Friday, December 01, 2006

WOW....two days went by....

Oh yeah......these past two days have just flown by for the 1st Lady and myself. WHY???? Well, we have spent the entire two days working (painting, sanding, installing baseboards, hanging window treatments, etc., etc.).......and this is NOT one of the remodeled rooms!!!! The floors were done over the past weekend in this room.....the den/study......but we wanted to get one wall of wallpaper off.....and then we "fixed" the walls for painting....and then painted. Today was spent in installing the baseboards, window treatments, etc., etc. NOW......over the weekend we can get the furniture for this room re-installed in the proper places......OR......we can have a rather loud conversation over re-arranging the room!! More on the results of this after the weekend.......

Yesterday we waited....and waited....and waited....and waited....for the predicted WINTER STORM. It rained most of the day.....a COLD rain.....but it wasn't until after darkness descended that it began to freeze and stick on the vehicles....AND TheHowserHouse! 3-5 inches of snow was expected.....and when I drug my body to a vertical position and looked outside, there wasn't even a skiff of snow!!! BUT.....everything was iced up, except the roads/streets, up here on Buford Heights. Later on this morning the sun came out...and it was beautiful with the ice on each and every limb and twig of the trees, as well as all of the remaining blades of grass. STUNNING is more like the correct description!!!!

Talked with my sister yesterday and we are becoming concerned about the welfare of our mother.....who you might remember is 93 years young. WELL......."young" is probably not quite correct now......she seems to be slipping more and more all of the time. Her memory is becoming....well,...not very good. She sleeps most of the day...and night......and with her physical disabilities from the aging bones, she spends 95% of the day in her chair in front of the tellie.

Her ability to take care of herself.....well, it is becoming very, very difficult. SOOOOO, the problem of which decision would be best for her......both mentally/emotionally and physically......is a decision that is difficult to make. As everyone who has an elderly parent living alone has to face........what do we do? She is not only a prisoner in her own house....but, she is a prisoner in her own body....which is failing fast. And again.....what do we do????????? I suppose some research should be done on the available facilities there in Eldon, MO.............

And so, while the above paragraph seems to put a depressing ending on this little ramblin' post of mine tonight........

Life is Great......and I hope it is for all of you, also!!

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