Book Board Chat

Diane, I knew your mom had been with you a long time. I was curious but also afraid to ask. I did great with mom for about 5 1/2 years, but the last 6 months were really hard and I felt like I was losing myself. Mom is super emotionally (and physically) needy, but we didn't have any really major quirks like you describe. I deeply admire you. And you, JoAnne. It sounds like your MIL was a real challenge. Mom's freaking out a bit about the move, and going through a lot of Valium. I'm glad I will be with her for a week when she gets to Kentucky, but I'm also confident my sister will do great with her. There are two people in the world who can read mom's mind (her most basic need), and my sister is one of them 🙂

Went to an auction on Wednesday and had great fun. We bought 3 lots of junk that will bring in a few dollars. 2 of them were wrapped up tight and were a "mystery" but the junk was stored in good Rubbermade tubs that made it worth our while even if they were filled with trash. Fortunately there was not too much trash, though some did go to the dumpster. We didn't find any real treasures this week, but we got quite a bit of good, general estate sale stock that we can "fluff up" our skimpier estate sales with. We don't normally stock estate sales, but if they don't have enough to generate interest we will dig out things to add. Now we have more 🙂