Michigan

[Bianca67]

Just noticed I am no longer out of the brooder I am finally chillin with my peeps!

 

[RaZ]

I am not putting bows on my chickens.

 

[Bianca67]

Come on Raz live a little, it would be fun!

 

[RaZ]

Come on Raz live a little, it would be fun!

I'd have to catch them first. Morning coop check and the little Uggos were zooming around when the big girls came back in. Man, they are fast!

Yesterday at this time, I collected 3 eggs. Today, nothing yet but Crispy is in the box. The rest are out digging a hole at the edge of my hosta bed. It's a foot deep already.

I'm off to the grocer to get goodies for the SuperBowl party. Need to get organized, cleaned up and start cooking. Homework can wait.

 

[NovaAman]

Ah! Bows are adorable! Put em on all your chickens!

I finally remembered to buy coffee! I got Maxwell house this time... Pacific island blend...

well, IRS rejected AGAIN! So, I am going to H&Are and they are going to fix MY problem because TurboTax does not allow me to do the code I need to do to split benefits. Its their way of keeping it simple. I was so mad at the TurboTax program. And the crap customer service... It took me hours of searching till I finally got my answer, and then when tried to change the codes manually, the software does not allow you to do that this year when it has in years past!

So, I went and finally got my drug of choice.... Coffee.

 

[chickflick]

Hope your daughter is ok, Mom.

 

[NovaAman]

Hey raz, why not come here and help me build my coop! I don't work today, so I am gonna have fun with that. You don't need super bowl party stuff.... Oh that's right... I am on the wrong side of the hand... Forget it... I will be done before ya get here!

 

[NovaAman]

mom, don't feel bad... My mom is epileptic, she lives with me cuz she is also disabled, legally blind, behaves like a kid, easily confused, even over boiling water times, and I can't remember her meds even on a good day... I keep a list of them.... I know its different cuz she is your kid, but its not really... My mom is getting like my kid, but still need tokeep in my mind she's my mom... And it can be a severe brain frazzle when things like that happen. Your stepdaughter, well she needs to have more compassion. I hope she apologises. Hope your daughter is well.

 

[RBahmer]

Mom2 -

Hope everything comes out good for your daughter. I was sitting here thinking if that was my daughter how it would just kill me. And as far as the remembering thing goes, we ALL forget. Especially in times of stress. Here's to your stepdaughter

She needs to apologize.

 

[Mom 2em All]

I'd have to catch them first. Morning coop check and the little Uggos were zooming around when the big girls came back in. Man, they are fast!

Yesterday at this time, I collected 3 eggs. Today, nothing yet but Crispy is in the box. The rest are out digging a hole at the edge of my hosta bed. It's a foot deep already.

I'm off to the grocer to get goodies for the SuperBowl party. Need to get organized, cleaned up and start cooking. Homework can wait.

The remainng four are too CHICKEN to leave my lean-to. Their own mama left them this morning to go explore the yard. They were peeking out, but by the time I came through the gate, they were tucked back in to their smaller world.

Mom, don't be so hard on yourself, we all have those moments of "brain freeze" and they usually happen at the absolute wrong moment. Your DD was in the hospital and that puts you at automatic overload anyway. As we age we all have those moments more and more.

Its the "more and more" that bothers me. My job depends on my brain, my family depends on my brain..sometimes it frustrates me, but sometimes it is just ridiculous. It bothers me that when I needed it, the info just wasnt there.

Hope your daughter is ok, Mom.

Thank you. Her seizures are getting progressively worse. Its easy for people of the medical variety to dismiss a child when they have a complaint. My daughter wont take her meds regularly because she doesnt like the way it makes her feel. The neuro really said, "thats too bad. you have to take it anyway". So, she pretends to take them.
Last night, the neuro said, "she doesnt like the taste" and I said, "No, it gives her a headache. And he said, "no, she doesnt like the taste. it cures headache, not causes it." and I told them, "She is thirteen, maybe it doesnt give her a headache, but its the way she describes what it does. Its not the taste".
I work with animals not people patients. AND I always tell the people responsible, "the best food in the world wont work if you cant get the cat to eat it".
Why cant the human world think the way I do? She is too old for me to sit on and force a pill down her throat. My son is bipolar on NO medication because when it helped him, he didnt think he needed it anymore. NOW- he needs it really bad. really really really bad. But he is eighteen, and he says he doesnt need meds. Its much easier to self-medicate, you see, with illegal stuff. AND, again, I KNOW he would benefit from his medication, but nobody wants to listen to me anyhow.

mom, don't feel bad... My mom is epileptic, she lives with me cuz she is also disabled, legally blind, behaves like a kid, easily confused, even over boiling water times, and I can't remember her meds even on a good day... I keep a list of them.... I know its different cuz she is your kid, but its not really... My mom is getting like my kid, but still need tokeep in my mind she's my mom... And it can be a severe brain frazzle when things like that happen. Your stepdaughter, well she needs to have more compassion. I hope she apologises. Hope your daughter is well.

It is hard to see your own parent like that. I cant really relate except my dad needs a caretaker- just doesnt think he does. Only takes his diabetes medicine now and then, wont take his liver medication because it hurts his stomach, checks his blood pressure by putting the cuff on his lower arm because "the numbers are better there" and will only take his bp meds when it registers high at that point. etc etc etc. He lives six hundred miles away, so I just have to sit and wait for the unfortunate call that will one day come.

I believe my stepdaughter was in shock. I am the one who remains calm and can rattle off dosages, times, dates, etc for all family members for every thing. Not last night. I couldnt recall crap. I wont hold it against her. Hard to see someone who is the rock be dumb.
However, if she continues, then...