Nurse Ratchet

Last weekend I went down to visit my parents and take care of my mom for a few days. My mom had one of her bunions removed (yes this does imply that there is another one to still remove). My duties were mainly bringing things to her since she was on crutches and the only way to carry stuff on crutches is in a backpack and you can't really put coffee in a backpack. So for the most part I just brought stuff to her and hung out.

Looking forward to get going

For the drive down it was relatively uneventful but driving late at night is really no longer my friend. I did just fine until the end of the drive, you know the last 45 minutes before you pull in the driveway. Lily didn't do that well on this trip, I think the late start really threw her off her game.

One of the pretties moonrises that I have ever seen... too bad the pic looks terrible

She was still a little out of it when we got to the house. I think it was hard since we got in late and just got right in the bed there wasn't a whole lot of running around like usual. I knew she was cranky when she spent the entire night in the very small twin bed that I sleep in at my rents house. Typically she spends a few minutes with me and then gets down to sleep on the floor. Not this time she was there when I woke up just as snuggled up next to me.

I thought that I would be a cute daughter and whip up a batch of cookies one afternoon and thought that I would make my oatmeal cookies. In the recipe Martha Stewart mentions that you should use parchment paper but my mom was out so I figured that it didn't really matter. That was a HUGE mistake... the cookies melted all over the pan and would not come off. In the end all that was left were some very very dried out cookie crumbs.

Cookie Wafers

At the end of the weekend I bathed both of the dogs and furminated both of them, if you have a dog that sheds a lot of hair I would totally recommend a furminator, which you could see here. I kid you not a whole bag of hair came off of my mom's dog. Not too much fur came off of Lily but I think she is just now starting to shed so I may look into purchasing one of these.

It was great to get to spend a few days with my parents even if my dad called my nurse ratchet all weekend long. Oh well, sometimes it is just great to spend time with family. I enjoyed being able to take care of my mom since she is so good to me when I have been sick. I wish I could have done more but I think it was great to be able to spend time with her and just take care of a few things.

She is doing great and her foot is looking good. It kinda looks like frankensteins foot but she is doing great! I will be sure to head back down there for the next surgery.