Living with Bob and "Al"

Bob was always a perfectionist when he mowed the lawn, rows perfectly straight, one area complete before he moved on to another one. "Al" clearly not so much. Sheri let Bob take turns with her mowing the lawn yesterday. "Al" would either keep going back and forth over the same spot, or a skip sections all to together and cut across the lawn into totally different territory. Sheri knows for sure that if it were up to Bob "Al" would never mow the lawn again.  :)

Living with Bob and "Al"

Sheri took the sheets off the bed, they are in the washing machine. Bob is trying to help, But "Al" just worked about 20 minutes to make up the bed nice and neat... with out the sheets.  :)

Living with Bob and "Al"

Bob and "Al" are feeling poor
Their back again, "they" are extremely sore.

"Al" says a screwdriver should do the trick
Just wedge it in between the discs

Sheri thinks his "hardware" brain is gone
Thank goodness she did not bring his drill along.  :)

Living with Bob and "Al"

If you know a caregiver that deserves to be recognized ( and all of the people taking care of their own Bob and "Al's" out there do) please follow the link below. It is such an uplifting experience.Take a few minutes and do this for some one special.

http://www.thecaregiversvoice.com/nominate-a-caregiver-form/

Living with Bob and "Al"

Sheri and Bob were watching American Idol last night. The host Ryan Seacrest says that a record number of votes came in last night. A record 132 million votes. "Al" with pure disgust in his voice turns to Sheri and says " that is just terrible, I just don't understand that! All that money could go to such a better use. Can you imagine what  $132 million dollars could do?    :)

Living with Bob and "Al"

Sheri thinks she might be a little depressed. She is going to be 55 in a couple of weeks. She feels like she lives the life of a 75 year old. She feels like life is slipping away, without any ability to change it. It is nobodies fault, it just is what it is. Oh well, at lease she will be able to order off the senior menu at Perkins. Although" Senior" seems ridiculous at 55.

Living with Bob and "Al"

Sheri took Bob and "Al" to the grocery store with her. Sheri gave Bob the task of marking off the items on the list as she put things in the basket. But Bob kept lagging behind. Sheri was confused and frustrated as to what was taking him so long. As it turned out, anything that Sheri put in the basket that was not already on the list... "Al" was attempting to write down, on the list.   :)

Living with Bob and "Al"

This weekend Sheri with the help of daughter number two (the one who shields her heart with her sleeve) managed to empty some boxes from the garage, a task she has been looking forward to, to some degree. Any way she had Bob cutting up the boxes to save space in the trash. He would use one box to put all the pieces in and then fill the next. Bob would work diligently setting each box off to the side next to him. When he had finished filling a box "Al" would look at the last box he had put on the ground next to him and say "Have you emptied this one already?" Needless to say it was a very long day.    :)

Living with Bob and "Al"

Well as you can imagine, yesterdays plan did not work out the way Sheri had hoped...enough said.

Living with Bob and "Al"

Sheri is feeling desperate for some normal husband like companionship. Today she going to try to pretend this ugly disease "Al" does not exist. She is going to spend the day doing all the talking, the way she did before she knew there was a reason for all of Bob's silence. She is going see Bob as the man she married, not the man who "works" at the Adult Day Center. She is going to try to be a wife instead of a caregiver... right after she helps "Al" gather his stuff for the shower.