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[PAlady]

Good morning ladies, hope all is well.

Been awake since 3:30 this morning.  I did doze from 5:30 to 6:00, and that made me feel worse.  I know I keep listening for the dog walking around downstairs, I know that will stop but it is killing my sleep.

We are having a cold, but, sunny morning.  I have missed the sun around here.  We may even hit 60 degrees on Thursday here.  I am excited.

No TSV for me this morning, I did order yesterdays and then thought better of it.  Of course I went to cancel it and it had already processed.  Guess time will tell if I like the shirts.

Linda - I am sorry to hear about the gentleman with dementia, hope everything works out for him.  Hope DH is smiling for you today.

Well need to get moving, have a cut and color appt. today.  Have to get rid of the grey stripe starting on my part.  

Hope everyone has a great morning.

[LindaLatte]

Good Morning and thanks for getting us started, Susan.  Sorry you are having sleeping problems.  Hope you like the shirts after all, and you like your hair cut and color.  While I think the TSV looks nice, this is not a difficult pass for me since I rarely use the sun umbrella I have now.  

We are expecting rain tomorrow, but it is sunny and fairly cool (40's) so far today.  I think it is supposed to reach 70 degrees later on. 

Bookclub was pretty good yesterday.  A bit emotional -- long story, but not too bad.  One of our members (and a friend) is back after the death of her husband of 50 plus years. 

My buddy who was planning to sell her house and move to Wyoming is thinking about staying here.  Their house is very nice, and the weather is so much better here in the winter.  They have a cabin in Wyoming where they can go in the summer.  It is a difficult decision for her.

I was thinking about the lady who moved away from my neighbor with dementia, and I am doing my best to understand what happened.  Some of the ladies in my caregivers group who have been married for many years have reported that their husbands turned against them when they were stricken with dementia.  Some have said that their husbands are constantly accusing them of things like stealing their money, seeing other men, etc., and some of the men have said that they don't want to be married to their wives of many years.  While these women know that it is the disease talking, they are very hurt.  And, it is not easy to live with someone who is yelling at you and putting you down.  I have no idea if that is what happened in this case, but it would be difficult to stay with someone you have only been with a short time and exhibited this behavior.  I am very fortunate that DH has never been mean to me, and I treasure his smiles.

I have the senior lunch program today, and then I'll go to the gym before I visit DH.

Waves to all of our posters and readers.  Have a nice day everyone!

Hugs,

Linda

[Bird mama]

Yea it's hard @PAlady  I remember when Max passed away in 2008 the silence was deafening.  I missed hearing him walk across the hardwood floor and I missed the sound of him sleeping/snoring.

[Bird mama]

Linda @LindaLatte  We never now.  Sometimes dementia makes a person really crabby and aggressive.  I can understand why she's need to move out for her own sake. I'm crossing my fingers she gave his family a shoutout about his condition.

[cerb]

Good afternoon everyone!  Susan, thanks for getting us started today.  Sorry that you're losing sleep while mourning for your dog.   (((hugs))).  Just picturing you with a grey stripe down your head makes me smile.  Bernie - I've not known the loss of my DH, so I cannot imagine what you have gone through.  You haven't mentioned Grayson in a while.  Are you birds okay?  Linda - my town has traditionally had a lot of snow birds too.  They live in places like Idaho during the summer, and down south during the winter.  Not a bad way to live if you ask me.  As for dementia, it's a sad state of affairs for everyone involved.  When my Dad went through it we were very blessed that he did NOT become mean or violent.  In fact, he became more child-like and sweet.  My mother would not have been able to care for him as long as she did, had he not been so cooperative.  I just feel compassion for everyone involved.

I had a bit of a surprise this morning.  I was checking my email and saw one from my dentist reminding me of tomorrow's appointment.  Then I realized that the reminder was for today!!!  For some reason I had gotten it into my head that the 13th of Feb. was on a Wednesday.  I called their office and asked if it would be okay if I were 10 minutes late, and then I rushed to get ready and drive over there.  Couldn't believe that I got that date confused.  Geesh.  Anyway, cleaning went well and the dentist said things are okay, but I'll be needing a crown on a molar in the future at some point.  Yuck.

Now I'm just sitting around watching the Olympics on TV and doing some ebay shopping.  Oh...maybe I shouldn't admit to the ebay shopping part, lol.

Waves to all  ~  Charlene

[Bird mama]

Charlene @cerb  Oh Max was my shepherd/boxer mix   When my husband passed it was the same.  You miss the small things.

My birds are fabulous.  They love me being home 3 days a week.  Even my old man Poppi is warming up to me.