Visitors

'Tis the season. This year has found more visitors in our house than years past. For Thanksgiving, we had my mom, nephew Ladd, sister-in-law, her family, and father-in-law stay during the weekend. Whew. Felt like all I did was cook, eat, and wash dishes. I am so tired of cooking. rofl

My father-in-law is staying with us until Christmas. Kathy and family will be back to get him. Maybe. I hope he has been enjoying his stay. I try to give him time to himself. I really cut back on my activities. Driving me crazy. But I don't want to have a lot of people relying on me and then I can't follow through because something happened with Bob. So far he has been behaving himself.

The only trouble we have been having is salt. He knows he can not have it. We changed the salt out with a salt-substitute. The bad part is that the sub. isn't good either in large doses. And that is what he does. Large doses. Whew! I am not certain how he can eat the food when it is crystallized like that. Here is an adult man that knows he is not to eat salt but he puts it on everything! I am surprised he doesn't add it to his glass of milk.

The other thing that drives me insane. He has spent the last 3 years in a nursing home. They will allow you to have several different glasses of fluid to drink. Now that he is out, he has at least 2-3 glasses of something at a meal. Do you know how many glasses I wash in a day? Too many. We need to break his habit of this.

Husband is not liking having his dad here. Stresses him out. The whole family is stressed from having him here. A visitor in your home will do that to you.

This morning was fun. F-i-l is an amputee. The boys had questions about how he puts his prostetic on. So he shared with them. The good news is that it didn't freak Morghan out like grandma's false teeth. tofl

Survived!

I survived it all! I can't believe I actually got thru everything on my to do list! My house wasn't the cleanest...there was lots of dusting needing to be done...but it looked good. Now I have to ready my home for Christmas. Ugh! I hate hauling out the decorations and putting them up. When the boys are gone, we aren't having a Christmas tree. Maybe a small one that you can put in a bag and pull out every year and you are done. I know I am a Scrooge!

The month so far is going well. I really need to start working on some things I need to accomplish. Not nearly as much as Nov. but I am being lazy so they are piling up. Terry's dad is visiting this month. So I have the added stress of having someone else to care for. He really isn't a bother. Just have to cook every meal for him. Ugh. I don't mind the cooking, it is the cleanup I abhore!

He is going to the Senior Center today for lunch. I like when he does that so I don't have to eat much. I feel like I have gained 50 pounds in the week he has been here. Feel like singing...fatty fatty 2x4 can't fit thru the kitchen door. rofl

Today I am going to go to my bff's house and we are going to make Christmas candy. Woohoo. I am ready to get out of the house. Unfortunately, the weather has decided to turn a little like Christmas. Had some sleet this morning when the boys got on the bus.

Last night, I went to a PTA meeting. The superintendent was there speaking. The school district would like to see the 9th graders move into the high school and the 6th grader move into a middle school environment. I think this would be a good idea. I don't know if Wyatt is ready for it but he might surprise us and rise to the challenge. I agree that it would be a good move for the school district to make. But we'll see how Wyatt manages.