Here we go again!

Alright! I'll admit it!

I'm back to where I started in January.

I am a stress eater ~ there, I've said it.

Ice cream "speaks" to me

Pasta is my "friend"

Don't JUDGE me!

I am ready to try again.

What more can I say??

Happy Birthday Lisa!

Happy Birthday TO you

Happy Birthday to YOU

Happy BIRTHDAY dear Lisa

HAPPY birthday to you!!!!

Today you are 23

We love you very much!

Happy Valentine's Day

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)

i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear;

and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling)

i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet)

. . . . . . . .

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud

and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows

higher than the soul can hope or the mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

e e cummings

Charles "Chuck" Nibler

Charles Marvin "Chuck" Nibler

January 24, 1948 ~ February 6, 2011

Chuck lost his battle with Dementia on Sunday.

"I have fought the good fight,

I have finished my course,

I have kept the faith"

II Timothy 4: 7

Donations can be made in his name to

the Dementia Care Foundation

Things I learned last week

Chuck has been in the VA Hospital in Birmingham for over a week now. We have been to visit him every day. His situation is dire. He has suffered with dementia for over two years and it has almost won. The family was happy when they finally got him placed in a nursing home in November. A couple of days after their 63rd birthday, he developed pneumonia and was admitted to the MICU. On Friday they moved him to a regular room and on Sunday they moved him to the Safe Harbor wing of the hospital. This is the hospice wing. On Thursday the doctor told them it won't be much longer but today is Saturday and he is still fighting.
I learned the VA hospital takes good care of their patients but sometimes their nurses are overworked.

Buck brought Dreamland barbecue from Tuscaloosa one evening and we learned that Celeste like ribs! Retta ates hers with a fork ~ but Celeste picks hers up (like I do). Notice the raised pinkies??

Yesterday, as we were leaving, Lisa noticed Buck's shoes were untied and she bent to tie them for him. I already knew she can be kind but it's always nice to see it in action.

Today I learned that Krispie Kreme makes a heart shaped doughnut! Kim brought Arby's roast beef sandwiches (YUM), chips, cookies and drinks to the hospital. Retta's brother brought these unusual doughnuts. (I ate two, YIKES)

I did not post a weight report because I did not lose but I did not gain. I can not NOT exercise and expect to get in better shape ~ sitting in front of the computer or game system doesn't count they only work my fingers....but my hands look pretty good! :-)

Poo on the shoe....

It was an ordinary day ~ I went to Mother's....I hung out with her and Teresa....almost choked at Ryans....did some shopping....AND THEN.... I called Buck to see if he was coming home or I was picking him up. (I picked him up) I gathered my things and headed out the door. As always, when I raised the garage door, I was greeted by the the dogs (all 5 of them). I persevered and made it to the car without dropping a thing! Five miles from the house, I detected a "distinct" odor ~ or should I say a da stink odor?? Seems I stepped in a "little something" on my way to the car. As soon as possible I stopped, hopped out, and wiped my shoe on the grass ~ today I will pull out the mat and scrape the pedals PEEEEEE UUUUUUUUU!

February Birthdays

Happy Birthday Greetings go out to:

Grace Nibler ~ age 99 ~ on the 6th

Lisa Nibler ~ age 23 ~ on the 16th

Jerry Brown ~ age 71? ~ on the 24th