncategorized

    Unwelcome Surprise this Week and Planning Mom’s Move

    Thursday, May 14 Well, sometimes things don’t go quite as planned. We have to accept that. I’m having a little mini crisis. Since about 8:30 last night, about an hour after dinner, I began having a sharp pain in my left side. I’m familiar with it. It’s some type of colon flare I get – it’s rare now when I get it and short lived. Sometimes I can just ignore it and it will go away. But this time it’s being a little persistent bugger. I was able to sleep since I took Tylenol, but awoke to pain again this morning at 4:00. I drank a whole glass of water…

  • Family,  Flowers,  Food,  Resting,  Storm

    Reflections, Tornado Warnings, Orzo Salad, and Spring Blooms

    It’s been a little crazy busy lately and we are all over the place, but here is just a true vlog style, day-to-day coverage of the prior week. I did some reflecting on the week Mom went into the hospital and we came out with plans for assisted living. I recapped all that our family did well in that week of crisis. We enjoy the blooms of spring, a tornado warning, making Orzo Salad and spending time with Maddie with her newly groomed look! She is very clingy these days – maybe since I’ve been gone so much. You can watch the video HERE.