Good morning world!
Flipping cat doesn't know the clocks have changed so she woke me at 5.30am and that is not counting the time before where I was half asleep and trying to ignore her mewing and rustling by the bed! Still a cup of tea and I am feeling a little more sociable and I can make myself feel better by saying it is really an hour later can't I?
My blog from yesterday seems to have disappeared. I may have confused things by trying to edit one post while uploading photos to another. Not to worry. We have had a really good weekend!
Friday/Saturday was a big push to finish the kitchen, shop and clean the house so that it was 'company ready' for our halloween party on Saturday. Bought lots of decorations and buffet food on Friday night and hubby got the beer on Saturday. I wizzed round the house (a few times) with my trusty timer. Thank you flylady, I love that I can do anything in 15 minutes!
Saturday evening was lovely, good food, company, compliments about the kitchen, a few glasses of wine, happy kids (10, 11, 8, 7 and two 6's) who played together marvelously with no falling out - a combination of chasing about, hot wheels, lots of hide and seek, skylanders and cake. Little stars the lot of 'em. M loves having other kids to play with and to be honest, I love having them all around too. Feeling broody but nothing seems to be happening for us.
Yesterday we had a lazy morning (scooby do and such like), I tidied the kitchen, hubby took the cardboard recycling and we had leftovers for breakfast and lunch. I love that I have a 6 y/o who happily requests jacket potato, veggie chilli and cheese for breakfast (just like me)! He is such a good eater. Yesterday he also had Jacket with cheese and beans for lunch and fish fingers, poached egg, beans and soldiers for tea. He had weetabix and grapes for supper.
I had a day off the diet as I had 2 white rolls and some hob nob biscuits, oh and some trifle, cake and ice cream - oops. Back on it today though. I have lost 1 stone 9.5lb this year going to slimming world and I want it to be 2 stone by the end of November.
Late morning, the boy had a bath to wash the gel out of his scary hair and had lots of fun blowing bubbles in the bath!
Yesterday afternoon I went to see mum in the care home. It is always hard. I try to go 3 times a week. She has been there almost a year now. She was ok and looked comfy enough in her recliner chair. She appeared to have an ear infection so I told the nurse who will get someone to see her tomorrow (nurse or GP from the surgery). Mum couldn't hear well so talking was difficult and we mostly just sat, holding hands. On and off she looked uncomfy and said her back hurt/was stiff and she was clearly tired bless her. She has bed rest now in the afternoons and sleeps a lot. She said she hadn't been to bed until midnight last night and hadn't slept well for 3 nights but I have no idea if any of this is true. Mum has vascular dementia and has very poor short term memory (and long term memory too). She also said she was going to town and a few other odd things. I have developed different way of talking. I mostly agree with whatever she says and we have some bizarre conversations but I have learned not to argue - it only confuses or upsets her and what is the point? She will probably have forgotten 5 minutes later. Instead we have lovely chats about people long dead and where she has been that day and she is mostly calm and settled and not in any pain which is all I can hope for. She is relatively good at the moment, she is aware and we talk a little. Sometimes she is unresponsive and she often struggles to find the right words or form them. I will go again Tues/Wed.
On to today, I think I have a hospital appointment and need to check..... back later with more!
