Just thinking about the differences between Asheville, NC, and this small town I grew up in in Tennessee.
In Asheville this morning I saw many people jogging right by beasutiful Beaver Lake. Others were out and about on bicycles going for coffee or tea or to the post office. People were on Vespas, in convertibles, pulling boats, just taking advantage of a lovely June morning. This to me is Asheville. Full of activity and life.
But in small town, USA�
If you see someone on a bicycle, it�s probably because they have a DUI.
If you see someone jogging, they probably just stole something.
Okay, that's a little harsh, but there is a blatant difference.
Monday, June 19, 2006
A Day In The Life Of A Daughter/Caregiver
Wow, kinda weird to see my Mother take my advice about something. So many baby boomer kids have seen this same role reversal with their aging parents. If they're lucky enough to still have them around.
She got a prescription filled the other day for 30 pills and it costs $100.92. Where I sit, that's a lot of scratch to put out for medicine. And that's out-of-pocket money. She doesn't have Medicaid or anything that pays it for her. She's living on a fixed income
That's not the bad part. The bad part is the medicine makes her sick and she can't take it. It's a capsule so she can't try to take half of it either and can't get past spending so much money on something she can't use. So she's done nothing about it and this is where I come in.
"What advice would you give to me, Mother? You'd tell me to call my doctor back and tell him I couldn't take this medicine and to try something else. Right? We'll have to cut our losses and try something else. You know my philosophy about being good to your self, right? So, do you want me to call Dr Fenner?"
"No, I'll call him."
[smile...]
Wow, kinda weird to see my Mother take my advice about something. So many baby boomer kids have seen this same role reversal with their aging parents. If they're lucky enough to still have them around.
She got a prescription filled the other day for 30 pills and it costs $100.92. Where I sit, that's a lot of scratch to put out for medicine. And that's out-of-pocket money. She doesn't have Medicaid or anything that pays it for her. She's living on a fixed income
That's not the bad part. The bad part is the medicine makes her sick and she can't take it. It's a capsule so she can't try to take half of it either and can't get past spending so much money on something she can't use. So she's done nothing about it and this is where I come in.
"What advice would you give to me, Mother? You'd tell me to call my doctor back and tell him I couldn't take this medicine and to try something else. Right? We'll have to cut our losses and try something else. You know my philosophy about being good to your self, right? So, do you want me to call Dr Fenner?"
"No, I'll call him."
[smile...]
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Think I'll give this a go this morning...
I say ... and you think ... ?
link
I say ... and you think ... ?
1. Voice :: your opinion
2. Us :: and them
3. Passionately :: achingly
4. Humbly :: pie-ly
5. Love songs :: silly love songs
6. Dim :: sun
7. Calendar :: 13 Moons
8. Careless :: Bear-less
9. Block :: party
10. Goal :: soccer
link
Friday, June 16, 2006
Susan -- [noun]: An aphrodisiac made of cucumbers 'How will you be defined in the sexual dictionary?' at QuizUniverse.com |
Cucumbers? Freaking cucumbers?
link found at Shirl's
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Welcome to the 2006 Nest Box Cam season! We have 9 LIVE CAMS! - link
How fun it is to peek in on these baby birds!
How fun it is to peek in on these baby birds!
Sunday, June 11, 2006
- Band :: of gold
- Tan :: your hide
- Mount :: Olympus
- Arcade :: Boardwalk
- Customize :: supersize (wtf?)
- Hamburger :: Hill
- Solid :: as a rock
- Forbidden :: love, baby
- Deter :: reminds me of Dieter, a friend
- Torment :: -ation, as in tormentation
I know, I'm weird!
link
Saturday, June 3, 2006
While looking through a jewelry drawer of my Mother's old jewelry I came across a box that contained her 3 charm bracelets she thought were lost long ago. When I opened that box and recognized what it was I ran to show her and I actually had chill bumps all over me. It's as though I'd found the holy grail.
She hadn't seen them in years. Of all the jewelry she has collected over the years, we always wanted to play with those particular bracelets when we were young and begged to wear them when we got older. She said we would some day.
They're just your basic sterling silver bracelets with charms documenting phases of her life and also one the bracelets is my grandmother's.
Mother was an RN so on the one I've been wearing is a bedpan! and a ballet slipper, a class ring, a diploma, an ace of spades, a pair of scissors, a thimble, two heads with our birthdates, a cocker spaniel, a 4-leaf clover/Ireland charm, Tennessee charm, Nassau charm, Rio charm.
I'm so glad to have found those bracelets. Being able to hand things down from generation to generation has always been so important to me, and I'm sure everyone feels this way, too. I can't wait to add more charms.
Do you have a "something handed down to you" story? I'd love to hear all about it.
She hadn't seen them in years. Of all the jewelry she has collected over the years, we always wanted to play with those particular bracelets when we were young and begged to wear them when we got older. She said we would some day.
They're just your basic sterling silver bracelets with charms documenting phases of her life and also one the bracelets is my grandmother's.
Mother was an RN so on the one I've been wearing is a bedpan! and a ballet slipper, a class ring, a diploma, an ace of spades, a pair of scissors, a thimble, two heads with our birthdates, a cocker spaniel, a 4-leaf clover/Ireland charm, Tennessee charm, Nassau charm, Rio charm.
I'm so glad to have found those bracelets. Being able to hand things down from generation to generation has always been so important to me, and I'm sure everyone feels this way, too. I can't wait to add more charms.
Do you have a "something handed down to you" story? I'd love to hear all about it.
Thursday, June 1, 2006
Have you guys seen coComment?
ftp: Track your comments across different platforms (blogs, forums, online communities...), follow conversations you're interested in, no own blog needed!
I've been playing with it and I thought some of you might like it, too.
ftp: Track your comments across different platforms (blogs, forums, online communities...), follow conversations you're interested in, no own blog needed!
I've been playing with it and I thought some of you might like it, too.
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