Re: VERY OT JAm/Jan Sandie & Courage

[Guest guest]

Jan-

Hey now, Gunthers is very real to Courage and myself. We have packed and

unpacked over and over again. Courage is going to knit us up some break away

outfits - you know, for the depends side of life. We will have matching outfits

hoping that it sparks a memory that we are room mates. We have wanted to pick

out a nice border so we will be familiar with our room. As the show... " Field of

Dreams " says... " built it and they will come... " I am sure Courage and I will

find out way if it is built. Magnetic forces and all.

More times than not we are ready to start our new journey. And now we have your

backing and building. Thank you dear friend for looking out for our future -

one that we won't be so clued in on. Gunthers - here we come!! Ready or not!

Hey Jan - you can room with us. Bring your " bags " - all of them. lol

Love, hugs, and packing a bag as we speak-

Sandie

Des Moines, IA - hey, I bought some Dove chocolates yesterday - they have

caramel inside them - thought of you!!

-- Janet Colello wrote:

Sandie said:

Sandie - S - people are going to think we finally lost our minds - well,

or we are finally admitting to it.

Yep! Gunther's are you ready for what is about to enter through your doors?

LOL You and Courage with your stay at Gunther's has had me many times in

laughter. Your dreamt up Care Facility. If only I had the money, I would have a

Gunther's built for you two and anyone that wanted to stay there and make it

reality. Hahahahaha " An old folks happiest place on earth " Like a Disney for

old folks. Lots of rocking chairs for a real thrill ride. Maybe Carol wants to

come with her Manatees and you can all get in the Manatee Pool for therapy LOL

Well, I will build you a Gunthers in my mind and tell you how it is. Oh boy, you

are right, I might have to admit that I have lost my mind. " They're coming to

take me away. Hey, Hey! "

Re: Re: Progression of LBD? Sundowners? Or Seroquel? +

SIBS

Darling Donna, thank you for taking care of me. It makes me feel good. I am

sharing our letters on the list, because I want to tell everyone my

experience this morning.

At 8AM the phone rang and a neighbor told me that Don was out. She asked

" Did you know that? " She said, " He rang the doorbell and told us that y'all

were

being held hostage over there. " She told me he was by my side door. And it

was open.

So, I pulled myself together and went to the side door, and he was highly

agitated. He wouldn't let me close the side door because the police were coming

and he wanted them to be able to get in.

He spouted that we have been held hostage for three days, and he wants to

know what is going on. He said that several times. He was adamant about waiting

for the police.

I opened the front door and showed him that the police could get in there,

then I closed the side door. It has a dead bolt, but now I will ask my family

to install padlocks on two doors.

I said, " While we wait lets have a little breakfast and some coffee. " He

still wanted me to explain what is going on, so I told him he rang Barbara's

doorbell, and she called me. After eating he was calm.

Just now he was looking all over for his glasses, and I told him they were

on his face. I helped him with his bath and dressing.

I do hope all is better for Ron's mother, and that all goes well for him.

Thank you, Donna, for telling me.

It's a good life if we don't weaken. (grin)

Love you Donna, and everyone else,

Imogene

In a message dated 6/20/2008 2:23:40 AM Central Daylight Time,

twomido@... writes:

Imogene,

You are taking care of the " important things, " namely you and Don! That is

most important of all.

Like a friend of mine once said, " what will make a difference 100 years from

now. " And most of the stuff we worry about won't make a hill of beans

difference in 100 years.

Forget to send you the notice that Ron is moving his Mom into a Senior

apartment so he doesn't have to worry about winter weather and being out where

he

lives besides the house is not in to good of shape. He will stay with his

sister who will share the caring for his Mom. He is working part time now.

Hugs,

Donna R

Caregave for Mom (after I brought her from WI to MI) for 3 years and 4th year

in a nh.

She was almost 89 when she died in '02. No dx other than mine.

**************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for

fuel-efficient used cars.

(http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)

[Guest guest]

Ok, just added something new to my Gunther's that I am building for you in my

mind.

Gunthers will have a clothes shop. Remember Geranimals for kids in the 70s and

you would match the animals on the label, so the clothes would be color

coordinated? My shop for You and Courage and all will have similar to

Geranimals, so You and Courage can have matching coordinated clothes. You might

find some pants you like and there is a Zebra on the label, so you would look

for a top with a Zebra on the label and then your top will color coordinate with

Your pants and Courage could find the samething. Now, when your memory really

starts to go, you will probably have a favorite animal and everytime you see it,

it will trigger your memory and you will look for that animal on all your

clothes labels. Your family will send an amount of money to be put into your

account for you to buy the clothes and other things for your needs and you will

get Gunther token dollars in the amount that your family sent. You will think

you have real money to spend when you

come into the shop with your token dollars and each time you spend your token

dollars the amount will be deducted and a statement sent to your family, so they

know how much is left in your account. I will also sell my bags of remedies too.

LOL

Re: Re: Progression of LBD? Sundowners? Or Seroquel? +

SIBS

Darling Donna, thank you for taking care of me. It makes me feel  good. I am

sharing our letters on the list, because I want to tell everyone my 

experience this morning.

At 8AM the phone rang and a neighbor told me that Don was out. She  asked

" Did you know that? " She said, " He rang the doorbell and told  us that y'all

were

being held hostage over there. " She told me he was  by my side door. And it

was open.

So, I pulled myself together and went to the side door, and he was  highly

agitated. He wouldn't let me close the side door because the  police were coming

and he wanted them to be able to get  in.

He spouted that we have been held hostage for three days, and  he wants to

know what is going on. He said that several times. He was  adamant about waiting

for the police.

I opened the front door and showed him that the police could get in  there,

then I closed the side door. It has a dead bolt, but now I will ask my  family

to install padlocks on two doors.

I said, " While we wait lets have a little breakfast and some  coffee. " He

still wanted me to explain what is going on, so I told him  he rang Barbara's

doorbell, and she called me. After eating he was  calm.

Just now he was looking all over for his glasses, and I  told him they were

on his face. I helped him with his bath and  dressing.

I do hope all is better for Ron's mother, and that all goes well  for him.

Thank you, Donna, for telling me.

It's a good life if we don't weaken. (grin)

Love you Donna, and everyone else,

Imogene

In a message dated 6/20/2008 2:23:40 AM Central Daylight Time, 

twomido@... writes:

Imogene,

You are taking care  of the " important things, " namely you and Don!  That is

most important of  all.

Like a friend of mine once said, " what will make a difference 100  years from

now. "   And most of the stuff we worry about won't make a hill  of beans

difference in 100 years. 

Forget to send you the notice  that Ron is moving his Mom into a Senior

apartment so he doesn't have to worry  about winter weather and being out where

he

lives besides the house is not in  to good of shape.  He will stay with his

sister who will share the caring  for his Mom.  He is working part time now. 

Hugs,

Donna R

Caregave for Mom (after I brought her from WI to MI) for 3 years and 4th year

in a nh.

She was almost 89 when she died in '02. No dx other than mine.

**************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for

fuel-efficient used cars.     

(http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)

[Guest guest]

Jan-

Will I have to name the animals? Oh that could be tricky. And may I borrow

Courage's outfits? Or do I have to tell her or just um, take them!! I do

remember Geranimals. I think it will work. I do love my hand knitted scarf

Miss Courage made me and sent me last winter, so what we could do is have her

make us matching outfits, even to be sold in the shop. Make some of our own

money. Now, keep in mind, I can't sew if my life depended on it - however, talk

trucks or engines - and I am in. We will all have our little nitch!

You know how these days if we know we are going to have surgery we can give our

own blood in case of problems? (well, that's what I have heard anyhow)...I

think we could start giving our own clothes for the cause, maybe have Courage

make some clothes now - while there is still a bit o' brain cell left - and we

just might be all stocked up.

I would also like to be in on planning my dinners. I would like chocolate

please. Appetizer of possibly, oh...chocolate, then a main course of, lets

say...chocolate, then chocolate for dessert. Simple, not to extravagent -

doable - Gunthers!

That will be our slogan - Simple, doable, Gunthers! Stay as long as we need you

to! lol

Thank Jan. I really appreciate you helping to plan this. With your bag(s) of

goodies, your creativity and all - life is gonna be Gunthers...um, I mean, good!

Do you remember how the whole Gunthers thing started way back? Courage is going

to say it's my fault, and, it may well be, however, I plead the fifth!

Sandie

-- Janet Colello wrote:

Ok, just added something new to my Gunther's that I am building for you in my

mind.

Gunthers will have a clothes shop. Remember Geranimals for kids in the 70s and

you would match the animals on the label, so the clothes would be color

coordinated? My shop for You and Courage and all will have similar to

Geranimals, so You and Courage can have matching coordinated clothes. You might

find some pants you like and there is a Zebra on the label, so you would look

for a top with a Zebra on the label and then your top will color coordinate with

Your pants and Courage could find the samething. Now, when your memory really

starts to go, you will probably have a favorite animal and everytime you see it,

it will trigger your memory and you will look for that animal on all your

clothes labels. Your family will send an amount of money to be put into your

account for you to buy the clothes and other things for your needs and you will

get Gunther token dollars in the amount that your family sent. You will think

you have real money to spend when you

come into the shop with your token dollars and each time you spend your token

dollars the amount will be deducted and a statement sent to your family, so they

know how much is left in your account. I will also sell my bags of remedies too.

LOL

Re: Re: Progression of LBD? Sundowners? Or Seroquel? +

SIBS

Darling Donna, thank you for taking care of me. It makes me feel good. I am

sharing our letters on the list, because I want to tell everyone my

experience this morning.

At 8AM the phone rang and a neighbor told me that Don was out. She asked

" Did you know that? " She said, " He rang the doorbell and told us that y'all

were

being held hostage over there. " She told me he was by my side door. And it

was open.

So, I pulled myself together and went to the side door, and he was highly

agitated. He wouldn't let me close the side door because the police were coming

and he wanted them to be able to get in.

He spouted that we have been held hostage for three days, and he wants to

know what is going on. He said that several times. He was adamant about waiting

for the police.

I opened the front door and showed him that the police could get in there,

then I closed the side door. It has a dead bolt, but now I will ask my family

to install padlocks on two doors.

I said, " While we wait lets have a little breakfast and some coffee. " He

still wanted me to explain what is going on, so I told him he rang Barbara's

doorbell, and she called me. After eating he was calm.

Just now he was looking all over for his glasses, and I told him they were

on his face. I helped him with his bath and dressing.

I do hope all is better for Ron's mother, and that all goes well for him.

Thank you, Donna, for telling me.

It's a good life if we don't weaken. (grin)

Love you Donna, and everyone else,

Imogene

In a message dated 6/20/2008 2:23:40 AM Central Daylight Time,

twomido@... writes:

Imogene,

You are taking care of the " important things, " namely you and Don! That is

most important of all.

Like a friend of mine once said, " what will make a difference 100 years from

now. " And most of the stuff we worry about won't make a hill of beans

difference in 100 years.

Forget to send you the notice that Ron is moving his Mom into a Senior

apartment so he doesn't have to worry about winter weather and being out where

he

lives besides the house is not in to good of shape. He will stay with his

sister who will share the caring for his Mom. He is working part time now.

Hugs,

Donna R

Caregave for Mom (after I brought her from WI to MI) for 3 years and 4th year

in a nh.

She was almost 89 when she died in '02. No dx other than mine.

**************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for

fuel-efficient used cars.

(http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)

[Guest guest]

Oh Sandie, You and Courage can borrow each others clothes, because you will have

the same Geranimal and all your clothes will mix and match together, no matter

what you put on. Since you will be wearing the same outfits. You won't have to

name the animal, you will just recognize it by picture. Of course, Courage can

do her handknitted outfits to sell in the shop. Gunthers is " The Happiest Place

On Earth For Old Folks! " So it will include all the things you like. It will

have a Mechanics Shop for you to tinker on trucks and engines. Like high school

used to have a Mechanic Shop and Home Making. They will be classes that you can

attend for therapy and there will be craft classes and lots of things to do.

Even a UPS Truck that is stable and you can get in it and pretend to drive it

and pack packages on it, so you feel productive. LOL

It will be non-profit, so donations, grants and such will pay for it and the pay

for you to stay there will be very minimal. On a sliding scale of what you can

afford to pay. Maybe you won't need to pay at all.

I thought you could have a swim up bar too with Virgin Margaritas, Lemon

Drops...............etc.  It's Disneyland for the " Old Folks At Home! " Like

movie stars bring their own nurses on trips with them, you will have your own

nurse that fits your personality and needs, because they will all be screened

for you and they will know all your needs. Like the Dating Match businesses, It

will be a Match for Nurses to match your personality and likes, so you are

always happy. Hahahahaha

At Gunthers there will always be a chocolate buffet with a chocolate fountain

oozing with chocolate, so you can put it on everything, even stick your tongue

under it. You can leave your meal plan with the chef and they will make a meal

just to your liking, unless of course, you will have to be put on a special diet

for some reason. I'm sorry, but if that happens, we can not allow you to have

certain things that can harm you. You should never be depressed at Gunthers, so

you will have the will to live. When you can no longer remember how to meal

plan, all your meal plans from before will be saved on the computer, so the chef

will know exactly what you like. Well, when you want to add anything else, it is

yours and Courage's Gunthers.

Your slogan will be made and  hung in the loby or wherever you want it to be

seen.

I like the place so much, I want to check in there. If only it really existed.

Re: Re: Progression of LBD? Sundowners? Or Seroquel? +

SIBS

Darling Donna, thank you for taking care of me. It makes me feel  good. I am

sharing our letters on the list, because I want to tell everyone my 

experience this morning.

At 8AM the phone rang and a neighbor told me that Don was out. She  asked

" Did you know that? " She said, " He rang the doorbell and told  us that y'all

were

being held hostage over there. " She told me he was  by my side door. And it

was open.

So, I pulled myself together and went to the side door, and he was  highly

agitated. He wouldn't let me close the side door because the  police were coming

and he wanted them to be able to get  in.

He spouted that we have been held hostage for three days, and  he wants to

know what is going on. He said that several times. He was  adamant about waiting

for the police.

I opened the front door and showed him that the police could get in  there,

then I closed the side door. It has a dead bolt, but now I will ask my  family

to install padlocks on two doors.

I said, " While we wait lets have a little breakfast and some  coffee. " He

still wanted me to explain what is going on, so I told him  he rang Barbara's

doorbell, and she called me. After eating he was  calm.

Just now he was looking all over for his glasses, and I  told him they were

on his face. I helped him with his bath and  dressing.

I do hope all is better for Ron's mother, and that all goes well  for him.

Thank you, Donna, for telling me.

It's a good life if we don't weaken. (grin)

Love you Donna, and everyone else,

Imogene

In a message dated 6/20/2008 2:23:40 AM Central Daylight Time, 

twomido@... writes:

Imogene,

You are taking care  of the " important things, " namely you and Don!  That is

most important of  all.

Like a friend of mine once said, " what will make a difference 100  years from

now. "   And most of the stuff we worry about won't make a hill  of beans

difference in 100 years. 

Forget to send you the notice  that Ron is moving his Mom into a Senior

apartment so he doesn't have to worry  about winter weather and being out where

he

lives besides the house is not in  to good of shape.  He will stay with his

sister who will share the caring  for his Mom.  He is working part time now. 

Hugs,

Donna R

Caregave for Mom (after I brought her from WI to MI) for 3 years and 4th year

in a nh.

She was almost 89 when she died in '02. No dx other than mine.

**************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for

fuel-efficient used cars.     

(http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)

[Guest guest]

P.S. I do remember hearing how it all began. It's too late to plead the 5th!

Hahahahaha

Re: Re: Progression of LBD? Sundowners? Or Seroquel? +

SIBS

Darling Donna, thank you for taking care of me. It makes me feel  good. I am

sharing our letters on the list, because I want to tell everyone my 

experience this morning.

At 8AM the phone rang and a neighbor told me that Don was out. She  asked

" Did you know that? " She said, " He rang the doorbell and told  us that y'all

were

being held hostage over there. " She told me he was  by my side door. And it

was open.

So, I pulled myself together and went to the side door, and he was  highly

agitated. He wouldn't let me close the side door because the  police were coming

and he wanted them to be able to get  in.

He spouted that we have been held hostage for three days, and  he wants to

know what is going on. He said that several times. He was  adamant about waiting

for the police.

I opened the front door and showed him that the police could get in  there,

then I closed the side door. It has a dead bolt, but now I will ask my  family

to install padlocks on two doors.

I said, " While we wait lets have a little breakfast and some  coffee. " He

still wanted me to explain what is going on, so I told him  he rang Barbara's

doorbell, and she called me. After eating he was  calm.

Just now he was looking all over for his glasses, and I  told him they were

on his face. I helped him with his bath and  dressing.

I do hope all is better for Ron's mother, and that all goes well  for him.

Thank you, Donna, for telling me.

It's a good life if we don't weaken. (grin)

Love you Donna, and everyone else,

Imogene

In a message dated 6/20/2008 2:23:40 AM Central Daylight Time, 

twomido@... writes:

Imogene,

You are taking care  of the " important things, " namely you and Don!  That is

most important of  all.

Like a friend of mine once said, " what will make a difference 100  years from

now. "   And most of the stuff we worry about won't make a hill  of beans

difference in 100 years. 

Forget to send you the notice  that Ron is moving his Mom into a Senior

apartment so he doesn't have to worry  about winter weather and being out where

he

lives besides the house is not in  to good of shape.  He will stay with his

sister who will share the caring  for his Mom.  He is working part time now. 

Hugs,

Donna R

Caregave for Mom (after I brought her from WI to MI) for 3 years and 4th year

in a nh.

She was almost 89 when she died in '02. No dx other than mine.

**************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for

fuel-efficient used cars.     

(http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)

[Guest guest]

I wanna check in today.

Jannis

Redefining Normal Every Day

[Guest guest]

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I really appreciate the laughs you guys are giving.It really helps the

soul to laugh, and boy sometimes we all need it.You guys really are

awesome.big hugs to the future residents of Gunthers.lol

In LBDcaregivers , Jannis Hallford

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