Mom is getting used to her lift chair. At first she was anxious about the lift part, but it sure takes a load off my back now not to have to lift her out of her chair. Today we went to have her hair cut and styled. It went well, though she did complain a little about having to leave the house.

I remember reading this article, the End of Cheap Oil?, in National Geographic in 2004. It became reality pretty quickly didn't it? I find it fascinating. Gas is at $3.99 here in the Twin Cities.

Pet Humor

My cats would never put up with this. I found these pictures on a knitting blog and I find them so humorous. I love the picture of the cat in the beret. Annie, do you think you could branch out into pet berets and fezes?

Mom's new chair arrived today and she seems to like it very much. So far she has no problem working it. And it allows her to put her feet up which is good. All in all, I'm glad I finally made this purchase. I think I'll use Mom's stimulus check to pay for it.

At the same time the chair arrived, the guy came to fix the washer. It was leaking water. I didn't notice but our guardian angel Terri did. She is a godsend.

Saturday is the caregiver support group for the study that I am participating in. I'm planning to attend. I hope Mom can stay alone for that time.

My sister told me about this story on NPR about Alzheimer's patients volunteering at a school. This is fascinating to me. I like how it makes them feel like they have a purpose and I wonder if Mom would like to do something like this.

Yesterday I received a bouquet of flowers from Mom for my birthday and I couldn't figure out how she ordered them. When they arrived she had this big Cheshire cat grin on her face. I opened the card and it said "Happy Birthday Love Mom". How did she do that? Well it turns out that my wonderful sister ordered them and put Mom's name on them. She called Mom to let her know that she had done this and Mom remembered. This disease never ceases to amaze me. My sister didn't want my mom to feel like she had forgotten my birthday. Isn't that sweet?

I bought a lift chair for Mom today. Finally. She's needed one for awhile. This is a petite chair so it should be perfect for our petite Mom. It is to be delivered on Thursday. I had to choose an alternate color, called celery, because the blue one was out of stock. The celery should be fine though. I hope that it helps Mom and improves her ability to get in and out of her chair.

I had to buy another new tire for the car. There was a piece of metal lodged in the tread and according to the guy at the tire store, the tire couldn't be repaired. I've never had a flat tire in my life and now suddenly I've had two. Talk about bad luck.

Mom has been napping a lot. I think she's bored.