Live your Life....Play in Mine...
My place to vent, rant, cry and most importantly...LAUGH
Something strange has headed my way....
This is very odd and it's driving me crazy.........My nose is peeling. It started 4 days ago. I wear sunscreen, and I haven't gotten a sunburn. I haven't changed lotions, soaps, or anything else for that matter.
I can sit here and literally peel skin off my nose. I appear to be shedding, LOL.
This isn't right.. Maybe I'm having some kind of food allergy. ~sigh~ There goes 50 bucks to go to my dermatologist. He'll probably tell me to relax, it will go away. Whatever it is...
I got sent to a new Lady today. Just filling in for her other caregiver. Her house is amazing!! It's up in the hills, an older house with tons of character.
It had four bedrooms, two baths, a huge kitchen, large breakfast nook, large dining room and large living room. Sound good?
Well, you open this door off the kitchen and you go up a flight of stairs into a huge sun room. It was amazing! Bright, cheery, a great room to use for a game room and party room! Still sound good?
You go down a flight of stairs off of that room and downstairs are two more large rooms with a sliding door to the patio and backyard. You go back up the stairs, through the sun room, down the stairs and back through the kitchen. Still sounding good?
From there are a flight of stairs going down again. (I swear, I got lost and almost panicked) At the bottom is a suite of rooms, rather like a small apartment. A bedroom, shower, a sitting room with fireplace, and another room you could use for an office or 2nd bedroom. Another sliding door to the backyard. Think I'm done?
In the backyard, were about 15 fruit trees. Oranges, lemons, apples, avocados, tangerines, plums, grapefruit, grapes, tomatoes, and blackberries. The view overlooked the entire city (small city, lol).
I know I'm going to dream about this house tonight. With my son and his wife moving home after medical school, and my other son still at home, this house would have been perfect. I could have set both boys up in the downstairs, and Paul. and I could have the top. Woohoo!
Oh well, it is fun to think about "what if". The reality though, is that we are going to be packed like sardines in our house, LOL
True Love...
I have gone from Child Care to Adult Care. They are
both extremely rewarding and I'm enjoying my new job a lot. It was
really hard to go back to work after almost 4 years, but now that I'm
back, it's working out really well.
At the moment, I have two clients I'm taking care of. The first is a couple, the man is 96 and the woman is 94. I fix them dinner and take them for a walk around their neighborhood, shop for them and take them to their doctor appointments. I have never seen anything like this couple. It is almost unbelievable. Before either of them does anything, they consult the other and ask that their significant other go first. With everything! They call each other Honey and sweetie. They, each of them, want the other to have the best piece of cake, the first drink of water, etc. The woman, as tiny and frail as she is, insist that she be the one to help him out of the chair. She does this by bracing herself and pulling until he stands up. Each time he stands up, he gives her a kiss and says.."Thank you love of my life." She says.."Yes darling, always."
Gaaaa! They have brought me to tears several times..
On Tuesdays, I take care of a man in his late 80"s. I water his orchard and wash his clothes. He won't let me do anything else. He mostly wants companionship. He will have me sit for almost the entire time I'm there sometimes, to listen to his stories. He is very intelligent and is a Scientist who invented several inventions. He's not making this up, I've seen the proof. He is a Millionaire and lives by the country club in my town.
He is also somewhat of a Mafia Guy. He grew up in New York, hung out with several sorts and went to all the clubs like the Copacabana. He hung out with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. He cusses like crazy and he is really a character.
This was our conversation today, and I'm not sugar coating it, LOL.
John---Dear, what are you doing?
Me---I'm cleaning up a little in your kitchen John.
John---Well stop and get your ass in here!
Me---I'm almost done, do you need something?
John---Yeah, I need you to get your ass in here.
Me---Ok, here I am, what do you need?
John---Nothing, sit down, I want to tell you a story.
Me--Ok, go ahead. (hoping he doesn't quiz me like he did after the last story)
John---I was married to the most wonderful woman, did I tell you she was a fashion Model with the top Modeling agency in New York?
Me---You sure did..
John---Well, after receiving money from my inventions, we moved out here and started our family. With our first child, I bought her a Mink coat. With the second child, a set of Waterford crystal. With the third child, this house, the Country Club and her Cadillac. Nothing and I mean nothing was too good for her. I would have bought her the Moon if I could.
Me---That's really nice John, she was a very beautiful woman. (She was gorgeous!)
John---You better believe it. Has your husband bought you any Waterford?
Me--No, not yet.
John---You tell him I'm gonna kick his ass if I ever come across him.
Me---Ah, it's ok John, that type of stuff really isn't important to me.
John---God Dam*#it, it doesn't matter, that jackass should still shower you with gifts like that, God Dam*#it!
Me---Do you need a drink of water John?
John---Has he ever given you a mink coat?
Me---(err, almost afraid to tell him no, a hit man might show up at my front door) No John, but I never wanted one.
John---Well, isn't that a bunch of Fu*#ing crap! What the hell kind of asshole is your husband? Go in my wifes closet and pick yourself out a Mink.
Me---No, that needs to go to your kids!
John---They've already come in here and done their picking, I'll do whatever the hell I want to with the rest, now get your ass in there and pick one out.
OMG......
The phone rings and he forgets what he asked, haha, I mean ordered me to do. Thank God.
He then proceeds to instruct me on how to can plums. He sat there and showed me step by step. I canned almost 6 freakin jars.
He also mentioned I must drive my asshole husband crazy because I had to keep asking questions. He wanted to know what my level of education was, hahahaha.
I just love this man, LOL
At the moment, I have two clients I'm taking care of. The first is a couple, the man is 96 and the woman is 94. I fix them dinner and take them for a walk around their neighborhood, shop for them and take them to their doctor appointments. I have never seen anything like this couple. It is almost unbelievable. Before either of them does anything, they consult the other and ask that their significant other go first. With everything! They call each other Honey and sweetie. They, each of them, want the other to have the best piece of cake, the first drink of water, etc. The woman, as tiny and frail as she is, insist that she be the one to help him out of the chair. She does this by bracing herself and pulling until he stands up. Each time he stands up, he gives her a kiss and says.."Thank you love of my life." She says.."Yes darling, always."
Gaaaa! They have brought me to tears several times..
On Tuesdays, I take care of a man in his late 80"s. I water his orchard and wash his clothes. He won't let me do anything else. He mostly wants companionship. He will have me sit for almost the entire time I'm there sometimes, to listen to his stories. He is very intelligent and is a Scientist who invented several inventions. He's not making this up, I've seen the proof. He is a Millionaire and lives by the country club in my town.
He is also somewhat of a Mafia Guy. He grew up in New York, hung out with several sorts and went to all the clubs like the Copacabana. He hung out with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. He cusses like crazy and he is really a character.
This was our conversation today, and I'm not sugar coating it, LOL.
John---Dear, what are you doing?
Me---I'm cleaning up a little in your kitchen John.
John---Well stop and get your ass in here!
Me---I'm almost done, do you need something?
John---Yeah, I need you to get your ass in here.
Me---Ok, here I am, what do you need?
John---Nothing, sit down, I want to tell you a story.
Me--Ok, go ahead. (hoping he doesn't quiz me like he did after the last story)
John---I was married to the most wonderful woman, did I tell you she was a fashion Model with the top Modeling agency in New York?
Me---You sure did..
John---Well, after receiving money from my inventions, we moved out here and started our family. With our first child, I bought her a Mink coat. With the second child, a set of Waterford crystal. With the third child, this house, the Country Club and her Cadillac. Nothing and I mean nothing was too good for her. I would have bought her the Moon if I could.
Me---That's really nice John, she was a very beautiful woman. (She was gorgeous!)
John---You better believe it. Has your husband bought you any Waterford?
Me--No, not yet.
John---You tell him I'm gonna kick his ass if I ever come across him.
Me---Ah, it's ok John, that type of stuff really isn't important to me.
John---God Dam*#it, it doesn't matter, that jackass should still shower you with gifts like that, God Dam*#it!
Me---Do you need a drink of water John?
John---Has he ever given you a mink coat?
Me---(err, almost afraid to tell him no, a hit man might show up at my front door) No John, but I never wanted one.
John---Well, isn't that a bunch of Fu*#ing crap! What the hell kind of asshole is your husband? Go in my wifes closet and pick yourself out a Mink.
Me---No, that needs to go to your kids!
John---They've already come in here and done their picking, I'll do whatever the hell I want to with the rest, now get your ass in there and pick one out.
OMG......
The phone rings and he forgets what he asked, haha, I mean ordered me to do. Thank God.
He then proceeds to instruct me on how to can plums. He sat there and showed me step by step. I canned almost 6 freakin jars.
He also mentioned I must drive my asshole husband crazy because I had to keep asking questions. He wanted to know what my level of education was, hahahaha.
I just love this man, LOL
New here...
So, I'm new here and just trying to figure things out. I'm going to spend some time looking around and seeing what I can do with this layout. It doesn't look like you can do too much, so I'll have to get use to that! I might pop by and say hi...:)
