Two days until travel for me - not sure I'll meet the July 1st deadline. Anybody else?

I'm here, and I just need about six months to catch up! LOL
Hope to work on my piece during the "retreat".
Luann

www.freesmileys.org

Wendy, where did you get the rolling eyes face, I've been missing being able to put that one up.

Found it, thanks Wendy and Posy P
Luann

Terrie read the title of the thread its on the 1st post 91 pages ago. I update it each challenge. Well that was a waste of time

Just posting this on here so it's easier to find the title of the next CW - your favourite book. I had to scroll through many pages before finding it. I like the Velveteen Rabbit. Maybe I'll do that...

Lois a weed is only a flower growing in the wrong place.

Wow at the moment there are 173 members and 3138 guests on line. Is that a record

Again, thanks for all the support and encouragement coming from my TQS family. I am home again and look forward to spending some quality time with my sewing machine. However, spring is here and other things are calling my attention. The primroses and daffodils are putting on quite a show in my front yard, but if you look closely you'll see the weeds are giving them some competition. I guess it will be mornings in the yard and afternoons in the sewing room.

Lois, I lost my MIL towards the end of last year, after a rough in and out of hospital year for her. She had some terrible falls, which is not unusual for Alzheimer's. So, I know what you are going through and am so glad you have family for a support team! I love some of the memories of chatting with her, even though she was not always "with it." Hang on to some of those more memorable talks with your MIL. Write them down! So they will last, when she is gone!

Hugs and prayers winging their way to you, your MIL and your family!

Dawn

Oh my hang in there Lois - glad to hear you've had good conversations.
Barb

Thanks for all your concern and good wishes. I am doing fine and getting my rest. Other family members will be one on one with her the rest of the week and I will go home for a while. We may have some seriously tough decisions to make regarding the balancing act required to manage heart and kidney failure. The blessing is that the only time my MIL was confused was when her oxygen levels went down to 70%. They are now being managed in the mid 90's and she is perfectly capable of doing some serious decision making. She and I are engaged in some very important conversations. It's a hard but good time. Treasure life. Make every day count.

Lois, I am so sorry for the suffering your MIL is going thru at this time. I recently lost my 96 year old MIL. She lived about a mile away from us and so my husband and I were the caregivers until Hospice came in. MIL did not want to go to nursing home and so we worked hard to keep her in her home. I learned more about my MIL in those two years of care-giving than the I did the previous 40 years. I will always treasure the time I spent with her and the wonderful memories. Take care of yourself, your family still needs you.
Judy