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....... such as washing clothes. 1. Water 2. Bleach/Detergent 3. Let mix 4. Clothes NOT Clothes, bleach and water. I know this! After being divorced for over 20 years and having to wash my own things I had done it correctly numerous times. But last Friday I didn't and ruined a pair of Dondra's favorite capri jeans and top. She was good about it, but I was devastated, so I did an online search on those jeans and that size and we found them at Kohl's. That made me feel much better, but it's still another something I'm doing wrong and it's going on the list. It's why I also have a list in my bathroom which has the correct order of daily cleaning my nasty body. It's why D has a list for me on how to use the (gas) stove/oven while she's at work and I want to warm up some food. I also have trouble with the microwave (again a "which order is it in" thing), and I love when I have to eat burned popcorn because I forget it's in

IMPORTANT NOTE: In the last entry, I was unable to link you to Lisa's great article on Alzheimer's Caregivers. It is here . ================================================================ ALSO: The link to Three Bottles of Wine's web page now works as well. Please give them a listen and comment down below, thanks! ============================================================== This whole past week has been a strange one as far as my dreaming is concerned. I have dreamt every night of my younger days - sometimes the dreams were a continuation, like a daytime tv serial (though not as torrid!). Sometimes I'd wake up, and then couldn't wait to get back to sleep so I could "see" what was next. I have written about my dreams before, but I'm curious as to why now I'm dreaming of my teens, my first girlfriend in high school, the bands I played in, all the shenanigans and trouble I got myself into, such as being grounded from using the car and

Dear Followers, First, thanks for all the comments, both about the blog and the article in WoW Insider. Blogger (my blog server) isn't letting me answer you in the comments section and I've sent them an e-mail asking them to fix that, so sorry for the problem. Unless you've been to Mars, you know about the scaremongering that Obama is doing by saying things like "I can't guarantee Social Security Checks or Military Retirement Pay unless we come to some kind of agreement on the budget." Hogwash. First of all, he shouldn't have said it, and secondly, there's plenty of waste programs which can be eliminated to cover those of us who depend on that monthly check. I don't think he really wants 55 million of us pissed off enough to march on his House, do you? And that's what it would come to if he pulls those checks! Gray Power to the people! Okay, to the subject of the caregivers. I want to link you to a very well-written article by Lisa Po

As I mentioned in a previous entry, my counsellor Suzette now comes to visit us on a weekly basis, which I think is totally wonderful! She explained that our chapter of the Alzheimer's Association was recently given a grant (A grant ! We were given MONEY ! Now give us some MORE , please! Just call me "Oliver".) to visit each of her patients in their homes. This began 3 weeks ago and Dondra and I look forward to each visit, as we share with her any new symptoms, or worsening of the present ones I am having. I have had counselling before, but it was for depression and possible borderline (which has since been ruled out), and those sessions really weren't all that productive. Now that dementia has been added to the "mix", I can at least work on what's left of my cognitive processes as well as the depression accompanying this disease. Without boring you too much, during her hour with us, Suzette spends time listening and providing tools we can both

Heh! Shock y'all just a tad, there? I just meant that she married me twice, not that she's, you know...;-). I am very, very lucky and that old saying is 100% correct: It is sweeter the second time around. (See? I can do "romantic" when I have to ! :-)) Dondra is a special lady and everyone who meets her for the first time is charmed by her easy manner and personality. That she's very beautiful is icing on the cake! Her birthday is Monday and if y'all have time, I know she'd appreciate having a card or a short e-mail from you, and thanks! In other "me" news: I am about to be featured in a magazine called WoW Insider . "WoW" stands for World of Warcraft and is an online game (mmorpg) that I play and which I use to keep my short-term memory intact as much as possible. I play a character called "Wolkenlaufre" ("Cloudwalker") who is a level 85 warrior and who does various quests for gold and reputation. Here he