Emails from mom

Here are the last of the emails from moms house! This has been a wild 2 weeks!

Email 10: coffee ... Again
Last night I had forgotten to dump the little bit of coffee that was left... He drank it at 7pm! I told him not to but he wasn't having it. So I told him if he stayed up late no Whistling!
He also try's to tell me he can go one night with out pills every night!
His routine is messed up. But I can't do things exactly the same way you do... We can't eat back there with him because we have kids and jeopardy is on at their bed times so we don't usually get to watch that either. He eats with us sometimes tho. Also I make him fix his own coffee because I can't serve him everything while doing the kids and dogs.
Plus he is always trying to touch/hug/rub my back! All the time... I no likey! I actually just backed out of one now!
I'm sure he will be grateful when you get home :)
Love you
Dana
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Email 11: touching
So I finally had to tell gramps That I'm not super comfortable with physical touch... He is constantly trying to touch me in some way,shape,or form and I had to put my foot down today! Sheesh! I had to pry him off of my shoulders!! then I just told him. He is all moody about it now. I said it nicely. I said " gramps I love you but I'm just not a huge fan of physical affection." he said I'm weird And kept trying to hug me and saying he would stop touching me... ... ...?!!!!!
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Email 12: return& re- return
hi honey,

I haven't heard from you for a day or so - hope you are still speaking to me!! just kidding, I hope! we had a nice tour of Milan today, about 4 hours this morning, ending with seeing The Last Supper. it is sunny here but VERY COLD. reminds me of when Lindy and I came to "pick you up" in Firenze. we leave the hotel at 3 am to get to the airport (which is about 45 min. drive) and do all the fall-de-rall there. The hotel here is packing us "breakfast bags" since we will miss the nice breakfast here. Did Michael get the info. about our return flight that Devon sent him when we left? tell him we appreciate him picking us up. The flight is a Delta fligth coming from Amsterdam. It gets in around 11:15 am saturday the 19th. He can just drive us to Devon's house - our car is there. You could ask Janet to stay with Dad until we get home rather than have him drive up with Michael. I will check email again tomorrow maybe before we get on the airplane. It is 5:20 pm here on Friday right now, so for you that would be 8:20 am on Friday.

Love you!
Mom
I have presents. You should come over on Sunday to get them!

Me:
Oh things have settled down here a bit is all... Gramps is still doing his usual things but I'm getting used to them. Except when he kissed me on the check! That was NOT welcomed.
I'm making a squash soup for you to have tomorrow for dinner. And have already asked Janet to come to sit with gramps. She said she would sweep and mop and vacuum too! Going to get your packages today and will put marks gifts under your bed side and any Christmas gifts in grams closet.
Hope your journey is smooth on the way home. Mg knows to pick you up :)
Miss you tons!
I like presents!!
Dana

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Emails from moms.

These are the latest emails to mom. She does reply to my emails... but I don't post them because I didn't ask if I could and they are just full of instructions and stuff about Italy that makes me jealous.

Letter 7: Mia visits
Today... Saturday... Mia came over while lindy worked. All I will say is that at one point there was a ton of commotion coming from gramps area and so mg went back there they had gramps' chair(with him in it)all the way reclined-his head only inches from the ground-as they tickled him and jumped all over...
Gramps was a little traumatized... Poor guy!
Also Owen sprayed the orange bathroom spray into his eyes and I had to flush them with water... Lots more happened but those were the highlights.
Did you find vivoli?
Tell me what your doing and how it's going.
Love you
Dana
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Letter 8: a cold for gramps
Gramps caught Henry's cold...tho he thinks it's from some sneezing man at goodwill the other day(yes I took him to goodwill). Can he have cold meds? During the day and at night? Will nighttime cold meds interact with his other medication? He is coughing at night :( poor guy! I feel bad for him.
Let me know
Love you
Dana

Letter 9: Home front
That's too bad that your backs are sore! Going slow can be frustrating but it's so glorious there I'm sure your just drinking it all in:)
Gramps slept alot during the day yesterday. So he was up till almost midnight whistling at the top of his lungs! Not the breathy whistle he usually does but really LOUD whistling! It was impossible to fall asleep. Henry woke up shortly after he stopped... Long night. I was grateful for a pot of good strong coffee this am(I got one cup...then gramps drank it all) speaking of coffee and gramps' love of it... He came out here 7 times(7)yesterday between 3-4:30pm asking for more! He kept saying "you probably don't make coffee do you?" I kept answering "I do in the morning but you drank it all" he would reply "there is no more? I was looking for some coffee)... he would repeat the quote from above...sheesh. Finally I made him some hot cocoa. He reluctantly accepted this substitution.
Speaking of hot cocoa...
Have you had any hot cocoa there yet?!
A scarf please... A good one :)
Love Dana
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Emails from moms house

Letter 4: barking!
How do I make the barking stop!!! Henry can't take good naps with all the barking!! It's so horrible!
And I need gramps pin for Christmas shopping...

Letter 5: thanks
So I found the pin number after I emailed you... Sorry. The dogs bark out side all day! Not sure why. I have them in this am Sophie is sleeping right outside henrys door... Lol. She is such a funny girl. I am doing laundry today. What are you guys up to? Gramps is doing ok... Honestly not sure how you get shopping done at the store... He either corners people to talk about reagan or-if pushing the cart-gets in people's way on purpose and does that silly dance... Sheesh! Wish I could stick him in the cart. Anyway I got so frustrated yesterday that I left and forgot like ten things! O well. He is doing fine other-wise and loves the boys. Hope your having a blast!
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Letter 6: Sophie
Well... I tried to let the little ladies in early last night cuz it was stormy and Sophie wouldn't come... Sophie wouldn't come in for her dinner last night either. Finally at bed time she came in. So she got soggy food... She did play fetch finally yesterday :)!
After trying to make plans to go Christmas shopping AGAiN yesterday gramps said he would just like me to do it... Sigh. I'm glad but feel guilty for being glad...lol
Gramps keeps telling me "where things are" in his area(whats in certain boxes and even where his coin jar is). He does it everyday "just in case" he keeps saying he doesn't know how long he will be around and someone needs to know where everything is... I keep telling him he showed me already and that you know but he gets a little worked up if I don't go... So thats exciting.
Oh fireneze!!! My city! I am so jealous! I hope it's perfect weather for you and that you think of me on those narrow cobble stone side walks :) And that dev and markle love it there!
Rabbit fur lined black leather gloves!!!
Love you!
Dana
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The way it really is: Attitude

I'm out here in the middle of 18 acres of pure beauty and I am a lot of things but joyful and at peace are not some of them.
My attitude sucks.
I am feeling sad and lonely and disconnected with my norm. I find that I'm frustrated that someone constantly needs something from me and I can't settle down and enjoy being here.
I am over thinking and trying too hard to get everything done perfectly probably... I just can't seem to stop feeling a little depressed.
I don't like myself grumpy and agitated I hate that I'm feeling sorry for myself instead of serving those I love with a happy heart... I will crash early tonight and pray hard for those new mercies.

Emails.

Letter #3 things are exciting here
So grandpa is like a big bald child who want as much attention as Owen and will talk over/interrupt Owen to get said attention from me. Pretty funny...poor Owen now has a temporary extra sibling to rival with... Gramps stopped 7 people at Costco(7!) and within 30 seconds of meeting/cornering them told them about being a former broadcaster and interviewing Regan...(this is way more embarrassing in person than when you tell me about it) I stood transfixed and did the countdown 3. 2. 1. Reagan!
Sophie and I are in a power struggle regarding coming when i call and playing catch and I'm not gonna lie-she is probably gonna win-but I'm giving it my best shot. She will sit for me woohoo! Sometimes I just say "sit" cuz I know she will obey even if it's not necessary.
Owen loves your jewelry(will explain that later) and I may have acquired an old navy skirt from a bag in your closet... Will pay for skirt... It looks great on me :)
Hope your enjoying your vacation!
Love you!
Dana
Ps I need gramps pin number! You no leavey
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Emails from moms house.

We are currently residing at my moms house watching 3 chicken, 2 cats(Ava and alfie), 2 dogs(Winnie and Sophie), and one gramps(James) who has Alzheimer's.
This is a series of emails to my mom from me to give her some peace of mind.

Letter #1
All settled in:
Hey mom
We are settled in. Gramps tried to get his pills early twice... Lol. Everyone is fine. We had taco bell for dinner :(. What is your iPad apple ID password? I want to install a free app...
How was the flight? Is Verona beautiful?
Miss you
Dana

Letter #2 Oh yeah:
I forgot to mention that when we arrived there was a bird inside the house...mg caught it gently and let it go. Also Sophie just came in after giving me the run around for some time and then scratching at the door... Then she proceeded to bark viciously at Winnie... That's why I'm awake at 1:30 in the am... Those dogs

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B&B

MG and I got to stay the night. Alone. At a bed and breakfast on Saturday night.
The stay was a thank you gift from the couple MG married on Saturday.
The wedding was lovely... I loved watching our good friend Hannah embrace her new life as a wife and the party after was really fun too.
We were tired when we finally got to our room at the B&B. Its a lovely old manor style house in Macminville run by a sweet English couple.
The room was sweet and cozy.


The best part? A great big claw foot tub! We both got in twice!


So relaxing!



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It's pomegranate season!

It's messy to get the good stuff out but worth it.
I love to just jam them in my mouth as a snack... but they are great in salads and on oat meal too! I'm a little obsessed with them.
Any other ideas of how to eat this amazing fruit?


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How did I get here?

I was just sitting here on the couch watching some show called "all about airplanes" with Owen as I was also pumping breast milk for Henry to drink while mg and I go for a date tomorrow. I had a funny thought enter my mind...It was like a "me" from ten years ago was watching it all and saying "how did we get here?" I laughed out loud... It is a funny scene... Me pumping milk out of my body-milk out of my body!!- Watching a child's documentary about airplanes while still in my jams at 11am! How did I get here indeed!
The funniest part is I like it here.
I wouldn't trade it for anything
Here are a couple great reasons why






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