The Drop in Centre

[Fae Briona]

12 hours ago, Kitt said:

What did someone say?

When I am good I am very good. When I am bad I am better!

Meatloaf: The good girls/boys go to heaven, but the bad girls/boys go everywhere.

Edited August 28, 2021 by Fae Briona

[Mikiesboy]

Some writing done, but i can't put off doing some baking/cooking i need to do:  Poaching all the little pears we got .. not in wine but apple juice with spices.... mixed fruit oat bars and green onion/broccoli/cheese eggies for Michael's breakfasts.  Later, fresh tomato sauce with chiffonade baby bok choy (we have a lot of that). I think it will be about the same as spinach in the sauce. Then some of the b bc i will put in the freezer for a later stir fry.

hope all of you are enjoying your Saturdays

[1brokNangel]

8 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Some writing done, but i can't put off doing some baking/cooking i need to do:  Poaching all the little pears we got .. not in wine but apple juice with spices.... mixed fruit oat bars and green onion/broccoli/cheese eggies for Michael's breakfasts.  Later, fresh tomato sauce with chiffonade baby bok choy (we have a lot of that). I think it will be about the same as spinach in the sauce. Then some of the b bc i will put in the freezer for a later stir fry.

hope all of you are enjoying your Saturdays

I think I need to join you for dinner, all of that sounds so good.

Sounds like your having a very good Saturday.

[Mikiesboy]

4 minutes ago, 1brokNangel said:

I think I need to join you for dinner, all of that sounds so good.

Sounds like your having a very good Saturday.

it all came out nicely. Dinner was good, it was a fresh pasta sauce with lots of our fresh veggies.

[chris191070]

Just now, Mikiesboy said:

it all came out nicely. Dinner was good, it was a fresh pasta sauce with lots of our fresh veggies.

Sounds amazing x

[kbois]

Everytime the topic of discussion turns to food, I get hungry. 

Could you imagine a DiC potluck get together? It would need to be a long weekend, everyone makes a hot dish, cold dish and dessert each day. 

The spread would be incredible and the company would be amazing! I can just picture me and @mollyhousemouse swapping band mom war stories and funny things our kids did when they were little. @Wayne Gray and I would probably debate what makes a good cliffie and how many should be in a story (while imbibing some nice smooth whiskey). More than one discussion would be centered around what's the best natural remedy for achy joints. 

I'm sure the conversations would be lively. This is a great group of people. 

Let's not forget the music....oh the playlists would probably rock the roof off...lol!

I think I gained a couple of pounds just thinking about this.🤣

Enjoy the rest of the weekend everbody!

 

[Kitt]

Well, my moron took first place today in a field of 20.

[Reader1810]

2 minutes ago, Kitt said:

Well, my moron took first place today in a field of 20.

Good for her, but I suppose that means there will be further shenanigans in your future… 

[Kitt]

1 minute ago, Reader1810 said:

Good for her, but I suppose that means there will be further shenanigans in your future… 

She has now started a campaign for me to take her to Ocala Fla in February. I don't have the contacts for that, nor do I want to cultivate them. It would require at least one stop overnight as I will not have a horse on a trailer for 23 hours, and I don't have a network of horse style B&Bs.

[Reader1810]

17 minutes ago, Kitt said:

She has now started a campaign for me to take her to Ocala Fla in February. I don't have the contacts for that, nor do I want to cultivate them. It would require at least one stop overnight as I will not have a horse on a trailer for 23 hours, and I don't have a network of horse style B&Bs.

Give an inch and she tries for the mile.

PS: That’s a hellavu long trip especially with many states on the route right in the middle of winter. 

She have a screw loose, perhaps? 🤔

[Kitt]

16 minutes ago, Reader1810 said:

Give an inch and she tries for the mile.

PS: That’s a hellavu long trip especially with many states on the route right in the middle of winter. 

She have a screw loose, perhaps? 🤔

Yes, I do believe she does.

[kbois]

35 minutes ago, Kitt said:

She has now started a campaign for me to take her to Ocala Fla in February. I don't have the contacts for that, nor do I want to cultivate them. It would require at least one stop overnight as I will not have a horse on a trailer for 23 hours, and I don't have a network of horse style B&Bs.

Ocala in February? 70 degrees, no humidity..... just sayin'.  

(Maybe someone should start up a Barnbnb?)

[Kitt]

There is a reason small haulers like me don't do long hauls like that.

[Kitt]

1 minute ago, kbois said:

Ocala in February? 70 degrees, no humidity..... just sayin'.  

(Maybe someone should start up a Barnbnb?)

They do have them. I just don't have the contacts.

[Reader1810]

7 minutes ago, Kitt said:

There is a reason small haulers like me don't do long hauls like that.

Very sensible all things considered.

Edit: And that is it for me. 

Good night all…

Edited August 29, 2021 by Reader1810

[Ryan Jones]

On 8/28/2021 at 8:17 AM, Mikiesboy said:

Started chapter 10 of Kidnapped (working title).  Yesterday's output was wild.. i think that was a first for me 3,000 words in a day. That will not be happening today, but that's cool.  Sleeping past 4am, puts a damper on things. LOL.

It is great when things seem to just flow.

Back when the lockdown started and I had no casino (or anything else) to go to I sat at my computer one morning and decided to write. Something. Anything.

My fingers started to move, on their own it seemed. I really had no idea what was coming, when I sat down I had no plan and as I typed I was reading it for the first time. I kept on going, it was like I couldn't stop.

During the March/April time frame I did 3 stories, over 100k words. It took me longer to go through and do the spell check than it did to write it. Editing isn't really my thing so I didn't. I had Justin read them to see if it made any sense because the only time I read what I wrote was as it was typed out, I didn't read it once I finished it.

Haven't written anything since the Ski Trip story that I posted here. My fingers haven't prompted me to open up the word processor.

 

[kbois]

Today was tough. I had my mom for the afternoon. She's gotten a lot worse over the past few months. She doesn't remember any names. She knows that I'm familiar, but has to be reminded that I'm her daughter. She has no clue who any of her sons are. She's a mere shell of the wonderful woman she once was. I wanted so badly to cry on the way home after I brought her back to my brother's, but I drove right into a torrential downpour so it wasn't exactly safe to bust out into tears. This really sucks. 

 

[Starrynight22]

On 8/27/2021 at 10:51 AM, Reader1810 said:

My mom loves butternut squash, but yes, peeling it is a pain, so I’m going to look for this one next time.  

You can microwave a butternut for about a minute and it loosens the skin for easier cutting. 

[Ryan Jones]

11 hours ago, kbois said:

Today was tough. I had my mom for the afternoon. She's gotten a lot worse over the past few months. She doesn't remember any names. She knows that I'm familiar, but has to be reminded that I'm her daughter. She has no clue who any of her sons are. She's a mere shell of the wonderful woman she once was. I wanted so badly to cry on the way home after I brought her back to my brother's, but I drove right into a torrential downpour so it wasn't exactly safe to bust out into tears. This really sucks. 

 

My father had an accelerated version of this. Vascular dementia. It was caused my small strokes, it started just after the first of the year and he died in 6 months. The symptoms were so close to Alzheimers that they gave him the drugs to see if it would help but it didn't.

He went through most of the stages you hear about the Alzheimers patients having, just quickly. Finally he stopped eating and drinking so that was it.

What I held on to was that in his mind there really wasn't a yesterday. That today, this moment, that's all he had. In a way it's a blessing compared to other incurable diseases. At least you're not suffering a painful, dragged out existence until the end.

I think it's worse on the immediate family. I had my dad move in to my house and hospice was there to provide the support. After he stopped talking I would sit with him and talk but the lack of response was too much to handle so I just did what he liked when his mind was good. Watching television was his thing so I left it to keep him company.

I've had relatives on both sides who had/have Alzheimers.

Sorry you're having to go through all this, it's incredibly hard. If you need others to talk to that have the same experiences there are usually Alzheimers support groups around. People who are caregivers or family members get together to discuss the current states of their loved ones and sometimes you can get a suggestion or comment that makes things inside you feel slightly better.

[Reader1810]

7 hours ago, Starrynight22 said:

You can microwave a butternut for about a minute and it loosens the skin for easier cutting. 

Thanks for the tip.  

[Kitt]

I think I need to take my husband's debit card from him.

 

When we were young and debit cards first came out, he had no experience keeping a check  book and would use the card, not enter the charge in the book and forget to tell me.  This was befor online banking and after the 5th time the account was overdrawn I took the card away.

30 some years later I can check the balance any time, he has learned to tell me the amounts when he used mine, so I got him his own again a couple years back.

Well, he has apparently not learned to check receipts. 

The hotel we stayed at over the weekend show trip was supposed to be $130 per nite. 2 nights. Total $260. The gal we took should have been the same. Total both rooms $520. This am I check the account. We have been charged the full total.  But K was ALSO charged for at least 1 of the rooms! I watched her run her card. So we know the hotel got at least $390, and quite possibly $1040. Yes, I believe we each paid for both rooms for both nights. This on top of being lied to about the pool being open. We specifically asked about the pool at booking, and on arrival were told they closed the pool months ago due to covid, and due to maintenence issues will not be reopening it, they will be ripping it out and replacing it with a fitness center.

 

I certainly do NOT recommend this place!!!

[Kitt]

11 hours ago, kbois said:

Today was tough. I had my mom for the afternoon. She's gotten a lot worse over the past few months. She doesn't remember any names. She knows that I'm familiar, but has to be reminded that I'm her daughter. She has no clue who any of her sons are. She's a mere shell of the wonderful woman she once was. I wanted so badly to cry on the way home after I brought her back to my brother's, but I drove right into a torrential downpour so it wasn't exactly safe to bust out into tears. This really sucks. 

 

I can't say I know what you are going thru, bit I do feel for you. Gram was diagnosed with Alzheimers but she developed cancer and passed from that befor her memory was severely affected. 

Hang in. As Ryan says, there are support groups. You can always vent here, and my pm is always open.

[kbois]

3 hours ago, Ryan Jones said:

My father had an accelerated version of this. Vascular dementia. It was caused my small strokes, it started just after the first of the year and he died in 6 months. The symptoms were so close to Alzheimers that they gave him the drugs to see if it would help but it didn't.

He went through most of the stages you hear about the Alzheimers patients having, just quickly. Finally he stopped eating and drinking so that was it.

What I held on to was that in his mind there really wasn't a yesterday. That today, this moment, that's all he had. In a way it's a blessing compared to other incurable diseases. At least you're not suffering a painful, dragged out existence until the end.

I think it's worse on the immediate family. I had my dad move in to my house and hospice was there to provide the support. After he stopped talking I would sit with him and talk but the lack of response was too much to handle so I just did what he liked when his mind was good. Watching television was his thing so I left it to keep him company.

I've had relatives on both sides who had/have Alzheimers.

Sorry you're having to go through all this, it's incredibly hard. If you need others to talk to that have the same experiences there are usually Alzheimers support groups around. People who are caregivers or family members get together to discuss the current states of their loved ones and sometimes you can get a suggestion or comment that makes things inside you feel slightly better.

 

2 hours ago, Kitt said:

I can't say I know what you are going thru, bit I do feel for you. Gram was diagnosed with Alzheimers but she developed cancer and passed from that befor her memory was severely affected. 

Hang in. As Ryan says, there are support groups. You can always vent here, and my pm is always open.

Most of the time I'm okay with the reality of her decline. For whatever reason, it hit me different yesterday. I worked 6 years on an Alzheimers/dementia unit in a nursing home. It's tough on any kind of caregiver. 

Thanks for letting me vent. Today is better all around.

 

[kbois]

I really hate getting those texts that your automatic bill payment was declined. Always a moment of panic thinking the bank account is overdrawn until I realized I never changed the info when I got a new bank card. 🤦‍♀️

Hope everyone is having a good day!

[Reader1810]

4 minutes ago, kbois said:

I really hate getting those texts that your automatic bill payment was declined. Always a moment of panic thinking the bank account is overdrawn until I realized I never changed the info when I got a new bank card. 🤦‍♀️

Hope everyone is having a good day!

Been there, done that, though I can’t remember now what “that” was.

Good day to you as well. K.