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Nacy,

If your brother is working two jobs, then he doesn’t have time to take mom.

If you find it is becoming too much for you to continually run around with your mom, tell your brother and your mom this.

Your mom can hire someone as a companion. I know a woman who did companion work for an older woman. It worked out well.

She took her to doctor appointments, hair appointments, grocery shopping, out to lunch or dinner, etc.
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My youngest daughter is terrified of spiders. Several years back, a spider got into her car when she was leaving our home.

She noticed the spider when she was driving on the interstate and freaked out.

So, she pulls off and drives into a gas station and begs the employee to please get a spider out of her car. LOL 😆

Thankfully, the guy working at the gas station got the spider out of her car.

She called us before she pulled over to the gas station and was having a full blown panic attack.

Gershun,

I am with you. The flies are a pain if they come inside.

ITRR,

Interesting, about the pennies. I wonder why it works.

Golden,

I hope the rest of your day goes well.

Nacy,

I hope your mom feels better soon. Is your brother retired or still working?

In our area, Council on Aging provides shuttle buses to and from doctor appointments.

I always took Mom to the doctor because she couldn’t hear well and I needed to be there. She had one ear that she wasn’t able to get a hearing aid for. The other ear could only be helped slightly with a hearing aid.
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Gershun, I just bought some fly bait at the DIY pest control. You spray it on the wall and it draws the flies away from the areas you don't want them. I have it sprayed in the top of a hinged garbage can, that way nothing can eat the poisoned flies.

Another thing that really works is to put a few bright, shiny pennies in a ziploc bag and hang it by the door. Keeps them out of the house great.

Moths and cedar spray really does work. I keep it on the door frames of the closets and they don't, so far, get into the closets.

Just some ideas from a person that doesn't do bugs in my space and will do just about anything to keep them away.

Good luck being rid of the pests.

Golden, one of those days! Hugs!
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Well, it started this morning with the vertical blinds on the patio door detaching at one end and falling to the floor, and it went downhill from there.

My bright spot was the groceries were delivered on time this afternoon and for the most part were what I wanted.

I am enjoying the brightness of having no blinds. The plants will love it!🌿🌱☘.
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It must be bug season. I've been fighting clothes/carpet moths at my place for ages now. We were doing pretty good but just when I start to feel comfortable I see another one. Like today for instance. I vacuum like there's no tomorrow and still see the occasional one. It's disheartening.

We've tried DE and recently started spraying cedar oil cause I've heard it will deter them from entering your domain. Before anyone says anything I know there are those who think it's useless but I'll try anything at this point.

There are so many flies this year too. Outside on our patio. I have to do a bug check every time I open the door. Summer sucks in a lot of ways. :P
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First big brown spider found this season, indoors.

Outside on the front porch, many spider webs, I had to duck to get back in.
Told dH about it, he was oblivious, standing in the web.

I am realizing that I can no longer task my dH with a lot of things, both of us needing a break.

What that "break" looks like at my house, is me doing what he was doing so he can have a break.

Outside temps are in 3 digits now.

Instead of sweeping spiders, maybe decorating early for halloween with more spider webs. That way, no one will come up to my door, lol. I am just sick.
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Anxietynacy - I once found a chipmunk had drowned in my watering can and since it was one with a small hole I couldn't get it out. I tasked nephew #2 with helping me but I regret I made him do that, I should have just cut a bigger opening in the plastic.
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Kitchen floor was running with tiny ants when I got home this afternoon, I've mopped with vinegar and dusted around the most likely entrance point with DE, hopefully that's enough to discourage them.
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Out of curiosity, is anyone on planet Earth having a good day today?

Hint...I'm not one of them.
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A few years ago a square box fell off a truck in front of us on the highway . I don’t know if it was thick hard plastic or metal . It was a cube about 18 inches I guess . It bounced and hit the same area of the car that the deer did. That bumper has been replaced before . That car was also rear ended once . So the back bumper is newer too . Poor car .

Thats sad about the little boy
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The funny thing is a few years ago a deer ran into this same car but it turned at the last minute and its hip hit the side of the car and it ran away . No damage but it was loud .
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Yeah in my experience most of the time it's the deer hit my car rather than the other way around, they're fffing stupid.
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Geaton ,

Thanks . He wasn’t going very fast . He made the right turn off our block and alittle ways down the deer just ran out , hit the front right passenger corner . It’s a big heavy sedan but still dented the hood , broke the bumper , lights. , dented the quarter panel and bounced off the front passenger door , denting it and left literal sh*t on the door .

We love that car because it’s big and heavy and safe with a lot of trunk space .
Our other car is a small SUV . Which is handy for taller items that can’t fit in the trunk .
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Way, when we were on a driving tour of Sweden a few years ago, we noticed that all their highways were lined with high wire fencing...to keep the moose and wild boar off the highways. I cannot even imagine hitting a moose at high speed. Apparently their equivalent of Deer:30. Glad your DH is ok! FYI deer are the deadliest animals in the US. More people are killed here every year by deer than by dogs, bears, mountain lions, wolves, boar, etc. combined.
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Thanks Anxietynacy , we hate buying cars too .
We keep ours a long time . My son just sold my 20 year old car that he bought from us 10 years ago . He used that most of the time and kept his little sports car in his garage. But now he has his wife’s ( newer) old car , she got a brand new one . He works from home anyway . He’s not putting a lot of miles on his cars .
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DH hit a deer on his way to work this morning . Uggh !! He’s mad 😡😤😠👿 We hope the insurance company doesn’t declare it totaled because it’s a 10 year old car . We love our large sedan .
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Speaking of breasts, in school the guys used to say, flatsies, flatsies, there're flat and that's that. I was one of the flatsies. 😁

I never envied the girls with big boobs. I had a friend who had them and I'm sure no guy if asked could have told you what color her eyes were. Just saying.😶
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Llama ,

😂😂😂.
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way: No, that would not work out well for symmetry.
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You can’t start a diet just before , or during a holiday weekend . That’s just punishment.
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Venting,
Black Cherries are back already. I recommend them for dropping a few pounds directly into the toilet! I cannot resist almost any fruit at this point, but mangos and cherries? Well, add a glass of keifer to that and you are set free.
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I prefer not to talk about Day 2.
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cwillie...............what a giggle! I looked down to see what you were talking about and had to laugh.
As one who had one breast removed 35 years ago, and a good deal of the other just a couple of months ago, I feel I have little to contribute here other than that my daughter -- after years of pain--had a reduction two decades ago and is thankful to this day she did so. I, as an RN who saw all the ones that "went wrong" voted against, but as with so much in life, my vote just didn't count. Happily for her, for it all went really beautifully, figuratively and literally.
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This conversation has taken a strange turn since I last checked in 👀
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My daughter had a reduction just after graduating high school. She was so busty she was not able to be active and was overweight. She never could wear the clothes the other girls did and had to buy matronly bathing suits. She hated it and she became very depressed. The worst was when the prom dress she loved could not be altered enough to fit her. That was when we decided to offer her the option for a breast reduction. Told her if she felt she needed to do this, we would help.

She went ahead iwith it at the age of 17. She became quite an athlete and was a happier person. It made a huge difference to her life. I was a nervous wreck about giving permission and second guessed myself a lot before the surgery but it turned out for the best.
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I had a friend who had reduction in her late 20’s , she already had back pain so young . It cured the back pain at least . She was worried it wouldn’t .
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Llama ,
I’m assuming the cousin on lay -a-way didn’t get one done at a time . 😂😂😂😂
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Weight - or lack of it. I am a hypothyroid elder - when first dx'd ballooned to 222 #. Now I am barely hanging on to 115 #, but all lab values are normal.

Two cousins got boob jobs - one paid on lay-a-way!
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Day 1 of trying to stop using food as a painkiller. The first 5 minutes are going great. This is going to be a cinch!

Good luck Bundle and anyone else trying to stop stress-eating!
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Barb,

That’s funny!

My first bra was a 28 triple A! I begged my mom for it! LOL 😝

I remember that some of the girls stuffed their bras with tissue or socks under their school uniforms. I hated our Catholic school uniforms!

I took my allowance to buy blush and lipstick at the drugstore and my dad made me wash my face! I am sure that I looked like a clown because I hadn’t applied makeup before.

The worst thing though is when I asked mom to let me shave my legs. She said no. I went into the bathroom and I didn’t know to use soap and water. I took my dad’s razor to my dry leg and sliced it from my ankle to my knee!

Mom was furious with me but said, “Let me show you how to do it the right way.” Blood was dripping everywhere. She had to bandage my leg. I think she got the message that I really wanted to shave my legs.

She wasn’t strict about my clothes. I had the micro mini skirts because Goldie Hawn wore them on Laugh In! LOL 😝

We didn’t do the pink, purple or blue hair like our kids wanted. My youngest did pink for a while. My oldest had the blue!
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