I really have to figure out a way to keep mom from being able to sign anything and have it legal. She really wants to help everyone and there's a person that is really behind in their bills that she has already helped so much that the bank alerted me to the situation. It's the same person that took money out of her account without permission and why we had to change her bank account. What a pain. All those phone calls to reset up all her automatic debits and deposits..... And the person that created the huge headache gets nothing!

Mom's still chasing the imaginary bird out the door. About 6 degrees outside and she is still propping her door open to chase out the black flapping creature. She also put a nice floral wreath outside because she said the bird was living in it. I just put it back in the house.

After holiday sales are great. I wait until the treats are 75% or 90% off and stock up. Mom thinks she's won the lottery! Most go in her lock box but just getting something different has to be nice. If it's sugar she loves it. Some of the websites even believe there might be a link between sugar and Alzheimer's. Don't know. Inconclusive. Like she says, she's 86 and deserves to eat what she wants. I agree - just not whole boxes of the sweet stuff at one sitting!

It's a lot of work keeping up with her doctor appointments, checking on her bills, getting her groceries, making sure one meal at least gets eaten, taking care of meds,... Some days I can't believe I have another job.....

Taking care of Mom makes me feel bad most of the time. I get aggravated - know I shouldn't but can't help it but I try really hard to be patient. I also enjoy her company and like doing some things with her. She is so funny. I would have liked to have known her as a kid. She believes I did some days.... but at least she shares what it was like - at least as much as she remembers. It's sad how much gets lost over the years. Some days I really miss her while she is here.