A good day here at the G-H House. Got lots of laundry and a little housework done and Poppa was in a good mood. This afternoon I decided to sit down and watch the mid-day news with him and while I was surfing through the channels (well ya never know what else might be on more interesting than WLOS Noon News) I landed on Cartoon Network right as the phone rang. I got up answered it and handled whatever the caller wanted and when I sat back down I noticed Poppa was grinning?? He was watching Tom and Jerry. This man who has not cared about TV for almost two years was grinning at Tom chasing Jerry and the misery this little mouse was putting the cat through. I went and got him an ice cream sandwich to eat and he watched the whole time. After he was done with the ice cream, I left the show on and sat watching him until he closed his eyes and went to sleep about 15 minutes later. Amazing. So, I'm going to try it again tomorrow. Let's see if the colors, noise and sound effects hold his attention again. I'll let ya know.
When I was putting him to bed, I was oohing and ahing over him and he was just staring into my eyes and I talked about his pretty blue eyes - I then asked him what color Granny Martha's (his Mom) eyes were and he thought for a moment and said, "I think green." Now, I am sad to say, I don't remember. Maybe that's where I got my green eyes from or maybe he was just saying green because of me. I'll have to ask Mom. It made me think though, I am the only one in the family with green eyes. Tre, Rob and S all have blue eyes. Mom has greenish blue eyes and Lea has brown eyes and Bo's eyes are goldish/amber colored. Hm...
Talked to the local Alzheimer's Association today to see about getting some respite care from time to time. Trying to get around the fact that we are all living together so that Mom will qualify for someone to come in from time to time. Hey maybe she and I could go to the movies in the middle of the day or have a mani/pedi or heck she go her way and I go mine. I have my kids to get me out of the house for basketball games, functions at school, etc. The only time my Mother leaves this house is to go to the doctor, grocery store and Target. AND that's the way it's been for over 4 years. I would be in a padded cell, heavily medicated if that were me. Which on some days doesn't sound too bad! LOL!
Time for the kids and I to cuddle up and watch Ghost Hunters.
Be kind and make good decisions.
Mar
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I'm glad he was able to smile a little. For both of you. My day has been sad, so reading this was good. Enjoy your children. Squeezed them extra tight.
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