Wow what a day....

Wow , what a day.... I went to Meggans this morning to spend some time with her, she lost the baby yeaterday and with Matt out of town she was in need of some company and support. I was so happy to be there for her. I went over at 10 30 am and stayed until 2 45pm. Grammy R didn't want to go and I felt that she would be ok to stay for a couple of hours, as we have done that before. And Bruce would be home for lunch at noon and would stay until 1 pm. Well , little did I realize that this was not a good day to do it. I came home and she was doing ok but was very tired, and complaining about a back ache. She complains about her back from time to time... mine hurts to from time to time so I don't think to much about it with her, any way I asked her if she wanted to have some IB for the pain, and she said oh she had taken some already, well that is ok, except she proceeded to show me what she had taken and she had taken her Equate allergy pills, which is fine also except she had taken two, which also ok because it say's on the pill box that she can take two... so I went ahead and gave her the 2 IB for her pain in her back, well she went down stairs to take a nap because she was sleepy, the allergy pills do that to her any way and she had taken a double dose, well she came up about a half hour later and seemed alittle more lively, but as I started talking to her she was not able to make any sense of what she wanted to say, her words were gone, she not could not say two words that made any sense she was switching from one idea to another faster then I could keep up with.... it was bad, and I for the first time had a glimpes of what we have coming. And she knew she wasn't making sense so it was frustrating her... as I tryed to understand what was going on it occured to me that it must be the med's that made the condition worse, and she was still in a bad way when Bruce came home for supper . So..... yes I learned a couple of things, I can't leave her that long alone and two I need to be moving the med's that we have on the top shelve to a more secure place.... she is failing and we know that it is coming faster then we want . My heart aches for her.... and there is nothing we can do beyond love her and take care of her and keep her safe.
Now also her dog has been sick for a few weeks now, he has been coughing and sneezeing lately and we have had him to the dr. 3 times in the last 3 weeks, any way she is worried about him too and thinks he dying most of the time... she will start crying and get worked up over him, and she had done that this morning.... needless to stay she is struggling. But we are hanging in there and all is well with Bruce and I.
Well this is a long one.... sorry about that, just wanted to jot this down because I am kinda keeping these notes so I can kinda keep track of Grammy R journey... as they say it is a long journey with AD. Love ya all......

Walking to the Senior Center

Today was a nice day, but I am tired. This morning Grammy Rose and I walked to the Sr. Center, and we went in and checked it out. I think she is going to go try it Wed. morning and she wants to go for the whole morning, so we will see. She really wants to make friends and this will be a good place to start, I have let the director know that she does have AD and as long as she tends to her own things like eating and going to bath room by her self, she can be there. So it will work for a bit. The other thing I did was mow the lawn this evening, well I did the usalle out skirts of the lawn while Bruce rode the mower. So needless to say I am very tired.
Tomorrow I have a HM open house with Meggan, and then she has a dr. appt. in the afternoon. I will take GR with us for a bit, but I think she will come home as it is running from 10 - 2pm. We seem to be keeping busy. Well that is it for today, love to all.....

An afternoon with Meggan

Well, here we are finishing up another weekend. It has been a nice one, I had a chance to spend some time with Meggan and Beckham bye my self for a change yesterday afternoon. It was nice to be away from my responsibilities for Grammy Rose. I really enjoyed having the time away. We didn't really do any thing much, we went shopping at Baby R Us, and then went to her house for a short visit. Bruce stayed home with his mom, and then took her to church like he always does each Sat. evening. I must say it made me miss my times with Meggan and Beckham bye my self, but I appreciate the little times like yesterday when I can get them.
Our house has changed some since GR came to live with us. We don' t see our kids near as often as we were, and spending the same amount of time together as a family. It makes us alittle sad I guess, but know that they are doing their own things and getting on with their lives. I guess we have been spoiled alot and have enjoyed the past 2.5 years . But it is rewarding to see our children independent and living good lives. And it isn't like we don't see them of and on, some parents don't get to see their children more then once a year ( like my folks) so I really can't complain.
Well only 2 weeks and I will be visiting with my daughter and have plenty of time as I am staying a month... hope she and her husband don't get tired of me ( you know they will) I am really looking forward to it.
Okay time for bed.... love ya all.

Peach Jam

Makng Jam with Grammy Rose

Well, it has been a busy day here, Grammy and I made jam this afternoon, she helped and did a good job, she did the stirring and ladle it into the jars. I put in the ingredients and made sure all was measured right. She enjoyed it and wanted to know when we were going to do it again...lol.... I was not going to do it with her but she came up stairs and wanted to know where she could start.... soooo what could I say??? It was good for her as she was taken back , when she used to do it . We have berry's from our back yard that will be needing to be done up soon. They are blackberry's. Stacie did my cherry's while she was here. So we will be doing that soon I guess.
She has gone down stairs to watch tv, she gets bored with the olympics which is what we have been watching this week, but that is ok, she likes her space down stairs and enjoys going down there in the evenings.
She didn't watch tv at all down there today, so she was ready .
We also got the yard done tonight, Bruce rode the lawn mower and I did the edge... and grammy swept the front porch area. Need less to say I am tired..... so I will say goodnight.... love ya all.

War in the silverware drawer

Okay, so you all are wondering about the title of this blog.... right....well it has to do with each time Grammy puts away the silver ware she really has a hard time with the spoons and forks.She is for ever moving the forks to where the spoons go, and the spoons are every where.....so it looks like the forks and spoons had a war with each other.... it isn't a problem but I am getting tired of having to fix it each day....lol.... I could just leave it but then we would never find any thing... I appreciate the fact that she can even put dishes away at this point as the day will come when she won't be able to do that . She and I have a good time together right now, we do alot of laughing and she is able to laugh at her self most times. I feel so badly that she is not able to remember the things that she should, but she is doing well and we are happy to have her here with us. I think the hardest thing is knowing what is to come for her, and how much we will miss her even in her condition today. But we take one day at a time right now, and try to enjoy each day as it comes. I feel really blessed that we have this time with her and I am really enjoying getting to know her on a level that I have not ever had.

The day has been a good one, the kids were over for supper and that was nice. We don't see alot of them like we use to, everyone is busy and it is ever changing. We really do enjoy seeing them when we can just like those who live away from us.

Well that is it for today, hope all is well with all of you. Love ya.....

Boring weekend

Good Evening,

Well another weekend has come and gone. I must say it was a very boring one at that. We did nothing all weekend. In fact I am so tired of watching TV, we watched 4 movies yesterday, and the TV has been on all day, between Bruce and Grammy Rose, I am not sure who is worse.:) Any way it really was a long weekend and I am glad tomorrow is Monday.
Even the kids didn't come over all weekend.... except Meggan was over this evening to do a load of wash. She wasn't feeling good tho, with her pregnancy isn't feeling good.

It was another hot day this afternoon, I am looking forward to the Fall season to get here... I am ready for summer to end. It won't be long I hope.

Not much else going on here. All is well here tho and I know this is a little bit of a mummer note, sorry about that.

Have a good night.

Love ya all