Mind Therapy! and why I need it

 

 I did not want to celebrate the movie Clueless or sign up for Paramount Plus Streaming, but I did want to see if I could copy cat from the ad asking me to sign up for it.

First Try is cute, but considered a Fail, even though Beau always makes me feel happy.

I did a little better with me on the next try but really, its a lot of work and it will not happen again. I did like trying it.

I am smiling in this photo, it is not current, but 2 years old. I am dealing with bobs physical illness but its the Mind Illness that is the biggest problem and is the reason I need to rest my mind by focusing on something else.

Bob has lost most of his words, and I have to figure out what he wants, needs or is telling me.

I helped him back to bed from the bedside commode, and helped him with is pull ups and said, I am going to the desk top to pay Bills, they are all due today. I explained why I would be out of his sight, because he gets upset if he can't see me.

30 minutes later, he yelled down the hall, I need to get off this crapper if you can get time. I came to the bed and said Bob, you are in bed, not on the potty. He looked around and said Oh, I was asleep and thought I was still on it. I meant I need a clean shirt. His filter for what he says is gone, he just says whatever he is thinking and curse words are common. One of the  PT's called him on it, and said, God is not damned Bob, and Bob said What? He had no idea he even said it..

I have found I can not reason with him at all and it really upsets him. 

With 24/7 of all of this, I need an escape! These drawings allow me to sit where he can see me and tell me stories for the 87th time that day, and lose myself without him noticing. 

If any of you have death with Alzheimer's and have suggestions, please leave them for me.

Crayola.com kitty kat

My Therapy Kitties, One Dark, One Light 

Just another bit of Procreate Therapy for my stressed-out brain. It makes me stop Thinking, changes my focus to something I love to do..

Below is a good example of mind therapy for me. It took a lot of time to do the one below yet it looks simple.  I used an old photo of Beau and his Mama and used a copy cat drawing from past post. This one takes concentration and focus!

Just what I need.

Telling this to all of you, is like telling it to you in person.

Sunday Selfie kinda sorta (BeauSpeak)

 

Mama cleared the lunch dishes and left Daddy sitting at the table with his box of 10 paper airplanes. She bought it for him to PLAY with. At time of typing this for me, Mama says he has been there for 2 hours.

they fly, they get punched out and put together, he loves planes..

Mama heard daddy say Sandra come here. She laid her book down on the bed where she was reading, and sighed and walked in the living room and

THERE WE WERE

Daddy said look at THIS and started laughing, Mama ran for her phone and said you have been ousted from your bed , we may have to get a second bed for YOU.

All I wanted was to catch some ZZZZZ's on a pad and sheets that smell like Daddy, I wanted to and I did it... The moved my loveseat and put this where it sat, now this is mine. Mama says Her bed is off limits but she never mentioned a hospital bed.I made my Mama Laugh and Laugh

Caturday Art

 

These drawings from Ann at SnapEditScrap, were calling to me and yesterday I could do nothing, because I pulled a muscle in my back and could only sit/lay most of the day. Today I can't take the sheets off Bob's bed and replace. OWIE!

I pulled out the iPad and here we go.

this one was first and was a fail, so deleted background and changed it .

Chatty Crone sends daily emails and this was inspired by the one she sent a few days go

Painting on wall at neurologist office Wish I could paint like this