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Thank you Princess. :) I stand corrected. I hadn't seen that in either of the facilities my parents were in, but that doesn't mean it never happens.

Sometimes the evening med pass is like being a bartender. And we measure exact shots...we are nurses after all.:ROFLMAO::LOL:
 
I'm sorry to disagree Cheryl. Alcohol depends on the patient's need and/or wants. This is their home, yes we don't let folks get drunk and disorderly, but we also don't deny them the odd drink if it's okay with their doctor and family (who must supply the booze).
The elder/nursing home my aunt lived at did it one better. They offered the residents a variety of socializing experiences as part of their activities...including several "Wine and Cheese Parties" and "The Bavarian Garden" each year. The facility had several planned social events a week, mostly Movies and Popcorn or Bingo, but I thought it was sweet to make occasional adult beverages available to anyone who would be allowed to drink in a social setting. My aunt always enjoyed the annual "Brats and Beer" - and her nephew who lived and worked in Germany tried to be in visiting her when they happened! :LOL:

BTW, this nursing home was run by an order of nuns! I guess they knew a thing or two about sacramental wine. ;)
 
Remind me to shush.Just shush.;)


I offered to help my oldest remove all his bedroom furniture.
Box his things up.So that we can get in and paint and hang new curtains.
I hope he likes the yellow daisy design I picked :LOL:


Then were going to Q some steaks if the wind isn't too much.
He's going to be bunking on the floor in a sleeping bag with his dog.:D


Munky.
 
I'm sorry to disagree Cheryl. Alcohol depends on the patient's need and/or wants. This is their home, yes we don't let folks get drunk and disorderly, but we also don't deny them the odd drink if it's okay with their doctor and family (who must supply the booze).

I hope Cheryl realizes that prohibition days are long past. ;) I have a girlfriend whose adult daughter that is mentally challenged, often goes with her mother to their club and the daughter will have a couple of drinks. At first, some of the other members were horrified that she would allow her mentally challenged daughter to drink alcohol. I had to hide my laugh when the objectors were asked, "And why shouldn't she have a drink if she is of legal age?" So many of the women could only come up with the word "Retarded". (I Hate that word.)

A lot of folks tend to forget that there is a minor amount of nutrition in beer. We have two parties here in this building each year. Christmas and at the end of summer. Management provides soft drinks. coffee and tea. The men if they want to drink, have to bring their own. Usually homemade Italian wine. (Often very potent!) Last year Francesca who was 101 y.o. at that time, wanted a BIG glass of the wine. The men were only too happy to fill her wish. They did dilute it a bit with ginger ale. When her glass was empty, she went upstairs to her room and slept it off.

I have heard of many nursing homes over the years that will serve an alcoholic beverage to their patients if they ask for it. At one of Boston's largest hospitals, they often will serve a beer or two, to an alcoholic patient. As you know Cheryl, I don't drink. But I see nothing wrong with allowing an elderly patient to have something that will give them joy in the last years of their life.

When I worked at Revere Memorial, we had a patient that was dying. And she knew it. Her very last request was for a shot of whiskey. She got a diluted one, and about 30 minutes later, she had left us. She went very happy. Would you have denied her, her last request?
 
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I decided to brave the Mothers Day crowd and went (early I thought) to my favorite greenhouse. It's still too cold here to plant out yet, but I hoped to get there before everything was picked over. Of course, the world's longest and slowest train had to cross in front of me before the turnoff. I did get to the greenhouse before all the mothers and families descended, there were just a couple of farmers picking out vegetable plants. I got my selection of flower and veggie plants just in time to see the thundering hoards descend.
 
Speaking of plants Dawg, I've been going crazy with the recent succulent craze.

Yesterday after Mom's Day brunch we went to a nursery that has nothing but an amazing selection of unusual succulents and cactus. My oldest son and his wife joined us there and we all went nuts!! This is certainly the right year round climate for them and although I've had little interest in them till now, I'm having a ball with container arrangements with them. My son and his wife are designing a succulent garden in their large old garden fountain.
You Tube videos on the subject have become an obsession lately.
 
Speaking of plants Dawg, I've been going crazy with the recent succulent craze.

Yesterday after Mom's Day brunch we went to a nursery that has nothing but an amazing selection of unusual succulents and cactus. My oldest son and his wife joined us there and we all went nuts!! This is certainly the right year round climate for them and although I've had little interest in them till now, I'm having a ball with container arrangements with them. My son and his wife are designing a succulent garden in their large old garden fountain.
You Tube videos on the subject have become an obsession lately.
You just had to mention YouTube videos on succulents, didn't you?! [emoji38] I love them, too. I have to replant them every year, though, because DH won't bring them in the house after the first year we had them - the container was full of ants [emoji38]

It's okay though - I buy them at one of our high schools that has a horticulture program. They have a plant sale every spring, including a nice variety of succulents.
 
You just had to mention YouTube videos on succulents, didn't you?! [emoji38] I love them, too. I have to replant them every year, though, because DH won't bring them in the house after the first year we had them - the container was full of ants [emoji38]

It's okay though - I buy them at one of our high schools that has a horticulture program. They have a plant sale every spring, including a nice variety of succulents.

I've become obsessed I tell you!! :LOL::LOL::LOL::wacko::wacko::wacko:
 
What are we doing? Oh please don't judge, but we've been binge watching "Father Dowling Mysteries" all evening. :angel: Loved this show when it first aired; considering it first came out almost 30 years ago, for us it's aged rather nicely.

Well, back to Father Frank and Sister Steve.

You are not alone CG. Father Dowling has also been a favorite in this home. BTW, Did you know that the young nun in training is the daughter of the late Ricky Nelson of the Family Nelson's, Ozzie and Harriet? Boy I feel so old!!!

Wait a minute! I am!!!!!
 
I decided to brave the Mothers Day crowd and went (early I thought) to my favorite greenhouse. It's still too cold here to plant out yet, but I hoped to get there before everything was picked over. Of course, the world's longest and slowest train had to cross in front of me before the turnoff. I did get to the greenhouse before all the mothers and families descended, there were just a couple of farmers picking out vegetable plants. I got my selection of flower and veggie plants just in time to see the thundering hoards descend.


Now if you didn't get your fill of plants, wait until next Saturday. The new shipment of plants arrive Friday night, and the night crews will get them ready for the Saturday morning crowds.
 
I'm sorry to disagree Cheryl. Alcohol depends on the patient's need and/or wants. This is their home, yes we don't let folks get drunk and disorderly, but we also don't deny them the odd drink if it's okay with their doctor and family (who must supply the booze).

Just one last thought on this subject.

Exactly at what age does it become that the patient is too old to have alcohol?
 
So yesterday (Saturday) my daughter came over a day early with my Mother's day presents. Her two kids took her to a party in her honor today.

Having lost all this weight this past year, everything hanging in my closet was falling off me. So she outfitted me with several sets of clothing that can be mixed or matched. She also bought me a Swarovski Crystal heart shaped necklace. And a great big red balloon covered with hearts and the words, "I love you Mom." But the biggest surprise came from Spike. He actually sent me a "Happy Mother's Day" wish. That was a Big time first for him. I never heard from my youngest son Poo. But I am not surprised. He has been putting in a lot of overtime this past month. Work and sleep are the only two words he knows lately.
 
...Did you know that the young nun in training is the daughter of the late Ricky Nelson of the Family Nelson's, Ozzie and Harriet?...
Sure did. And Sister Stephanie isn't a "nun in training". She wears a black veil, so she's a full-fledged sister. A nun in training is called a postulant or a novice. Depending on the order, some will wear a white veil before they take their final vows. It varies from religious order to religious order. These days, many religious now go bare-headed.

If you ever watched "Remington Steele", his sidekick was played by Stephanie Zimbalist, Efrem Zimbalist Jr's daugher. Looks like acting runs in many Hollywood families.
 
Signing school papers, yes at last my kiddo is old enough to start school.
 
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Getting ready to go to my studio and make more American Girl doll clothes.

I made my first tee shirt yesterday and I'm hooked. I can't believe how cute they are. I have 4 more cut out and I'm scavenging shelves and drawers looking for tee shirts that are in good shape and are too small to wear anymore. I'll cut them up for more little specimens for the dollies.

They are so easy, and quick, to make that I'll have a pile of them in no time.
 
I'm listening to some crazy little bird, probably a Mockingbird, busy trilling away, singing his heart out for the last three-quarter-hour. At 2:30 in the morning! Crazy little bird. :LOL: It's pitch black on our street, save for the three house lampposts I can see out the window - ours, the neighbor next door, and someone about five houses up the street. Other than this bird, who had come around last year about this time, the only other time I've heard singing at 2 AM was in Las Vegas. Then again, with all of the lights around the casino buildings, it looked like high noon at 2 AM! :ermm: I hear a frog up the street trying to get a word in edgewise, but birdy is singing right over him. If all goes as last year, he'll mate, procreate, and move on once the babies are fledged. Love the sounds of a summer night! And grateful for earplugs when I want to go to sleep. :LOL:
 
It could have been, taxy. I do know that our nighttime serenade singer from last year was a mockingbird - he had a repertoire of at least five different calls. Last night, though, it seemed to be one bird with one song. I listened to several audio clips of nightingales, and not one sounded like what we heard last night. :huh: With my luck, it was something as common as a robin. :LOL:
 

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