Weekdays with Noni and Gramps
Weekdays with N&G has a certain rhythm. Gramps still measures his blood sugar every morning, you will see a picture of his little kit, and records the results in a small book. He says he is on his third book. Noni measures her blood pressure most mornings too. Gramps still reads a stack of newspapers every day. Sometimes he has things on so he does not get to the papers that day so they all get stacked up on a chair in the kitchen. If this goes on for a few days there can be a pretty good stack but he will still read his way through all of them one by one. So he is pretty informed on things. I had him read the post election article from the Sydney morning herald using the iPad and he thought this was pretty neat.
N&G still have their weekly schedule pretty sorted. On mondays Gramps plays cards and Noni has her Meeting at the Senior Centre. gramps goes to the gym on two days and non has her sewing group. Then there are the lunch days when they meet their buddies. They usually do the grocery shopping rounds on Mondays too. Mom always pays for her own things when she is shopping and if Dad pays for something she wants to buy she gives him back the money later. If she is low on cash she gets cash from her Vault, a baking powder tin. the shopping expedition involves going to a lot of different stops to chase coupon deals or particular brands that mom likes. So often she is going into one shop for just two or three items. Finding the size or brand that is on sale is sometimes difficult, but if she gets to the check out with the wrong one she just says no, I don't want it.
It is not unusual to be out with them and to run into people they know or people who know them for some reason, like they lived next door to Mom and Dad for a while or they know mom from one of the businesses she frequents.
One of moms favourite destinations is Beverlys, a large fabric and craft shop in Westlake, which is a bit of a drive from South City. We have been there twice since I have been here this trip. The first time we were looking for the dish cloths she embellishes. The second time she was after yarn to make some small fancy neck serves. Once again there are coupons with discounts to good to miss. Normally you can only use one coupon per purchase. On both occasions at Beverlys I had to go into one check out line different from Mom to use one of the coupons while she used another. But she has a cunning strategy where she goes up to the counter and lays all the coupons out and asks the girl which pne she can use and they find the best deal for her. I think one day she even got to use a few coupons, so she really didn't need me at all. One thing you really notice is that she runs into a lot of kind and helpful checkout people when she is out and about.
N&G still have their weekly schedule pretty sorted. On mondays Gramps plays cards and Noni has her Meeting at the Senior Centre. gramps goes to the gym on two days and non has her sewing group. Then there are the lunch days when they meet their buddies. They usually do the grocery shopping rounds on Mondays too. Mom always pays for her own things when she is shopping and if Dad pays for something she wants to buy she gives him back the money later. If she is low on cash she gets cash from her Vault, a baking powder tin. the shopping expedition involves going to a lot of different stops to chase coupon deals or particular brands that mom likes. So often she is going into one shop for just two or three items. Finding the size or brand that is on sale is sometimes difficult, but if she gets to the check out with the wrong one she just says no, I don't want it.
It is not unusual to be out with them and to run into people they know or people who know them for some reason, like they lived next door to Mom and Dad for a while or they know mom from one of the businesses she frequents.
One of moms favourite destinations is Beverlys, a large fabric and craft shop in Westlake, which is a bit of a drive from South City. We have been there twice since I have been here this trip. The first time we were looking for the dish cloths she embellishes. The second time she was after yarn to make some small fancy neck serves. Once again there are coupons with discounts to good to miss. Normally you can only use one coupon per purchase. On both occasions at Beverlys I had to go into one check out line different from Mom to use one of the coupons while she used another. But she has a cunning strategy where she goes up to the counter and lays all the coupons out and asks the girl which pne she can use and they find the best deal for her. I think one day she even got to use a few coupons, so she really didn't need me at all. One thing you really notice is that she runs into a lot of kind and helpful checkout people when she is out and about.
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