Category Archives: looking after Mum
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
Broaching a tricky subject…and not being amazingly successful 🤦🏼♀️
After our hospital excitement the week before last I took both Mum and Dad to their GP; Mum because the hospital told me to in order to get her an MRI scan and Dad because his breathing was worse than … Continue reading
The Dog based Tuesday
This week at Tesco after buying a large number of puddings (to try to entice Dad to eat a little more): And balancing these with – shock, horror!- fresh vegetables (because the steps to the cellar which houses the freezer … Continue reading
Changes and a 999 call
I’ve always been a bit fascinated with change. I think my biggest personal change was going from a quite committed spinster life in a teeny tiny house in Bumpkinsville, filled almost entirely with me, Norman cat, an awful lot of … Continue reading
Hello again, Ithaca
If you scroll waaaay back on this blog you’ll find posts from holidays in Ithaca. Mum and Dad have been going for 17 years. Sometimes I tagged along, sometimes we all did. We are lucky in some ways that the … Continue reading
The poke in the eye Tuesday
This is the Tuesday where Mum had to open the Humbugs while we queued to pay in Tesco as we were there so long she got hungry (we were in the longest queue but she wouldn’t contemplate joining any others … Continue reading
Quite a chatty Tuesday
This Tuesday was just about Tesco and a Percy Dog outing for Mum (and fun Power of Attorney discussions for Dad – sorry Dad). But that didn’t stop a spot of videoing where initially Mum had nothing to say…then – … Continue reading
The cheese monster Tuesday
This Tuesday Mum was channelling her inner grumpy toddler. It took a while to remove the grump and find the happy, but it wasn’t permanent and there seemed to be a bit of a battle between the small grumpy child … Continue reading
Hair wash Tuesday
Tesco: A small, uneventful shop where Mum forgot each item we were getting within seconds of going to look for it, but that is nothing unusual… Celebratory ‘we did the shopping’ cake choice:Dad suggested no cakes this week 🤷 Mum and … Continue reading
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