Guest guest Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 At 10:33 AM 2/21/2010, you wrote: Yeah.. it was one heck of a trip and I have been a bit busy! Thanks for the warm welcome! Good to see you back. Jodi! Rack up lots of frequent flyer miles? — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Marilyn, Indeed I did!! I got a whole bunch of mileage. Have my second sleep study next week. I canceled as I wanted to be with my grandma during her treatment. We shall see. I did get my Far Infra Red Sauna. My apartment has turned into like a health zone LOL. Jodi > >Yeah.. it was one heck of a trip and I have been a bit busy! > >Thanks for the warm welcome! > > Good to see you back. Jodi! > > Rack up lots of frequent flyer miles? > > > — Marilyn > New Orleans, Louisiana, USA > Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 > Darn Good SCD Cook > No Human Children > Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Marilyn, When did mom pass on? Wow.. what a journey for you!! How was her transition, did she fight in the end? My goodness. Ya'll cleaning out her stuff? Find any treasures? I feel my breathing deeper Marilyn- I have so much love and support towards you now!! Big hugs- Jodi Cpaptalk is awesome! Need to get into utilizing it! Thanks so much for all of your help and guidance over the years. > Well, I was wondering how the sleep study stuff > was going. <g> You started an interesting thread over at CPAPTalk! > > My sister's here and we are trying to dispose of > Mom's clothing. She had three rooms full of > it. <sigh> It's too old to be fashionable, but > not old enough to be funky or retro. > > > — Marilyn > New Orleans, Louisiana, USA > Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 > Darn Good SCD Cook > No Human Children > Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Mucho sympathy to you and your sister in sorting through Mom's clothing, especially since there is so much of it. My sister and I had a harder time dealing with Mama's clothing than anything else. My sister's here and we are trying to dispose of Mom's clothing. She had three rooms full of it. <sigh> It's too old to be fashionable, but not old enough to be funky or retro. — Marilyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 At 09:00 AM 2/23/2010, you wrote: When did mom pass on? Wow.. what a journey for you!! How was her transition, did she fight in the end? My goodness. Ya'll cleaning out her stuff? Find any treasures? I feel my breathing deeper Marilyn- I have so much love and support towards you now!! My Mom passed on 29 October. She had developed Alzheimers the last 4-5 months, and we used a hospice service to keep her at home because her greatest fear was being placed in a nursing home. My sister came in the week before, and Mom basically said good bye to her, and then closed her eyes, and never opened them again, though it took her a week to pass. We haven't found any treasures yet... we are mostly cleaning out her clothing, which is being donated to a women's shelter. Mom was a clothes-a-holic. We have taken two Grand Caravans full and have touched maybe a quarter of the clothes she had packed in my old bed room, my sister's old bedroom, and her bedroom. If we're lucky, we'll get my old bedroom cleared. But what used to be my closet will take a week, all by itself. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 At 03:29 PM 2/23/2010, you wrote: Mucho sympathy to you and your sister in sorting through Mom's clothing, especially since there is so much of it. My sister and I had a harder time dealing with Mama's clothing than anything else. Yes. It's especially tough for me because I used to take Mom shopping, and so I remember many, many of the outfits and formals and other things -- and when she bought them. My sis has always lived away, so she's doing most of the sorting. Marge only has ten days down here, then has to get back home. She'll come back again in 2-3 months. It's going to take a long time to get everything cleared out. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 It is tough to do clothing anyhow, I think because we see our Moms in those outfits so they feel like a part of them. All the more so if you helped her shop for a lot of them, you remember the fun you had with those shopping trips and all. My mother always dressed up, and she made her own beautiful dresses. Once she was too tired to sew any more, then I sewed for her in her last years, so I remember the trips to the fabric store, the fitting sessions, and all. All this is so much a part of our memories of our mothers. It is a good thing your sister can come help and that she is a little dissociated from the clothing and can do the main sorting. I'm glad she can come back periodically; I think it's just too hard emotionally to try to deal with it all at once. One needs breaks. Good luck with it. At best there always seems to end up so much more stuff even than you thought there would be. Yes. It's especially tough for me because I used to take Mom shopping, and so I remember many, many of the outfits and formals and other things -- and when she bought them. My sis has always lived away, so she's doing most of the sorting. Marge only has ten days down here, then has to get back home. She'll come back again in 2-3 months. It's going to take a long time to get everything cleared out. Marilyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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