SORRY. IN MOMS 98TH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL BLOG TODAY I PUT IN THE WRONG ACCESS ADDRESS SO YOU CAN RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ON HER...

TO ACCESS OR TO SEND INFO TO OTHERS TO ACCESS THEY NEED TO GO TO DEMENTIAHOFFART.BLOGSPOT.COM

REMEMBER ITS ALL 'DOTS'.  

AGAIN THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE SENT HER CARDS...I HOPE YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE AND THEN FORWARD TO ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS WHO ARE CARING FOR ELDERLY PARENTS...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM.  HAPPY 98TH BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!

MUCH HAS TRANSPIRED SINCE I LAST UPDATED MOMS BLOG...ITS BECOME A SAD JOURNEY...FOR US...MOM DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE.  SAYS ' I DON'T UNDERSTAND, I WALKED YESTERDAY!!  WATCHING A SOUL..SLOWLY RETURN TO THEIR NATURAL AND LOVED PLACE...IS REWARDING, SPIRITUAL AND LOVING..AS WELL AS...SAD.

 WELL THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO...SHE GOT HER HAIR DONE...SHE LOVES TO HELP MAKE PUDDING. MOM STILL IS ALIVE IN THE KITCHEN!!! EVEN JUST EMPTYING THE SILVERWARE..WHICH TAKES HER A WHILE..TRYING TO FIGURE WHERE THE FORK GOES ...IS STILL SOMETHING SHE ENJOYS.

 TAKING HER OUT..IS VERY VERY DIFFICULT.  SHE IS DEAD WEIGHT..SO GETTING HER IN A CAR AND OUT..PLUS IF SHE HAS TO GO POTTY ETC...BUT ON THIS DAY WE TOOK HER TO MY HAIRDRESSER RATHER THEN PUSH HER IN THE WHEELCHAIR TO THE CORNER..AND SHE LOVED IT  I THINK A WOMEN NEVER TIRES OF HAVING HER HAIR DONE..MOM MUST HAVE REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE SHE WAS CALM...HAPPY...AND LOVED HAVING THEM WASH IT.  KEPT SAYING ' OH THIS FEELS SO GOOD.

 WE TRY TO SAY ' SMILE' BUT FOR SOME REASON SHE DOESN'T GET IT.  SHE ALSO DOESN'T REALIZE WHEN SHE HAS EATEN.  SHE EATS EVERYTHING..BUT LATER WILL SAY ' NO ONE FEEDS ME'.  THIS SHIRT SHE HAS ON I PURCHASED FOR HER PROBABLY 10 YEARS OR MORE..AGO ..ALONG WITH SLACKS TO MATCH.  WE DRESS HER LIKE YOU ARE DRESSING A DOLL EVERY MORNING...EVEN THE FLOWER IN HER HAIR!

 THIS IS HER NEW GREEN OUTFIT.  AND CHECK OUT THOSE SOCKS!!!!  SHE WEARS LONG SOCKS TO PROTECT HER ARTERIES IN HER LEGS.  SHE HAS ABOUT 10 PAIR AND EACH IS SOOOO CUTE.  I LOVE PICKING OUT THE WILDEST SOCKS!!  FOR HALLOWEEN SHE HAS ORANGE AND BLACK..AND OF COURSE SHE IS HOLDING PUPPY.  THIS IS JUST A STUFFED DOG..SMALL..HOSPICE GAVE HER ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND SHE HAS GROWN ATTACHED TO HIM.

 MOM AND PUPPY IN BED...SHE TALKS TO HIM.  ALONG WITH ALL HER ' FRIENDS?"
MOM TALKS TALKS TALKS ALL DAY. SHE IS VERY FUNNY SINCE NOTHING COMES OUT JUST RIGHT. I ASKED HER THE OTHER NIGHT ' WHERE IS PUPPY?  SHE SAYS WELL I PUT HIM ON THE EMPLOYMENT LIST!!!!  I TRY TO WRITE DOWN ALL THESE FUNNIES..AND I TAKE MANY MANY VIDEO'S WITH MY IPHONE...

HOSPICE CALLS HER SWEET MOLLIE.  SHE IS.  NOW WITH HARDLY ANY MIND SHE IS ONLY KNOWS LOVE.  ITS A GREAT PLACE TO BE..AND TO BE WITH.  IN MOLLIE'S MIND EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL.  SHE SITS AT THE FRONT TABLE EVERY MORNING AND LOOKS OUT THE WINDOW AND SEES THE BIRDS AND TREES AND SAYS  ' JUDY ISN'T EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL.   SHE STILL CALLS MY NAME, BUT MANY MANY TIMES CALLS ME EDITH..OR ' HER MOM'...SOME TIMES SHE WILL SAY
 I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT I KNOW YOUR A SWEETIE PIE".

 SO TODAY IS MOMS BIRTHDAY.  WE HUNG THE SIGN ON THE FRONT GATE.  ALL THE NEIGHBORS KNOW HER..THEY LOVE TO STOP AND TALK TO HER BECAUSE SHE ONLY SAYS NICE THINGS..AND GETS EVEN THAT CONFUSED.  WILL SAY ' WELL I FLEW TO CHICAGO TODAY AND THEN WALKED TO CHURCH SO I AM VERY TIRED..BUT I AM SO GLAD TO MEET YOU".  EVEN THO SHE HAS MET THEM SO MANY TIMES...EVERYONE LOVES MOLLIE

AND..WE CAN'T FORGET THE 2 PEOPLE THAT HELP MAKE MOLLIES' WORLD WONDERFUL.  FLAPJACK AND JOHN.  MOM WILL SAY ' JUDY THERE IS A STRANGE MAN IN THE HOUSE'.  BUT JOHN LOVES TALKING TO MOM.  THE OTHER DAY HE ASKED HER WHAT HER CHILDRENS NAMES WERE..AND NOT ONLY DID SHE KNOW THEM...HE ASKED HER TO SPELL THEM..AND SHE DID EACH PERFECT!!!

SO HAPPY 98TH MOM.  THIS HAS BEEN A JOURNEY.  MY LIFE IS NOT THE SAME..NOR WILL IT EVER BE THE SAME...I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO LEARN ABOUT REAL LOVE..HOW TO CARE FOR SOMEONE WHO KNOWS NOTHING AND NEEDS EVERYTHING..AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY YOU AND DAD ARE TOGETHER..WITH NO CHILDREN..NO WORRIES..JUST THE LOVE YOU FIRST KNEW..YOU BOTH DESERVE IT.
LOVE FROM JUDY, JOHN, JOHNNY, DANNY, GERI, NATHANIEL..NIKOLAI AND BRANDON.....AND I KNOW..FROM KENNY AND CAROLYN..NANCY, LINDA, SUSAN AND JANET...AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR ALL THE CARDS YOU HAVE SENT MOM...SHE DOES READ THEM..SHE LOOKS AT THEM..SHE KNOWS ' OH THIS IS FOR ME"...!!!

I WILL TRY TO KEEP UP THE BLOG.  YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO..dementiahoffart.blogspot.com IF YOU WANT TO FORWARD THIS TO SOMEONE.  IF YOU CAN'T GET IT..LET ME KNOW..I WILL FIGURE OUT WHY.
LOVE.

I AM SORRY I HAVE NOT UPDATED YOU MORE ON MOM...I AM NOT SURE IF THESE PICTURES ARE FAIR TO HER...SEEING HER AS SHE HAS AGED. I TRIED TO FIND SOME NICE ONES..BUT LETS FACE IT..MOM IS NOW 97 AND 1/2...IS IN GOOD HEALTH..EXCEPT...FOR HER MEMORY...AND LETS BE GLAD SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW SHE HAS AGED..BUT SHE IS STILL BEAUTIFUL IN OUR EYES!

 HERE IS MOM IN HER BIG WHITE HAT ON HER BIRTHDAY AT GERI'S...

 AND THEN WE TOOK A PICTURE OF ALL THE ' GIRLS'...GERI'S MOM IS IN THE MIDDLE..I ALWAYS ENJOY SEEING "GEORGIE'...SUCH A GRACEFUL WOMAN.

 ONE OF MY FAVORITES.  I PUT IN A LILY POND WITH AN ANGEL FOR MOM TO SIT AND WATCH..AND THIS IS MOM PUTTING WATER IN THE POND...SUCH WONDERFUL DAYS TOGETHER

 BUT HERE IS MOM FALLING ASLEEP IN HER CEREAL...FOR THE LIFE OF ME I COULD NOT GET HER TO LOOK UP...BUT DOES SHE EAT?  OH YEAH!!!! MOM EATS MOST ANYTHING..ESPECIALLY ICE CREAM

 HER IS MOM PEDALING IN HER SMART LOOKING SOCKS.  HOSPICE SAYS MOST CHILDREN CARING FOR AN ELDERLY PARENT WILL LET THEM STAY IN BED ALL DAY..NOT HERE.  SHE IS UP BY 10:30..AND SHE CAN PEDAL UP TO 100..AND COUNT!!!
THAT SAID....THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AROUND 4 MONTHS AGO AND NOW ITS HARD TO GET HER TO PEDAL...BUT SHE STILL CAN..SHE JUST SAYS ' I DONT' WANT TO AND I DONT' HAVE TO DO ANYTHING I DONT' WANT TO DO'.   THOSE ARE HER EXACT WORDS.!

 WHEN WE GET OUR 5 DAYS EACH MONTH FROM HOSPICE ..WHERE WE CAN SEND MOM TO A HOME ...WE ARE CHOOSEY.   THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE WE WILL SEND HER...YOU CAN SEE ITS NOT JUST A 'HOME'.  ITS GORGEOUS.   AND HERE IS MOM GETTING HER HAIR DONE THERE......WE DON'T USE OUR 5 DAYS EVERY MONTH BECAUSE SHE CAN ONLY GO HERE IF THERE IS AN OPENING..NO OPENING..MOM STAYS HOME.

 JOHN SAYS HE WOULD LOVE TO STAY HERE WHEN HE GETS OLDER..THE ROOMS ARE HUGH..TV IN EVERY ONE...LARGE ISLES...MARBLE FLOORS...ITS ONLY ABOUT 8K A MONTH..OR MORE.  BUT I TRUST THIS PLACE..SO THIS IS ONLY PLACE MOM GOES...OR ELSE SHE IS AT HOME.

 THIS IS A CUTE..AND SAD PICTURE.  SAD BECAUSE..MOM NOW HAS FRIENDS..AND SHE TALK TO THEM ALL DAY!  SO ON THIS DAY...SOMEONE ..OF HER FRIENDS..HAD A BLUE HAT...SO MOM WANTED A BLUE HAT.  AND NO MATTER HOW WE TRIED TO GET HER TO THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE..SHE WANTED A BLUE HAT.  SO I FOUND ONE..I PUT IT ON HER..AND IMMEDIATELY..SHE WAS QUIET..JUST ENJOYING HER BLUE HAT.

 MEDICARE GIVES ME 40 HOURS A WEEK OF HELP..AND THIS IS LOIS.  LOIS HAS BEEN MOMS CAREGIVER FOR OVER 2 YEARS.  SHE COMES EACH MORNING AND GETS MOM UP..WASHES HERE ETC..AND COME BACK AT 6 TO PLAY CARDS WITH MOM AND PUT HER TO BED...LOIS IS 80!!!

 SO NOW WE ARE GETTING TO WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW MOM HAS AGED SINCE HER BIRTHDAY..HERE SHE HAS NO TEETH.  WHEN SHE TAKES HER TEETH OUT...SHE AGES 10 YEARS!!  I AM NOT KIDDING.  SO WHY DOES SHE TAKE THEM OUT?  SHE WILL SAY ' THEY ARE NOT MINE'.  SO WE JUST GIVE HER SOFT FOODS UNTIL SHE PUTS THEM BACK IN......AT 97 MOM IS STILL IN CONTROL!!!!

AND LOEKE.  YOU HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF LOEKE BEFORE.  MOMS CAT.  LOEKE IS ABOUT 14 YEARS OLD..SO AS OLD AS MOM.  SHE WILL NOT LEAVE MOMS SIDE WHEN MOM IS IN BED...HER PAW IS SOMEWHERE ALWAYS ON MOM.  DURING THE DAY SHE STAYS IN MOMS ROOM..JUST WAITING FOR HER TO RETURN...ITS PURRRRRRRR LOVE!!!!

SO I PROMISE TO KEEP UP THIS BLOG MORE OFTEN...AS I WRITE THIS MOM IS HERE IN THE OFFICE WITH ME...TELLING ME SHE WANTS TO GO HOME..WE TELL HER SHE IS HOME..BUT SHE KEEPS SAYS ' I WANT TO GO HOME'  OR SHE WILL SAY ' RUDY COME AND GET ME'.   THE BEST PART IS SHE DOESN'T REALLY KNOW WHERE SHE CAME FROM...THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT ALZHEIMERS OR DEMENTIA...I WOULD HATE FOR HER TO KNOW............
THANKS FOR CARING ABOUT MOM!!

june 16, 2012

its hard to find some nice pictures of mom..since..she is getting older.  like all of us.

this picture i love even tho her teeth arn't in yet ( i swear her teeth when in..take 10 years off her age)...but cassie the hospice nurse dresses her up every day.  Here she is in her heart shirt and her red socks and her lace in her hair...and ready to start her day..bless you mom!

 mom loves being in the kitchen and here she is eating breakfast...you can see her hair which is sooo thick. i told her ' when you get to heaven can I have your hair".  she replies..judy you can have anything you want'.  cute mom

 this picture is special because..mom has some very very confusing moments..hours..etc...
and i have found taking her in my studio somehow calms her..and this picture i did over a period of 2 weeks and she was there in the studio every minute i painted it...she would look at it...tell me it was pretty..ask me ' when will it be finished'...and i will never sell this one....

 i am trying to figure why mom had a blanket on her feet..but she is always cold...you can see flowers on her little table and i must say..there are usually always flowers, either from some that someone sent...or i pick roses from the garden..and believe it or not..she knows it..loves to smell them..and realizes ' mom look at the beautiful flowers on your table'.

 This box i made for mom.  Or was it for me..for moms special things.  anyway, i create boxes from plaster and cardboard..i learned from stephanie lee..and her book..'plaster studio'..  i decided to make
one for US. ..mom and me!   the top of this box that your seeing...is covered with encaustic wax...
and i painted the face..and added some fabric and music pages...the halo says ' you are loved'..
and we..keep moms special rosary and whatever else she is always asking for....in our angel box!

 well i dont' think this idea worked.  it was a movie of mom doing her leg exercises..
it took forever to download, but for whatever reason..sits there and does nothing!!! sorry!

well mom will be 97 in a few weeks...and between now and then i will ensure i take some really good pictures of mom...because sometimes i love watching her and then its over..and i realize i never got a picture.  i am taking some movies on my iphone and some 'voice' messages.  i plan to download them to a dvd and cd...a project i am slowly slowly..finishing.
yesterday..i was sitting in front of her and had forgotten to zip up my shorts..and she says ' judy...you better zip up your pants or your penis will fall out'.
yes..so many funny funny things mom says that i can't put on the blog..but i have a journal and am trying to capture as much of this journey with her as possible!  thanks for asking for updates!

every day is an event...

well hot as it has been..we still get out and mom loves to sit by the lily pond..and fill it with water...seems relaxing to her...but she can't see the fish...

 i know she looks old..but honestly...its because she doesn't have her teeth in..let this be a lesson to all of us..take care of our teeth..once her teeth are in..she becomes 20 years younger..but just look at her red socks...her red heart shirt and the bow in her hair...she really looks cute

 some mornings mom is tired..doesn't sleep well at night..and falls asleep in her cereal!!!

 she received some beautiful flowers for mothers day from ken and carolyn..and we took some of
them out as they got older but the roses lasted..and she loves them.  we put them on her table..
and she smells them all day!  these little things she understands!

the bow in her hair..the cute socks each week..thats cassie. the hospice caregiver that comes 3 days a week to give her a bath..always matching her clothes..putting cream on her face and bows in her hair. this here is a flower plant for mothers day!!

moms mind is going going and some days i swear..gone..but then...the next day its all new and we start all over and we never know where she will be..here..there ..and everywhere.  right now as i write this she is talking to someone...asking them to call their friends to come over for a party...' go ahead call' she says to whomever!  I would love to know these ' friends' of hers..but at least..it keeps her happy.
Now I hear her telling them to bring pickles!

EASTER 2012 WITH MOM AND THE GANG

WHO WOULD  HAVE GUESSED..HERE SHE IS. GOING TO BE 97 AND POSING FOR HER EASTER PICTURE...THATS GERI, GEORGIE (GERI'S MOM)..ME..AND MOM!

I DECIDED SHE NEEDED AN EASTER OUTFIT..SO NEW DRESS, SHOES, SOCKS AND HAT..AND SHE KNEW..KNEW..IT WAS EASTER!!  I FIGURED ...HOW MANY TIMES DID HER AND DAD DRESS 4 CHILDREN WITH NEW CLOTHES AT EASTER..EXPENSE WASN'T THE ISSUE...IT WAS ALSO OUR SUMMER CHURCH WARDROBE..BUT THEY ALWAYS MANAGED THIS EXPENSIVE AFFAIR..AND I JUST DECIDED IT WAS HER TURN!!! EVEN TOOK HER FRIDAY TO GET HER HAIR DONE..CAR RIDE..SIT AT SALON..AND SHE WAS ALL DOLLED UP!!!  SHE EVEN FELT LIKE IT..SAID ' I FEEL LIKE A NEW WOMAN'.  GOOD MOM.

THIS WAS THE BEAUTIFUL PLACE SETTING GERI DESIGNED FOR OUR EASTER DINNER..JUST SOOOO PRETTY..SO FESTIVE..SO ARTISTIC..WE LOVED IT!! GERI HAS MANY TALENTS!!!

AND MOM IN HER EASTER BONNET. FIGURED WITH TEMPS GOING TO 95 AND BEING OUTSIDE AT JOHNNYS AROUND THE POOL SHE NEEDED COVERAGE.  SHE SAW IT HANGING IN HER ROOM FOR A WEEK AND COULD NOT WAIT TO WEAR IT!!

 MEANWHILE..BACK AT THE RANCH..ABBIE SAYS..I JUST STAYED HOME. WAY TOO MUCH TROUBLE AND ACTIVITY FOR ME...I HAD THE BEST SEAT WHIL THEY WERE GONE!

AND

THIS IS OUR LITLE  NEIGHBOR ..BROOKLYN SHARING A MOMENT WITH MOM..WE GAVE HER SOME ITEMS FROM THE STUDIO THAT WE DIDNT' NEED AND THE CHILDREN ARE SO FRIENDLY AND NICE TO MOM.  THEY WALK BY AND SAY ' HI MOLLIE'...SHE LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN. WE GO NEXT DOOR AND WATCH THEM WORK OUT FOR THERE TUMBLING LESSON..AND MOM CLAPS AND CLAPS. ITS AMAZING..THAT SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY ARE DOING.  SOMETIMES SHE JUST SITS LOOKS OUT THE WINDOW..SAYS ' I CAN'T SEE'..AND THEN..TAKE HER NEXT DOOR TO THEIR GARAGE WHERE THEY WORKOUT AND SHE IS LAUGHING AND CLAPPING!!

THESE ARE LONG DAYS FOR MOM.  WE TRY TO KEEP HER BUSY..WILL SEND SOME PICTURES OF HER EMPTYING DISHWASHER, FOLDING CLOTHES ETC...NEXT TIME!!!!

MISTAKE..MISTAKE...WHAT.WHERE.WHO.WHEN.

OK. BIG MISTAKE. I THOUGHT I WAS ON MY 'AWINGANDAPEAR' BLOG..NAMED AFTER WHAT MOM USED TO SAY ...'A WING AND A PEAR...WHICH IS MY PERSONAL BLOG FOR FRIENDS ETC ON WHATS GOING ON..ART...VACATIONS ETC...BUT INSTEAD..I WAS ON MOMS DEMENTIA BLOG...SORRY SORRY. PROBABLY BORED YOU...SO HERE IS MOM!!!  AND THATS HER APRON FROM KIRSTIE!

WHIS WAS MOM READING SOME OF HER VALENTINE CARDS..AND HER VALENTINE BEAR...CAUGHT HER WITH HER EYES CLOSED..SORRY...HARD TO GET GOOD PICTURES OF HER ANYMORE.  AND I MUST ADMIT..I DONT' TAKE AS MANY.  MOSTLY I USE MY IPHONE FOR VIDEO'S OF HER..TALKING ETC.  WISH I HAD THIS 14 YEARS AGO SO I COULD HEAR MY DAD!!

BUT SHE LOVED THE FLOWERS FROM MY BROTHER KENNY AND CAROLYN...LOVED THEM.  GOT HER TO SMILE.  THEY SAY DEMENTIA PATIENTS FORGET HOW TO SMILE..ITS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE MUSCLES ETC...BUT I GOT A GOOD ONE HERE...

 SO WHAT WAS SHE DOING...HELPING ME WRAP SOMETHING. I WILL TAKE A PICTURE NEXT TIME OF HER PUTTING SILVERWARE AWAY. WE TRY SO HARD TO FIND LITTLE THINGS FOR HER..WE HAVE TO KEEP HER MIND BUSY OR SHE GOES TO NEVER/NEVER/LAND!!!  SHE DRIES THE GLASSES FROM THE DISHWASHER AND PUTS AWAY THE SILVERWARE...AND WHATEVER ELSE WE CAN FIND.  SHE LOVES TO BE IN THE KITCHEN, BUT FOR THOSE WHO KNOW HER..YOU KNOW THATS WHERE SHE ALWAYS WAS..COOKING, BAKING......

I DID THIS PIECE OF ART FOR HER. I FOUND THIS LARGE OLD OLD METAL HEART AT A THRIFT STORE..AND USED SOME AIRBRUSH PAINTS ( DONE BY HAND) AND SOME PUMICE GEL..AND MADE THIS FOR HER.  I HAD HER IN THE STUDIO WITH ME SO I COULD REMEMBER US DOING THIS..BUT ACTUALLY SHE WASN'T MENTALLY THERE...SHE KEPT SAYING ' WHY AM I HERE..WHEN AM I LEAVING...WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO BE..ETC. ETC...BUT..I KEPT PAINTING ANYWAY!!!

NEXT UPDATE I WILL GET MORE PICTURES OF MOM.  ITS HARD.  SHE WONT' LOOK AT THE CAMERA..AND SHE BARELY SMILES...LATELY ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS 'GO HOME AND SEE MA AND PA"...THATS WHAT SHE SAYS.  AND THEN ITS ALWAYS ' DO I NEED A COAT..THEY ARE COMING FOR ME".  I SAY..WHO MOM..SHE SAYS ' THEY'.

EVERY DAY WITH HER IS A PRESENT...THIS HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY FOR HER...BUT SHE GETS OUT OF BED EVERY DAY ( CAN'T WALK..WE GET HER UP) AND SHE FACES THE DAY...6 OF 7 SHE DOESN'T KNOW ME IN THE MORNING, BUT AT NIGHT SHE USUALLY DOES...WHEN SHE DOESN'T KNOW ME SHE SAYS ' I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME..BUT I KNOW YOUR FACE....SO I WILL CALL YOU SWEETIEPIE!

NOT SURE HOW PICTURES GOT OUT OF ORDER...I AM REALLY NOT GOOD AT THIS...

THIS PICTURE HERE IS MY LATEST WHICH I AM GOING TO KEEP BECAUSE I LIKE IT...

THIS IS WATERCOLOR/ACRYLIC....I PUT THIS ON MOMS BLOG BECAUSE..SHE ALSO LIKED IT.  SHE PAYS LITTLE ATTENTION TO THE ART I DO..DOESN'T EVEN NOTICE IT ON THE WALL..BUT THIS ONE..FOR WHATEVER REASON CAUGHT HER EYE...SAYS ' JUDY DID YOU MAKE THIS?  ITS SO PRETTY".  THAT IS PROBABLY THE ONLY TIME SHE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED  MY WORK...SO ITS A KEEPER!!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME.