January 22, 2013

My goodness it is very cold this morning. I wore long underwear and a jacket with sweater to breakfast.
I thought the helper here had told me one of her clients, on the first floor, had only one set of sheets.  Therefore, the bed could not be made until the sheets had been washed and dried. Yesterday at church, there were remnants of the week-end rummage sale.  I bought three items, ruffle, and two twin sheets for the poor resident.  But on Sunday I could locate no one who needed sheets!  O je.  I knocked on the door of one suspect and called and walked in ( not a good idea) and was appalled with the scene in the two rooms.  Clean laundry stacked everywhere and even on the floor.  The resident was asleep in bed.  I sneaked out.  But I am sad that housekeepers are not looking after the woman who is paying for two rooms and meal delivery. There must have been seven meal boxes stacked.

Jan 9 2113 OW

Dear xxx
I dialed your cell phone and again got the recording to leave a message.
Also. thanks for the check for the concert Feb 16 Chinese New Year.Jan 15 eye exam in Milford OK.  Will you get your car cleaned?  Or do I drive myself?
I need an address for the location so as to use my Garmin.
I was in Milford today to see an emergency dentist:  Dr Guju. I have pain and cannot chew.
There goes this year's vacation! O je.  Surgery plus implant to replace the lost #28. I estimate $3403.00 from Fifth Third Securities and I hope it grows back soon. 

January_6_1213"GFY"

	Jan 3 (3 days ago)

Mom,

Next Thursday 9am I have set an appointment for you and I to sit down with xxx and hopefully get on the same page. 

I said that my hope is that  xxx draws up an Independent Living contract that reflects the agreement for a forever price that you signed up for. We get it vetted by an attorney that it is the arrangement that you want and need. I got the impression from xxx that corporate has been dragging their feet and he will contact them again about writing up a contract that represents the deal you have. Seems they don't offer a forever price as a rule, but that that is what your arrangement is and they bought it along with xxx I suppose. He's hoping to have and answer and paperwork Thursday. At least we'll get some clarity out of this. Please have an attorney name lined up or I will find someone to look it over. That's why I was wondering if you have more complete paperwork for the original contract. For comparison.

Going forward, if all goes well with a fresh,xxx contract, xxx should be clear as to what your invoice should be. If management wants or needs to add charges, they need to be specifically itemized on the invoice, NOT rolled into the price. I have to wonder if they are trying to charge you "laundry service" for doing the sheets? But, as an IL resident, they should be clearly notifying you so that you have a chance to contest the necessity and the charge. What the heck is Independent Living anyway? Until recently, xxx sure didn't have or pay for such oversight. Sound reasonable? Of course, you would have to open received notices for this to work.

I think I avoided your exercise days, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Are you good to go Tuesday evening for the movie Anna Karinina in Mariemont?

Fire_Alarm

The biggest news is, the cookies I ordered from the Natural Health Shop were routed through Amazon, who sent them to Sherry Road, and the Kahns opened and ate the two boxes I had ordered for Hills and Marc/Maggie. I expect I shall have to pay the bill on Discover card, but the worker there showed me how to get the old address off Amazon! O je. Next week I shall stop at Target and look for the replacement.
     THIS EVENING I WAS READING MAIL WHEN THE FIRE ALARM WENT OFF:  THE THIRD FLOOR HALL WAS SMOKEY AND WE HAD TO EVACUATE DOWN THE STAIRS; A HARD JOB FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT WALKING.
      No one explains what is happening.  We sit and tell the helpers that "Yes, I am all right". Gad-
    

Lockeddown

From Friday to a week and the next Monday, Dec 17, 2012, our community has had meals delivered to the residents in their rooms. That is ten days' lock down. A stomach bacteria is making people sick. It happened last January too.  I understand two other group homes are badly infected at this time. I had vomirehha Friday, but got over it in 24 hours. I used the home-time to send Christmas emails to most folks, and had only nine or ten letters to mail to people who have no email. Fortunately, I have streaming Netflix, and a couple DVDs as well as books from the library.  I am reading Caleb's Crossing, a well-researched account of life in 1660 Massachusetts Colony.
 I can still get out for my Senior Center exercise class and do some chores. It is possible on the non-driving day to walk to the library, only a couple blocks away. I am anxious awaiting the Teachers' annual annuity with which to buy three new tires for my car. The Dunlop tires have always been slippery on wet roads.
I make much progress studying the Learning Channel's Great Courses set of DVDs about Zen Buddhism and meditation.
On Saturday Dec 15, the breakfast was delivered at 8.30 AM, a change from the usual 9.15.  It is hard to eat lunch at noon when the breakfast comes so late.  Dinner is delivered at 4.30 but I can spoon it into one of my microwave dishes and save it until 5.30 or 6, a more palatable alternative.
I received the usual invitation, heaped with ridicule, to the family Christmas dinner. The specialty of the day is inevitable ridicule, and it had always been thus, even from the Milford days.  It is the chief sport of the family.

Festivals

After the Blessings festival, we hosted our friends at a "Music Live with Lunch" great concert at church.  The lunch that followed was a huge success.  Altogether a super celebration.
 Here is Sunday and I am preparing for the printing at Staples of my yearly highlights for the annual Christmas letter. All I need is one good color photo of the showboat Majestic.
At the same time I defrost the refrigerator, a good day to do that, because I put the frozen items on the porch where the weather is almost freezing.  Too cold to ride. Family is back from Florida, where they visit the other mother.  Surgery due on daughter's ears Thursday,  Friday I drive her in for a bandage change.  Wednesday the senior club is driving us downtown to have lunch at Palomino's and I may have time to look for $30.00 perfume in Macy's.  It makes me unhappy to pay 60-100 $ for fragrance.  I am looking for Patchoulli  (Savon/Bordeaux) or Jasmin+Sandalwwod (Smasara).  This schedule means I must hurry to the 9 AM history class, world history I audit at the University.

Haloween 2012

28.Okt at St Barnabas church, 10345 Montgomery Rd South of Pfeffer  at 2PM
The Wagner Society hosted a German music Musicale, 10 dollars.
I was here. Then, Monday, the Senior Center took a bus load of us to the Golden Lamb for a nice lunch.

• My history professor allows me to sit in a 9 AM class so not to interfere with the trip, as also, Friday is the early symphony concert debut of Louis Langree' conducting!

We are hosting the children with trick of treats made this afternoon.  I hope I can attach a photo. We used plastic gloves having candy corn in each digit (fingernails) then filled the digits and gloves with fresh popcorn,finished with a ribbon tie-   At 2 PM Wednesday there will be an afternoon Halloween Party in house.
One new lady appeared at the workshop but all she did was eat our product, so J moved her out of the way.
Our luck ran out at our dining table. This person now eats with us twice a day. She is attractive, one blessing.
All our video tapes have been removed!  Sold on Ebay, probably.  Staff showed us how to switch the SOURCE button on the player in the living room.  Last Saturday evening the player would not operate.  I hope this trick will allow us another movie .