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Started by Jessica_Rose, January 17, 2018, 08:38:29 PM

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Jessica_Rose

Thanks @Northern Star Girl , @LoriDee , and @Courtney G .

My dad may well be at the point where all we can do is keep him comfortable, and visit as often as possible. Susan and I plan to see him again next weekend. While in town we stay at his house, in my old bedroom. We try to keep the yard looking nice, mainly to discourage people from thinking it's abandoned. We're also doing some cleanup inside, tossing food which expired years ago, and making small household repairs.

Sometimes a friend or neighbor will stop by and ask us how he's doing. They mention about the long conversations they've had, and how nice my dad is. Sometimes I wonder if they're talking about someone else. Obviously, my dad has 'mellowed' quite a bit over the last few years. Unfortunately, the dad I remember is not the one his friends and neighbors know.

Love always -- Jessica Rose
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Maid Marion

Hi Jessica,

Good luck on the cleanup!

I've also been going through my pantry, eating stuff before it gets too old.
I bought some canned pineapple juice for vitamin C during Covid. Drinking it now.
It is acidic and long term storage of pineapple in cans is not reliable like SPAM.

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davina61

My mum overstocks on stuff but at least she puts the date on cans and keeps them used, why she has to have 3 of everything is beyond me as we go shopping every week! Freezer is full as well, I keep telling her to use it up .
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Courtney G

Gosh, Jessica, I've experienced the same. People tell me my dad was funny and that they enjoyed talking with him. Some said he was proud of me. He died of cancer while I was in my late 20s and we never connected as adults. He'll forever be my "alcoholic father."



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LoriDee

I, too, buy things in threes. But only canned or dry goods. I have my daily supply and emergency supply, and if I need it, a week's supply of food and water in my Survival Kit. I started doing that years ago when everyone thought the world's end was nigh. Y2k, 9/11, 2012, all passed and I am still prepared. If I had to, I could load my Jeep within 30 minutes and be headed for the Hills. Better to be ready and not need it than up a creek without... food and water.
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Jessica_Rose

Quote from: davina61 on Today at 02:39:15 PMMy mum overstocks on stuff but at least she puts the date on cans and keeps them used, why she has to have 3 of everything is beyond me as we go shopping every week! Freezer is full as well, I keep telling her to use it up .

I have similar tendencies, but usually with flashlights (aka - torches). If one is good, two is better! I do the same with clothing. If I really like a certain article of clothing, I'll buy two of the exact same thing. Unfortunately, sometimes I grow tired of the style or design before I ever wear the second one.

@LoriDee, don't forget the toilet paper! Just a few months after COVID struck, I was waiting in line for our local WalMart to open -- hoping they had some toilet paper. While waiting, I commented to another hopeful TP shopper that this was all Sears' fault. If they hadn't stopped printing those giant catalogs, we would all have a supply of emergency toilet paper at home.

@Courtney G , I'm sorry that you and your dad never connected. My primary connection with my dad was fishing. We loved to go out on the lake. He was in the back with the big motor, while I was in the front with the troll motor. As the saying goes, 'even a bad day on the lake is better than a good day at work.' Sometimes we didn't catch anything, other days we would bring enough home for a big fish fry. Those are the days I will try to remember.

Friday afternoon, I began work on reorganizing my closet, and continued work sporadically over the weekend. I found a few 'missing' items, along with some I didn't even remember buying. I'll be shipping a big box of clothes to one of my friends in Wyoming later this week.

Love always -- Jessica Rose
Journal thread - Jessica's Rose Garden
National Coming Out Day video - Coming Out
GCS - GCS and BA w/Dr. Ley
GCS II - GCS II and FFS w/Dr. Ley
FFS II - Jaw and chin surgery w/Dr. Ley
Hair - Hair Restoration
23Mar2017 - HRT / 16Feb2018 - Full Time! / 21Feb2019 - GCS / 26July2019 - GCS II / 13Oct2020 - FFS II
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot
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