Oh how beautiful. What a loving caring way to remember a loved one. Thank you for sharing such a sweet idea.

Thank you everyone! I just know I’m going to get bombarded at different points of time while up there, most likely by my aunt and my sisters husband. They will feel I need to be told what my responsibilities are and will be doing so to protect my younger sister who they think cannot handle it. I told everyone long ago that as I lost my childhood I had no plans on losing my older age years as well. My Aunt who just passed knew this and coaxed mom into setting herself up in an environment that has assisted living. I contacted several facilities and had literature sent to her as well as info on all senior amenities in her area. Mom was under the notion that it was all her idea, picked her place to live and she uses most of the local senior services. Of course I will do my share but had to say those things to get the ball rolling while mom had all her wits. I do love my mom but do have to limit the responsibilities to somewhat shared responsibilities with my sister as I live five states away. I have decided not to have any conversations with others regarding mom (except with sister) while up there. My response will simply be “its Karen time” as in, my aunts’ funeral time. And, instead of getting myself worked up over likely “mom” topics from family members I’m going to think of Annie’s words and let it rooolll off me lol. Thanks for that Annie; I’m already putting that great advice into action. This morning I was getting worked up again and visually pictured myself awash with comforting warmth starting at the top of my head and moving down over my body taking all negativity away. Mattie, I have no idea how you have cared for two elderly persons with Alzheimer’s/dementia. My potential problems are nothing compared to what you do on a daily basis. I do not have it in me to be a caregiver for elderly. It’s a selfish thing to admit but true. You are a special person! Kellielog, I know you get what I’m talking about. I had an alcoholic parent and a mentally unstable parent. I’m not sure but do I remember that your dad was both? I know I always felt like the real parent as young as age five or maybe even earlier. It’s not something you ever get over. It’s something that takes over against your will. Being that I’m a very strong willed person it still catches me by surprise. To all, your kind words really have helped right now and I mean that.

The link worked perfectly. It was an excellent article. What a great business. I would hire you in a heartbeat if you lived in my neck of the woods! May I ask the breed of your dog? He looks very colorful in the photo and you look marvelous. This was a good weekend for news making KT members. Terilyn posted a link to an article that featured Rosemary. Good work ladies! Kim

We have coated cardboard milk cartons that are just over 3 inches, or nearer to 4 inches wide, which I open at the top and cut down one side, then slide two together and staple, to be just longer than a business-sized envelope. I save non-window envelopes (the ones with windows tend to bind when the box gets nearly filled) and use them to store my receipts for purchases, month by month, with the name of the month written on the upper corner, holding the receipts together with a paper clip. The fact that most of the receipts are much narrower than the envelopes are high means that there's extra space at the top to make it easy to check the top corners to see which month I'm seeking and that might be more difficult if you had the envelopes filled to the top. Such an idea would work less well if many of your recipe cards were much higher than the depth of an envelope. You might choose to use a thicker paper, such as the weight of a corn flakes box, to cut to the size needed to label which type of recipes that envelope contained, cutting it high enough to stick up higher than the tallest recipe, and placing it in the back of that envelope. For recipes nearly the size of an 8-11/2 x 11 sheet, you could fold them, or possibly need to be keep them in a file folder, I think. ole joyful ... nothing like getting a useful piece of equipment, that works efficiently ... at no cost (above a staple/clear sticky tape) P.S. If it gets dusty, cut a piece of an old sheet long enough to glue it along one side of the box and wide enough to go over the top and drop down over the front. Then, when you need to dust - just blow! If you're enough of a blow-hard to blow out some recipes ... or damage the box ... invite a neighbour for coffee and prevail upon her/(him?) to take care of the task, O.K.? (I was tempted to suggest, " ... give you a BJ"). o j