Has everybody settled down?

Short post tonight. I am tired.

Coming up the stairs from the laundry room, I heard Moma calling me..."Haaaney...." Don't ask, she calls us that from time to time. I went into her room and she said, "Has everybody settled down out there?" I said, "Settled down from what?" She said, "All that moving around".
Not a clue what she meant, I just said, "Yes m'am".

Back to work...

Started back to work today. Will try to be faithful to blog, but I must admit that for my graduation, Kerry bought me a Wii. I have boxed and bowled until the muscles in my neck are strained. I got a little carried away. Kerry laughed at me until he attempted golf. I can't wait to buy another controller so I can box HIM. hehehehehe..............

Yesterday, Moma got up around 12ish and came into the kitchen where Caden was eating lunch, and said, "Well....y'all didn't go to Sunday School?" I said, "No m'am, not on Tuesday." (sigh) Then she proceeded to eat chicken fingers off Caden's plate.

Rebekah and I have been keeping Caden, my friend's little boy. It has nearly driven Moma crazy. She would ask: Who's little boy is that? Where is his momma? Did she bring him to you? Who's coming to get him? Are you taking him home? Ain't he got no momma? and on and on and on.

Today, Sherry took Moma to the beauty shop and then to her house to spend the afternoon. She came home about 4ish and said, " I ain't never goin' no where with her. She is so hateful!" lol No telling what she did to bring that on!

She ate a good supper tonight (and has been lately), but says she hurts all over. I don't know what is going on. And for some reason, she can't seem to keep her teeth in. I don't look forward to the "end" progressing.

Longest Yard Sale starts tomorrow. Thank goodness I can go to work via the interstate tomorrow, but Friday, I'll be saying bad words....................

Sigh...

No comments?? Just a notation to my 4 loyal readers........Comments help keep me going! lol It is so sad to open my blog and never have any comments!!!

I must say that Kerry and I will probably be grounded for a long time. We had the nerve to go see the Tyn Tymes last night and not come home until 11:00 pm. Sue came up and stayed with Moma while we went out for a bit. I called about 10:00 to check on them, and Sue said, "She won't lie down until you come home". When we got home, Sue (moment of silence for a wonderful sitter) was begging her to go to bed. She was arguing with her. Then I appeared in the room, and she let me have it with both barrels. According to her rendition, we never told her where we were going, and we sure didn't let her know it would be midnight before we came in. AND we had given her the scare of her life. Whatever....Sue said she had not be afraid, she was MAD! lol But cruel as it may sound, it serves her right for being as mean and ornery as she has been the past few days. If I was ever going to put her in a home, it would have been yesterday! She nearly drove me crazy! Eating every 15 minutes, fussing at me about cleaning up that mess (I took the computer desk apart), and then got started about how bad the weather was and I shouldn't go any where. I realize that doesn't sound that bad, but trust me, she has been BAD! And busy??? Oh man, she was into everything I took out of that desk. "What is this? Y'want me to throw it away? What you gone do with it? My my, what a mess". Then she got into my software. And by the way, CDs are little records, in case you didn't know. "Where you gone play these little records? What you got so many for? Who's gone clean up this mess?" If I was a drinking woman..........
Counting down the days.....School starts Wednesday. Yes, I hate inservice (Wed.-Fri.), but I am excited about Monday when the kids come back. After 25 years, that is still my favorite day of the entire year! Is that sick?

Peanut Butter Cookies in the rain...

Sorry about the delay in posting. Life has been crazy trying to finish up with my Ed.S. degree and several major dramas with my children (don't ask, it ain't pretty). But, I just turned in my final project in one class, took my final in another this past Wed. and will attend my last class in the morning to present my final project there! Whew! It has been quite a ride, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat! I am just an eternal student....I love school, what can I say? My family is so happy I am finished, and they all are chanting, "NO MORE SCHOOL, NO MORE SCHOOL!". I am considering my Ed.D. but not sure if it is worth a divorce. lol Actually, I don't know how I would have done it without the support of my husband and kids. YOU PEOPLE ARE WONDERFUL AND I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, on to Moma.....
Yesterday Rebekah and I went shopping in one of our favorite places in the world (Sand Mountain) where we always stop at the Albertville Home Bakery for a treat mid shopping trip. So we decided to take cookies home to the family. We bought Moma peanut butter cookies in a separate bag, and rocky road for Kerry in the bag with our treats. As always, upon returning home with bags or packages, she greets us, not to help, but to ramble through the bags we bring in. She asks a million questions and makes comments, some not so nice. I gave her bag of cookies to her and said, "We brought you some cookies! Go sit down and eat them" hoping she'd leave us alone while we unpacked our treasures. UNHEARD OF! She thanked me and continued to ramble through everything on the table. She crammed the cookies in her pocket. I put Kerry's cookies way back on the counter hiding them out of sight (I thought). But, as luck would have it, she had her sugar radar turned on, and she spotted it. She nearly knocked me down getting around the table..."What is this?" She reached for the bag. I snatched it (like a child) and said, "No these are Kerry's! You have cookies!" She looked at me like she could run right through me and said, "Y'all beat anything I ever saw! There ain't no law agin lookin'!" I am telling the truth...childish as it may be. I cannot stand the rambling and trying to be the boss!!! I AM THE BOSS HERE!!!(I have to keep reminding myself). The rest of the day, she was typically crazy. Asked the same question 10 times, used the wrong names for people, complained about supper not being ready soon enough to suit her. But there is another first. I went in to give her night night medicines to her....and there she lay in all her glory....with her head tied up with her rain bonnet! Precious! I could not look at her when I gave her the medicine. Rebekah made pictures. I will post as soon as she sends them my way. Never a dull moment.......

Where's Grace?

For some reason, Moma is fixated on her sister Grace (and her kids). She asked me today, "Do you know how to call Grace?" I said, "No, because Aunt Grace is dead". She looked at me so puzzled and said,"What??" (Kelli loves it when I do this in person!) Then she told me to call Marie. That would be Aunt Grace's dead daughter. She is convinced that they have her money. You know for awhile, Dorothey and her girls had her money. lol Just know this. NONE of these people have or have ever had her money. She is so confused. It's sad.
BUT! sad as it is....I have no sympathy today. She has been a pistol ball today. Argue with a stop sign and spit in its face for not agreeing. Messy and busy....complaining and rambling....just a real pain in my neck today!
Remember when your children were 4? When company came over, they began to show out. Messing in things that they were not allowed in, standing between you and company, and interrupting to the 25th power??? Well, now you have an idea of my day with Moma. My sister came over tonight to fix her pill tray, and she got up on stage and really began to show out. I had to banish her to her room. It was 8:30 and she still had on her suit that she had refused to change out of when we came in from the beauty shop at 11:30. It made her furious. She went, but mouthing and mocking me all the way to her room. Tomorrow I may ground her.

Do you like surprises?

We had a surprise visitor last night. Miley dropped in for a bit until I medicated her right out of my house. I should have known it was time for her to visit, because for a couple of days, Moma has been crazy. She has asked who I am and where my mother is. She asked other crazy questions and for 2 nights got up and walked the floor. Well....that ain't NOTHING.
Last night, I decided to let Kerry go to bed and I would sit up and finish this boring book I am reading for class. Rebekah had gone to spend the night away and Christopher was already in bed. It was nice and quiet. I heard Kerry holler at me. I got up and he said, "She is beating the heck out of something down there." I walked into her room and saw her sitting up on the side of the bed, with her cane over her head whacking the daylights out of her bedside potty. She had a nice rhythm going too. I said, "HEY! What are you doing?" She never stopped whacking, "I don't know". I said, "WELL STOP IT!!!" She said, while she continued to whack, "I can't". I took the cane, and headed to the locked medication box. One little tablet......she slept until 10:30 this mornng. Whew. Miley is a pain....but she left quietly.

We have a name for Moma when she is teetering on the edge of a Miley invitation. We refer to her as "Millage". Now I know when Millage shows up....Miley ain't far behind.

Sigh..........

I would love to report that we have had a great weekend, but...sigh.....

Yesterday, she patted my shoulder and said, "Hon, what was your name before you married?" I said, "Lumpkin". She said, "My boys were Lumpkins". I said, "Yes, I know Moma, I am your oldest boy's baby girl". She said, "I never knew he had any children."
Sigh...........

Her latest kick is "giving advise". Today she said, "When you go to bed at night, you need to close these doors, so them dogs don't run all over your house all night". I just said, "okay". My dogs sleep in their crates.

She told me at supper, "You need to always cut a tomato with supper if you have one. Those in that window need to be cut".

I wish I knew where she thinks she is. My den is "out there", her room is "up there" and my patio is "out in the yard".

Special note to Rebekah.....Today you closed Fiddler on the Roof. Do you know how proud I am of you? You take my breath away on that stage! I love you baby girl!