Category Archives: looking after Mum
A more than muddled Tuesday
There is no Tuesday TV this week 🙁 Mum has been a bit wobbly so we thought maybe Tesco wasn’t a good idea – I went on my own instead, and while it took a lot less time than usual, … Continue reading
Muddled Life Practical Tip: The Herbert Protocol – keeping people with dementia safe and found
After my Neighbourhood (Mummy W) watch post the other day, a friend contacted me to ask if I’d filled in a Herbert Protocol form. I’d never heard of this before, so. looked it up: According to Age UK: ‘The Herbert … Continue reading
A (mostly) Little Wisp Tuesday
This Tuesday Percy and I were lucky enough to have Little Wisp with us on the last day of her summer holidays (Little Pea, who is now rather a Big Pea was busy starting secondary school…gulp!) Mum was not feeling … Continue reading
Neighbourhood (Mummy W) watch
You might have read a few posts ago that Mum was recently rescued from a hedge while on the little walk she does regularly. As this is something that is more likely rather than less likely to happen in the … Continue reading
The Grump, The Smile, and the Nursey Percy Tuesday
The Grump: Having been told that we can’t even go on the NHS waiting list for a memory assessment for Mum as it’s so long, but that we are on a waiting list to go on the waiting list – … Continue reading
A Moderate or rough; mainly fair Tuesday.
Yesterday was a mixed bag. I had lovely Mum when I was videoing, slightly nuts Mum is Tesco (she got obsessed with finding ‘the thing that hasn’t bee there for ages but we used to get and I know where … Continue reading
An open letter to the Blue Badge People
Dear Blue Badge People, You’re kidding, right? I mean, thanks for the reminder that in April that Mum’s Blue Badge (known as the Blue Peter Badge in our family) was due to run out in four months. I did think … Continue reading
The more chaotic than usual Tuesday
Why? Because I decided to help my sisters out with summer holiday child care I’d have Little Pea and Little Wisp along on my Tuesday with Mummy W. It was chaos…but good chaos mostly 🙂 (Although the lovely cashier in … Continue reading
The Puzzle solving Tuesday
It turns out that Mum has forgotten that she is a demon knitter. Post stroke and with her slightly muddled head it’s the skill she could still do without thinking. Last winter we had hats and scarves made for us … Continue reading
Log flumes and Rollercoasters
Last Tuesday I took Mum to have lunch with a friend. Then I went for lunch with a friend. And it was lovely. But apart from that, last Tuesday was a tricky day. When I got to Mum and Dads … Continue reading
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