Today turned into a very productive day!

Thursday, April 19, 2012

DH got a call from MIL’s GS about needing some help so he went off and I did all my spring cleaning in one day! I kid you not!

The house is not dirty by any means but……..every room is now spick and span and every cupboard and drawer tidy and decluttered!
The kitchen cupboards have been cleaned and the fridge/freezer and even the dreaded oven! And I’ve made a note of things (dry foods, toiletries and cleaning products) that need replacing which I’ll get tomorrow with the normal weekly shop.
The only thing left to do are the windows (it rained all day so no point!) and some ironing.

AND I got a 10 min sit down before he got back with a well earned cuppa and a bickie.

Just a shame that walk didn’t materialize, but HECK I had a great workout going up and down ladders, cleaning and polishing the house to within an inch of it’s life LOL.

DH thinks I’ve got a screw loose! He said I should have rested but I had so much energy it was unreal.
I shall now collapse in front of the TV and catch up with the soaps. NNSTDLTBBB

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Back to normality........well getting there :)

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Thanks to all of you for your support and friendship, messages and goodies.
MIL passed yesterday and already I feel easier. I think it’s because we had a feeling it would not be good news when she was readmitted to West Mid last Thursday and had prepared ourselves. Hope that doesn’t sound callous as she meant a lot to me, just being realistic, she’d had a good life, full of fun and love.

I am sad at her passing but comforted that she didn’t suffer or have to end up in a home or have an army of Carers “invading” her home when she was such an independent soul. I’m also glad she never got to find out her house had been burgled a couple of days ago- there are some NASTY bits of work out there who deserve the stocks at the very least!

Anyway, back to normality now…well getting there, gonna pedal for all I’m worth in a while and get 10k under my belt, then see how the day pans out, might just chill.

Time to move on and DH had offered to help MIL’s grandson with the registering of the death and funeral arrangements but we’re mindful that he may want to do all this himself as part of the healing process.

The love you’ve all shown has touched my heart, thank you

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She's gone

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

We got a call around 7.15 am to say MIL had deteriorated and to get to the hospital. We were there by 7.50 but she'd gone.


We had a call Monday morning to say she'd suffered a heart attack and stopped breathing did CPR but it took over 4 mins and she was by noon actively dying.
All interventions were removed and they made her confortable just giving her oxygen and medication to ease her breathing and we've been with her as much as is humanly possible since.

She's at peace now and I am glad the end was swift and relatively pain free for this wonderful woman. I shall miss her greatly as will we all in our family.



My thanks to all of you who kept her in your prayers and for kind thoughts and words which have kept me going.
Time to rest now

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Won't be around much

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Just a quick message, we're losing MIL.
Won't be around much, spending as much time as possible at her side
Keep well and love each other

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Condoms...

Monday, April 16, 2012

WHY CONDOMS COME IN BOXES OF 3, 6, AND 12 !!!
A man walks into Boots with his 8-year old son.
They happen to walk by the condom display, and the boy asks,"What are these, Dad?

To which the man matter-of-factly replies, "Those are calledCondoms son. Men use them to have safe sex."
"Oh I see," replied the boy pensively.Yes, I've heard of that in health class at school."
He looks over the display and picks up a package of 3 and asks, "Why are there 3 in this package?"

The dad replies, "Those are for high school boys, one For Friday, one for Saturday, and one for Sunday."

"Cool" says the boy. He notices a 6 pack and Asks, "Then who are these for?"
"Those are for college men," the dad answers, TWO For Friday, TWO for Saturday, and TWO for Sunday."

"WOW!" exclaimed the boy, "then who uses THESE?" he asks, picking up a 12 pack. With a sigh and a tear in his eye, the dad replied. "Those are for married men, son. One for January, one for February, one for March......."

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