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Very nice Cat! I have this website set to open here on the forums so I forget about the front page or any other parts. Good to reread from time to time.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!

Praying for your little puppers! I felt the same way about my dog. I'd cry if I had to go away and board her. I had worse separation anxiety than she did. Whenever she was sick, I was a nervous wreck. That is part of the reason I never got another one. I'm a big sap too. Keep us updated!

Hi Pam WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME! Edited: because I mispelled one of the welcomes...sigh.

Glad to hear from you and that things are going...well...smoothly in that situation. Taking care of someone with dementia is so difficult even in the best of circumstances; especially when it's someone you love. As Nancy Reagan said, "It's the longest goodbye." Or something to that effect. It's always good to get away from time to time. Hubby will survive and may even appreciate the new you when you get home. Have a relaxing time, get some work done and breathe.

Thanks for the bump up Turtle. I've been thinking of C4C lately too.

The baby is adorable!

I hadn't heard of that one. It's not available on Kindle so far. There is a Last Light by a woman, I think it's Teri Blackstock. By reading the descriptions, they are the same genre but written differently. I THINK hers is more gentle. I read it once but it was a long time ago. Now it's about $10.00 on Kindle. Free Kindle books are ruining me.

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Glad to see ya post. I was thinking about you the other day but I figured you were just busy farming. I'll bet your chicks and pups are starting to get big now. You'll have a ball with them this summer.

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Thanks for your list! I'm gonna copy and past it to a Word Doc. so I can check them out without comming back to look them up. Look out Amazon.

Thanks! I've read Deep Winter but not the other two. The price on Kindle is good! I'll have to check out We Hold These Truths, too.

In the 'topic' area it says, "Mare's collection of money-" I was hoping there was a new sort of tree we could plant. Maybe money could grow on trees after all. Didn't happen for me.

Good Grief! How did I miss this one. Off to copy, paste, print and organize. Thanks for the --------------->

I never could use an electric can opener. I think I've had about all of them over the years and none of them work well for me. If you have wrist pain or weakness this one is a good one. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Ratchet-Can-Opener/15080405 I got mine at Crate And Barrel but now Walmart sells them. It works like a ratchet. Instead of twisting a turner thing, you push the stick back and forth. ( I can't think of a darn word today!) Anyway...it works great especially if you have any wrist issues. I can't really speak of the durability because I don't use it all that often. It is sturdy though and I've had it a couple of years. Lots of cans now have a pull top lid. I like mine so well that I have one I use and 3 more in reserve! My son about cut a piece of his finger off with a twist type can opener so I got him one of the ratchet types and he loves his too. Edited to add: I read the reviews from Walmart's site and two hated it and 2 loved it? Perhaps the Crate and Barrel one is made different. They look identical though.

C4C, Sorry, I must have missed your first post. You sure have gone through h*ll with the ongoing battle with your parents. It is difficult in the best of circumstances but when one is slipping in and out of dementia it can be an impossible situation. Are they being lucid and stubborn or is it dementia rearing its ugly head. It can be different from one moment to the next. As for the storage unit, you said a lot of it is papers. Could they handle sorting through one box at a time. Maybe they wouldn't get so overwhelmed. At least until after June. Can your mother see to help go through the papers? My first thought about the visitors was to write them a letter explaining your parents situation and mental health issues. I lived over there for a year and 'saving face' is very important. I would tell them how excited everyone is to see them and how welcome they are but since your parents have moved and because of age issues they are unable to have long visits. But, you will be more than happy to help them make reservations nearby as not to confuse them (parents). Be apologetic and also welcoming. Ask them if there is anything you can do to assist them.

We learned to speak Chinese via the military. The key was to totally immerse yourself in it. Husband went to classes all day and had to bring reel to reel tapes home to study (no cassettes back then!) At home I listened to the tapes with him and quized him every night. I learned by accident. He was fluent and by the time we were transfered to China, I could hold my own by myself while shopping and getting around. Over the years of not using it, we are losing the ability to understand it. He doesn't speak or understand much Chinese anymore. I can speak enough but am slow to understand all but the basics. If we were attacked by China I could make my wants and needs known...as long as they speak Mandarin very s-l-o-w-l-y, using hand signals. If you are going to learn/teach a language you must use it or you will lose it. As Hazel said, being around native speakers helps so much too.

Sending more good thoughts Christy's way.

I remember my first cable too! Who knew something so pretty was as simple as using a third needle!

Hi Dark and WELCOME! We have many folks here in various degrees of limited capacity. All of us when you really think about it. If you have any questions just jump right in. Someone usually has an answer of some sort or can point you in the right direction.

I've never heard of valley fever. I had to Google it. Hope they get a vaccine soon. About all we have here in the midwest is heart worm and the usual rabies and kennel cough. Hope Buddy is having a good day today.

Hope you enjoy your classes! Cat, you are so lucky to have your grandmothers quilt frames. Quilting is just like anything else; to be good at just takes practice and jumping in there and doing it. I love to quilt and see the results but I'll be the first to admit that I'm not that good at it. Good enough for me though. Around here, if you want to sell anything quilted, it has to be hand quilted. Some of the larger relief charity auctions won't even accept machine quilted items. Hand quilting is concidered an art. So...I guess that makes me an 'arteest' (not even close)

Poor little fella. It sounds like this one wasn't as bad as the last one. Easy for me to say. Hope if he has any more, they keep getting less and less strong. Sounds like the key is catching him early and keeping him calm and cooled down. Flowers for Buddy and hugs for momma .