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Cover Choice Revealed... or maybe not... WATCH!

It is so exciting to be sharing our story.  Publishing this first book on Amazon has been a learning experience. For those who have been asking, yes you WILL be able to order the paperback and have it in time for the book launch party at Cattle Dog in Inverness, Florida, USA at 10:00 a.m. on March 23, 2019.   The Kindle will be available for pre-order and will download to your device (as I understand) on the launch date, March 21st.  So,YES! I will be able to sign books at the launch parties.   Please spread the word, as  a portion of my proceeds will be donated to Alzheimer's research and/or Caregiver relief/respite. Mark your calendar!  The video to reveal the cover choice premiers at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time U.S.A. on Monday, February 4th. If video doesn't work, click here!

Alzhiemer' Trippin' With George Release Date Set

I am excited. You are excited. The local County-wide paper did an article about the book and the launch party. Launch celebration is set at Cattle Dog in Inverness at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 23rd.  There will be coffee and mini-muffins and folks chatting.  Since this is my first book on Amazon I still am stumbling through it.  Each time I change my mind on the book cover it causes problems on my bookshelf on Amazon.  And it causes problems for the sites I have contacted for book reviews and promotions.  Each time I decide to delete more pages, it cause problems that have to be fixed. I set a lower price for Pre-sales.  But then one of my mistakes kicked me off of Amazon's pre-sales ability.  Arg!  So now I am stepping back and letting things settle before I dig in again.   I have written Amazon and asked for forgiveness and can I please get some help. The thing is, I envisioned me having copies of the book for the book launch so I could sign them for people, bu

Caregiver: Entertainment Engineer, Snot Cop

Wednesday, October 18, 2017 This week the Divas and Princes asked me about the specifics.  They want to be ready when their time to deal with incontinence arrives.  It will come. I was going to include instructions and tips here in this post.  But I have decided to create a separate post entitled Dementia Doodoo Diva.  What do you think? Instead I will talk about keeping George active and trying to satisfy his "go and do" urge.  This "go and do" need is something that is not uncommon among persons with dementia. In our support group there are persons with dementia that want to go and do and there are persons with dementia that don't want to go anywhere or do anything.  I am lucky that George wants to go and do.   Though sometimes it drives me nuts that he sometimes just can't sit and do nothing, I would much rather he want to go so that I can go. Since we returned from our Hurricane IRMA escape trip we have biked and walked and visited folks and gone

Day 106 - Home Adjusting, Looking Back, Looking Forward

Sunday, August 4, 2016 The cruelest part of dementia, I think, is the roller coaster.  Just when you are feeling adjusted to the loss of your loved one, they have a great day.  George is back!  I fall in love all over again. How does that happen?  If the brain cells are dead like the doctors say, then how can someone who couldn't carry on a conversation for many weeks is now all of a sudden able to chat with you?  Someone who can't think what to do with themselves now thinks to take out the trash and the recycling.  Now, I know what you are thinking.  He is home in familiar surroundings.  But before we left on our trip we were home and he wasn't listening and comprehending my side of phone conversations and was forgetting about the trash and recycling. He had good days when we were traveling.  On Sunday after we got back from our trip George had a VERY good day. I have heard of people on their deathbeds.  Laying there close to death for days and then, just befor