I know that many of you have heard me refer to my house as Shady Pines. It is a term I use often. In fact, I have even referred to myself as the director of Shady Pines. If you think you have heard that before it is because you most likely have. The retirement home…
Life at Shady Pines
The High Costs of Medical Tests
I spent most of the day yesterday making appointments and such for everyone for the new year. I also spent way more time than I wanted to going over everyone’s different medical insurance updates for 2019. I swear there are times when I am reading all of it that I feel like I need some…
Fighting for Disability
A few years ago I went through the fight for disability with my uncle. It was the longest four and half years of my life. He was clearly disabled but the first time he applied he got denied. The second time he got denied, the third time and so on. I wanted to pull my…
The Downside of Caring for Your Parent
You all know that I am my mother’s caregiver. That sounds so bad when I say it that way but for lack of another word that is what I am. I am lucky in that mother can get around pretty well and manage most things on her own. It’s all the things that she can’t…
Summer with the Senior Citizens
Spending the summer with the senior citizens can be more trying than with just the kids. Since the adults already know the hinges they like and things they don’t they tend to be much more picky. On top of all that getting them to pay attention to how hot it is can be difficult. Here…
The Worst Stain Ever!
As a mother I have encountered so many different stains that truthfully little fazes me anymore. However there was once a stain that was not only so bad but so surprising that I couldn’t believe it. This was years before I had children of my own. My niece was staying at Ma’s and my mother…
I Hate That She Won’t Have That
While watching the television recently I saw, for most likely the millionth time, the Publix commercial that has the couple in the kitchen cooking together. If you haven’t seen it, it shows a young couple cooking together. At one point they change and you see the older couple they truly are and they are celebrating…
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