Well, I am not sure how this will go but I will try to add the pictures within this post.

 

Here we go.

 

First off, here is my most curious side-kick weimie.  She is a "blue" weimie....meaning her registered color is a charcoal gray.

 

 

 

Here are before pics of the master bedroom.  The walls were just an off-white color.

 

 

Now for my new green walls.  Here they are.  Mind you, I haven't put up any pictures yet.

 

 

If you will notice, I have my "gray-haired" Raggedy Ann doll.  I got it as a gift from my BFF when we turned 49.  She's a hoot and I have never seen another one like her.

 

Well, hopefully, these will come out okay.  I will post some more pics when I get my pictures up on the walls.

 

Later gators!!

 

BBB

 

So doggone sore I can barely MOVE!!  Between painting the bedroom on Saturday and then moving my Daddy yesterday, by last night I could hardly move.  My bad left knee has gone crazy.  I have already had TWO surgeries on it, so I tend to be really careful with it.  I don't particularly want to see an artificial knee in my future.  After all the squatting I did,  the stupid knee is swollen and sore!!  And I have a workout to do tomorrow.  I just hope I am able.  As Ronna suggested, Motrin is definitely my FRIEND.  For the next few days it will be perhaps my new BFF!!!  Oh well, the pain is definitely worth it.  The more I look at the bedroom, the more I love it!!  And Daddy seems to be pleased with his new apartment.  So, it's all good.  The pain will go away!!  Won't it???  I think it will.  I am thinkin' positive here!!

 

Hubby is up in the attic as we speak putting in the remainder of the new lights in the kitchen.  I keep hoping the cabinetry and all the rest will follow.  Hopefully, I will  someday have a brand spankin' new kitchen.  Anywho....I probably won't be posting the project pics tonight.  He is going to be pretty tired when he gets done in the attic.  So, I will get them posted as soon as he gets them done for me.  I know.  I know.  I am pathetic.  I am just technologically challenged folks.  I know I need to learn to do all this stuff for myself.  It just isn't gonna happen right now.

 

In other news, I got a call from a girl I used to run around with when I was single.  She is a really nice lady and a wonderful Mom.  She has always been a hard worker and did a good job of raising her kids.  She called out of the blue today with a strange story.  She said that some friends of hers were wanting to fix her up with a guy.  They told her his name and she said that something kinda clicked in her head, but she had to ask me something to make sure if she was right.  It turns out that her friends were wanting to fix her up with my ex-brother-in-law.  I about fell over.  She asked me what I thought.  I could only tell her that he recently went through a really bad divorce.  I told her if it were me, I would just proceed cautiously.  She had told me that she is ready to find someone to settle down with.  I told her I didn't think my ex-BIL would be doing any "settling down" anytime soon since his recent ex pretty much took him to the cleaners!!  What a small world we live in.  I couldn't believe that these two people who played such different roles in my life could very well have been introduced to date.  I kinda think that she is gonna say no.  I told her that ex-BIL is a nice guy and if she was just looking for someone to go to dinner with or to a movie with, she'd be good to go.  I just don't think he's gonna be settling down though. 

 

Well, I guess I am gonna hop on off here folks and take my sore, weary bones to get some of my new BFF motrin.

 

Tilll next time....

 

BBB

I worked my tushie off today!!  I had hoped to get the three lighter green colored walls done.  That was my goal.  Well, I was rockin and getting stuff done so I went ahead and finished the darker green wall as well.  I think hubby wasn't sure if I could do this.  Is it perfect....no.  Does it look so much better?  Heck yeah!!!  Now I just have to get my print matted and framed and I will get stuff back on the walls.  Hubby was inspired by my work.  He now wants to take up the carpet and do my idea of prepping the slab and painting  it.  I will then be putting down some pretty throw rugs so our tootsies don't freeze this winter.  I think we agreed over dinner to paint the floor a light khaki color.  It should go well with the color scheme we already have going.

 

May I just say, Weimie, that MY weimie was underfoot ALL day long.  I cannot even count how many times I had to ask her to MOVE!!  May I also say that I am so sore from stretching, bending and stooping.  I feel like I have had about a 3 hour workout with my personal trainer!!  My goal tomorrow is very simple....to be able to get my sore tuckus OUT OF BED!!!  Sheeesh!!  I can hardly walk tonight.  I can't imagine how I am gonna feel tomorrow. 

 

I took before pictures and have already taken AFTER pictures.  Also, in honor of Weimie, I have a picture of MY weimie checkin' things out in the room.  Hubby is tired tonight so he isn't going to download the pics for me now.   However, I will try to get them done tomorrow and put on here so's you all can see my handiwork.  I will also take pics once the room is totally done.

 

BTW, I took a listen to the new Carrie Underwood CD.  I have to say that it is EXCELLENT!!!  Not a bad track on the whole thing.  I highly recommend that my blog buds make this purchase.  I have a feeling this CD will even outdo her debut disk.  My favorite song so far is the track something to the effect that the more guys she meets, the more she likes her dog.  It's a pretty cute song.  She also did a remake of Randy Travis' "I Told You So" which is a really pretty song.  She did a great job on the cover and has my man, Vince Gill singing on it with her.  Woohoo!!  I love me some Vince!!  Anywho.  I listened to a bunch of my old CD's that I hadn't listened to in a while, like my Nora Jones and my Barbara Streisand.  To say that my musical tastes are eclectic would be an understatement.  I just love all types of music.  I really enjoyed my project and enjoyed listening to some good tunes while I worked.

 

Tomorrow, we will be moving my Daddy to his new smaller apartment.  It is gonna seem so strange for Momma not to be there.  She continues to hold her own day by day. 

 

Well, friends, I hope everyone is having a great weekend!!  Isn't fall just the best??  I absolutely love it!!

 

Take care and I will be posting pics of the project as soon as possible!!   Till then.....

 

BBB

Boy I sure am glad that it is Friday.  Hubby and I got to go out for a nice dinner at one of our fave mexican restaurants.  As I think I have said before, I think I could eat mexican food every day.  I. Love. It.  We thought about going to a movie, but the one we thought about seeing - Gone Baby Gone - started earlier than we could get there.  And the next showing wasn't until 10-ish and we just didn't feel like waiting that long to see the movie.  So, we opted to just go to the mall and walk off a little of our dinner.  Hubs parked at one end, and by the time we finished, we had walked completely around the mall.  It seemed like there were lots of cars in the parking lot, but not that many people in the mall.  We saw lots of sales people just kind of standing around visiting with each other.  I have to say that we are NOT big "mall" shoppers.  If and when I DO go to the mall, it is usually to Ma*cy's and I have something specific in mind.  I go in.  I find what I am looking for, make my purchase and I am outta there.  And we NEVER go to the mall from Thanksgiving on unless it is absolutely necessary.  It is just way too crazy for our taste.  During our jaunt tonight, I couldn't believe how many NEW stores there are that I hadn't ever seen.  We did make one purchase and I am really excited about it.  We bought Carrie Underwood's new CD and got it ON SALE!!  Woooohoooo!!  We have a lot of talented Okies, but she is one of my very favorites.  Plus, she went to my alma mater, Northeastern State University, where I spent several good years.  I haven't given the CD a listen yet, but I shall tomorrow as I get down to real business on my painting project.  Yep, folks.  I hope to have three of the walls completed tomorrow!!  I also need to get to H*bby Lobby and find matting and a frame for a new print for the master bedroom.  I also want to look for some accent pillows.  I guess it depends on how tired I am after painting whether or not I make that little jaunt.  The print I bought is one of my faves and just gives me a cozy feeling.  It is an Andrew Wyeth print.  I can hardly wait to get it matted, framed and hung up when the painting is done.  Hubby is also talking about doing something with the floors in the bedroom.  Right now, we have carpeting, which I absolutely HATE!!  I wouldn't have ANY carpeting anywhere in my house if I had my choice.  Little by little we will be getting rid of it.  We have wood flooring to put in during our kitchen/dining/family room project.  Anywho, I am not sure what we will do in the bedroom.  I have thought about doing what my BFF did in her basement.  She took the carpet out, cleaned the slab floors and then painted them.  They are really cool looking.  Then she bought accent rugs.  I think that would be really nice, but it may be a LOT of work.  Perhaps my blog friends Jane and Weimie can tell me if they have any experience with a project like this.

 

Sunday, we will be moving my Dad to his new, smaller apartment at the assisted living center where he and Momma have been living.  He just no longer needs two bedrooms.  So that will be my Sunday.  Hopefully, both my sisters and my BIL will be there to help.  I guess I am gonna have to miss another Sunday at church.  I sure do miss it.  That will make three Sundays in a row.  So I am looking forward to getting back to church.  I feel really disconnected right now.

 

Well, friends, I guess I will finish this little blog and go visit ya'll and see how you are doing.

 

Everyone have a GREAT weekend!!

 

BBB

Or does anyone else think it is absolutely ridiculous that J*Lo will not admit that she is P.R.E.G.G.A.R.S.  I mean, come ON.  It's not like she is the first big "star" to get pregnant.  For crying out loud.  People get pregnant every day.  She needs to get over herself and just be pregnant.

 

Or is anyone else glad that the bazillionaire is off DWTS???  I mean, I liked the guy well enough and ya gotta give him kudos for dancing after having a total hip replacement (probably not a wise move...but he made the choice).

 

Or....is anyone besides me sick to DEATH of hearing about Britn*y Spears??  I. Just. Don't. Get. It.  I feel bad for her children.  The poor kids didn't get to pick their mom.  I hope that she gets it together for their sake.  Outside of that....I am tired of hearing about her.

 

And don't even get me started on P. Hilton or Lilo.   

 

Take away the attention and maybe they will go  away.  Just a thought.

 

I am what I consider the average American.  I like my TV, my movies, and my music just as much as the next person.  But this obsession that some people have with  celebrities, I just don't get.  They are people who put their panties on one leg at a time just like I do.  It is a given that, yeah, maybe they can afford nicer panties than me.....but, hey, they are just like me in every other respect.  They are just.....People.  Incredibly rich people.  Talented people.  But....just people.

 

Okay......I'm done.

 

Thank goodness the week is almost over.

 

BBB

A few weeks ago I was inspired by my blog friends, Weimie Girl and Jane to take on a project....repainting my master bedroom.  I mean, these two just inspired me.  Weimie redid her bathroom and it looked so great.  Jane did likewise on her bathroom and then took on her neighbor's bathroom for goodness sake.  These two bloggers made me believe I could DO this.  So, I picked out colors with a little help from the hubby and our daughter (she is quite the decorator).  I finally got the paint and all the supplies I would need purchased from our local Lowe*s.  We moved almost all of the furniture (except the bed and one dresser) out of the bedroom.  I was intent on getting my little project started.  Then, my world was turned upside down with my Mom's illness.  So, hubby and I have been living around a vanity in the hallway and most of our other stuff in the second bedroom.  Things have been kind of crazy to say the least.  But I am determined to get that room done.  So, tonight, I got the first two walls taped and ready to go with the first coat of new paint.   Woooohoooo!!!  Tomorrow, after my workout session, I am going to come home and get started on those first two walls.  I am so pumped and ready to get this done.  I think it is going to be really pretty when I get it all done.  I am using two shades of green.  The wall where we have our bed will be a darker green and the other three walls will be the lighter green color.  I have taken pictures of the room for "before" pictures and will  take pictures once the project is completed and will  post them all so you can see how I did on my first project of this kind.  I think the work will be therapeutic for me.  I will be really accomplishing something and hopefully, creating a new "haven" in my home where hubby and I can relax and unwind.  Wish me luck on it folks!!

 

My sisters took over Mom's care for the weekend and hubby and I were able to spend some quality time with our granddaughters.  Before we got them, however, I also had time to go get my hair done.  I don't know about any of you, but I ALWAYS feel better when I get my hair done.  Then, we got the girls and took off for our local Octoberfest.  We ate some good German food, let the littlest one ride a couple of rides and the oldest spend money which was burning a hole in her pocket.  She got a really cute Chan*l knockoff purse.  She was most pleased.   Then we just sat and watched everyone drink copious amounts of beer and do the chicken dance and the polka.

 

Hubby and I also got to go out to eat, just the two of us.  We went to our favorite little Italian place out at the RiverWalk.  We have eaten there many times, but never had their pizza.  I was really hungry for pizza and theirs looks so good, so we tried it.  It was fun watching them make our pizza.  It is one of those places where they hand toss the pizza dough and make a big production of putting all the ingredients on it next.  The outcome was an absolutely AWESOME pizza!!  So, I can say that we will definitely order pizza there again sometime.

 

Well, I guess I am gonna get on outta here and get ready to go to beddy bye.  I hope all my blog friends have a great week!!  I will blog walk and visit when I can!!

 

Till next time....

 

BBB

This has been the longest week.  On Wednesday afternoon I had a friend show up at my office (I was actually across the hall trying to help some friends get their internet up and running again).  Seems the nursing home had been trying to reach me.   Mom had taken a turn for the worse and I was away from both my work phone and my cell phone.  Luckily, my friend tracked me down.  I went flying to the nursing home and found Mom's room full of the first responders.  They were working on Mom.  Her blood sugar had tanked but also she was struggling for every breath.  Seems pneumonia has settled in.  Things did not look good.  Dad and the hospice nurse and I went in the hall and determined that we would not transport Momma to the hospital....they would have put her on a respirator....and she didn't want that.  So, I started making frantic calls to get my sisters there as soon as possible.  I was just praying that they would be able to get there before something happened to Momma.  My oldest sister is about an hour and a half away.  I knew she would be at least a couple of hours due to traffic and having to pick up a few clothes to bring.  My other sister lives in Tulsa but is about a 45 minute drive in rush hour traffic.....which is what time it was when I called.  I prayed so hard that both would be able to get there in time.  The hospice nurse had her doubts.  However, my sister from here in town made it in pretty good time.  Lucky for us, she works in the medical field and is pretty savvy about most things medical.  She came in, assessed Momma's situation and started ordering the medical staff.  She said Momma needed to be suctioned and needed a breathing treatment to ease her breathing.  She really took charge and made them "hop to it"!!  I was so relieved she was there because I didn't have a clue what to do.  By the time my other sister arrived in the late evening, Momma was breathing easier and was actually responding to people.  She has been stable for the most part ever since.  The staff at the nursing home are just shaking their heads in amazement that Momma is still here.  One thing we did do yesterday since all us girls were around, was to take Dad to the funeral home and pre-plan a service for Momma.  That way, be it a day, a month, a year or whatever, we won't be in such a state when trying to plan something when Momma is taken home to God.  I know some people may think that is an awful thing, but I am so relieved I won't have to do it when Momma is gone and emotions are running high. 

 

I am so tired and feel like I have been run over by a truck emotionally.  I have gone from the deepest dispair and sense of impending loss, to deep gratitude that Momma is still with us.  I feel like she is in some ways suffering...with pain and with not being able to be with my Dad.  She told me tonight she is sad.  But when she looks at me with those beautiful blue eyes and tells me she loves me, I am ever so grateful she is still with us.  Talk about being torn.  I want for her to not suffer anymore.  I want her to be at peace.  I want her to have a good quality of life.  But the selfish part of me still wants to hold on to her.  I honestly feel that she will not be with us much longer.  In her less lucid moments she has been "seeing" and talking to my grandmother who passed in 1988.  I have heard that many people do that type of  thing before they pass on.  It is comforting to know that my grandmother and grandfather will be there waiting for her. 

 

So, this has been a really long, heart rending week in my life.  Dealing with elderly parents is difficult, but I am so thankful for every single moment with both my parents.  They are just such a wonderful blessing to me.  They are worth every moment of worry and heartache.  I am just taking one day at a time.  Actually, one moment at a time would be more accurate.  I am blessed to have such wonderful support from not only my blog friends, but my church friends and long-time family friends. 

 

I thank each of you for your kind thoughts and prayers and kind words to me.  It is what is getting me through this season of my life.  I will keep you posted on this journey I find myself in.  I am gonna go blog walk and check on ya'll.  I know I can count on some laughs and glimpses of your lives!!

 

Take care my friends!!

 

BBB

Oh yeah!!  That is what I was able to do almost ALL weekend!!  The women's retreat was just so soul refreshing.  If you live in Northeast Oklahoma and are ever looking for a site for a conference or meeting of any kind, I highly recommend the Post Oak Lodge.  Located Northwest of Tulsa in the Osage Hills, it is just absolutely beautiful!! I truly wish I had taken my camera so I could post pictures.  The main conference center is huge and open and built in a rustic architecture which fits perfectly in the surrounding hills.  There are eight guest lodges that were just absolutely heavenly.  Two HUGE lodges which were in use and I didn't get to go into, appeared to be two story and I would imagine had maybe eight guest suites.  The other six lodges which we used had a central gathering area and four guest suites, each with its own bathroom opening off of it.  Each suite contained two double beds.  I was even more impressed when bedtime came and I crawled into bed.  Each bed had (I found out from the concierge) a Se*aly top of the line pillow top mattress.  I literally sunk into the softness of this bed and was in  dreamland in NO time at all.  Absolutely heavenly I tell ya!!  Additionally, each lodge had a little kitchenette area with a FULLY stocked fridge and snacks.  And the pop, water, teas, cocos, chips, cookies, popcorn and fruit were FREE to all the guests!!  The main conference center also was fully stocked with said drinks and snacks for the taking at any time you desired.  The main conference center also houses a huge buffet style dining area.  The food was absolutely wonderful and there were lots of choices.  I bet I gained 5 pounds this weekend just because of the wonderful food!!  The wait staff were plentiful and obvioulsy top of the line servers.  You didn't even get seated and they were bringing you drinks, condiments or anything you could ask for.  Loverly, I tell ya!!  On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being best, I would give this place an 11!!!!  Our retreat was attended by 60 of the most wonderful women I know.  People that I love and admire.  And the Beth Moore study was great! 

 

After the retreat was over at about 3:00 on Saturday, I hauled it home, checked on my Mom, packed a couple more things and headed out to Lake Fort Gibson to meet the hubby.  He had pulled our trailer out there Friday afternoon to camp.  When I got to camp, he had a nice campfire built and we just sat and enjoyed a perfect fall evening.  The stars were bright, the air was clear and cool.  Just perfect camping.  I was tired and turned in early and slept in late.  What was funny was that hubby was doin' the bachelor thing.....you know.  Not a dish washed, food laying out on the counters, belongings laying everywhere.  Now I know it sounds weird, but one of my favorite things about camping is keeping my sweet little kitchen and living area NEAT AS A PIN.  I know.  Weird.  But it is what I enjoy!!  So this morning, I made us a great breakfast then set about putting the trailer in ship shape, humming all the while.  I was a HAPPY camper I tell ya!!

 

Then it was back to reality.  I took Mom duty tonight and had Dad stay home.  I went up and helped her eat dinner and got her all settled in bed for the night.  The only cloud on the weekend was a conference with my middle sister who informed me that she was NOT happy with where we have Mom.  Notwithstanding the fact that she hasn't spent but ONE evening with Mom there (Friday night so I could go on my trip), she did not look at one single place, did not make ONE single phone call to any place or do diddly SQUAT to help find a place.  The place isn't "new" enough.  The rooms are "too small".  I took one look at her face and KNEW she wasn't happy with the place.  So, she is wanting to move Mom to a place that is closer to HER and farther away from me.  And to move Dad there too.  I already checked the place out and they don't have a place for Dad.  However, I told her to just go for it if she wanted to take over.  She went and looked at the place, called me today and said, I loved that place.  I told them that YOU would be calling them on Monday about possibly moving Mom and Dad there.  Well, folks, the room may not be huge, but it is kept clean and doesn't have  "that smell".  The place may not be new, but the staff know every patient by name and are polite and helpful and respectful of my Mom.  They have done absolutely EVERYTHING I have asked of them.  There may be newer places but I bet they don't have near the care that Mom is getting right now.  I am the one who has been in and out at odd times and at meals every day since we moved Mom.  I have NOT found them neglecting her in any way.  So guess what folks....my Mom isn't going  anywhere.  I am the one who is the regular care giver, so I will have her close to me so I can keep an eye on things.  I mean, my sister can't event "spell" my Dad at the evening meal.  She can't be out after dark for crying out loud.  Ummm....I guess it's better that my 86 year old Dad be out driving after dark.  So I will be going to help Mom eat most evenings.  On evenings when I can't, I will encourage Dad to just let the staff assist her.  I watched them tonight with other patients who need help and they were very good with them.  Truth be told, I just don't think we will have Mom much longer.  I truly believe that if she can't be with my Dad anymore, that she will want to go be with God.  And she is deteriorating quickly.  So I am preparing myself as best I can.  Trying to make her final days with us as good as they can possibly be.  Never missing a day to tell her how much I love and adore her!!  I feel sorry for my sister.  She just doesn't get it.  And I can't make her.  So, I will just do what I know is right for me.  Cherish every single moment I have left with Momma.

 

So, it is back to my life as I know it right now.  Is it the perfect life right now?  No.  But I am still just thankful, because I have learned in the last year or so through various happenings in my life, that every single day is a gift from God.  They aren't always perfect.  But I have learned to be thankful anyway.

 

I hope all  my blog friends had a lovely weekend.  I am now gonna go and do a little blog walking!!

 

BBB

Today, as planned P (the admin from our other office) and I had lunch at a new restaurant downtown called El Guapo's.  I love, love, love Mexican food.  It is one of my faves and I could eat it every day pretty much....except I would be the size of the Goody*ar blimp!!!  However, I did NOT love this new place.  I ordered something that is usually pretty safe...cheese enchiladas.  I mean....most places can get a cheese enchilada right.....right??  Well, this place, not so much.  The cheese inside, if it was cheese, was not a color I am accustomed to.  And it didn't taste "cheesy".  Shouldn't a cheese enchilada taste cheesy???  I think in an effort to be "different" this place has gone a litte far off the track.  Oh well.  P and I dished on all  the latest gossip so I enjoyed myself anyway.  I will NOT be going back to that restaurant though.  There are just too many other excellent Mexican restaurants around these parts.

 

On another note.  My grandson has been doing a history assignment where he has to talk to someone who has actually fought in a war.  Evidently,  our daughter suggested my Dad as a source for this assignment.  My Dad was part of the so called "Greatest Gener*tion"....the World War II vets.  So I asked Dad if he would talk to T and of course, he said yes.  I only heard Dad's part of the conversation, but T must have been impressed.  He called and asked if he could ask Dad some more questions, which he did last night.  I have no idea what he asked this time, but here are some of the answers I heard:  1)  I was a PFC Private First Class in the EU (which he explained was the European Theater.)  I knew that Dad fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was all over Europe.  This is one of the reasons that Dad never set foot on an airplane after he returned from the war.  Never.  And he worked for an airline and could fly for free!!  2)  Well....the first few times I heard artillery shells landing nearby, yeah, I was a little afraid.  But after a while, you got used to it.   I can't believe my Dad actually said that. But T must have asked about how afraid was he during fighting.  3)  I was part of General Patton's infantry division.   Now that impressed me.  I didn't realize that and Dad and I have talked about the war a few times.  I probably should have known, but I didn't even think about that.  Those men and in my book, all men and now women who serve in the military in any way, are just a separate breed.  It takes special people to make such sacrifices for our country whether they are "in harm's way" or not.  I know these men and women and their families make many many sacrifices!  I am so proud of my Dad.  He is just an amazing man in my book.  For so many reasons.

 

On yet another note.  I am cracking up my personal trainer.  In the  process of getting used to working out regularly, I have learned several valuable lessons.  I am sure there are more to come, but when I learn a valuable lesson, I have started calling them a "Note to Self".  I have told her my "Notes" as I have learned them.  Here are the Notes so far and I think they are pretty self explanatory.  The first one:

Note to Self:  Do not for any reason MISS a workout.  It. Just. Isn't. Worth. It.    And next:  Note to Self:  Do NOT eat lunch late in the day.  It makes the workout SO not fun!!   And the Note for today:  Note to Self:  Do not eat Mexican food before a workout.  Especially not BAD Mexican food.  Lets just say that I am learning very VALUABLE lessons.

 

Lastly, my hubby just sat me down and gave me directions to the retreat tomorrow.  Suffice it to say this  place is out in the sticks.  I surely hope that I don't get lost.  It is NOT a good area to get lost in.   I found out who my "lodge mates" will be for the retreat, and I am in for a FUN time let me tell ya!!  My sisters and my nieces are taking over "Mom" duty this weekend, so I can just go and enjoy myself.  I see a nice big hot tub soak in my immediate future!!  Oh yeah!!  Soak my sore, tired bones!!  Pure heaven!!

 

I hope all my blog friends have a wonderful fall weekend.  I will let you all know how the weekend goes!

 

Take care all!

 

BBB

 

 

Yepper.  This week is moving right along.  We finally got my Mom moved to the nursing home on Tuesday.  She was supposed to go on Monday but between the hospital, the doctor and the nursing home, it just didn't happen.  I was so frustrated I made the doctor call me personally and explain the problem.  He did call me twice.  My Dad was threatening to fire him which would NOT be a good thing.  Anywho, we got everything straightened out and had Mom to her new abode by lunch time.  She never ceases to amaze me my dear Mom.  She has handled this so much better than I ever dreamed she would.  My sis and I explained to her on Tuesday morning where she was going and why.  And she seemed okay with it.  Tuesday afternoon after we got her to the nursing home, she looked at me and said "I'm ready to go to the car now!"  I explained that she couldn't come with me.  She said "well I'll just go to the car and take my nap!"  She was nothing if not persistent.  But after explaining it again, she said she'd just lay down there in the room for a while.  I went by this morning and again after work and she seems to be doing just fine.  Her main complaint is being cold.  Not enough blankets.  Mom is about 98 pounds soaking wet and skin and bones.  So she is always cold.  I rounded up plenty of blankets and she was happy enough.  I cannot tell you how relieved I am at her reaction to the move so far.  I feel God's handprint on this situation so strongly.   The prayers of my many blog friends and my real world friends has made ALL the difference in the world.  I truly believe that.  We will take things one day at a time.  Thank you all so much for your prayers and thoughts.  I am just so grateful.

 

Tomorrow is our lawyers' firm golf day.  Now normally, they leave around lunch time, go to the local country club, eat lunch and then play golf to their hearts content on teams.  The office staff are usually bought lunch and then we get to watch a movie and go home early.  Well, I guess the girls in our main office aren't doing the planning like they usually do.  So, not to be deterred, I am going to the main office and am going to have lunch with P, who is my boss's admin there.  She is such a hoot.  I always get the office gossip from her.  Being as I am the only full time staff in our satellite office, I don't know much about what goes on in the main office unless she tells me.  So every now and then we get together and she dishes the good stuff.  This trip to the main office, there are two new staff members I have never met, one being a new admin and the other being the new receptionist.  I told the receptionist I would be coming there tomorrow and she was really sweet, saying it would be nice to put a face with the name.  I told her I figured she'd be saying after our meeting "Well I didn't know she was an old fart...she sounds so young and perky and professional on the phone!!"  She got a hoot outta that!

 

Then tomorrow evening is our Chamber's big picnic.  It is free for all our members and their families.  It is held in one of our prettiest parks which is also an arboretum.  I am going to be a GOOD girl and go work out first.  Then I am headed down for a grilled burger or hotdog.  I will have to snarf that down quickly because I volulnteered to man the Jupiter Jump.  I can never turn down a friend who is desparate for help and a friend asked me to help....so there ya are!!  Help I shall!  I may be limpin' by the time my personal trainer is finished with me, but I'll limp my butt to the Jump and serve my time!!

 

The weekend will find me at our church's women's retreat which I have helped to plan.  We are doing a study by Beth* Moore*.  I have heard her women's studies are great but never have participated in one.  So I am looking forward to it.  The retreat will  be held at the Post Oak Lodge, northwest of Tulsa.  I have never been there either, but have heard it is a beautiful, rustic haven.  We will have some free time to explore the grounds so I am looking forward to having some quiet time just for me.  After the last couple of weeks I've had, I am really looking forward to it.  Now, if I can just FIND the Lodge, I will be most happy!

 

Welll, folks, that's all the updates on the BBB household for right now. Now, I shall  go fo a little blog walk.

 

Take care my friends!

 

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Gee.  I have been MIA again!!  I wish I could say that I won the lottery last week and have been out spending my new vast fortune on cars and houses and clothes and jewelry.  However, the reality is that Mom has been in the hospital and I have either been working when I could seem to fit it in, or going to the hospital or making arrangements to move Mom to a nursing home.  Yes, unfortunately that time which I have dreaded so much is coming to be.  I have been taking care of my elderly parents for a number of years.  Mom's been in poor health for most of that time.  But she has done marvelously well considering all of her health issues.  We have kept her and Dad fairly independent.  That time, however, must come to an end.  My Dad, bless his heart, is just worn out and Mom is getting to be too much for him to take care of even with home health, assisted living and hospice care.  Thus, the hard decision.  I have cried buckets and worried and fretted over this decision, but I know that it is what needs to be done.  It sure doesn't make it any easier though.  I wish I could say that Mom will be okay with this, but I don't think she will be.  She has never spent hardly a day away from my Dad in 63 years.  I wish I could say that she is so out of it that she won't even notice where she is or whether Dad is there.  That isn't the case either.  She is very aware.    So, we will see on Monday when she is released just how she will react.  I fear it will not be a good reaction.  And my Mom can have quite the temper.  After all, she is a red-headed Irish woman at heart.  I just hope that if she takes anger out on any one, that it is me and not my Dad.  He has taken such wonderful care of her since she first became ill 14 years ago.  He deserves to spend what time of good health of his that remains, just taking care of himself and letting someone else take care of her.   That he loves her with all his heart and soul can be seen in how he looks at her, how he teases her and makes her smile, how he helps her with her every need.  I just ache for them both.  Theirs has been quite a love story.  They have definitely had their tough times with each other, but the love has always, always pulled them through.  In my mind's eye, I can see them as they were when I was young.  Mom, a lithe, beautiful, firey, vivacious red-head.  Dad, a strong, handsome and just as firey man.   They were a beautiful couple.  They have had many many good years.  Now are the tough times.  I know we will get through this.  We always do.  But it sure isn't fun or easy in any way, shape or form.  It seems like, here lately that all I have to write about are sad things, difficult things.  I am so sorry for this.  I wish I had some fun things to write about.  I will have again.  I just don't right at this moment.  One of the reasons I love blogging is that I can visit my friends and read about their lives and so many of my favorite blog friends just make me smile when I read their blogs.  So, to cheer my little self up, I am going to do a little blog walking.  It does wonders for me.  I thank you all for bearing with me here.  I just needed to get this out.  It is the reality I am living with. 

 

You all take care and enjoy this beautiful fall weekend. 

 

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