Carm

is mostly away from the computer caring for Mom



I'm doing 41 things
 

Carm's Life List

  1. 1. go to bed earlier
    13 entries . 105 cheers
    1,612 people
  2. 2. Leave my office at 6:30 every day
    10 entries . 136 cheers
    1 person
  3. 3. Get organized
    4 entries . 98 cheers
    6,053 people
  4. 4. Declutter my office
    9 entries . 92 cheers
    18 people
  5. 5. Declutter my home
    7 entries . 77 cheers
    124 people
  6. 6. clean up my house and keep it clean
    1 entry . 58 cheers
    488 people
  7. 7. deal with my mail when I get it
    2 entries . 114 cheers
    12 people
  8. 8. go through the newspaper daily and recycle
    9 entries . 92 cheers
    1 person
  9. 9. put my clothes away every night
    1 entry . 75 cheers
    5 people
  10. 10. clean my sink every night
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    8 people
  11. 11. organize my photos
    2 entries . 64 cheers
    1,251 people
  12. 12. be out of bed by 6:00 each morning
    5 entries . 51 cheers
    1 person
  13. 13. Create a to do list every night and do all the things on it the next day
    1 entry . 61 cheers
    55 people
  14. 14. take care of myself
    13 entries . 112 cheers
    280 people
  15. 15. lose weight
    8 entries . 48 cheers
    36,262 people
  16. 16. Don't eat fast food
    13 entries . 142 cheers
    121 people
  17. 17. eat at home more often
    4 entries . 86 cheers
    24 people
  18. 18. exercise more
    21 entries . 63 cheers
    5,112 people
  19. 19. lower my blood pressure
    4 entries . 84 cheers
    134 people
  20. 20. Take vitamins daily
    6 entries . 78 cheers
    781 people
  21. 21. watch less tv
    4 entries . 103 cheers
    1,865 people
  22. 22. get better at keeping in touch with people who are important to me
    2 entries . 80 cheers
    698 people
  23. 23. reconnect with old friends
    2 entries . 59 cheers
    445 people
  24. 24. write more letters
    1 entry . 72 cheers
    1,522 people
  25. 25. mail birthday cards/gifts on time
    2 entries . 56 cheers
    2 people
  26. 26. List 100 things I love about my husband.
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    135 people
  27. 27. take good care of my husband
    4 entries . 48 cheers
    2 people
  28. 28. take good care of my Mom
    33 entries . 58 cheers
    1 person
  29. 29. Buy a House
    3 entries . 71 cheers
    12,536 people
  30. 30. improve our financial situation
    8 entries . 52 cheers
    2 people
  31. 31. go to Hawaii
    3 entries . 88 cheers
    1,671 people
  32. 32. go to San Francisco
    56 cheers
    143 people
  33. 33. ride The Duck in Seattle
    2 entries . 40 cheers
    6 people
  34. 34. eat healthier
    1 entry . 41 cheers
    10,075 people
  35. 35. Engage in a tidying zone for 15 minutes daily
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    3 people
  36. 36. Catch up on my blog entries
    3 entries . 36 cheers
    1 person
  37. 37. list five ( 5 ) self-help / self improvement books I've read that I think others might enjoy
    1 entry . 38 cheers
    4 people
  38. 38. take the bus to work
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    7 people
  39. 39. learn how to use facebook
    3 entries . 11 cheers
    8 people
  40. 40. maintain the good habits I've marked as "done"
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    6 people
  41. 41. Celebrate Flirt's birthday with chocolate, flirtinis and anything purple on Nov 11th
    53 people

How I did it
How to mouse left-handed
It took me
1 month
It made me
Pain Free


Recent entries
take good care of my Mom (read all 33 entries…)
This is the only goal... 1 day ago

I’ve had time for the last few days. Mom fell Tuesday afternoon and broke her hip. She had surgery Wednesday night. I’ve been hanging out with her in the hospital. We expect her to be moved to a nursing home for rehab tomorrow.

Unfortunately the break was pretty complicated thanks to Mom’s extremely osteoporotic (crumbly) bones. Not only did she break the ball of her hip joint off, she also broke the top of her femur off. The surgeon had to do quite a bit of extra work to repair the damage. The new pieces he put in must heal and fuse with her own tissue, a process that takes time.

He said with most hip replacements the patient is standing and starting to walk with a walker within a day of the surgery. Because of Mom’s extra repair work she will not be able to even stand on that leg for 6 weeks. So learning to walk again won’t start until after that. I don’t know what that means for where she will live in the meantime or where she will go after. There are lots of options to investigate and decisions to be made.

On the good side, Mom is otherwise quite healthy and strong. She has been in great spirits the last couple days even though today I had to give her the bad news about her delayed recovery time. I think she will get tired of waiting very quickly, but for now she is in denial. She can’t wait to return home and “get back to normal.”

She has had lots of great visits by friends and family and her pastor who prayed for her. Right now she’s getting lots of attention and eating it up. The hard part is ahead of us. She’s doing great with her therapy so far. She has incredible upper body strength for a woman her age. I am just happy she is starting out much healthier and stronger and with a better attitude than her situation two years ago when she fell and broke ribs.

Go Mom!



go to Hawaii (read all 3 entries…)
Eight more days!! 3 weeks ago

Yikes, it’s getting close and I’m soo not ready! But we’re going no matter what so I’d better get things in order. I’m so excited!



exercise more (read all 21 entries…)
I haven't updated... 3 weeks ago

this one in a while.

I’ve been walking, but very sporadically. Certainly not up to my goal of 5 days per week. Sometimes the problem is pain – from plantar fasciitis or my knees. Mostly the problem is making myself do it. Making it a habit.

I have been tracking this the last few weeks and have been averaging about 3 times a week. Until last week when I did less and then injured myself. Fortunately that was a quick healing injury so I’m ready to go again.

Next Monday Walter and I are heading for Hawaii where I expect to be walking more than usual. In the meantime I’m still working on that 5 days per week.



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