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The best things come in twos
Today is my sisters birthday. It turns out (after a DNA test) that they are identical. (I’m very proud though that as the big sister, I can tell the difference between then even when they can’t 🙂) They are quite … Continue reading
A bit of honesty
Dear people in my computer, I think I might have fallen into that social media trap a bit. You know, the one where you make life look a bit more smiley than it is. It’s tricky, because nobody wants to … Continue reading
Posted in care home, dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday
Tagged Caregiver Life, carehome, caring for parents, ElderCare, honesty, Midlife Chaos, Midlife Juggle, muddled life, Sandwich Generation, Sister 1, Sister 2
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The trying to fit too much in Tuesday
I was going to tell you how this week Mum wasn’t feeling well when I arrived so I persuaded her to take some tablets, rushed off to Tesco and said I’d be back to wash her and her hair before … Continue reading
Posted in dementia, looking after Mum, muddled life guide, Tuesday
Tagged carer, hospital, Sister 1, Sister 2, Stepson 2
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The New Wheels Tuesday
Mum has new wheels! Mum has been getting more wobbly and much faster to tire in the last few weeks so Sister 2 took the initiative and ordered a wheelchair. Which got lost in transit so she ordered another. And … Continue reading
Posted in dementia, family, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday TV
Tagged Jelly Drops, Sister 1, Sister 2, wheelchair
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Happy Birthday Daddy W
Yesterday was Dads 78th birthday 😁 As Dad has all the ‘things’ a 78 year old who only leaves the house occasionally to get new library books could possibly need, so my sisters and I decided to cook and eat … 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
Posted in COPD, dementia, family, holiday, looking after Mum, memory, stroke, Tuesday TV
Tagged family holiday, Ithaca, Ithaca Greece holiday, Little Pea, Little Wisp, Mr R, Sister 1, Sister 2
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The chaotic cooking Tuesday
Tuesday stats: Tesco: Mostly successful, although someone with a very full trolley beat us to the ‘nice’ cashier so we ended up with a man. Luckily Mum approved of him. Celebratory ‘we did the shopping’ cake choice: Belgium bun (did … Continue reading
Posted in crochet, dementia, looking after Mum, memory, muddled life guide, stroke, Tuesday, Tuesday blanket, Uncategorized
Tagged cooking with Mum, dementia, Sister 1, Sister 2, Tuesday, Tuesday blanket, wooden spoon
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40 years ago…
…I was sitting – age five, nearly six – in a school music lesson when I saw my Dad run up the school drive. I must have caught his attention somehow and he burst into the lesson to tell me … Continue reading
Princess Pog and the (magical) tiara
The other day I mentioned in this post that Sister 1 had progressed the ‘lets embarrass our sister with weirdly addressed post’ competition, by sending me a parcel addressed to ‘Princess Pog’. We currently have a lovely decorator man here … Continue reading
Posted in family, Pog Life
Tagged cancer, hooray, magical tiara, post, post man, princess pog, Sister 1, tiara, wow
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A weekend of weirdness
What’s the weirdest birthday you’ve ever had? I think mine was this one just gone – Friday in fact. While I got to spend quite a bit of it with my family, that was because we were at my uncle’s … Continue reading
Posted in Beachbumpkinsville, hypnotherapy, Pog Life, study
Tagged birthday, birthday cake, diploma, family, Himself, hypnotherapy, learning, Little Wisp, mature student, psychotherapy, scared, Sister 1, sister2, study, university
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