The Old Folks Home

[bamadude]

I'm guessing the Skipperville Shrimp Shack, all you can eat shrimp 5.99.

dont be h8n

 

[hennible]

CC that sucks ( especially the trees )

 

[hennible]

dont be h8n

One day I'll get down to southern states, the food looks amazing!

 

[tntchix]

greed does strange things to people. not that my folks have anything left, but I have told them in no uncertain terms, no inheritance for me unless it is an heirloom that means something to me personally. dh's family is busy working things all the time paying favorites the whole nine yards. sad.

gram had Alzheimers, but ultimately it was a huge mass that showed up overnight took her in days.

 

[vehve]

CC and Sam, sounds terrible. I've seen some pretty horrible inheritance disputes too, when money is involved, it easily gets ugly.

Bama, just messing with you. I know you can take it. I'm waiting for the comeback though

 

[dsqard]

Unfortunately there is nothing like money to start family problems sometimes. When my dad died, my parents fortunately got the will together just in time. Mom got everything. We got the house up in Mass fixed up and sold and she used that money plus his life insurance to pay for her house in AZ completely. The house is owned by a "trust" so she can't sell it or put a mortgage on it (believe me that is best when it comes to my mom). She also has MS and I am eternally grateful my niece moved from MO to AZ to help keep an eye on mom. The arrangement was the best solution for both ladies. I am pushing hard on mom to get her will in order and to leave the house completely to my niece. That way there is absolutely no question about who gets what when that day arrives. I don't think there would be issues with my brother but there are days he can be a stinker too. I want my niece to not have to worry about where she is going to live once my mom passes. My niece has completely "earned" that peace of mind in my mind.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Tnt that stinks too.

I think I better go outside and do a few things before I really stink the thread up. Lol

I have to go out too cool off and get things done. My car is in the shop getting an alignment so I can't even go get beer.

..
Actually it all cracks me up quite a bit....

Taking care of people with illnesses like MS is so hard!

X2!

cracks me up too.

I had a friend with MS who had been a big time concert promoter - brought groups like the Rolling Stones to St. L. Years later, a local radio station had a contest where kids could win tickets and a bus trip to see the Stones in KC. As tribute to my friend the station took he and I along to the concert. A couple times on the trip I had to carry him into the bathroom, sit him on the toilet and pull his pants down. How humbling that must have been for him. For urinating he had a bottle and a catheter he used on the bus. Once, he spilled it on the bus and yelled, "OH WOW!!!". The bus driver looked back, saw what happened, pulled the bus over and started mopping the floor. I think I was freaked out half the trip.

Thats kind of how I got my place. for a third of what improved property would have sold for... It did have a power pole and a well. But the house technically didnt exist....

deb

Good for you.

 

[perchie.girl]

Grandma and Grandpa put their property into a living trust.... I am sooo glad. There are only four of us in the family now. Grandma, Mom, Me, and my son.

No lving history in this family... Grandma and Grandpa changed houses and cars like shoes. Outside of a couple of pieces of furniture there is really nothing I want... except maybe the photo albums.

deb

 

[ChickenCanoe]

CC and Sam, sounds terrible. I've seen some pretty horrible inheritance disputes too, when money is involved, it easily gets ugly.

Bama, just messing with you. I know you can take it. I'm waiting for the comeback though

Once it gets ugly, I'm out of the picture no matter how much it costs me.

Did anyone see the movie, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?
Kind of an estate dispute going on there too.

 

[ronott1]

I had a friend with MS who had been a big time concert promoter - brought groups like the Rolling Stones to St. L. Years later, a local radio station had a contest where kids could win tickets and a bus trip to see the Stones in KC. As tribute to my friend the station took he and I along to the concert. A couple times on the trip I had to carry him into the bathroom, sit him on the toilet and pull his pants down. How humbling that must have been for him. For urinating he had a bottle and a catheter he used on the bus. Once, he spilled it on the bus and yelled, "OH WOW!!!". The bus driver looked back, saw what happened, pulled the bus over and started mopping the floor. I think I was freaked out half the trip.

That sure brings back "memories". My Dad died in 2001 from congestive heart failure, one of the things people with MS die from.

I had to carry him from a car back in 1999 when their house in Redding was threatened by a fire. It was like picking up a skeleton. He was a strong man at one time but had wasted away from MS.

Diapers, catheters and etc. was the norm during the last several years. He was 63 when he passed.