Good morning!!!!

[farmer2009]

23 this morning and headed to 54 today. Heavy frost this morning.

Need to get going and run some errands. Been watching Superior Livestock Auction this morning. They are offering 19,200 head of cattle today. They only sell tractor trailer load lots. Only about a 6 hour auction. Seem to be selling very well. Which they usually do. I enjoy watching their auctions but it kills too much time.

Feeling much better. Still weak and tire easily.

 

[jbrumberg]

Buppies- Your weather prognostication is what I am seeing and believing this AM in the weather news. You have probably seen as much snow as I have this year. I have measured 34"'s of snowfall here so far this season.

 

[Looking4new]

jbrumberg;
you heat with wood, so dealing with the ice on the driveway should be a no brainer for you. Spread the ashes on the driveway.

 

[Ed of all trades]

JB and Kyle, mom seems happy and enjoys our rummy games ect. she is just tired and can't breathe. Thanks for the ideas. Ed

 

[jbrumberg]

Temperature is in the high teens with hazy sunshine winds ~25 mph gusting to +30mph and windchill in the 0F/-0F range.

Looking4new- I am too cheap to buy sand and I do not go to the free community sandpile so my only recourse is those wood ashes. I have been using wood ashes on the driveway for the 30+ years that we have lived here. I have to clean our new wood stove daily. I throw those ashes on the driveway. I do not bother to store them I also have a 30G ashcan filled.

The problem is/has been the freeze melt then re-freeze cycle.

Ed- I did resident assessments for mental status at nursing and rest homes for 17 years and the secure Alzheimers unit that I managed for 3. I was specifically trained in Geriatric/Geriatric care and how all the medical/physical/medications/environment "mix" affects one's mood and behavior. I am retired, but what I learned then still applies. If I can be of help to you and/or anyone else here let me know. My services are free. When it comes to aging we are all in this together.

The good news is all those ashes + sunshine has turned the tide on the driveway challenge. I need to get back to the wide pile later. I'll take a picture. I warn you before hand it is ugly out there.

 

[jbrumberg]

Wifey is making waffles so to kill some time I took a walk 1/2 way down the driveway.

The picture:

 

[jerrybob]

43F currently.......will get to 50. No rain right now.......5 inches in last 2 days. Slews are full due to run off........lots of new lakes during high tides.

 

[Buppies]

Wifey is making waffles so to kill some time I took a walk 1/2 way down the driveway.

The picture:

Looks nice to me

We have had about 4.5 inches of snow this winter total normally average 20 or so. All the storms keep going east of us

 

[txdon]

JB and Kyle, mom seems happy and enjoys our rummy games ect. she is just tired and can't breathe. Thanks for the ideas. Ed

You are there for her now that's what counts and when she needs more care than you can provide you can switch to the role of patient advocate to make sure she continues to have the best care.

 

[toppop52]

JB, sorry, forgot to answer, Mom eats well and even eats a few oz of mixed nuts every night. She is eating better than where she was before. ????? Hope the DR comes up with something.

Randy, my wife and I have never been alone. She had 3 kids when we met and just before they left we took in her brother and now my mom. When we thought we were going to be alone we were checking out long term missions. Ed

Our son was born less than a year after we married, once both kids were away from home, her mom was with us, she moved to assisted living and we had about five years until my mom came to live here. But what I meant was after we both retired and had time to be together, we got three months. But we did a lot.