It is so hard to make that final decision because our hearts and our minds are at war. We know we need to do it, but it is just so heartbreaking to make that decision and carry it through. Sometimes, this is the last way we can show our love, when we know our beloved furbaby can’t enjoy life anymore. Even though I miss Chipper terribly, I know that I did what had to be done, and now I have more of a peace inside because the knowledge that I had to make that decision has been tearing me apart for months now.
I'm back home! So very hot, taking forever to cool my house down. I'm exhausted from the drive and the 30 degree change in temps.
Chrissy, our visitors from Long Beach complained about the heat and rejoiced in our sunny 70s while they were here. I told them about your situation in Fresno, and that you had gone to visit your daughter on the coast, their question was, "Why does she stay in Fresno? There are many areas of California that are better than Fresno."
Real estate prices @Don Alaska ...cheaper than the coast. Plus didn't want to be too far from my daughter...3 hr drive is max for me.
Good morning to you all, have a great Wednesday, it's cooler here than in the UK at the moment, which is a relief because we don't have AC there, being normally a much cooler country. These satellite photos show how our once green and pleasant land has become brown
Good Morning all... Very hot again this morning... we have a forecast of 88 degrees today. I'm already feeling like a wet rag at just around 11am... so I have to go take another shower soon , and get ready to go see my consultant at the hospital for the results of my MRI and US scans... here's a picture I took yesterday evening of one of the many collared doves who visit our garden, this one was born in the tree right above where he's standing.. so he's pretty tame and isn't afraid when I approach him Have a good day everyone
Good morning! Stressful day here....at 8 am I got in my car to drive to Curves, when I turned it on I got a tire pressure warning that is was only 15 in the right front tire. Last I used it yesterday it was 35! Of course I panic....called my neighbor and he has a compressor and he filled it up for me and recommended a place to take it. I took it there...they were AWESOME. Turns out I had a nail and they patched it and they didn't charge me one penny. I will be going there from now on...
60 F. and raining this morning. It is the first rain we have had in a while, so it will be good for the gardens. My wife is making pickles and canning cherries this morning, and I have a hospice visit with a new client this afternoon. The salmon are starting to run better this week, and one son caught 65 yesterday morning, and another caught 13 last evening. We got five of the 65 as a donation from our youngest. I am a little old and crippled to handle all the physical effort, but my wife has an invitation to go with two lady friends this afternoon. I don't know if she is up for it or not after a day of food processing. We plan to have hot smoked salmon this evening if the wife is home. We are also getting ready for a Fall perennial sale that usually brings in a few hundred dollars in extra spending money. We are at the low point of the year in cash flow, and we are beginning to prepare for winter. Most of the state had a short power outage last light, but no one has told us what the cause was--mystery.
I didn't know you volunteered for hospice @Don Alaska or I forgot. They were great with my husband. I couldn't do it though....thought about it but just can't watch people dying. My first friend in Fresno was the lady that was the volunteer for my husband....we got to be good friends. I did volunteer at St Agnes Hospital but found that boring and at that time scheduling was always an issue.
I also had a bad experience after helping the husband of one of my friend's patients that had died. This was not long after I lost my husband. My friend asked me to come and help her help this man clean up his place and get rid of items etc. So I went and then talked with him some, he had 5 dachshunds...think that was the first time I starting loving them. Anyway, he then started drunk calling me every night...then asked me out ...wouldn't take no for an answer.. Took awhile to get rid of him in a nice way because I'm sure he was just lonely and hurting. Think his name was Ron...that's all I remember ...and the cutest dogs. That brought back a lot of memories...I sure had a lot of men chasing me after my husband died. That was 13 years ago...now nobody is knocking down my door, lol.
Sorry you had a bad experience, Chrissy, but I am glad the hospice helped you out. I have been around dying people much of my life, so I accept death for what it is--a part of living.