Weekend happenings

Greetings, friends. Yesterday, my sister Aurora Skye and I had a belated birthday lunch at Ganly's Pub. Her birthday was actually the previous week, but she and her hubby spent the weekend celebrating with her relatives in Erie, PA ...

We both had a small bowl of Lobster Bisque for an appetizer ... Delicious!

She had the Turkey club sandwich ...

As per usual, we decided to do a bit of shopping at some of our local stores. I picked up a few lovelies at "Soul Centered Wellness" ...

A Soap Lift

An opaque geod.

From "The Mint Leaf" ...

AND, a new place Aurora had taken us to called, "The Mystic Mind" - me thinks we found another GREAT shop!

Strawberry scented Wax Melts. (only $5.00!)

A Triple Goddess chalice/goblet (Maiden, Mother, & Crone) ... Beautiful!

Handmade Soy candles ...

And last, but not least, "Barnes & Noble" bookstore where I purchased this cool book!

After I got home, my hubby surprised me with this! Whenever he sees anything with a mermaid on it, he buys it for me LOL! ...

Another surprise - Aurora gave me this sweet gift she bought for me at Presque Isle State Park while on her vacation. MANY THANKS!

Chilling out with Sir Leo last night.

Midsummer Blessings

 

Blogger changes AGAIN?

 

I just saw this post on another blog. Say what???? Does anyone have any idea what exactly this is regarding?

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Weekend happenings

 

Greetings, friends, I hope all is well. It has been another busy weekend. Yesterday, I spent a majority of the day running around for my mom - doing her laundry, checking her mail and messages at her house, etc. My husband mowed our lawn and kept getting a little visitor hopping around in the grass. He did not want to run over a baby wild bunny so he told me to take it into the house until he was finished. I placed this cute little guy in one of our small cat carriers then released it back outside afterward where my husband said its' "mommy was looking for him" 

Earlier that morning I was finally able to find the time to get my hair cut at "The Girls Hair Studio" ...

My hair was so long that I had six inches taken off of it.

Later on in the evening, we dropped by my sister Aurora Skye and her hubby's house to check in on their kitty, "Hammy" while they are on vacation ...

Today, I met my girlfriend Deb for a long overdue lunch date at "The Railroad House" ...

She surprised me with an adorable pair of sunflower earrings! ... 💗

This Tuesday, I will be taking a tour of another Senior Living Center called, "Rittenhouse" in order to be proactive in the event that my mom is still NOT able to get up and down on her own. She only has thirty days at Mifflin Court and then she must leave. It is far too expensive for her to stay there another month.

Have a wonderful rest of the weekend everyone!

Update (Part 2)

 

Yesterday, my husband and I moved my mom into Mifflin Court where she will reside for the next full month. Her room is very nice - a lot like an efficiency hotel room. It has a small kitchenette, private bathroom, a small living room area, and a bedroom with two twin beds and plenty of night stands and roomy closet. It is completely furnished and we had them include a phone and television as well. The building is very well kept and this place has everything!

The Dining Room for the residents.

Entertainment room. There is also has a large activity room as well (not pictured)

Hairdressing Salon.

24-Hour nurse on staff at all times. When a resident checks in, they are given a Med Alert-type button to wear along with their apartment room key. They also set up a motion/movement device in the living room part of the apartment to detect a fall immediately so that they may respond right away. They will also transport her to her up-coming doctor appointments free of charge.

Part of the Lobby: Beautiful canaries and birds who love to sing to you! Very relaxing - and very cleanly kept!

Among the items that I needed to pick up for my mom was a set of women's pajamas - she had none at home that fit her since she lost so much weight. So, I ran to our local Walmart to get her this ... I told her just wait until the caregivers who help her get her night clothing on get a load of this - lol! 

It was a bit of a rough start, but she is already making friends and has told me that the people are very nice and helpful. The staff are wonderful - from the Admissions Director right down to the nurses and caregivers. So far, we are extremely pleased. She starts up her Outpatient Therapy as of tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

Update (Part 1)

Well friends, it has been rough, really rough this past month and I was actually debating whether or not to publish this post so here goes nothing ...

My mom will be discharged from Mifflin Center for rehab and my husband and I will be moving her into an efficiency apartment in the building next door to Mifflin Center called, "Mifflin Court" for a month in order to try to buy her only 30 more days to finish the rehab as Outpatient Therapy. Her POS insurance company cut her off as of last Thursday and the therapy team at Mifflin Center got them to cover her until Sunday (today). 

She is NOT ready and she will need to be at the end of her 30-day stay at Mifflin Court. Folks, I have never been so frustrated and worried at the same time. She can not live with us for obvious reasons and we would have to convince her to sell her home and land in the hopes that she will have money to live on for the rest of her life! If Medicare Part B (Medicaid) has to step in it will be only after she goes broke - and loses EVERYTHING! Yup, the government does not give two sh*ts that you work like a slave your entire life just to have everything taken away from you when you are no longer of any use to them. 

I am praying harder than I ever have that we can get her back to her home. Mifflin Court is a Senior Living Community that offers Outpatient Therapy not included in the $5,310.00 per month fee to stay there. My mom is getting a respite, but only for one month. After that, she must be out because she can not afford to stay ...

In the meantime, I have been approved for FMLA at work for the next five months - 24 hours three times a month which needs to be taken three consecutive days in one occurrence for incapacitation and only two hours every three months for a doctor appointment. Of course it is unpaid time, but it should help save my job at the very least. Tomorrow, I have to use 8 hours FMLA and my husband also took a PTO day to help get my mom situated at Mifflin Court. 

And now, back to reality ...

Greetings, friends. I hope all is well with everyone. It has been a while since I last posted. There are a couple of reasons for that. I have been inundated, and mean inundated, with nothing but challenging problems! My mom is not doing well - she can not go home because she is unable to get up and down by herself so she can not live alone and she can not live with me and my husband because we work far too much - it would be a safety issue for sure. Her insurance company only gave her three weeks for recovery when the surgery requires eight weeks. She is not eligible for government assistance because her income/assets have to be UNDER $8,000 in order get "help". So I am trying to get an extension and I am also trying to get FMLA approval at work in order to have the time to deal with all of this crap. I am literally losing my mind! My mother is a very difficult person to deal with as it is and that is not helping things at all. She may need to sell her house in order to live and she refuses to face any type of REALITY. And I mean NONE what ... so ... ever.

And, if that isn't bad enough, yesterday we found out that our cat Teddy has roundworms so we are trying to treat all six house cats because they use the same litterboxes and are also infected now. You can not buy roundworm meds at the pet store - only tapeworm. So, while looking around in Petsmart yesterday, there was a cat rescue trying to get some adult cats adopted and we were telling them our problem with Teddy and the roundworms. They said to go to The Tractor Supply Store (they buy their worm meds there all the time) because they have meds for farm animals that, according to VCA Animal Hospital, are safe for dogs and cats as well as long as you follow the dosage directions according the animal's weight. My husband looked into it online and said that it is supposedly safe. We have absolutely no time (or money) right now with all of the BS that is going on with my mom and her problems to make appointments for all six cats at our vet. We will try this first and if we have to we will take Teddy to our vet first. I have already disinfected all of their litterboxes and Teddy is being quarantined in the large dog cage in the cat's room. We have a digital scale at home so we used that like our vet always tells us to do.

For Sure!!