Bagel: sarameg -- good luck with the inspection. Take exhaustive notes -- I hope you get a guy who answers questions as he goes. The inspection on my not-large house took 3 hours, and for sure I knew exactly what I was getting when it was finished.
I wanna hurt you, but I can't resist the sinister attraction of your cold and muscular body!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Mar 21, 2009 4:43:20 am PDT #11665 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
msbelle - Mar 21, 2009 4:48:48 am PDT #11666 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Good luck sara.
Prune juice a liquid that might help, yes. Also, is she allowed coffee? I feel for you Theo.
sumi - Mar 21, 2009 4:49:41 am PDT #11667 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Theo - that's so hard. Lots of ~ma and patience to you.
JZ - Mar 21, 2009 5:18:21 am PDT #11668 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, Theo, how awful. You're a very good caretaker; your mom is just resisting all caretaking right now. You've been there, giving time and energy and all your best efforts to connect, to someone who's so very unhappy and struggling with it. You're a great caretaker; it's just a rotten situation.
(Also, what msbelle said about coffee [sorry, prune juice is what evil tastes like], and maybe apple juice too, especially if you heat it up.)
Jesse - Mar 21, 2009 5:26:33 am PDT #11669 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In their continuing rebranding efforts, the prune people have new "plum juice" products I have seen advertised....
Liese S. - Mar 21, 2009 5:40:36 am PDT #11670 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
So ridic. We tried to make plum jam once, since we had a surplus of lovely local plums. Forgetting that plums turn into prunes. Prune jam is nast.
And Theo, I'm so sorry about your mom. I feel for you since we did the caregiving thing with my grandmother and it had its equally painful moments. It's just hard, and it's an adjustment for you and for her.
No matter what else, make sure you look after yourself, too.
Steph L. - Mar 21, 2009 5:58:03 am PDT #11671 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
In their continuing rebranding efforts, the prune people have new "plum juice" products I have seen advertised....
I've seen prunes marketed as "dried plums." Doesn't make them taste any better.
Theodosia - Mar 21, 2009 6:03:15 am PDT #11672 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
My aunt has managed to talk my mom into eating small portions of solid stuff, at least, after I had a private phone brainstorm with her (my aunt). I'm off to get the OTC stuff that Mom promises to at least take, like the magnesium citrate and suppositories.
Lee - Mar 21, 2009 6:28:53 am PDT #11673 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I'm glad there has been some ease, Theo.
I hope the inspection is going well, Sarameg!
My entire face hurts, and none of my sinus meds seem to be touching it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 21, 2009 6:30:23 am PDT #11674 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Theo, can your mom eat strawberries? When I've tried the Atkins diet in the past the 5 grams worth of carbs I could get in strawberry form made for much less frustration in the bathroom. And they're tasty enough that they might tempt her out of the all-liquid decision.
I've seen prunes marketed as "dried plums." Doesn't make them taste any better.
Speaking of strawberries, when they (or apples, or bananas) rot, we throw them away instead of renaming them and trying to market them as a different fruit! Why do plums get the special treatment?