New blog

This is a new blog primarily for the purpose of journaling about Mom's daily life, from my perspective. It is not intended for her viewing, so that I don't have to worry about what is being written. I'm thinking of setting up something for anyone to add to for her to be able to follow.
We'll see how my time runs. Right now there are too few minutes on any given day for much and I thought this would save me from the emails I try to get out. I know some of you are interested in this and others not. Your choice.

The blue print is for you Mom, as it is your favorite color.

Today I am planning to go over for lunch and supper.

I now call Mom, at her request, first thing each morning, to help her get organized for each day.

If I have the time and inclination I might do some posts on prior days, but for now I will get at this when I am able. I'm thinking that while she is resting when I am with her is going to be a great time to do this. For now I am in Milton on Tuesday and Friday.

This morning Mom sounded very up. She was already getting breakfast ready and was preparing double what she has been normally eating. Usually she has just been having a piece of toast, and often without protein. This past week we discussed better nutrition and hydration. Yesterday she had 2 pieces of toast each with peanut butter and honey. Today she had already prepared the 2 pieces of toast and was adding cottage cheese and some fresh fruit salad that Katimay and I had brought for her.

She is planning to go to Mass at 10:00 then to have her day filled with whatever she wants to be doing with me there. We are working on a poster size collage of all the photos she had in the kitchen, to get them up on the wall for easier cleaning for her new Home Health Aide who started on Wednesday.

I am anticipating a good day as she was in such great spirits during our call.