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[Jane]

I love seeing my parents, but it also makes me sad to see their memories deteriorating and to see them struggle to do things they've always know how to do. It's just aging, but it's really stressful to watch. 

Yes it is.  I was about to comment DR Ginny can truly identify right now, but then I saw her post after this one.

[Jane]

Hey, everybody!

Vibes to all those needing them. Particularly sympathetic vibes to DR Cillaliz: my beloved grandmother's dementia (ongoing for the last 5 years) has started speeding up the last few months, and it seems like we're entering the final waiting phase.

I'm sorry.

[MBarnum]

DR JRand, birthday wishes from me to your mom.

Of course she didn't want her birthday known, but now it is...all over the WWW!

[MBarnum]

And vibes for Dear Dog Dylan!!

[MBarnum]

Sounds like everyone had a fairly pleasant Christmas...mine was, as well...except for all the guns and ammo.

[MBarnum]

DR Elmore, I am so glad you got a Blue Ray player (region free). What fun. I have no recommendations for BD movies, but lots of recommendations for other region movies! Both CONFESSIONS OF A SORORITY GIRL (1957) and THE BRAIN EATERS (1959) are available on region 2 disks.

[MBarnum]

In our family we keep hoping that as my mom ages (she is 85) she might start becoming nicer....hasn't happened yet, though.

[MBarnum]

Actually, my sister and brother in law had a discussion with me yesterday regarding mom. For several years I was taking care of mom (although we lived seperately) after she moved to Salem in the early 2000s. 3 years ago, she moved in with my sis and brother in law, who live about 20 minutes away.

I was relieved when that occurred, as mom's negative attitude and rudeness really took a toll on me.

Now, all mom ever does is complain...about the food, about my sister not being home enough, about the heat setting in the house, about the grandkids being too rambunctious when they visit, not buying the correct brand of toilet paper, about this and about that...my sister is at her wits end.

Mom visited with both of my older brothers during the holiday week, and complained to them about living with my sister. My brother's were both incensed...not with my sister, but with my mom.

My younger brother, however, is furious with my sister...and we are all thinking it is time for mom to move in with him, so that he can see what it is like trying to take care of someone who is never satisfied with anything. Mom herself, thinks she would prefer to move back to Medford, anyway...so we will see what happens.

[MBarnum]

Mom has always been a "the grass seems greener on the other side of the fence" type. Which explains why she has been married and divorced three times.

[MBarnum]

Well, that is almost a whole page of my getting that off of my chest! LOL!

Cheaper than therapy!

[MBarnum]

Now for something more pleasant...poster for a recent Pakistani film.

[Druxy]

TOD (part 2):

I just got back from my mail box place, and while I was in Los Angeles, Santa sent me several new movies to review:

THE BUTLER
FRUITVALE STATION
20 FEET FROM STARDOM
PRISONERS
THE FAMILY


 

[bk]

I'm up, I'm up - another summer day here in LA - yesterday was eighty degrees.  Some people are saying global warming is responsible, but then there's that pesky verse to Irving Berlin's White Christmas, written seven decades ago:

The sun is shining, the grass is green
The orange and palm trees sway
There's never been such a day
in Beverly Hills, LA

[bk]

Here's the third song Richard Sherman sang at the Do - finally got it uploaded to You Tube.

http://youtu.be/bUjByTSv8X0

[Elan]

Here's the third song Richard Sherman sang at the Do - finally got it uploaded to You Tube.

http://youtu.be/bUjByTSv8X0

Wow! What a delightful time! Thanks for sharing.

[ChasSmith]

Here's the third song Richard Sherman sang at the Do - finally got it uploaded to You Tube.

http://youtu.be/bUjByTSv8X0

Wonderful.

[John G.]

Hey, everybody!

Vibes to all those needing them. Particularly sympathetic vibes to DR Cillaliz: my beloved grandmother's dementia (ongoing for the last 5 years) has started speeding up the last few months, and it seems like we're entering the final waiting phase.

I'm sorry.

Me, too.

[John G.]

I'm up, I'm up - another summer day here in LA - yesterday was eighty degrees.  Some people are saying global warming is responsible, but then there's that pesky verse to Irving Berlin's White Christmas, written seven decades ago:

The sun is shining, the grass is green
The orange and palm trees sway
There's never been such a day
in Beverly Hills, LA

He was a prophet.

[John G.]

MBarnum, I guess it's a little too late to start laughing at each and every negative comment. I have long had to do that whenever my mother starts talking about her in-laws. It's also getting to where slights they made to her 58 years ago are as fresh as if they happened yesterday (she hasn't seen a single one of them in 15 years, but that doesn't matter). I know that nothing in her life is good enough for her. 

[TCB]

Here's the third song Richard Sherman sang at the Do - finally got it uploaded to You Tube.

http://youtu.be/bUjByTSv8X0

What wonderful keepsakes to have!

[George]

Hi, Everyone! Today is the DH's birthday - the Feast of Stephen mentioned in "Good King Wenceslas" - and so there will be a family brunch of some kind at a restaurant.

A Very Happy Birthday to Singdaw's DH!!

[George]

Good morning.  Dylan is in for his first of several weeks of treatment, Skip brought him in. 

And I shall very happily get to some end-of-year tax work soon.

Great news on the end-of-year tax work! 
 
~~~Vibes of All Kinds for DD Dylan!!~~~

[George]

Yesterday was also my mother's 82nd birthday, but she didn't want anyone to know.

A Very Happy (Belated) Birthday for Jrand's Mother!!

[TCB]

Perhaps most of you are better off only knowing me on the internet; and those I've met, only seeing my in small doses.  Considering the number of friends who have abandoned me, or at the very least distanced themselves from me since this whole handicap things started; I can't help but think that I have become a negative person to be around, or perhaps too demanding of my friends. I am not fool enough to think that I am practically perfect and they are all heartless so and so's.

If this is true, and i think it is; I need to find one of those mirrors that shows you the truth, instead of what you want to see.  Othewise, it is going to be a cold and lonely old age.

[TCB]

Boy they sure make this thing sound like perfection.  I rather doubt that it works this well.

http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-bobsweep-robotic-vacuum-cleaner-and-mop-1?p=3&utm_source=channel_goods_redesign-deals&utm_medium=email&sid=51b7eabe-55a3-4d85-99c8-195ac1be7b7c&division=seattle&user=3136d6bc4087d05f30d9d80b0096556df99f3397f450a7eda2670e75ef85bc3f&date=20131226&s=body&c=deal_title&d=deal-page

[elmore3003]

Perhaps most of you are better off only knowing me on the internet; and those I've met, only seeing my in small doses.  Considering the number of friends who have abandoned me, or at the very least distanced themselves from me since this whole handicap things started; I can't help but think that I have become a negative person to be around, or perhaps too demanding of my friends. I am not fool enough to think that I am practically perfect and they are all heartless so and so's.

If this is true, and i think it is; I need to find one of those mirrors that shows you the truth, instead of what you want to see.  Othewise, it is going to be a cold and lonely old age.

We'll never leave you.

[elmore3003]

And, DR TCB, you are so wrong about yourself!

[elmore3003]

I've made out my checks for estimated tax payments to the state and IRS. I think that when we reach social security age, our lives should be tax-free. They're bleeding this turnip to death.

[George]

Here's the third song Richard Sherman sang at the Do - finally got it uploaded to You Tube.

http://youtu.be/bUjByTSv8X0

That's wonderful, BK!

[George]

I love seeing my parents, but it also makes me sad to see their memories deteriorating and to see them struggle to do things they've always know how to do. It's just aging, but it's really stressful to watch.

I know...my dad wasn't walking too sturdily yesterday.  It looked like with every step he was looking for something to hang on to.  And his hearing is going.