Life After Maggie … is tougher than I was prepared for. I didn’t realize I’d be grieving this much. And it hits me at strange times throughout the day/night. But, I haven’t cried today, so I feel like I’m advancing through the stages. Maybe I’ll even sleep a bit tonight … [Oops – there I …
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Thank you! My Angel … My Brat … My Peanut Buttercup … My Fat Butt … We ended things our way – and I have to thank you, again, for that!
Minute by minute?? Yeah – that’s about right. Here’s the scoop: My grandma is rallying; She has a trach, peg tube, foley and a tube in her gallbladder; per the specialist doctors (rehab), she suffered a major neurologic event at some unknown time … Is she down and out? Nope – NOT My Grandma. She’s …
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To bring you an afternoon with internet searches and technical support. My favorite … trying to figure out why something computer/electronic isn’t working. But special thanks to Mike at USCutters, and my fancy plotter is up and running again!!! (Now, I have no idea why my other, less expensive Eclips is misbehaving … but that’s …
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Can you go from 80 degrees to 40 degrees inside of 24 hours in May … Not complaining, just still in awe … while my teeth chatter. Got through Mother’s Day 2014. It wasn’t awful, although there was plenty of drama in the E.R. … But, no emergency enemas – so it qualifies as a …
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After sleeping for some 13 hours, I woke to our first summer day! (I am absolutely NOT complaining about the temperature!!!) So – we spent some time getting the garden in order (rototilling, weeding, general clean-up). I do believe I will sleep well tonight, but I had a blast playing in the dirt! With our …
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I’m staying creatively busy today. Grandma is in surgery, getting her artificial airway and feeding tube today. Arrgghhh! I hate thinking about it – so I’m trying really hard not to … Any louder and my music will be heard in the next county; if I work any faster, I’ll run out of band-aids for …
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This weekend, while at work someone asked me a couple of questions: 1. How long have you been a nurse? [Oh! … Oh! Wait … I know the answer to this one!!] “Umm … 24 years.” 2. Do you still like it? [Oh … Umm … Well … So, you see – it’s complicated… (You …
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