Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[naglady]

Sorry tsetse9, you can alway vent here. hope they figure out what causing your moms spasms.. thats scary..


Muttsfan sorry to hear about your bf dad.. Keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Anyone lookingfor a speckled Sussex rooster of a EE bantam rooster? Free to a very good home were are locked up at night and are cared for. They are pets to me and I don't want anythingyhing to happen to them. Lets just say noisy. Very noisy. They are named. Very friendly, never had attacked anyone or thing. I want to keep them so much but our neighbors are complaining. Best if they went together but even if u would wanted one that's fine too.

 

[RaZ]

I thought it was kind of funny...
http://www.newsflare.com/video/7766/entertainment-arts/there-was-an-incident-last-night-at-cvs

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

I think that many people simply have a tough time processing their own feelings in situations like mentioned above. I think it's just important to keep perspective and remember that Time you can't get back. So Opa, tsetse, muttsfan, I think y'all are doing the right thing(s).

 

[HollyDuckFarmer]

...When their entire post is quoted the particular portion you are referring can be difficult to find.

You can edit out all but the portion you wish to reference and your post will be more concise and relevant.

I know that I appreciate this, it makes for easier reading too. It's a very nice courtesy to extend and I for one appreciate it. Nothing like re-reading the same thing over and over.

 

[Peep-Chicken]

 

[tsetse9]

Thanks everyone, and as for the coffee Opa, that was my problem yesterday. I have three cups of coffee a day, morning, after lunch and after dinner. Each one helps me get thru the next part of the day. Well the phone call came right before I had my lunch cup so I was about 4 hrs late on that and then was picking up my moms car and bringing her food so I never got another...needless to say, woke up with pounding headache this morning. Ugh. Coffee is helping, I am more cautious of taking meds as much anymore as dh mom is slowly dying of renal failure because of too much medication for pain all her life. Gotta be fresh today as I got lots to do between getting stuff for my mom and checking on her, getting kids costumes ready and getting to school parties, getting some stuff for our costumes for party tomorrow and I wanted to surprise family with apple pie...not sure that's gonna happen today though! For third year in a row we haven't gotten around to carving pumpkins before Halloween. Sorry kids, October is so busy, lol.

 

[Opa]

Doing things with and for my parents wasn't always an easy task, yet I always made time for them. My sons grew up having spent a lot of quality time with their grandparents. My brothers always seemed to be to busy to find time and their kids grew up without really knowing their grandparents.

When my father first became aware that there truly was a number with his name on it he expressed his believe that death wasn't something he feared, that his only concern was my mother. I assured him that he needn't worry, that I would insure she was well taken care of. While he felt relief upon hearing my vow, he said he already knew I would. That my relationship with them had all ready assured him.

When my father passed one of my brothers, taken control of their life the year before, chased off all of Granny's friends and extended family, sailed through her finances in just over three month, and was telling anyone who would listen that her Alzheimer's had advanced to stage 3 and perhaps we should consider a long term care facility. Once I became aware of her true situation I brought her to live with us, got her the medical attention she so desperately needed.

While I won't say that it has been easy, any time you try to blend two households is difficult, The satisfaction of knowing that I have done the right thing is extremely rewarding.



PS.... BOO

 

[preciouskitty]

Good morning & Happy Halloween, all!

Thanks to all for the good wishes for DH yesterday. All went well. And the same thoughts & prayers to those with upcoming procedures!

Opa, glad everything went well yesterday & that you are able to get fully caffeinated today

Sorry to hear of all that are dealing with parental illnesses & sibling conflicts. While I have yet to have to deal with this, my mother &'her 3 sisters did over the past year as my grandfather began ailing & passed. The strong bond of sisterhood, the love, caring & working together they displayed thru his final months, then in settling his estate makes feel lucky to have such a close family & served as a good lesson to me on how such situations can & should be handled. It certainly led to a much less stressful time for the entire family.

Feel bad for the kids tonight, weather not looking so good. Too bad trick or treating wasn't last night (I never get any kids coming to my house, guess they don't want to trek up the ~1/2 mile driveway. When and if one ever does, I'll treat them with $5 to go get a bag of candy for their efforts!).

 

[gladahmae]

Fill up the bin. It will get smaller over the winter.
Also add some brown material (carbon) if all you have is leaves. Also add a couple of shovels of soil to help jump start the bacteria and fungi.

I thought the leaves *were* the brown? So confusing to get my head wrapped around this idea. I did grab a huge bag of grounds from starbucks (free!) the other day and put that in there yesterday while I was shredding and dumping leaves. I swear, it's a good thing we don't have neighbors close enough to see me. First I'm raking leaves and bringing them OUT of the woods, them I'm running the lawn mower in 30 second increments for an hour!

I've also got about 6 or so cubic feet of chicken poop from the meaties we had in the spring. My plan is to NOT put that in the compost pile, and to sprinkle and till it in in the spring.

Feel bad for the kids tonight, weather not looking so good.

Oh it looks AWFUL! It's supposed to rain all day and the kids REALLY want to take the dog with us this year after seeing a lobster costume at one of the stores. We compromised because there's no way he'd leave all of the dangly parts alone and I've made him a knight costume (to go with the toddler's dragon costume; the older 2 boys are Mario and Sonic) that he hopefully won't be too irritated by. I'm not sure DH will *let* the dog come with us now because we'll invariably end up with 3 wet kids and a very wet, stinky, dog for the 20min car ride home.