June 16, 2025 already.
Now? Lounging, reading, typing, digesting.
Earlier: sautéing, baking, prepping, swimming, working on a puzzle.
A run to Best Buy to return things. An order from Home Depot to obtain things.
Earlier: chopping, mixing, tasting, serving, visiting.
Waving away bees, weeding, clipping vines, blowing detritus, pulling detritus out of my bra, showering, puzzling some more, reading, letting the dog out/in, out/in.
Boot on, boot off. Holding, spotting, watching, supplying meds, checking hydration.
Trip to Home Depot, Best Buy one day. Best Buy and Costco another day.
Yelling. Mute oh god mute! (Kars4Kids ad).
Every day looking for shit: rolling pin, rasp, meat thermometer, the bag of grated cheddar.
Every day being challenged by something: the coffee maker (it’s like a small car engine with a belligerent personality and it lives, much to my dismay, on the kitchen counter). Daily struggles with the heavy sliding door, the weirdly complicated light switches, dull knives, bowls that are out of reach.
Swimming.
Downloading, wordling, reading, doing the Sunday crossword puzzle.
Boot on/boot off. Time for the leg brace and sneakers. Spotting, hall-walking, watching. Fixing the hand sling, trying to befriend Velcro. Pouring Gatorade.
Visiting, asking questions, joking, picking up dog hair, answering questions (what were my “things” as a kid? Ballet and modern dance. I forgot to say, skiing). Eating, laughing, talking about writing, recommending books, getting recommendations of books. All about writing. Hectares. Dogs. Brothers.
Brazil, Santa Monica, Newton, Boston, East LA.
Dee~ Such a full & rich word bank for such a full & rich visit. Wonderful.
I noticed the view right off…gorgeous! And that Kars4Kids commercial…oh how we hated that and also could not mute it fast enough. Sure does force you to remember their company name!
I just was reaching for a bowl, right before reading this…am I getting shorter again? Such a silly high storage cupboard for a Senior Building. Enjoy the rest of your visit. ❤️
I’ve lost almost an inch. But the real issue is that this is a tall person’s kitchen.
BTW I left a comment over on your log and forgot to sign it!
I thought that was you, but wasn’t 100% – so just answered it with no name anyway. haha
lovely to see the two young’uns
had to google gerunds, now I know
the view is gorgeous, I love the vegetation out there, it looks so much more dramatic than our native plant species
Saskia
not sure I’m ‘visible’
I see you. Thanks for signing your comments. About a year ago WordPress stopped recognizing regulars. I don’t know why.
Where did the day go??? 😂🤣
Well more like three but still
Even when I am in my home, know where everything is, can reach most things by standing on tip toe, refuse to get a chair even though I too have lost about 1″…the drill of constant care giving has its ups and downs. Even though it has been two years, I still sometimes flounder when doing wound care and yell at my husband, “Hey you were a medic in the Navy, am I doing this right!!” He is such a patient guy and I know that sometimes even though I try to be careful re taking off bandages, I rip heartily as befits my mood sometimes, and he never flinches…and then there are those sweet moments, we are sitting on our patio, he is strolling down the driveway in his rollator, sometimes looking back to see if I am noticing and I always am…he comes back, takes a sip of his coffee, reads and so do I and the quiet joy of those moments balance the rest.
What is lovely for me is to see your vistas, overlooking the city, your dips in the pull, envy, although I haven’t worn a bathing suit in years, don’t even have one anymore…we take our moments of calm where we find them and I do find them. I see you, admire all that you are doing and the big question is, what are you cooking these days cause I always love your shared food photos and recipes.
Pool not pull but then, there is that “pull” toward the pool!
You really capture the ups and downs of caregiving, showing the tender and humorous sides. Thanks for sharing.
Came back because I mentioned that my husband is a Navy vet. All of his healthcare is through the VA and now this: an outrageous, evil and insulting situation: New rules allowing the VA to not help veterans who are Democrats, female vets who are unmarried!!!!! WTF!!!!!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/va-doctors-refuse-treat-patients
Unfucking believable