Think a bath and bed will be in order.
Thanks, but definitely not feeling better. Just barely staying awake for another 20 minutes until I can pick up Tyler. Counting down the hours until I can go to bed. I usually have him in bed at 7:30, so I'll be in bed right after that. When he wakes up in the morning, I'll probably be bad and let him watch a DVD while he eats breakfast so I can sleep a little more before going out of town to my dad's. I literally only plan on staying there an hour, or however long it takes to eat and do our egg hunt, and then we'll rush back home. Once they see how miserable I feel, I'm sure they'll understand. I'd completely skip the holiday if I hadn't missed Christmas (because other family was coming to my house) and Thanksgiving (because Tyler was at his dad's and I had to study for final exams).I'm tired tonight!
Hope you are all having a great Saturday. Holly, I hope you are feeling better.
We have Church in the morning and than our ex daughter in law and little grandson are coming for the afternoon. Should be a nice day!
I don't ever cook anyway, so that would be a disaster! I just hope my appetite is back by tomorrow. 
Mark's making a seafood platter for dinner tonight with crab, scallops, shrimp and halibut. The fishmongers were a bit sparse as most had been bought up yesterday for Good Friday!
Thanks, but definitely not feeling better. Just barely staying awake for another 20 minutes until I can pick up Tyler. Counting down the hours until I can go to bed. I usually have him in bed at 7:30, so I'll be in bed right after that. When he wakes up in the morning, I'll probably be bad and let him watch a DVD while he eats breakfast so I can sleep a little more before going out of town to my dad's. I literally only plan on staying there an hour, or however long it takes to eat and do our egg hunt, and then we'll rush back home. Once they see how miserable I feel, I'm sure they'll understand. I'd completely skip the holiday if I hadn't missed Christmas (because other family was coming to my house) and Thanksgiving (because Tyler was at his dad's and I had to study for final exams).
I hope everybody is having fun with the Easter preparations! I'm so glad I go to the meal so I don't have to cook.
I've got the chills today, but my mom's uncle and friend sent me an awesome llama wool blanket from Peru a couple days ago -- perfect timing! I've never felt something so warm, heavy, and soft! It's absolutely wonderful, especially when sick!
Mandy, it is even nicer today than yesterday here, so went out instead of decorating!! If the weather was of the usual Easter variety we would be inside painting!!!!
Car alarms are a pain!As far as being a 'grumpy old woman', if people didn't do things to make us that way we would be ok.
When we were out having a lovely coffee outside in the sun), we were chatting holidays, and for 2009 we are thinking of taking 6 weeks and visit a few places in the US!!!
This would be for, and over, our 40th wedding anniversary. It started out as 6 weeks touring Europe and changed direction! Wonder if we will be able to fit a cruise in somewhere.
Only problem is I now have another holiday to plan.
He's got to be late 50's now as my mom will be 53 this July.
Mark's making a seafood platter for dinner tonight with crab, scallops, shrimp and halibut. The fishmongers were a bit sparse as most had been bought up yesterday for Good Friday!
DH picked up fresh clams and oysters down the coast yesterday. He and DD are going to make fresh clam chowder and oysters on the half shell for friends of ours that are coming up to the coast to see us.
Can't wait, so yummy!!
Karen
I think I ended up parking in the next county!
Lisa:
Good luck with your mom today. My good thoughts will be coming your way this weekend and herein forward on this issue.
I have the other issue on my hands. My mom is turning 80 this summer. Her body is in pretty good shape, but her mind is going more and more each day. We moved her into a retirement staged care (independent, assited and skilled nursing as needed) community last year (after dad died) it was hard to tell her she couldn't go back to her home (@ Lake Almanor 6 hours by car from us) again, even harder moving her without her input. She is still upset about that. She thinks she should have been there to move everything, but if she was it would have been impossible to pack her stuff up. My family and I did the last weekend with her at her house and packed up the precious stuff, then my sister went up the following weekend with movers and hauled all the rest of it out. I handle her finances and medical care (funny I have 3 other sisters, one who helps all the time the other 2 are pretty removed and just don't see what has to happen to keep up her care.) If only it could be a shared job then each of us could feel ok, rather than one (me) or 2 feelings exhausted with it all the time. Oh well, I'm the one who knew it would be me to do it, so I guess that's just life I can't just ignore it, that's not the daughter my mother raised.
Nan,
Your mom is very lucky to have you! I know how hard it is, I was the sibling that pretty much took care of my mom, but my sister did come down and spend the weekends with my mom to give me a break. She was very sharp, just had renal failure and diabetes. She was on dialisys for the last two years of her life and we helped her with that. Never had to move her out of her house, but had been planning for her to move to the house behind us that she and my sister would live in. She never made it there, but sister still moved in and that has been such a blessing.
Both of my grandma's had to be "enrolled" in convalescent hospitals. It was very hard to do, but they both were sufferning from Alzheimer's/dementia and it was too hard to try to take care of them at home. One lived to 87, the other to 95, and it was just the last 3 to 5 years of their lives that they were not sharp!
Try to always take a little time for yourself after your visits to her.And try to always remember the good times with her as well.
Karen
