Tag: caregiver

  • Gramma Goes to the Eye Doctor

    Gramma Goes to the Eye Doctor

    Gramma had her annual eye appointment today. It was a beautiful fall day in my opinion (that means COLD to Gramma!) so we wrapped her legs in a new fleece throw she had gotten for her 100th birthday a month before (thanks, Tim and Angie!). https://uspeculiarpeople.com/2023/09/13/today-gramma-is-100/ She was so excited. Any event to get out…

  • Family Vacation (without 100yo Gramma!)

    Family Vacation (without 100yo Gramma!)

    On Vacation. We left Gramma in the very capable hands of my mom and my sister. On Wednesday (our Day 4), our neighbors started texting asking if they could help. At first, I thought I was getting mistake texts intended for someone else. But by the 3rd one, when they used words including Gramma, ambulance,…

  • 2 Days and Counting…

    2 Days and Counting…

    In 2 days my Gramma will be 100. And she lives with me. Church and more church Today is Sunday, Grandparents Day 2023. Sundays are good days for Gramma. She thoroughly enjoys going to church with my uncle and seeing her friends. She especially loves when they have potlucks, and today they had one! Then…

  • 3 Days and Counting…

    3 Days and Counting…

    In 3 days my Gramma will be 100. And she lives with me. Sandwich Generation/Big Mac Remember the comment about the sandwich generation and the freaking Big Mac? Here I am again, right in the middle of 5 generations. At this exact moment, I’m at the hospital with our medical grand baby sleeping on my…

  • 8 Days and Counting

    8 Days and Counting

    In 8 days my Gramma will be 100. And she lives with me.  I started considering doing this blog about 2 weeks ago. I only pursued it last week when I had about 10 people all but dare me to do it. I wanted to honor Gramma so I jumped blindly into the blogging world. …