Spirited and Lively Older Women Thread

3Jays, that new unit sounds really nice. I hope you can gift your furniture to a shelter or something like that so yu don't have to deal with it all yourself.    

More windows is so nice. Enjoy. 

Ginger

I'm so glad to hear that Mac is all right.  This storm is unlike any other we've seen in our lifetimes for sure, and the extent of hardship and suffering it's caused continues to increase. 

Kathy

3jays, this move is going to be good for you...we can all feel it happy to report that we came through the storm ok, no real issues at all, even including our trailer at the NJ campground. who knows why some are hit hard and others, less than a minute away, are fine. ours is not reason why, right? my heart and prayers, like all of yours, are with the people who have been hit the hardest by this horrible storm.

love and hugs buds.

"We are all just walking each other home." Ram Dass

Glad to hear the good news 3jays;

Marle I am glad you are safe. What a horrible storm, so much devastation. 

QCA, your family is in my prayers - did I see on the news your area got snow?

ptd: have you heard Ram Dass speak?  I think he is wonderful.  Thanks for reminding me of that quote. 

Hugs and warm thoughts to all

Where is everybody?? I posted last here a week ago and here I am posting again.

Very busy week for us.  We had to go to Tennessee for DH's BIL's funeral (his sister just died in January) and went there and back in 2 days.  It's interesting how funeral customs vary in different areas.  His casket was left open during the service (here, it's closed prior to the family's entrance) and when you exited, you walked by the casket.  At our church, the casket is wheeled out first.  Military funerals, with the flag, Taps, and a bagpiper, are so emotional for me, so meaningful, and that's what he had.

Then yesterday we went almost to the Virginia border for a surprise 75th birthday party for DH's SIL.  Didn't think we'd ever find the place, but we did and it was a nice party.  So, we've really been on the road over the past week.  Now, to catch up on the laundry!

Kathy

Ginger, I think you had the "knack" and I'd have loved to be a fly on the wall for this one! 

Kathy

Kathy, Sorry about the BIL. Mine was scheduled to move to assisted living but a few days before he passed. He was very distressed about moving so I guess it was a blessing. Very hard on my sister though. Prayers for your family.

Thank you, ptdreamers.  The BIL who died had put off having some heart surgery while his wife was alive, then had it after her death and he never went back to his home. 

Barbe, the BIL with Parkinson's already has some dementia issues caused by the disease, and DH's sister said the drs thought the risk was too great that those would increase dramatically, or even that he wouldn't live through the surgery.  This is all 2nd hand info, mind you.  He has hallucinations sometimes, but the constant falling is what's so hard on both of them.  She is determined to keep him at home as long as possible, but I know it has to be so hard on her to get him up when he falls, which he does without warning--just drops. DH's sister is 64 and BIL is 65.  She thinks his condition could be a result of exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam, and it may well be.

Kathy

Kathy I am sorry your family is going through this. We have done far too little for our Veterans.  I hope they will be able to get in a home health aid, maybe he can be more comfortable and you sis less burdened.   

Hugs ginger 

PS, it was a good sized shrimp too! 

Ginger, Every time I think about that shrimp, I laugh. I can see myself doing exactly the same thing. I would like to have a video of everyone's reaction.

Ginger that is funny  i bet you were like oh nooo  it has been a up and down week here i have been sleeping a lot  and trying to recover i am up and down with sleeping  maybe i will get some more later had to take a pain pill  tho  hope everyone is doing good hugs

Hi, my MIL is still fighting death at hospice. Weve been called in three times and shes still snoring. Its been quite a learning experience, reading the little book and watching her follow it. Step by step, except the last one. Everyone that wanted to has had time and taken it to love her and say goodbye. Its like labor in reverse. Shes fighting to give birth of herself into heaven. Out of this body.

Im not thinking straight, completely.

My friend in NJ, his apt was flooded and he lost most everything in the storm. But yesterday got good news. The tech place that took his computer was able to save everything on his hard drive!!! YAY. He studied photography and all his work was stored digitally. That just made me so happy! I was doing a little happy dance all by myself!

~Connie

 Connie, I'm sorry about your MIL.  You and your family will get through it, and so will she,  but I don't have any words to make it better.  Her situation is similar to what my MIL's was, in that we were called in repeatedly, but when she died, she was alone.  Happy for your friend, though.  That's a miracle that everything was restored.

Kathy

Connie, sometimes their hearts are just too strong to give up!! Makes it so hard for those waiting....is she "pilling" - grasping at the sheets/blankets?? Or did she go through that already.

3jays!! You got approval!! Woo hoo! If only you could wiggle your nose (genie!) and be in the new place...good luck on the move, sweetie.