Category Archives: muddled life guide
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
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
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
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
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
Double confusion Tuesday
What do you do when you are just getting the hang of managing your Mum that you (lovingly) describe as ‘mad as a box of frogs’ to anyone asking how she is? Well, you go to Tesco for a bit … Continue reading
Parental daftness Tuesday
Tuesday this week was a little different in that my parents seem to have taken over in the daftness stakes and these were things that needed to be addressed… Mum and I went to Tesco. Mum had a panic that … Continue reading
Wooden Spoon Tuesday
It’s Tuesday. And my car didn’t even turn over when I tried to leave for Mum and Dads this morning when it was -5. Mr R did magic with jump leads though and luckily (for this set of circumstances) it’s … Continue reading
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