Sunday, August 11, 2019

I've wanted to get a few things done on the house and camper this weekend but it hasn't worked out. Saturday, Beth sprung going to Fort Wayne on me, said we talked about it, I have no such memory. But we went, I mostly to visit Mom again. No telling how long is left. She's still losing weight and looks so very skinny, eyes sunken and everything. In the hour or two I was there, she was in her wheelchair at the table in the dining area. They started getting things out for dinner but Mom wouldn't eat any of it. I tried to give her some soup but she wouldn't do it. She did have a box of Boost there and I was able to give her some of that a few times, until she had drank most of it, but that was all. Beth and the kids went to the mall while I was visiting Mom, mostly to Barnes & Noble and a few stores on the mall.....Today we went up to Michigan to visit with Marve and Beth at their house. They had invited the siblings together to have a cookout and swim in the pool. So we were there with the kids (we also brought Natalie's friend Holly with us so Nat felt more comfortable there), Neill & Judy were there, and Ted & Monica were there. It was a bit cool for the pool (for me anyway) so not everybody swam much, but we had a really nice cookout dinner (chicken & corn, fruit salad, etc) and visit for an evening.....Lauren stayed with us through the middle of the week after camping last weekend. Beth took the girls shopping a few times and Lauren totally tried to play her. Judy was down to our house to visit last week, and helped the girls work on their painted chairs. She took Lauren back home with her.