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The Jam vs Wool Tuesday
Last week while I was playing around with AI (get me, sounding all techie), I asked Claude to tell my fortune (ruined it there, didn’t I?) and part of the pronouncement Claude made was to: Beware of Tuesday next – … Continue reading
Posted in dementia, looking after Mum, memory, muddled life guide, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday blanket, Tuesday TV
Tagged carer, jam tarts, knitting, Percy, the secret plan, Tuesday blanket
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The Secret Plan part two…
…did not go to plan. There was a mix up with the agency and we have had to postpone things until next week. When we will meet a different lady. And in a true test of Mums awareness, I am … Continue reading
Posted in COPD, dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, muddled life guide, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday blanket, Tuesday TV
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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
Posted in dementia, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday blanket, Tuesday TV
Tagged Aunt, confusion, Eplilepsy, knitting
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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
Posted in dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday TV
Tagged knitting, Little Pea, Little Wisp
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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
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Tagged knitting, Tuesday TV
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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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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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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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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
Posted in family, looking after Mum, memory, muddled life guide, stroke, Tuesday
Tagged Aunt, caring for parents, cousin, dementia, good Tuesday, humour, knitting, Tuesdays
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A Crafty Day Out
A couple of years ago. Lovely Mummy of Gorgeous Godson and I decided we would stop giving each other birthday presents. Instead, we’d spend some time together doing things – no partners, no children and no cats (not that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Murray, day out, gorgeous godson, knitting, Lovely Friend, Show, The Creative Stitches and Hobbycrafts Show
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