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Hiking with a twist: Because why not add another challenge?
I thought that walking was what English people do and hiking is what Americans do. But it turns out that’s not quite right. According to Ordnance Survey (and they should know, right?): …. A simple distinction between hiking and walking … Continue reading
Posted in camping, hiking, hiking with a dog, holiday, Pog Life
Tagged Finding Joy In Chaos, Midlife Chaos, Midlife Humour, muddledlife, Surviving Midlife
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Introducing: Grandpaw Floof
Last night I posted this photo of Mum and Dad, taken yesterday when I took Dad to visit Mum: I commented that Dad had declined a kitchen scissor haircut before we left, which was slightly disappointing as I’d bought new … Continue reading
Posted in animals, dogs, family
Tagged cocker spaniel, Grandpaw, Grandpaw Floof, Percy
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The Step Mum Handbook Nobody Wrote – navigating teenage boys; chapter 295
I may have created a monster. This is how: Stepson 2 applied for summer and weekend jobs after finishing his GCSEs. If you are of a similar midlife age to me and don’t have teenagers in your life, let me … Continue reading
Running Away from All The Things (very slowly)
I’m not sure what I do can be classed as running away when it’s practically slow motion. It’s more a case of escaping from All The Things for a short time… So many people sent such lovely messages after my … Continue reading
New Digs
It’s been just over a month since I last wrote here, but it feels more like a year. How else can so much have happened? the big thing though, is this: Mum has new digs. She now lives in a … Continue reading
Posted in care home, COPD, dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke
Tagged alzheimers, care home, elderly parents, vascular dementia
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‘Our Place’; an alternative reality
I used to think dementia was very much about people forgetting. Words, places, people and more. We realised a good while back that for Mum it’s also about some sort of alternative reality that is based on nothing other than … Continue reading
Posted in dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday TV
Tagged alternative reality, alzheimers, caring for parents, dementia, vasculardementia
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Reflections
It turns out that there is so much about demential that you don’t know you don’t know. Like that moment when your Mum doesn’t seem to recognise her own reflection. We’d been looking at videos and photos and I realised … Continue reading
Posted in dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, Tuesday, Tuesday TV
Tagged alzheimers, caringforparents, dementia, reflection, vasculardementia, video
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Corned Beef Hash pie
Tuesday this week was…well, I think it’s best to pretend that it didn’t happen. But there was one small success. I invented the Corned Beef Hash Pie (maybe not actually invented, but I’d not heard of it and definitely not … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, COPD, dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, Pog Life, step mum, stroke, Tuesday, wedding
Tagged corned beef hash pie, step son 2, wedding anniversary
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A few of the questions I have from the last few weeks *
*Some I’ve found answers for, some are hypothetical and some…we’ll just never know. 🤷♀️ Why do you have to fight for a medical person to see your Dad and then three turn up at once? (Ok, three in 8 days, … Continue reading
Posted in COPD, dementia, dogs, family, looking after Mum, memory, Pog Life, stroke, Tuesday
Tagged frustrations, questions
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ID bracelets
This one is a practical one that might help someone else. We kicked ourselves for not thinking of it as it’s pretty bloomin’ obvious, but it took my father-in-law (thanks Pops!) to suggest it. Pops had seen ID bracelets for … Continue reading
Posted in COPD, dementia, looking after Mum, memory, muddled life, muddled life guide, Muddled Life Tip, stroke
Tagged ID bracelets, Muddled Life Tip
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