This has been a crazy busy week for all of us. Our town does not have too much in it so to do anything of real importance must be done in Shreveport. So for the second time this week that is where we headed to today. I ended up having to keep Shaina out from school so that she could sit in the waiting room of one place with my Papaw so that he would not wander off anywhere. My help (SIL) crapped out on me after only 4 days. She came Monday so I could go shopping etc and has not shown up since nor will she answer her phone. I called my brother about it and he was no help either, but I am sure the displeasure I voiced got conveyed to the appropriate party. Why is it that folks want to advise and criticize but then never want to lend a hand to make things run smoother? That's a totally rhetorical question..it is the way it is, I suppose.

On a much brighter note it has been a beautiful week weather-wise. I even took the time to wash my car and shine the tires up on it. =) I have even been planning what I want to plant in my flower beds this year. I really wish I had taken the time to plant some bulbs earlier in the fall so that I would have something pretty sprouting up soon, but at the time we were building a fence and I didn't have a good idea of what I could put where.

Let's get on with our P365 photos =)

Day 26 is Shaina being silly while we were watching Biggest Loser. Ironically I was eating a Carmello candy bar and drinking a Dr. Pepper.

Day 27

I needed a way where I could scrap some during the day while I stayed close to my Papaw. I took our table we play games on for game night and set it up behind our sofa. When I am not using it during the day I can fold the table back up and put it away. I can now watch the TV and the Papaw. Gotta love multi-tasking!
Day 28
My very first hybrid project. I never would have created it if I had not been particiapting in the Scrapper's Portfolio over at the Sweet Shoppe Designs forum. I think it turned out quite nicely.

Sunday was a beautiful day. We had a wonderful church service and at 2 pm we had another service to honor our new Deacons. All 3 are very good hearted men who love the church and God and who already do so very much for our congregation. I know that God will continue to lead them in ways that can only benefit all that they do. Afterwards there was a small reception for them with cakes and cookies and good fellowship. We left earlier than I wanted because of my Papaw, but that's ok I suppose.

My photo for Sunday ened up being one of me and my hubby, Ricky as we we lounged just a bit after Sunday lunch and before we went back to the church at 2.

Today has been beyond busy. My day started out before me. The Papaw decided he wanted to be up at 4:30..ughhhh....This is soooo not gonna work at this rate. I spent from 3:3oish this afternoon until almost 7 keeping him from going to bed. Apprently he has his days and nights mixed up with sleeping. So by the time 9 am rolled about I felt like I had done a full days work.

I did have my SIL here with him today while I ran to Shreveport to run some errands and pick up some things at the Walmart up there. I even managed to get by the pet store and find my cats some more of their little crinkle balls they like to bat around all the time. I also picked up a deshedder comb for my longed hair cat, Ghost. He is not liking it very well but he needs it. He all the time is hacking up a hair ball...YUCKO! Out of all the photos I managed to snap today saying to myself ...oh! here's my day 25! I chose this one. Mostly because they were doing what I was dying to do at that particular moment AND IN MY BED to boot...LOL!

I think I might go do that now..it's late and I can hear my pillow demanding my attention.

Tomorrow though....I will be home except for taking my daughter to school so I should be able chill out just a bit and sneak in some scrapping. I am so thanking my lucky stars that I scrap on a laptop so I can drag my habit from room to room.

Thanx for stopping by!

Balinda

I have found blogging to be quite therapuetic these days. I think cuz it gives me a few minutes to just "stop" and reflect on what I feel or to vent a little bit. It has been a terribly busy with with my Papaw moving back in with me. I had forgotton how time consuming an alzheimers patient is. He must be supervised at all times. I had caught myself being resentful of "again putting my life on hold" but then had to give myself a reality check on my attitude. This is life and it may not run smoothly or as planned. God put this situation back in my lap and it's up to me how I face it. I have the choice of treating it like a bitter lemon in my mouth or a gift of time that is as priceless as they come. I choose the second one. I know I will have bad days but that's how life happens, right? you can't recognize the good if you don't have a little bad for comparison.

Here are my P365 moments from this past few days. I really thought I had a boring life but I am finding I am having no trouble finding many moments thru to day to capture.

My Thursday photo features my Mom and my Papaw going to load up and go to the funeral home for a visitation. We had a family member pass and I knew he would not want to miss paying his respects even if he ends up not remembering later.

Friday was an all day adventure at the VA hospitol. I don't know how he got out of the system and quit going but with the uncertainty of health care in our country these days I didn't want to be caught in a bind and not able to get him seen by a physician. Besides that he is a WW2 vet and I want to use all the resources available to him I can get.
My Papaw has become fixated on coffee. He loves coffee but it has now become a fixation and I pretty much have to have coffee in the pot at all times. With it being a dreary day here, I caught my hubby relaxing with his own cup of joe.

I had planned to bring my Papaw home this coming Saturday but instead he came home on Monday due to walking in on another resident fighting with him and trying to take the cap off his head. The proverbial straw was that none of the aides/workers standing in the hall watching it happen lifted a finger nor said a word. I was very unprepared mentally for him quite so quick. With his alzheimers and dementia it really is an adventure. I do have more help this time around than last...thank goodness.

I am working very hard not to get behind on my P365 though.

Here is my daughter Tuesday morning excited that she will get to go on a field trip to the bowling alley for PE.

Papaw has brought new challenges to my carpet =0. The was the ONLY carpet cleaner at our local Walmart. It was not worth the time to drive to Shreveport from Mansfield to get a different one when my carpet was in dire need of cleaning.
My furbaby, Smokey. He likes to snuggle next to me while I surf the web.