A little story and more.

A little story.

The other night on twitter I told a little story, a little something that happened on that day. I didn't really expect anyone to notice it but got quite a few nice responses. I'll tell it here too.


About eighteen months ago we had some wardrobes built by a local joiner, Scott, lovely bloke, Buddhist but that's not important. Our paths have crossed maybe once or twice since then and we always had a quick chat. Skip to this week, Mum was out for a little walk round the block, something we encourage, trying to promote as much independence as possible. I get a knock on the door, its Scott. He had seen Mum walking along on her own and knowing her condition drove up to make sure she hadn't wandered off. 


That's it really. Just nice to know there are still people looking out for others.

In other matters

Apologies for  the lack of blogs, but generally that's a good thing as it means there's not a lot happening. Mum seems to be taking longer and longer to get going in the morning, she says she is sleeping well in her "little house" maybe its just the progression of her dementia.

There is also still some confusion at night, she will sometimes go to bed only to reappear full dressed again an hour or so later. We tried getting her in a shower then into pyjamas after tea, then watch a little tv but that just seemed to confuse her more. We will leave her to her own devices for now, just gently persuade her back to bed when she appears.

It looks like the wardrobe doors can stay, no complaints about them for a week or so. That means the rooms are all done, Mum all settled in and feeling at home. Brilliant. 

She has given up on assembling the pistachio mound  and has taken instead to stockpiling crème fraiche in her room. Just have to pop in every now and then when she's not looking to check what's being hoarded next.

Hols.

Plans are now starting for this years caravan holiday. If you missed reading last years its worth going back to have a look, some interesting pics and stories. This year, all being well we are off to the south of France in September. Three days drive down, a week there and 3 days back so looking for interesting stop off points on the journey. Suggestions most welcome!

I've been playing around with "Instagram" on my phone, here's a couple of pics from it.

Flower Arranging

The finished article.