I forgot about the "bedtime story"
Pumpkin Moonshine, page 2

The hill was very steep, it made Sylvie and Wiggy puff like steamengines.

To be continued.

K,
Sounds like a game thing. Get points to get your fan turned off before you die.

Will Nate be able to help you with building the ramp too?

Thank you Dave 🙂

Tillie,
(Re: brat)
Please remember we all get to have feelings. Please don't mess yourself up with a bunch of negative internalized reactive responses to them.

Hi Roxie 🙂
Put on a jacket & warm socks and sit out in the sunshine. 😀

Thank you Tatoulia 🙂 (((HUGS)))

Good morning everyone.
No electrical problems last night. YEA!!!
He is still hospitalized.
Since he refuses rehab they are making arrangements for a home health nurse to visit and have found him a local primary care physician.

What this means for me...........
I will be taking care of an invalid.
Also since he will no longer be able to do much of anything I will be the one who has to clean up his hoard in the yard.
Then some day clear out the floor to rafters over stuffed garage.
Along with finding full time work to pay the bills around here.

Why do I feel that all this is unfair?
I am an ungrateful brat. ;P

The yard/carport area must be cleared to make it walker/wheelchair/ramp accessible.
No more hazardous narrow goat trails to get into the house.

There will be four of us doing this work.
It will take us a while to get it done.

Have a nice day 🙂

Funny, but I USED to find cleaning to be therapeutic, back when I had normal energy and ambition, and someone else to look after. If I got stressed, I got to scrubbing. I cleaned pretty much everything on Saturdays. My, the olden days.

Hugs

Tillie, my dear. If I knew the right thing to say, I would say it. What a difficult time for you and Mr. Sending you much love.

I bet it is beautiful where you are Tillie. It's raining cats and dogs here. Just getting home at 8:30 from a long day of work, including teaching a class on my lunch break, followed by taking care of brother.

LR you are doing such a good job--I had to smile a little--I've heard about people who find cleaning therapeutic! Seriously, I'm glad that you've found something to help de-stress.

Glad to hear from everyone. I too am missing Diane, and quite a few others, too.

Yesterday I kept my word and vacuumed bedroom and then vacuumed library/den. This AM i made sure all dishes were in dishwasher.

I am making a new bag for goodwill. Found some stuff that last year was a no-go but yesterday was a go. I thank you all for that. It is always a group effort.

If I neglected to mention you by name, it's being tired. Thank you all. Was great to see so many posts. We trudge through these times together.

Thank you
Dave 🙂
Karl 🙂
LR2014 🙂
Roxie 🙂

Diane, where are you? 🙁

Tillie
There is so much stuff and so many to do's, can't do's and won't do's around you that it is no wonder you are depressed. With some focus I think you do have the wisdom and the strength to get through. It is just very hard and challenging.

I bet it would be difficult to get a fan in your room if you were in a hospital in South Korea -- that culture has a widespread superstition that leaving a fan running will kill you.

Hugs back at ya, Tillie.

Hi EVERYBODY!!!

Good news is I got the tree wells all rebuilt and the trees watered this morning.

Not so good news is he is still in hospital because they are trying to get his blood and vitals to acceptable ranges.

Last night there was some kind of power/electrical issue here at the house.
Didn't get much sleep trying to find the problem and worrying about any dangers it may present.
Neighbor friend (male) helped me this morning.
Still no idea what happened.
Maybe a ghost or worse. 😉

Beautiful day here in northern Nevada.
Cloudless blue skies, gentle breeze, not too hot or too cold.

WAY TO GO! for all and any accomplishments and especially for posting here about things in your lives.

I am so freakin depressed. (((HUGS)))

Hi to everyone. I've been feeling pretty uptight and stressed out lately, so today I'm taking a thinking break . . . a break from my brain. So far, I've done some general cleaning tasks here: washed, dried, folded, put away a load of laundry; did some cleaning on the bathtub; did a little dusting. In the past, I wouldn't have thought of cleaning and household chores as "breaks." Right now, though, they are serving that purpose. I have also been doing some reading here on the message board. I will probably take a walk later after the winds here die down (has been a very, very windy day).

Good to hear from all of you. Looking forward to reading more!

Hugs all around and for each. I'm reading but don't have much to say, and it hurts to type. grrr

((((Tillie, Dave, Tat, Diane, Karl, YOU))

Sounds lovely Dave. 🙂

Gratitude for the geese that gave their all to keep you warm all winter.

Re posting. The sky along the streets has a different hue from absorbing the reflection of all the white pear tree blossoms.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!!! 🙂

Have been having a hard time accessing the website. 🙁
YEA!!! today looks like it is back to normal! 😀

Thank you all for your advice and suggestions. 🙂
Unfortunately, he is being very resistant about going to a rehab center.
Just wants to come home.
He says the fan noise bothers him and he can't sleep.
He has been complaining that he can't sleep anyway because the hospital is too busy and noisy and people keep waking him up for vitals and blood draws every time he does fall asleep.
He is complaining about everything.
I can tell he is extremely depressed.
Just wants to be home holding Marty (the cat),
says that is what will make him better.

So nice to read all your posts! 🙂
HI! to everyone. 🙂

What am I doing today?
I have no idea.
Will do the cat related tasks.
Take a shower.
Hang around here waiting for the phone to ring or an email to pop up.
Will probably fall asleep about noon again.
Even though I have been going to sleep about 8/9pm, waking up about 6/7am, I am still exhausted all day long.

Everybody keep posting.
Even if you have little or nothing to post about.

Look for the small things that bring you pleasure.
Like the birds singing or the Spring flowers blooming or reading posts from our family here on the message board. (((hugs)))

Coffee clink, Roxie! Oh those painful cramps. How awful!

I do know that some of the hospitals have fans but over the years I learned to just travel with one--sometimes the patient just can't wait for the personnel to find "the fan." One thing really sweet that happened once is my brother and I were watching local news and some poor soul had a beef with his landlord about some distressing stuff, and my brother said "if he had you for a sister, he'd have a new apartment AND a fan." That really touched me.

Vacuumed the bedroom. Very pleased that I'm trying to do right by myself and getting some long-forgotten habits reestablished.

Have a great day everyone!

Good morning. Having my first cup of coffee! ::Clink::

Hugs

Hi Karl. I'm busily trying to reset my own clock since I've been lazy all winter. I find I'm getting a lot done and I have more focus. I'm going to bed at a reasonable time (for me, that's 11 PM) and I'm working hard to get up at 7 AM at the latest. I'm going for a walk during the day and one again around 5:30/6 PM. I'm not letting myself nap. I've only been doing this for a few days but already I feel better and I'm more focused! Good luck with getting back on track. Sleep is so important.

Today I will vacuum bedroom as part of regular weekly maintenance habits I'm trying to develop. Dusted bedroom furniture on Monday. Need to make some more decisions re is there anything I can part with? I bet there is. The first thing I want to get rid of is my stupid down jacket. I bought it last year and wore it maybe twice. I've had to wear it so much this winter that I'm ready to scream. After I have it laundered, I will donate it with the stupid gloves that go with it. I'm sick of it. But I need to dig deeper and find more "treasures" to de-accession from the collection.

Monday night/Tuesday morning I was up all night. I can't even justify it with having gotten something accomplished -- it was a webcomics binge. (One that I won't bother to continue with.)

No idea when I'll be ready for sleep again. I guess I'll just wing it.

Wow!
Check out the progress here. Better Homes and Gardens photo ready interior and getting up in time to compete with the robins for worms. WTG.
(I have to file the "tossing treasured items" pictures for support for things I need to be doing.)

Hello everyone! Glad to hear you are getting stronger, Roxie! Good to have a small break, Tillie, although I am sure you are filled with worry. I hope Mr isn't too upset being in a hospital. I know you are in the medical field and I don't have any true medical training but I know from taking care if anxious and depressed people, they seem to do a lot better in a hospital room if there is a fan going. I just bring a small fan with me. Something about the air keeps them from feeling claustrophobic and the sound can be soothing, too. Just a suggestion if Mr is feeling anxiety.

I made great progress yesterday and couldn't access the site to post. Funny how often I tried to get this to work--my progress is much more meaningful with my friends.

I am doing well in getting out, not napping and going to bed. Almost was on time for work today. (Contrast with last Friday 1-1/2 hours late). I dusted bedroom and cleaned the other side table. I made tough decision re one bed pillow (tossed) and put another object I loved into goodwill bag. It's time. Time for someone else to love. One of my side tables has merely a lamp and one object on it. It looks so pretty, like a magazine.

Got all of my garbage out last night. I've been sleeping after work all winter then don't have the will to take garbage out. I've been sleeping in so late that I miss the pick up. So extremely pleased.

Tillie, it would be the best thing if he'll go through an in-house rehab program. After all is said and done, rehab has done the most for me so far. I had a month of it while in Transitional Care Unit. I don't think there was hope for me until after I made progress and got stronger in TCU. And now my heart muscles are stronger! Move it or lose it!

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
WAY TO GO!!!
for accomplishing so much and for your well thought out future plans and life changes. 😀
Getting a good nights sleep is so very important for our physical and mental well being.

Hi Dave 🙂
So TRUE!
Cory and his crew know all too well the dangers we face when cleaning out a hoard.
His number one rule is to wear a proper face mask for the job.
Along with wearing the proper clothing and footwear.
Cory wrote a great blog post here about the dangers of hantavirus, something that is always a threat to me when I am out in the garage/carport hoard because of all the deer mice living there.

I took yesterday off, just sat and stared.
Today I will wash dishes and run the vacuum.
All caught up on laundry & the bathroom is still clean.
Housework is very minimal here with Mr. Hoarder in the hospital.
He "may" be released later this week if there are no more set backs or they may send him to a rehab place till he can walk better.

Happy Monday 🙂

Dave, thank you. I would have never thought of that.

Do exercise care with your cleaning projects for others. You were joking, but being serious on that theme, Brooks Palmer almost died waiting for a lung transplant which he needed because of damaged lungs caused by helping people clean. I suspect that's one reason he focuses more on helping via Skype now.