January 9, 2011 Another good day for the score keepers

  Yes, another good day at the Martha/Bonnie household.  Shannon comes home on the weekends and that is something I always look forward to.  She takes over the dog and kitty duties so that is one less thing that I have to do.  She is also a good watchdog.  She keeps her eye on the ever illusive Martha.  I tell you, she may be old but she is fast and very nosey.  It is a full time job just keeping an eye on her.  Today she was in the kitchen and I had walked over to the table, when I turned back to her she had the brillo and had bitten it, in half no less, well bitten it and pulled it in half.  I kind of freaked a tiny bit and she said, "What's the matter I've done this for years".  Yuck!!!!!! I don't know, Dolly or Patty, did you ever see her do that over the years?  Wonder if that gives a good colon cleansing?  Stacie came over this afternoon and Mom was in bed doing her "talking to things I cannot see" so we all ended up in her room and the things she told us!!  It is kind of fun to make up responses to some of her prattle.  Other times she is very lucid.  In the bedroom today Mom was in bed and she looked over to the door, pointed and said with a smile, "There they are" and then looked to the ceiling and said, "There comes another one".  WOW!!  Later she looked at Shannon and said to her,"Woman in training for marriage".  Then she said to all of us, "Look at those eyes, isn't she pretty"(she was talking about Shannon not me, darn it).'   Sometimes we ask her questions hoping she has the wisdom of the universe in that twisted brain of hers.  Well today I thought I'd try my luck and see if I could get some insight into my future, so I asked her if I was ever going to get another husband and she looked at me and said, "You already have one".  Guess I'll have to wait and find out for myself.  The girls sat with Mom for a long time and helped her eat her lunch.  That was wonderful.  Sometimes it's a battle to get her to eat.  Today I could just sit there and enjoy the event.  Mom talked and laughed as the girls tried tricks and trickery to get her to eat.  At one time I guess Stacie was being too forceful in Mom's opinion because she looked at Stacie with that look I have hated since I was a child and said to Stacie, "Don't force me".  Stacie with those big brown eyes of hers looked at her and just broke out in laughter and said, "Well, I guess she told me".  At one time she looked at Shannon gave out an aaahhhh and touched Shannon on the forehead and said, "I was just going to tell you I love you".  What a loving woman.  Even in her state she still has love for her family and is expressing it. After Stac left Mom kind of started doing her wander around and check out the things in the house.  While Shannon and I were making dinner she came into the living room and got one of her babies and wrapped it all up in an afgan and was talking to it and kind of humming. Humming and singing is something that she has been doing a lot lately.  Now, I don't know if any of you know it or not but, Mom never has had the best singing voice.  But, I think I should say that it seems to be improving.  In fact, when she was in the hospital she was getting kind of restless with all the tubes and such and was trying to pull on stuff and get out of bed.  I tried talking to her and calming her but, it wasn't working very well.   All I could think to do was hold her hands and rub them and sing.  I started to sing Jesus Loves Me to her and she started immediately to calm down and even started to make singing noises with me (let me tell you, maybe it was the stroke or the drugs, but she sounded awful) and then she smiled.  I still use singing and Jesus Loves Me to soothe her.  I've found that John Denver songs make her quiet down also.  Oh yeah, one thing she did tonight after trying to eat a brillo pad, she was re-cleaning the counter and saw the bananas.  She took one popped off the end and then proceeded to eat it, she ate the whole thing.  The whole thing!!  A little bit later she found the puffy mints and ate one of those and fed the other one to the dog (with the wrapping still on it).  Guess she wanted to get the yucky taste of brillo out of her mouth.  Well, I hope everyone has a very happy Monday tomorrow.  I am looking forward to all the comments and responses to Stacie's whatever she called it.  Thanks for listening to me.  I love all of you friends and family, and if Mom knew about this she would be sending her love too.