11/28/09 - 12/5/2009 The Nana's Ride the Seas Again #5

[dsparks]

Yeah! I'll take the top!!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

!!!!WAY TO GO DAWN!!!


Thats the way to show those guys that the ladies till rule the boards here

Kathy

 

[dsparks]

Good Morning!

Kathy, did you get to see the kids? How was mom this weekend? You said stressful??

Allison, how was the camping? Or are you still cleaning off the mud? It was cold and rainy Saturday morning here--might have reached you on Sunday...

Greg and Jeff what did you guys and children do to celebrate Mother's Day?

Chuck and Mark, you've never said if your mom's live close by or not? I'm sure that you would have given them a call if not! My mother died almost 4 years ago but I did some remembering through out the day. Jeff, was the day hard for Mina?

Have a good start of the week.

 

[philatiger]

Good Morning!

Kathy, did you get to see the kids? How was mom this weekend? You said stressful??

Allison, how was the camping? Or are you still cleaning off the mud? It was cold and rainy Saturday morning here--might have reached you on Sunday...

Greg and Jeff what did you guys and children do to celebrate Mother's Day?

Chuck and Mark, you've never said if your mom's live close by or not? I'm sure that you would have given them a call if not! My mother died almost 4 years ago but I did some remembering through out the day. Jeff, was the day hard for Mina?

Have a good start of the week.

We had brunch with my mother. Mark's mother passed away 20 years ago from breast cancer.

Beautiful day here in Philly, although heading to Montreal for work this afternoon. Have a good day everyone.

Kathy,

you never gave an update on your mom, how was she?

 

[jd99]

Good Morning!

Kathy, did you get to see the kids? How was mom this weekend? You said stressful??

Allison, how was the camping? Or are you still cleaning off the mud? It was cold and rainy Saturday morning here--might have reached you on Sunday...

Greg and Jeff what did you guys and children do to celebrate Mother's Day?

Chuck and Mark, you've never said if your mom's live close by or not? I'm sure that you would have given them a call if not! My mother died almost 4 years ago but I did some remembering through out the day. Jeff, was the day hard for Mina?

Have a good start of the week.

Hi Dawn!
We had a great mother's day. Kids got up early and did all kinds of stuff before I even went downstairs. Then church, lunch and a little shopping and then we came home and I made dinner. Mina said it was the best ever. Yes, it was a little hard but we are now in a time of transition. Mina sold her mom's house and it just closed last week so there have been a LOT of tough times lately.

Lizzie is still not 100 percent. This cough keeps hanging on. They have her on asthma meds but it sure doesn't seem like asthma to me. Emily DOES have asthma but after she starts the inhaler it is controlled after a few days. Lizzie's cough has been going on (getting better mind you but still there) after more than 3 weeks. Truly making us all crazy - especially her. We are back to the doctor tomorrow -- for the fifth time. I really don't have any words for how frustrated we are.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Good morning everyone,

Nice to hear everyone had a good weekend.
Jeff, I sure hope they can help Elizabeth this time. Tell Mina to hang in there. I can truly sympathize with her stress on mothers day.i I am going through alot myself.


Chuck nice to hear you had brunch with your mom. Sorry to hear Marks mom passed so young. my dad died young too.



Dawn, well i didnt want to depress everyones mothers day, thats why I did not say much about my weekend. But since 2 of you asked here is what my weekend was like.

Saturday was an ice cream social where my mom is at for mothers day. My brothers went, I didnt and I'm glad I didnt. As you know I cant eat, and mom gets really upset about that, she always has so I avoid food celebrations with her but I knew I was going on mothers day.

Brookstone wher she is at was wonderful. All the moms got their hair done for free that morning and all had a beautiful corsage too. My mom was aggitated because she couldnt find her wallet or money which of course she doesnt have there,although she has her purse to carry around with other items in it.

She calmed down some when it was time for ice cream and did eat hers, then it went really bad, our worst nightmare.
She started asking for them to take her home.
Well they side track her once by asking her to show Dave (brother) the outside courtyard which she gladly did.

Then back to her room where she had packed all her stuff in her pillow case and beach basket she likes to carry.(when we go to visit if we see her basket packed we leave before she sees us because that is a sign of a bad day) Of course nobody knew she had things in her room packed.

Then she started begging them to take her home, promising not to be any trouble, just bring her some food now and then etc...
She got so bad she started rocking and shaking so one brother had to go and get help. They had been trying to leave her but she wouldnt let them, when the nurse came she told them to leave which upset mom even more.
But they were glad to leave. They honestly thought she would have a heart attack.
My one brother was shaking so hard he couldnt drive home for 20 minutes. When he could safely drive he came to moms house where I was. My oldest DD came to visit me for mothers day, because she was busy on sunday.

He told me what happened and he didnt think he could go back on Sunday with me. He said she seemed so clear he was afraid she would remember that he wouldnt take her home the day before. That was the first time I saw my brother cry. So after 30 minutes I called to check on her and she was calmed down and in the dining room waiting for dinner to be served and even had her nails done.

So then my brother relaxed and said he could sleep that night.

Sunday he decided to go with me but was pretty upset so I just told him to wait in the outer lobby and I would go through the door carefully to see if her bags were packed again and hope she didnt see me. There were lots of extra guests there and even a dog who comes to visit now and then Just inside the door so it was easy to sneak in and peak around.

I didnt see her so I thought maybe she was in her room. I wasnt going to open the door because once I did that she would see me and if she was still in a bad way I would have to go in anyway.

So I found an aide and she said mom was in the sun room and she hadnt seen her bags packed today. I had looked in the sunroom and not seen her but she was off in a back corner and i peeked in and saw she had her stuff all packed and she was just sitting there waiting for someone to come and take he out of there.

So i quietly turned around before she saw me and left as fast as I could. I went out and told my brother she was still in a bad frame of mind and we left.
He was so grateful I went in and found out instead fo getting caught up in that emotional turmoil again.

Plus friday the advocare for getting mom on medicad insisted Dan get all the final burial arrangments done with pricing so he could submit that with all her info, so Dan had just spend all day friday taking care of her final arrangements which was actually stressful for all of us because we all worked together on this. So that was not a good way to set your mind set for mothers day weekend.
So I never got to even speak to my mom on mothers day.
She has no concept of time so hopefully next weekend she will be better and I can give her her card and gift then. But it was a very hard weekend for me.

On a lighter note I did see my daughter Marie and Rachel and Randy called me, Plus I saw Peter friday night. So for my own family it was a nice mothers day but I really wasnt in the mood for it this year.

Now that your all depressed
I can say we have some nice sunshine this morning although rain is coming. The dogs had a minor fight on moms back porch where i was painting the hand rails and both of then have white paint on their ears and one whisker each They looked redicilous!!! With Minnie being black it really shows up on her.
Heres a big tip for buying stocks: Buy Excedrin stocks I have been using enough the last few weeks that they have to be doing great

well I have 38 e-mails to go through. Have a great Monday everyone,

Kathy

 

[jd99]

Kathy - Lots of and for you.

 

[dsparks]

Good morning everyone,

Nice to hear everyone had a good weekend.
Jeff, I sure hope they can help Elizabeth this time. Tell Mina to hang in there. I can truly sympathize with her stress on mothers day.i I am going through alot myself.


Chuck nice to hear you had brunch with your mom. Sorry to hear Marks mom passed so young. my dad died young too.



Dawn, well i didnt want to depress everyones mothers day, thats why I did not say much about my weekend. But since 2 of you asked here is what my weekend was like.

Saturday was an ice cream social where my mom is at for mothers day. My brothers went, I didnt and I'm glad I didnt. As you know I cant eat, and mom gets really upset about that, she always has so I avoid food celebrations with her but I knew I was going on mothers day.

Brookstone wher she is at was wonderful. All the moms got their hair done for free that morning and all had a beautiful corsage too. My mom was aggitated because she couldnt find her wallet or money which of course she doesnt have there,although she has her purse to carry around with other items in it.

She calmed down some when it was time for ice cream and did eat hers, then it went really bad, our worst nightmare.
She started asking for them to take her home.
Well they side track her once by asking her to show Dave (brother) the outside courtyard which she gladly did.

Then back to her room where she had packed all her stuff in her pillow case and beach basket she likes to carry.(when we go to visit if we see her basket packed we leave before she sees us because that is a sign of a bad day) Of course nobody knew she had things in her room packed.

Then she started begging them to take her home, promising not to be any trouble, just bring her some food now and then etc...
She got so bad she started rocking and shaking so one brother had to go and get help. They had been trying to leave her but she wouldnt let them, when the nurse came she told them to leave which upset mom even more.
But they were glad to leave. They honestly thought she would have a heart attack.
My one brother was shaking so hard he couldnt drive home for 20 minutes. When he could safely drive he came to moms house where I was. My oldest DD came to visit me for mothers day, because she was busy on sunday.

He told me what happened and he didnt think he could go back on Sunday with me. He said she seemed so clear he was afraid she would remember that he wouldnt take her home the day before. That was the first time I saw my brother cry. So after 30 minutes I called to check on her and she was calmed down and in the dining room waiting for dinner to be served and even had her nails done.

So then my brother relaxed and said he could sleep that night.

Sunday he decided to go with me but was pretty upset so I just told him to wait in the outer lobby and I would go through the door carefully to see if her bags were packed again and hope she didnt see me. There were lots of extra guests there and even a dog who comes to visit now and then Just inside the door so it was easy to sneak in and peak around.

I didnt see her so I thought maybe she was in her room. I wasnt going to open the door because once I did that she would see me and if she was still in a bad way I would have to go in anyway.

So I found an aide and she said mom was in the sun room and she hadnt seen her bags packed today. I had looked in the sunroom and not seen her but she was off in a back corner and i peeked in and saw she had her stuff all packed and she was just sitting there waiting for someone to come and take he out of there.

So i quietly turned around before she saw me and left as fast as I could. I went out and told my brother she was still in a bad frame of mind and we left.
He was so grateful I went in and found out instead fo getting caught up in that emotional turmoil again.

Plus friday the advocare for getting mom on medicad insisted Dan get all the final burial arrangments done with pricing so he could submit that with all her info, so Dan had just spend all day friday taking care of her final arrangements which was actually stressful for all of us because we all worked together on this. So that was not a good way to set your mind set for mothers day weekend.
So I never got to even speak to my mom on mothers day.
She has no concept of time so hopefully next weekend she will be better and I can give her her card and gift then. But it was a very hard weekend for me.

On a lighter note I did see my daughter Marie and Rachel and Randy called me, Plus I saw Peter friday night. So for my own family it was a nice mothers day but I really wasnt in the mood for it this year.

Now that your all depressed
I can say we have some nice sunshine this morning although rain is coming. The dogs had a minor fight on moms back porch where i was painting the hand rails and both of then have white paint on their ears and one whisker each They looked redicilous!!! With Minnie being black it really shows up on her.
Heres a big tip for buying stocks: But Excedrin stocks I have been using enough the last few weeks that they have to be doing great

well I have 38 e-mails to go through. Have a great Monday everyone,

Kathy

I hope you feel all the arms that encircle you all the time but especially in your time of need.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Yes I do, thanks everyone

kathy

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Kathy - Hugs and prayers for you and your family. I'm so sorry you have to go through this.

The dog/painting story is hysterical though. I have 2 that would do the exact same thing.

Jeff - Sorry to hear that Elizabeth isn't feeling 100% yet. I hope tomorrow the doctor to truly find something to treat her for.

Dawn - Thanks for asking about the camping trip. We were dry the entire weekend so that was positive but the MUD . I wore my hiking boots so I was fine but I couldn't find a pair for my DD. I bought her a cheap pair of sneakers and let her wear them all weekend. There were several times when we were hiking that she was make me stop so she could slide her foot back into the shoe. Poor thing. But we did have a blast. I camped at this camp when I was a GS so it was sort of like going home. I was able to share a lot of memories with her and make some new ones of our own. And I didn't kill any of the mothers that truly shouldn't be camping.

I hope everyone had a great weekend. It's sunny here in NYC so hopefully it will stay that way for awhile and dry us all out!!!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi Allison,

I am so happy you had a good camping trip and didnt kill anyone

Like you said you were building new memories which is great.

It was suppose to pour rain all day today but we actually have some sun too. Lots of clouds but it is peaking out from time to time and it did make it to 65 today which was great for taking my painted pups out for a nice couple of walks.

I made some brownies today. It was a new receipe so i hope they are good. They are cooling right now. Suppose to be chewy fudgy type not cake like brownies. They do look dark and fudgy.

Kathy

 

[jollyg]

Good evening everyone.

My goodness Kathy....sounds like you had quite a weekend?!

Sorry to hear your mother's day was the best. Hopefully your mom will be in a better frame of mind next week.

Janel had an enjoyable mother's day yesterday. We had both our mother's over for a BBQ in the back yard. It was a very nice day for it.

Have a good night.

 

[dsparks]

And I didn't kill any of the mothers that truly shouldn't be camping.

 

[dsparks]

Janel had an enjoyable mother's day yesterday. We had both our mother's over for a BBQ in the back yard. It was a very nice day for it.

Aww...I'm sure that everyone had a great time!

 

[dsparks]

Good Morning! It is cold this morning--35 degrees! But the sun will do it's work and we'll hit the high 60s today. Baseball tonight.

Last night Skylar hurt his back during soccer practice. Could hardly walk out. He used the heating pad, hot bath and motrin. Better this morning than last night. Probably pulled a muscle...his left side.

Have a great day!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Morning all,

Dawn, I hope Skylars back is ok. Even a pulled muscle can be pretty painful the next day. Wish I had your sunshine, all rain today here.


Jeff, How is Elizabeth doing today? Better i hope!!


I can smell the California wild fires today. Greg smelled them yesterday but I couldnt smell anything but today I can smell it too good. YUCKY!!


Greg, glad everyone had a great mothers day.
My MIL had a BBQ and 4 of her 7 kids made it, the others called but also had a few grandkids and great grandkids. The sun came out for that too.

Nothing much happening here today.

I made chili burgers last night so now I am thinking what to fix tonight. Maybe bacon waffles with cinnamon applesauce over the top. I know it sounds weird but it is a favorite around here. I like to fix breakfast for dinner. Sometimes I just tire of cooking dinners and want to cook something different.

Thats my big decision for the day Pretty boring huh?


Have a great day everyone,

Kathy

 

[jd99]

Hi all.

Another day. Another doctor's appointment. Allison - you are the real doctor here. Looks like she had/has whooping cough. Going to take a while for it to work its way out. I feel very bad for her but apparently no long term effects once it's gone so we just need it to go away. SOON. Gonna try swim team today. We'll see how that goes.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Jeff, sorry to hear it was whooping cough but at least you know what it is, that is a relief and she has had it for so long now, hopefully the worst if over
Good luck at swim team.

I hope Allison doenst charge too much for her medical advise

Kathy

 

[jollyg]

Afternoon Nana's!!

Jeff, I'm glad they finally figured out what it is. Whooping cough is nasty stuff.


We have a wind warning in effect today. They say we may see 70mph winds!! I keep telling myself only about 2 weeks left till Aruba and I'm outta here!!

The wind is blowing hard enough now that I've lost some shingles off the roof of our house. My shingles are suppose to be rated for wind speeds up to 80mph??? Guess I'll be doing roof repairs tomorrow.

Later

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy Greg,

I saw in the forecast last night you guys were going to get hit hard with a wind storm. Sorry to hear you lost some shingles already. But it serves you right after NOT noticing I got the top of the page!!!


Where is all the praise or at least a few insults

Your just not on the job today are you

You blew your chance now.

Kathy