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The art of distraction tuesday
Tuesday stats: Tesco: Successful, no crying and we got the ‘nice’ cashier Celebratory ‘we did the shopping’ cake choice: cinnamon bun Cooked: Fish pie x 2 (one for dinner, one for the freezer) Kitchen music listened to: Simon and Garfunkel … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, muddled life guide, stroke, Tuesday
Tagged caring for parents, looking after Mum, The Tuesday Blanket, Tuesday
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Muddled Life Practical Tip – Hospice support
It’s funny, isn’t it, how you don’t see things that are right in front of you? My Dad was diagnosed with COPD years ago. I have no idea how many years as breathing issues have always been part of Dad. … Continue reading
Posted in family, muddled life guide, Muddled Life Tip
Tagged COPD, dad, hospice care
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The start of The Tuesday Blanket Tuesday
‘Hmmm. You’re rather twisted aren’t you?’ ‘I am?’ ‘You are.’ And that’s how the conversation started as I stepped into the room where I had an accidental massage this Tuesday. My sister (a beautician) was giving mum a facial at … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, crochet, family, looking after Mum, stroke, Tuesday
Tagged Abba anchor, cooking with Mum, crochet, dementia, family, knitting, looking after Mum, massage, muddled life guide, The Tuesday Blanket, Tuesdays, wool
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Muddled Life Practical Tip – Attendance Allowance
Someone mentioned Attendance Allowance to me when Mum first had her stroke. It was just too much to think about at that point and for some reason, Dad or I discounted it later as we thought Mum wasn’t eligible for … Continue reading
Posted in muddled life guide, Muddled Life Tip
Tagged attendance allowance, benefits, Muddled Life Tip
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Purple hat Tuesday
Mum was an amazing knitter. She’s made countless thing over the years and I never once heard her say a pattern looked too hard. She made matching cable knit dresses for me and my sisters only a few years ago … Continue reading
Posted in family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday
Tagged Abba, cooking, elderly parents, knitting, matching with mum, purple hat, Tuesdays
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Learning to chop onions – a step mums guide
Step Mumming is way harder than I ever anticipated. Not just the fact that not all step children may want you around and make that fact very known to you, but the balancing act of being useful but not treading … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, family, Pog Life, step mum
Tagged bad ass step mum, Bigger R, cooking, life skills, step mum wins, Stepson 2, Stepson1, teaching, university preparation
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Woolgate Tuesday
I’ve been lucky: since the start of the year Mum has been in a good mood, or I’ve been able to manoeuvre her into one relatively quickly on my Tuesday visits. This week…well, things were not as good. We had … Continue reading
Posted in family, looking after Mum, memory, muddled life guide, stroke, Tuesday
Tagged Aunt, cousin, dementia, knitting, looking after Mum, sisters, tough tuesday woolgate, Tuesdays
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The Black Book Muddled Life Tip
I can remember the number plate of the mini metro that was our first family car. I can remember the address in America of my friend who moved their when we were 11 (including the zipcode) and I can remember … Continue reading
Posted in muddled life guide, Muddled Life Tip
Tagged caring for parents, little black book, Muddle Life Manual, muddle life tip, resourses, tip
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The chicken worked (!) Tuesday
You might not believe this, but…we had a huge success on Tuesday this week. Whilst shuffling around Tesco, I did my chicken impression for Mum accompanied by the usual ‘what am I?’ question and Mum shouted (while laughing) ‘Chicken! Stop!’ … Continue reading
Posted in looking after Mum, memory, muddled life guide, Muddled Life Tip, stroke, Tuesday
Tagged chicken impression, dementia, doctors, replanting words, tapeworm, wooden spoon
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A different Tuesday
I work online. Mr R mostly works online. Remote working. We thought it would be interesting to see how remote we could make working in the UK, so last Friday, we drove to Sennen Cove, which I think counts as … Continue reading
Posted in holiday, Pog Life, work
Tagged Cornwall, holiday, Mr R, Percy, remote working, walking
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