Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[chickisoup]

Evening all,
Storms, at least the nasty ones, have moved on. Never knew you could be under 7 warnings/watches at the same time! All we got here was some wind and a lot of sheeting rain, all the really nasty stuff hit just to our north. Poor folks up there will be cleaning up for days and a lot of eating by candlelight for a while.

Great job Alaskan! As for your prolapsed lady. Don't know if this will work now since it sounds like she's been that way for a while but sometimes what will work is clean her up good, put the prolapse back in, coat her bum with preperation H and put her in the dark for a day or two to stop her from laying to give things a chance to tighten up.

Chickadoodles- I have one of those wagons too and love it.
Perchie.girl-great idea about the hard rubber tires. DH has already had to put an innertube in one because the thing wouldn't hold air. No Harbor Freight around us either but we have bought a lot from them online. I've been checking out the rollators and found that Walmart has them online!

Hi Teachick!

Well, we're switching location because the rainstorm is knocking out the satellite so we can't watch the game and we MUST watch the Packers!!! so we must move to the bedroom. The TV in there is still hooked to our old tower antenna that can only get two channels (because that's it that's even close to "local') but it just so happens one of them gets the game

Have a snug evening everyone

 

[chickwhispers]

Glad you're safe up there chicki!
Alaskan sorry about your hen. Also I dont know how you do it with all your different relief soon. s and ages. I only had 4 groups of the same species and couldn't hardly stand it for a couple months until they became "one big happy (more or less) family.

perchie.girl glad your chair came in and it is "not too big, not too small, but Just Right!"!!!

chickadoodles I only know about warmth and arthritis cream. They help alot. But pt sounds helpful. good luck hope you find relief soon.

I have the garden wagon too. I have a hard time pulling it when loaded with much. Thank goodness for JD and a trailer. Or even better - a big bed on a UTV.

I'm am ready for new season and better luck. My brother who lives 2 hours away in MI had a heart attack early yesterday morn and he takes care of my mom who will be 84 on Monday. She has diabetes and dementia. She is staying here for a little while. But our house is not handicap accessible. House is built into a hill. We drive uo the hill to get her in or out of vehicle and she still has 6 normal steps and 3 smaller ones to manage; we have no shower she can manuver. We have deep soaking kind : on the positive side... I do much better with her diet than he does and her sugar is already coming back down. We're managing fairly well though and she's hanging in like a trooper. Don't know when he gets out of hospital or when he can return to normal duties. They still have some more testing to do.
:/ Is it October yet? Did I mention mom has insomnia many a night. Getting some zzzzs while the getting is good.
Night all!

Out

 

[Alaskan]

@chickwhispers

Good for you! I have issues with my parents getting old, and the health stuff etc. etc. I think that I am just no where near to at peace with my own mortality and having to loose them.

I am fine with taking care of them, but I haven't had to do it long term, since my mom's health is still good, and except for some respite that I do for her, she does all of my dad's care. I don't mind doing it, I just hate thinking about it.

 

[chickadoodles]

Evening all,
Storms, at least the nasty ones, have moved on. Never knew you could be under 7 warnings/watches at the same time! All we got here was some wind and a lot of sheeting rain, all the really nasty stuff hit just to our north. Poor folks up there will be cleaning up for days and a lot of eating by candlelight for a while.

Great job Alaskan! As for your prolapsed lady. Don't know if this will work now since it sounds like she's been that way for a while but sometimes what will work is clean her up good, put the prolapse back in, coat her bum with preperation H and put her in the dark for a day or two to stop her from laying to give things a chance to tighten up.

Chickadoodles- I have one of those wagons too and love it.
Perchie.girl-great idea about the hard rubber tires. DH has already had to put an innertube in one because the thing wouldn't hold air. No Harbor Freight around us either but we have bought a lot from them online. I've been checking out the rollators and found that Walmart has them online!

Hi Teachick!

Well, we're switching location because the rainstorm is knocking out the satellite so we can't watch the game and we MUST watch the Packers!!! so we must move to the bedroom. The TV in there is still hooked to our old tower antenna that can only get two channels (because that's it that's even close to "local') but it just so happens one of them gets the game

Have a snug evening everyone

I will be looking online for some hard rubber tires so we don't get any flats.

 

[chickadoodles]

Glad you're safe up there chicki!
Alaskan sorry about your hen.

Also I dont know how you do it with all your different relief soon. s and ages. I only had 4 groups of the same species and couldn't hardly stand it for a couple months until they became "one big happy (more or less) family.

perchie.girl glad your chair came in and it is "not too big, not too small, but Just Right!"!!!

chickadoodles I only know about warmth and arthritis cream. They help alot. But pt sounds helpful. good luck hope you find relief soon.

I have the garden wagon too. I have a hard time pulling it when loaded with much. Thank goodness for JD and a trailer. Or even better - a big bed on a UTV.

I'm am ready for new season and better luck. My brother who lives 2 hours away in MI had a heart attack early yesterday morn and he takes care of my mom who will be 84 on Monday. She has diabetes and dementia. She is staying here for a little while. But our house is not handicap accessible. House is built into a hill. We drive uo the hill to get her in or out of vehicle and she still has 6 normal steps and 3 smaller ones to manage; we have no shower she can manuver. We have deep soaking kind : on the positive side... I do much better with her diet than he does and her sugar is already coming back down. We're managing fairly well though and she's hanging in like a trooper. Don't know when he gets out of hospital or when he can return to normal duties. They still have some more testing to do.

Is it October yet? Did I mention mom has insomnia many a night. Getting some zzzzs while the getting is good.
Night all!

Out

I wondered if some of the creams like asper cream would work I think I may get some and try it. Thank you so much for the idea!

We have a pickup that most of the time we use to unload the feed in the barrels in the feed room. But when I mix the feed in the 5 gal. buckets I can't carry them, that is why I got the wagon to move thru the 11 pens to feed.

You could get a bath chair and let your mother sit on it and help her bathe beside the shower.
I bought a shower chair and hand rails for my parents to help them in and out of the shower.

Chicki glad the storms left you alone and that your all safe!

Good night. I hope to go back to bed soon up taking meds hoping.

 

[chickisoup]

Morning everyone!
Got to love the northwoods. Where else would wild weather come ripping thru leaving a mess and they close the high school and the community college not because they couldn't hold classes but so they can grab all those big farm and lumberjack kids to help clean up the mess and the guys are all like, GREAT! Who's got a chainsaw? And the girls are going, "Let's go see if mrs ----- needs a hand"! Farmers and loggers loading up their equipment onto trailers and heading toward town to help out the city folks! I LOVE IT! Community "we can get it done" spirit still alive and well up here.

Let em try THAT in Chicago!
Those kids would be running like it was a jail break and adults telling their neighbors to call the city, "that's what we pay taxes for" while they gripe that things aren't getting done faster..

 

[jknox1982]

I got one of these to haul my feed from the drive to the feed room and my feed buckets to the pens. I borrowed the pic from Fat Catalog online. But I bought mine from TSC on sale it sure makes chores so much easier it holds up to 800 lbs.

I have one that I use for gardening. I would be lost without it I now have a Gator Tractor I use to haul the heavy stuff. Best investments of my life.

 

[3goodeggs]

I wore mine out. My husband kept it patched together until the axle broke off. Then he said you can only fix rust for so long and then facts must be faced. It was a sad day.

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: We use it for hauling fallen limbs and anything else that needs to be done. DH said we don't need a gator, cuz we have a truck. lol But yes we both use it and I am so happy we got one finally! lol

 

[chickadoodles]

I wore mine out. My husband kept it patched together until the axle broke off. Then he said you can only fix rust for so long and then facts must be faced. It was a sad day.

You can even buy axel's and stuff like that at Tractor supply. Sorry.