tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494603491178252622024-02-07T14:19:59.599-08:00The Good The Bad & The Ugly Living With Dementiananniepanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16656764668286963866noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749460349117825262.post-10978476141954902532019-09-23T08:45:00.000-07:002019-09-23T08:45:47.886-07:00TOUCHES OF FALL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">According to the calender, Autumn is upon us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The mornings and evenings are cool but we are still </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whenever I think of Fall, I think of sweater weather,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">we are not there yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's not to say I can't get in the mood with a few</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For some reason I have latched on to</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">blackbirds/crows, I found these little cutouts on Amazon and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This little throw pillow came from etsy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I needle felted this acorn garland using acorn tops</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now this is my newest piece of artwork.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It replaces a still life of </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Updated the welcome sign I made this Summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been contemplating my blog lately and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">wondering what's next for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Where my Dad is cranky, stubborn, and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">falling apart, he does not have dementia, hence my title</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What to do, what to do</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All Cake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A quick post to show you my latest acquisition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A good friend of my Mom's passed me a little money </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">as a tribute to my Mom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought about a plant or tree but that didn't seem quite right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom was not a big flower person and if I planted a tree</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but moved away in a few years it would be lost to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On a whim, last month while browsing etsy</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to get a whimsical piece of art to honor her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I sent them this photo and told them to scrap the bib</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and make the meal a big bowl of ice cream</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(her favorite food in the world).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I opened it last week</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wasn't sure I liked it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought a frame, hung it and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">lived with it for a couple of days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think I like it and glad I did it.</span></div>
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nanniepanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16656764668286963866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749460349117825262.post-1343614218915437722019-06-13T11:21:00.000-07:002019-06-26T05:57:28.040-07:00LET THERE BE CAKE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, it's that time of year again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The annual</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year my sister in law, Pat picked the cake, a deep south</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">tradition, The Lane Cake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lane Cake was new to me so I went to Google.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I read it was mentioned in Harper Lee's</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"To Kill A Mockingbird",</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">well, that's all I needed to be</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> ALL IN.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"To Kill A Mockingbird" is one of my</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">favorite books and defiantly my favorite movie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Miss Maudie Atkinson baked a Lane cake so loaded </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with shiny it made me tight"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Scout Finch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are many versions the</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Alabama State Cake,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I went with a traditional version.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I printed off my recipe and found it was</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">four pages long,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I knew I was in trouble.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My recipe states this cake gets better the longer</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">it's stored<span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">in the frig, hence the shiny.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used bourbon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day one was about baking the cakes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mine called for three layers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is a sponge cake and called for eight egg whites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day two made the filling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Eight egg yokes, sugar, raisins, nuts, flavoring, coconut,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and of course the spirits,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">only a half cup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Quite tasty, but even with just half a cup...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Deloris Irene Davidson</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">June 12, 1929-May 6, 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today she would have been 90</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but her little body said no, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a very simple ceremony</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">at Valhalla Memory Garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The plan was to have only a grave site, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but the weather wasn't agreeable</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and so we held it in the chapel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The last two weeks were the roughest</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with visits in and out of the emergency and hospital.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally when pneumonia set in...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">she had had enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom left behind some notes of her wishes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who she wanted to get certain personal items </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that she cherished. She had a collection of</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She wanted her best friend Wanda to have her</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Mom loved clothes and she loved buying them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I first move here three years ago she had them</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Over the last year she only wore pajamas unless she was</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ended up giving Goodwill about twelve or so bags full.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">March and April have been tough months for Mom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">came at the beginning of March. I thought she was doing better, then she had a fall trying to get out of bed on her own. She started getting weaker and needed more help with things she could usually help with...getting out of bed, transferring from her chair to the toilet, etc. Then I notice her left leg was beginning to swell up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I couldn't just run her in to the doctor because she was now unable to go up and down our few steps to the car. I ordered a portable ramp from the Wal-Mart online store and when it came we got her in a few days later. Doctor Edwards sent us to the hospital for an ultrasound and Mom had developed a blood clot. He prescribed a blood thinner and sent us home. This was on the fifth of April.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Four days later 911 had to be called because she was so out of it. She was admitted to the hospital for a UTI and observation for two days. Came home with a 10 day supply of antibiotics and some home health help. The antibiotics gave her diarrhea from day one and continues to this day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While recovering from the UTI and under home health care she started developing a rash on her bad leg. It started concerning the nurse and on the twenty third, that's three days later from the last emergency visit, back we go at the urging of home health. This time I was able to drive her because her strength had improved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next day, she seemed better, following day not so good and then the next day was very bad. She was having a hard time breathing so I called home health. When the nurse arrived she called 911, she thought Mom had aspirated and it sounded like it could be pneumonia. She was on the money. The hospital kept Mom for four nights all the time her improvement going up and then down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now she is in a skilled care facility and we have began talks of hospice. The antibiotics she is receiving are not helping and she is struggling to breath. Comfort care drugs have been started and she will officially be in hospice around May tenth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Lots of anxiety and stress are swirling around me right now,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I just want her to have some peace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday we celebrated Dad's 93rd birthday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dad spent much of the day on a project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but to help me get Mom to the doctors. She's had a bad month</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The weather couldn't have been lovelier yesterday</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for Dad's birthday, in fact our first hummingbird of the season</span></div>
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nanniepanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16656764668286963866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749460349117825262.post-11960469246000964762019-03-07T09:10:00.001-08:002019-03-07T09:10:52.014-08:00SAYING GOODBYE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Saying goodbye to a good friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A much loved pet.</span></div>
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nanniepanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16656764668286963866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749460349117825262.post-13079719423882416992019-03-05T12:34:00.000-08:002019-03-05T12:35:27.501-08:00MY THREE YEAR ANNIVERSITY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week marks my three year anniversary</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">of moving to Fayetteville and in with my parents </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In anticipation of my fourth year, I decided to </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first one was and is risky,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but I did it anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've always liked this chair but not the color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did some reading and found that </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I plunged in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first coat went on pretty easy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It took four coats before I was satisfied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know if I would have been so quick if this</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sandy, our helper is probably the only person that</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Second project this little chest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A big problem for my sensibilities here is that</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">there is just <b>too much</b> brown wood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wood floors, wood doors, wood walls, wood furniture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I chalk painted the drawers of the chest only and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next I took on our little kitchen table and chairs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The chairs were a bit harder, they didn't seem to want to</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The table legs were much easier, I added a little</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the way, I had never chalk painted before and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the fact that chalk paint tends to be a little pricey</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought, why not. They have it in two sizes, 8 oz. at $6 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and 16oz. at $10. The smaller size was enough paint for</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">each of my projects with some left over in each bottle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm not quite finished yet, my table legs still need</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">to be waxed and the chairs buffed but I am</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I look around the house, I'm thinking...</span></div>
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nanniepanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16656764668286963866noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749460349117825262.post-40957392867387017132019-01-10T15:17:00.001-08:002019-01-10T15:17:53.232-08:00CREATING<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to show you my latest </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">up-cycled sweater wreath creation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A friend on face book ask me to do a special order</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Living with and caring for my parents now means I don't</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">had to be creative for sure. I had a frame, some bags of scrap sweaters, and my Mom had a jar off pretty shells.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the finished product hanging on my friend's door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know if it is what she had in mind but</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I guarantee no one else will have one like it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hard to believe its almost Christmas again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I haven't been caring for my parents quite three years yet,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but this will be my third Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Autumn came and went without much fan fair.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did have a lovely birthday in October</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">thanks to my sis, Susan.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We ventured to Miss Bobo's,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">located in Lynchburg and owned</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">by Jack Daniels.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Quite a spread!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Otherwise, I've just tried to stay busy.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">One project I took on was to do some organization</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in my Dad's garage and workshop.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Cleaning out drawers and cabinets,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">putting like things together and such.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Where my Dad and my Uncle James before him</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">acquired all the STUFF in that garage I'll never know</span> ,<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but STUFF we have. The following pictures</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, I'm a crafter and I would love to be</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">creative enough to come up with ideas using</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">all these goodies, but my brain just won't</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found about 15 to 20 various rulers and yardsticks</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">and I was able to come up with some Christmas</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">crafts, thank goodness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dad and I worked on this project together.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He drilled the holds at each end and we bolted</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">them together, I wrapped the lights.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">These sticks were interesting,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">they were 48 inches long instead of the normal 36 inches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We mounted it on the outside of the workshop,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">and traffic in both directions on the highway<br />
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The other craft I did was this yardstick/ruler<br />
Christmas tree,<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">measuring Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Summer has come and gone</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and it's been a good one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was somewhat daring...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">cut my own hair!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Purchased some new bedding online from</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom had a barium swallow test</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I spent many days </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Now, what do you think Fall will bring?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">According to my "easterseals" calendar</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We in the Davidson household are </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">old school when it comes to the flag.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm the first one up in the mornings so I put it up,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dad takes it down every evening around dusk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We try not to let it touch the ground,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but when you're 92, accidents happen.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It stays dry on the porch, when rain</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The flag is a symbol that I hold dear</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but what I hold more dear than the fabric alone,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">are the principles behind the flag.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Red/Valor</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">White/Liberty</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Blue/Justice, Loyalty, Perseverance </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, if you want to bend the knee</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">its alright with me</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but I'll stand as long as I can.</span><br />
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Show your colors today.</div>
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nanniepanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16656764668286963866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749460349117825262.post-23662043205818981942018-06-13T04:08:00.000-07:002018-06-13T04:42:10.250-07:00DAVIDSON CAKE BAKEOFF YEAR THREE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, it's that time of year again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Davidson Family Cake Bakeoff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is our third year and my sister,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Susan chose the cake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hummingbird cake</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had never tasted hummingbird cake,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and I had certainly never made one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have now!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I looked around the Internet for a recipe,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I chose to use the recipe in the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1978 Southern Living magazine, one of the first times</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The cake was easy enough although it took me</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">triple the time to bake because once again</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was using our toaster oven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">BUT THE FROSTING...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I literally thought I was going to </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">on my Mom's harvest gold1970 hand mixer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two packages of cream cheese.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two sticks of butter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two boxes of powdered sugar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll be wiping cream cheese frosting off the walls</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It all came together</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And, by the way made a perfect</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">89th birthday.</span></div>
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nanniepanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16656764668286963866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749460349117825262.post-81205825748809713542018-06-12T13:06:00.000-07:002018-06-12T13:06:37.728-07:00MOM AT EIGHTY NINE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today is my sweet Mom's birthday</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">she is 89.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately it was not a very good day for her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She couldn't stay focused and didn't </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did get a big smile from her when I rolled out</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">her birthday cake...we always smile for cake, right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She enjoyed a piece after lunch</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, a big happy birthday </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The back section of our side field is peppered</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with Queen Anne's Lace</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Queen Anne's Lace, also known as wild carrot,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">birds nest, and bishop's lace</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">has been my favorite wildflower</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">since I was a child.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Its always been quite wondrous to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Magical. It congers up imagining of </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">knights and maidens,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">kings and queens</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What's your favorite </span></div>
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nanniepanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16656764668286963866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749460349117825262.post-88903469199452349742018-06-09T08:10:00.000-07:002018-06-09T08:12:17.252-07:00GOOD GERBERA GARDENING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gerbera Daisy is one of my favorite flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always buy one or two each Spring</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year is no exception, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but I hit gold!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had purchased two at Walmart off their </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I got home I could kicked myself for not buying more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On my next trip the following week I was</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, guess what.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The folks in the gardening area were cleaning </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I asked if they gave them away when they marked</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They said they couldn't give them to me...but</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">a discounted price wasn't out of the question.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I filled my cart with about fifteen plants </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">$0.50 each!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most people would have just passed them up,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">none were blooming and many had some brown leaves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I knew a little Miracle Grow would </span></div>
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nanniepanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16656764668286963866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749460349117825262.post-52070888253976771092018-06-08T11:35:00.002-07:002018-06-08T11:35:53.673-07:00HEARING IS BELIVING!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">About a week ago I woke up and could not</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">hear a thing in my one of my ears.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh, great I thought, I live with two parents that</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">can't hear and now I've gone deaf.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is there something in the water???</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did what I always do when I'm dumbfounded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I googled it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Could be a sinus infection</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(yes maybe)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(surely not)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Could be ear wax buildup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(no way!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First I took a decongestant for two days,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day two...some very small amber flecks</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just a few pictures of what's blooming today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">June 1 2018</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She is functioning, more or less, as she was before the hospital stay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had nurses, aids, other therapist in and out, but hands down</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">because I've been waiting to see what comes </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">back on its own. I picked up some cheap cushions</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">from Walmart that will work fine for us this year.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday I started my vegetable garden,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He was born Billy Wade Davidson on </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">in Taft Tennessee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">His parents were Jessie and Hubert Davidson</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and he was the baby of eight children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now they are all gone but him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After serving in the US Navy, he married </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">a young girl from Michigan</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">in November 1948.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her name was Deloris.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They started raising a family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the fifties Dad and Mom moved back to the South, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dad started working for the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bill has four proud children,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nancy, Bill, Susan and Rick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> (and they have loved him as well).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On any given day you can find him in one of </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tinkering or repairing something in his workshop,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">or sitting in his easy chair reading or playing</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before I start this post, I wanted to thank everyone</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and thoughtful encouragement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You do not know how helpful it has been.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I shouldn't be surprised, but I am, at how many people</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom has been home one week from the skilled care facility</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and I am finally seeing some improvement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Home Health Care is a Godsend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They have been so helpful</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and very generous with their skills and knowledge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have acquired more information </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">from them in a few short visits</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">than I did with the staff at Donalson</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> the entire thirty days she was there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> For some reason it was</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">like pulling teeth to get information</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> from the nurses and aids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The information about my Mom</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> that I did manage to get</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> was through asking questions,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> they did not volunteer anything on their own. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They even reprimanded me once</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> for trying to watch a therapy session</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">saying it was in violation of the other patient's privacy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I feel sorry for those patients that have no one</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Enough, I'm getting off my soapbox now</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and onto the subject at hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Essentials, all the things you need when caring for </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This shower chair is one of the first things I</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm not sure what they were doing before I got here</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and feeling like a bad daughter for not knowing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have to own up to it...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I kept my head in the sand way too long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday Mom got her first real bath</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> since coming home,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">thanks again to Home Health. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Dee came out and showed</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">to handle that very important task.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We did not have a hand held shower sprayer before</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but we do now </span><span style="font-size: large;">and it should make bathing much easier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(I installed it myself)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had already purchased a hand rail</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> but Dee showed me a way</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">to use the walker for extra support as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The wheelchair has come in very handy</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> since Mom has been home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> So glad we had gotten it last year for transporting</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> her to and from the doctors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> In the past, it was used only when she was </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">having a bad day,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> too weak for the walker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since she has been home it has gotten a lot of use,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> but we are trying to wean her off it a bit</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> and get her to use the walker more</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and build up her strength.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two more new purchases,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> the bed rail, at the urging of the her therapist,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">to keep Mom from falling out of bed</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(she did so the first night back home)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and a support for pulling herself into a sitting position.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The second item, a rolling table</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> for eating in bed and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with the wheelchair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It was my idea to get this one,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> it seemed useful at the hospital and care center.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One last thing before I close,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> this drinking cup</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and it's a great way to make sure</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> she is getting enough water</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">throughout the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well until next time</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and again, thanks for the</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today is the first day of Spring, March marks my entrance</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> to my third year of caring for Mom. She has vascular dementia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She was recently admitted to the hospital for a bad UTI,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">then a month in a skilled care facility for some recovery time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now she is home again, but I fear not the same.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She is extremely week and can not focus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the past when she would get up for the day she would have</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">such a sweet countenance..."looks like a pretty day" ,that is no longer the case. It may change with some time and some healing</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but I need to wrap my head around the fact that this may be our new reality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can I just say, I don't like it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I find myself getting frustrated with her and making myself angry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't understand the fact that she can't understand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is sometimes like I am speaking a foreign language to her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Send me your good thoughts, your good wishes,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">your prayers, your good karma, your happy thoughts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whatever you believe in...I'll take it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't want to be</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">ANGRY GIRL</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank God Spring is here!</span></div>
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nanniepanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16656764668286963866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749460349117825262.post-60472579650337902162018-02-26T09:02:00.000-08:002018-02-26T11:52:40.328-08:00Flower Power<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do people send flowers anymore?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I guess if you have a large network of friends and family</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">you might get a few bouquets but walking the halls</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">at the skilled care facility here at Donalson I don't think its a big</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">priority for the elderly and their families.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First of all they cost so darn much and many people don't think</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">they are worth it because they die so quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't say I agree, flowers and cards are always a mood lifter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My cousin Gay was kind enough to send a lovely arrangement</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">to my Mom when she first went into the hospital.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She used a local florist called "The Flower House"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and boy do they know what they're doing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Only yesterday did I have to weed out some of the wilted one,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but still had a nice selection to make a smaller bouquet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I honestly don't know how much my Mom pays attention to her room décor</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but I for one will always want flowers and plants around me</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">until the day I die,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">even if they come from Walmart.</span></div>
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