Ever just want to tear your hair out, or someone else's? If you cannot restore a sense of balance, you will run away from home? Just want to say some things without the constraints of staying on topic? Well, this thread is for you! If you just need a short break to let it all hang out, be a brat, then come on, you can do it. No holding back! Go for it, you can do it.
I thought the "lipstick" print was supposed to be the "fire". I guess I was "smoking" them backwards! ;)
Great minty, chalky taste that seemed to create a lot of saliva as you were eating them. Aaahhh, those were the days. Unfortunately, I developed the real habit when I was 17 and it took 10 years to quit. So much for encouraging bad habits.
Anyone remember pink champagne ice cream? A scoop on a plain cone was 10 cents. It was so yummy and I was "all grown up" because I was licking champagne. Fortunately I did not grow up to have that habit.
We have had cats that make sounds when eating. One of them was a stray we named Gargles due to the gargling sound she made when eating.
i always thought the red tip was the lit end too but if not what did the boys pretend to smoke ?
is a baby gurgling kinda a happy content sound?
the Viking says she's fine but the sound doesn't match that emotion- one of her other caregivers thinks it might be a reflex since we're always telling her to cough in order to clear her throat
usually she just parrots us and says cough without coughing
she he has no trouble saying no or closing her mouth when she doesn't want something like her meds in pudding
just finished a piece of chocolate cake with coffee icing- yum
I used to Love the Pink Champagne Sherbert too, Gosh I hadn't heard of that in Years! My sister's and I were just speaking of the little corner store down the street from our cousins house growing up, which sold or loads of Penny Candy, Yum! Those Red Wax Lips, Wafer Spaceships with the sour powder inside, taffys and chews, Colored Dots on Wax Paper Strips, BitOHoney, Pixy Stix!
My parents were from Wales, UK and their Candy is So Much Better than ours, IMO! Our Nana used to send us Big Parcels at Christmas, loaded with Candy and Chocolates and there used to be this one particular candy thingy, a Sherbert Fountain which was a rolled up paper (like a penny tube) filled with sherbert powder, and a black licorice stick sticking out the top, which you used to suck up the powder, it never worked, but they were fun and tasty, Lol!
Oh the fun things we remember from childhood! Wish we could go back and do it all over again! My Cousins Always had cans of Hi-C fruit drink in their fridge, and that was a treat, but there were 6 kids in our family, so we couldn't afford that, so it was KoolAid for us, but then We finally got a 7/11 store put in down the street from us when I was about 8yo, so we had Slurpies!
the only thing left out of your dinner table was someone's runny nose dripping into their soup
mom had company for dinner tonight so she got to pass the puree and have polish sausage - as you can imagine the evening staff loves polish sausage night - many residents get diarrhea 💩
the only time hoca staff eats in the dining room is if there's a special party otherwise they bring food back in
not even the kitchen staff will eat the food
Puréed slop with no salt, no sugar, no fat, low carbs, high fiber, high antioxidants and cold from the kitchen. I'd rather starve. Bet that's why a lot of the poor old ones spit their meals out.
If I'm needing that slop to maintain my "health", then give me a filet mignon covered in butter sautéed mushrooms, a loaded baked potato, asparagus with mayo, a glass of Cabernet and a piece of pecan pie then DON'T "code" me as I die with a smile on my face!
👼🏼 😋 👼🏼
Send,
Boys (who turn into men) need more than directions, they need an instruction manual! 🤔
sue -what if your swallowing was compromised??? Your filet wouldn't get to first base. Wish it was that simple.
well, hoca doesn’t purée the regular meal
it’s always a ribbon of white, a ribbon of lime green and a ribbon of poop brown
always cold with a little pitcher of whatever soup they had
for breakfast, it’s yellow, white and red and drenched in pancake syrup
the red might be watermelon as they serve bites of melon with breakfast
she was wide awake at 11 pm so I gave her a juice box and said our prayers
I had the left the door open for a little light and another resident walked in and grabbed mom's comforter - good thing the Viking saw her as my head was turned and I didn't hear her - we practically had a tug of war in the hallway- no wonder mom's pillows and pillow cases keep disappearing
MsMadge, I'll share No. 1 Brat spot with Send!
I love 'em,but my dH won't touch them and even if he did,he'd probably smother them with ketchup.
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In your situation only, I would like to advise:
1). Waiting on authorities to do the right thing by your Mom will not always have the desired result. You can help her by finding the AL near you.
2 . Keep in mind that a woman who has stayed with her abusive husband all these years may not be able to leave him, and if competent, may decide to stay.
3). Follow your Mom's lead, take her where she wants to go as much as possible. Show her the AL, as if she is choosing from many options.
Now that you have posted here on "Caregivers Behaving Badly" thread, you can come back anytime and we will try to lend you support for your difficult situation through the use of humor, acting out, and any other crazy ideas we can come up with.
On the second day of Autum, I suggest you buy a pumpkin pie, or eat chocolate!