"P is for Pink and Purple" by Beth P.
"Beautiful Browns" by Diane P.
"Eclipse" by Amy P. for the Celestial Swap
"Celestial" by Priscilla H.
"Celestial" by Barb E.Our elderly relative now has an official diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease; this was no surprise. Now we must decide what to do about it. This is a hard decision-- how do you take away someone's freedom without being hurtful? How long can the person be allowed to care for themselves before it becomes dangerous? How do you take care of someone who only wants to care for themselves? Our options are limited and time may be short. The one thing we can agree on is that the next step is to seek legal representation to make sure everything is done properly for the protection of all concerned.
Today I attended my Red Hat luncheon at a local Mexican restaurant. The company was fabulous, the food was okay, and the service was bad. Lesson learned! We had not gone there before--they are evidently not set up to serve groups of 15-20 people. The experience would probably be different if DH and I went alone; but there are better restaurants in town. Why waste our time to find out? I could live on Tex-Mex food, and was really looking forward to trying a new place. Oh, well! And oh yeah--why is it so hard for a restaurant to serve a group by taking orders from the regular menu? We had a choice of three entrees, plus rice and beans (bland) and flour tortillas (which never showed up.) We had to ask for chips and salsa, and asked repeatedly for drink refills. The limited menu didn't make the service any better.
Today I attended my Red Hat luncheon at a local Mexican restaurant. The company was fabulous, the food was okay, and the service was bad. Lesson learned! We had not gone there before--they are evidently not set up to serve groups of 15-20 people. The experience would probably be different if DH and I went alone; but there are better restaurants in town. Why waste our time to find out? I could live on Tex-Mex food, and was really looking forward to trying a new place. Oh, well! And oh yeah--why is it so hard for a restaurant to serve a group by taking orders from the regular menu? We had a choice of three entrees, plus rice and beans (bland) and flour tortillas (which never showed up.) We had to ask for chips and salsa, and asked repeatedly for drink refills. The limited menu didn't make the service any better.
This was not intended to be a rant! Back to the home front.
I tried a new art technique this week-- toilet paper casting. I had no success with it, but others in my Yahoo group did. I must have done something wrong, but for the life of me I don't know what. My castings turned out shapeless and the layers of paper flaked apart, although I was using diluted PVA glue between layers (50% strength--maybe too dilute?) I was disappointed. Maybe the next new technique will work out better.
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