sunnyday Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 My mum is 87 and lives in 'sheltered accommodation'.....she is very happy there and has a far better social life than me! She has just been telling me about tonights planned event - a 'quiz night' - I said "oh thats good mum you enjoy those", Yes says mum but they haven't let us choose our own teams and now me and Vera have got to put up with Queenie and Daisy. Oh, I say -what's the problem with that then? Well says mum........Queenie is deaf and Daisy is thick!!! MUM I said you shouldn't call people thick! Oh I don't care, she says, she is thick and we want to win this quiz that won't be happening with those two on the team, if I could do that 'texting thing' I could ask you some of the questions........ This really made me laugh - so I thought I would share it with you! I hope that if I ever make 87 I have some of my mum's spirit!!! Sunnyday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 She sounds fantastic... i wish i was as full spirit as she is....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 fantastic - sounds like a wonderful lady - hope she wins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 why can't she do the texting thing? My mum does, she's only 76 admittedly, but my Churchwarden often texts me and she's 88! Has she even got a mobile? Haha can just picture her tho with phone under the table and thick Daisy saying out loud 'Who is it you are texting now dear?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 Yes she has got a mobile! That's another story! We really couldn't work out WHY she wanted one....she isn't 'mobile'.....she can't really 'get anywhere' without one of us to help her! Anyway she wanted a mobile so we got her one...to my knowledge she has never used it! Perhaps I should teach how to text......hmmm.....she rings me at least 3 times a day...can I cope with text messages too!!! :wacko: I count my blessings daily...I still have her.....and she's still got all of her 'marbles'! Bless her - I'll let you know how the 'quiz night' goes!!! (Hope she's not too rude to Daisy!) :rolleyes: :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 if she doesn't use it, she'll lose her credit - my mum found that out when my Dad died. She put his in the drawer for emergencies and when she went to use it it was 'closed'. She got a new sim and I managed to swap the £27 credit to new sim, thanks to O2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 Oh I didn't know that.......that's a bit 'mean' isn't it Oh well something else to 'sort out'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 She sounds fab and just like my mum who is always helping the "old ones"; she herself is 83!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 She sounds fantastic Sunnyday! What an inspiration! Lxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katekit Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Thank's for the laugh - thought about my mum too x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Ha ha - sounds just like mine too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 I'm sure my mum uses words she'd have washed my mouth out with soap for using! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiles Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 (edited) Mine too ,bless her she is 95, deaf as a post and talks loudly about family members who are sitting in the other room to us and can hear every word she says! She had a party recently and organised it with my help of course and insisted on paying for it all herself. I am one of 14 , she has 29 grandchildren, 17 great grand children who all attended with partners. She insisted on going around and speaking to everyone . My Mums speech " Without me none of you would be here!" She is right. I love her dearly. smiles Edited July 25, 2009 by Smiles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 HAHAHA my Nan became deafish and thought that her, shall we say 'lower gas emissions' were silent - she couldn't hear them so assumed we couldn't either - a real scream, for our children who were then 6 and 9! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I count my blessings daily...I still have her.....and she's still got all of her 'marbles'! Quite right, sunnyday - I've bored everyone to death on the subject of how I lost my mum in my teens, but my Dad was 78 last week. Although he's happy enough in himself, he suffered a sudden virus in his brain a couple of years ago and much of my old dad went with it. This affected his frontal lobes where the brain is responsible for planning and the control of impulse/urges. So this is the cue for lots of inappropriate comments about the opposite sex - he seems to have turned into a Benny-Hill type dirty old man! If he were more agile, I swear he'd be chasing his elderly neighbours about! Mind you, he seems to relish this new reputation for being a bit of a cad - he reminds me a bit of that poem "when I am old I shall wear purple". I hope when I'm in my 80s I'm having fun - and winning a few quizzes too! Maz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Ageing is certainly no fun. My Dad got Parkinson's and 'disappeared' bit by bit. He wouldn't do his speech therapy so it became harder and harder to understand him - it tore me apart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 So sorry to hear your dad has Parkinsons Cait. My mum is 80 at the end of August, she is in warden assisted accomodation but fully self sufficient. She says she doesn't like using the 'shared lounge' because it's full of 'old' people. I thought I might arrange a tandam sky dive for her 80th but then thought maybe not. (only because she doesn't like flying ) Last year I bought her an Ann Summers 'toy' for her birthday, she thought it was hilarious and embarrased my brother telling him about it. My mum is great and still 'babysits' for us so me and hubby can get a 'night off' now and again. I laughed out loud when a few months ago our fostering agency said that she should really have an enhanced CRB. Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 thanks Peggy. He lost his fight in September Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 how lovely to read that - she reminds me of how my gran used to be - I love 'old' people lol!! Hope she wins the quiz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 Thought you might like to know the latest........ My mum has ordered her Christmas Cards!!! When I said to her "but mum, it's July" She said "well I might not be here by Christmas" Follow the logic in that! BTW - quiz result 'not good'! Sunnyday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Was she a girl guide - all this 'Be Prepared'? So, she's planning to write the cards for you to post if she's 'gone' by then - or send them now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 Was she a girl guide - all this 'Be Prepared'? So, she's planning to write the cards for you to post if she's 'gone' by then - or send them now? Blimey...could be....I hadn't thought about that! Who knows?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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