Thanks, Snoopy, for the Valentine! To you all too, a day late.
My aunt in Tulsa passed away the 13th, my dad's only sib., 92 years old and living at home til the last couple weeks, and did not ever want to be in a nursing home. The last thing she said to her DD was that she wanted to go home, so Ann agreed and said they would set it up with hospice and she seemed very satisfied with that and went to her Heaven Home a couple hours later.
My sister and I were considering going and want to be there, of course. Then work called an hour later and gave me hours for a few days next week, and I have to take it. Neither she nor I would be very good driving for 10 or 12 hours anyway, it would take longer than that, the amt. of time we'd need to get out and stretch. They totally understand of course. I talked to Ann, her daughter, this morning....Aunt Betty is our last family elder, so it's sad we won't be there other than in spirit. I suggested we come down for a couple days later, better weather. She loved the idea. Just talked to one of my nieces and she thought that would be great, too.
Later!
I have huge ice dams on the back of the house in the rain gutters. That is so scary. I filled up socks with salt the other day and got 4 up there, but two aren't where I need them to be. I have a ladder out there sitting in 3' of snow. Fun fun! Need to fill up some more socks. It works. The only melting going on today is from the Sun, not the temp!
