Curious case of the socks

Mysterious things have been happening in our house.

When Rose comes home, she peels off her socks and leaves them laying on the floor in the kitchen (that's not the mysterious part). Often it isn't just her socks she peels off...but that's another post.

The cats dishes are in the kitchen, and I figured Rose flung a sock and it ended up in Peaches food dish. So I removed it but just set it to the side (for Rose to pick up when she gets home), went to work, came home with Rose, and a sock was in the cat's food dish again. Thought, hmmm, that's kinda weird that one would end up there twice, moved the sock to the side, asked Rose to throw her socks down the laundry shoot.

But before she could throw all 4 socks down the shoot, I found ALL of them in the food dish. By then, Doug was home, and I asked him if he did it, he said no.

Now, I'm not totally believing him because he plays tricks on me now and then (Like this Christmas, I found a pair of "handipants" (fingertip-less gloves made to look like men's underwear, kinda a gag gift) laying around the house. I asked Doug if they were his. No, he didn't know where they came from. My sister had been over, and I thought maybe she tucked them somewhere as a joke for me to find later. So when my side of the family got together for Christmas, I snuck them into a gift that my sister-in-law ended up with. THEN Doug confesses he got them with an order for something else. My sister-in-law got a good laugh out of them, she brought them to work).

Back to the sock mystery...I took the socks out again, and we all agreed not to touch them. Later, I heard the cat in the kitchen, went and peeked, and I caught her pulling them into her food dish! What a goofball! It sure made me laugh and smile, and scratch my head as to WHY she was doing that. Just thought it was kinda cute. And strange. And funny.

Here's a picture:

My newest fur nephew

My sister has her first doggy, a 6 pound Yorkshire Terrior named Bubba. We are dog sitting just overnight, and he is pretty funny. She has hardwood floors in her home, but we have carpet. He can tear around on the carpet and he goes 90 miles an hour. He also likes to steal Lego's and my foam earplugs...and then not give them up without a scene. He slept in Rose's room in his kennel, she was pretty thrilled. Thanks Auntie M for entrusting us with his care!

A belated Christmas photo that I found on the camera. The tree is only decorated halfway up, Rose and Cate decorated it while I was sick, and they could only reach so far. Never got around to finishing it...

And finally, one evening while I had the crud I was reading in my bedroom, and came out to see what Rose was doing. She was playing Dogopoly with her stuffed animals. She is so creative! But how sad is it that she has to resort to playing with her animals instead of mom or dad? You can see she obviously has the "monopoly" on the properties. I suppose that is an advantage to playing with stuffed animals.

85 Years Ago

today, my mother was born. It's hard for me to say "Happy" Birthday, because it is anything but happy. My mom is in a residential care home (4 other women, and staffed 24 hours), suffering from Alzheimers. She has been there since October when she was no longer able to be cared for in her home.

This week hospice was hired. We don't know what the next days, weeks, or months hold. All I know is I am sad and I am hurting. I thought I had grieved already months ago when it became apparent that she no longer knew who I was. But I was wrong.

I took Rose to see her grandma today. She was sleeping and appeared to be comfortable. We sang happy birthday in both Chinese and English. She may have heard us, I don't know. Often when she is awake she keeps her eyes shut.

Rose and I talked quite a bit today about what is happening, what to expect, and why these things happen. But most importantly that death isn't always a bad thing, especially when the person has had a full and loving life, they've fought as hard as they can to keep going, and we have good memories of that person to sustain us.

I realized today that many friends don't know what's happening, so thought I should post the latest. It's just hard to find the words, afraid that putting it in writing means it's really happening. Please say a prayer for comfort and peace for my mom.

Date change of scrapbooking fundraiser

The scrapbooking fundraiser event mentioned in the previous post has a new date due to a scheduling error by the facility. The new date is Saturday, March 20, 2010.

I can't wait! I have the scoop, so email me if interested!

A Friend's Fundraiser

My friend Sue and her family are adopting a 12 year old girl from China, and are fundraising to help cover the costs. They are offering some great adoption t-shirts at:

http://www.adoptionbug.com/bringingErinhome/

Sue is also hosting a F U N ! day of scrapbooking / craft / sewing on Saturday, March 13, 2010 in Roseville. It's for 12 hours, only $30, electrical outlets available. She will be having a raffle and a sweet walk, and food available for purchase. It's a nice, well lighted room, easy to get your supplies to, and Sue sets up her Cricut for use.

I hope you will consider joining me! I attended the one she held in the fall, and I had a great time and accomplished a lot. Email me if you would like a sign up form. Plan ahead and put it on your calendar!