This weekend has been nonstop! Purging through "stuff" at home to donate to ARC on Monday. I have gone through a few rooms and barely made a dent. Sigh! At least DD has been cooperative and is helping give away toys and clothes. We have also been going to FIL's house to clean and purge as well.

FIL is staying with us for a bit after falling a few weeks ago. He fell in his kitchen (no known reason) and DH found him on the floor the next day. FIL went to hospital for a few days and rehab for 2 days before coming to our house. The hospital experience was not the best, to say the least! FIL was a bit disoriented and was very out of his environment (he is 88 and has early AD). Nothing was broken and the only thing that could explain the fall was a low potassium level. The stint at the convalescent house (it is NOT a home) was not necessary, but DH agreed to placate his sister. He finally said that enough was enough and brought him to our home. The convalescent place kept asking about his insurance and that they recommended a stay of 4 weeks! There was nothing to rehab! DH said that he was checking him out. FIL is doing very well and not behaving oddly as he was in both of those places. We intend to clean up his house and have a part-time person keep an eye on him. He lives about 10 blocks from us so we will be doing a lot of checking as well. I do feel bad because I can't think of anything useful for him to do. I would have had him water the outside yard but it rained today. DH (who works nights) takes him back to the house every day and runs him on their errands. My biggest drawback is cooking! I have always been "culinarily" challenged and am now cooking 2 meals a day. But FIL will eat anything though. I am so used to scrounging for DD and myself so this is an adjustment.

I did see a local freebie for Southern California folks -- buy $75 worth of Legos from downtown Disney (forgot store name - legos, probably) and get a free annual pass for a child at Legoland. Limit 2 passes per family ($99 value). Hope this is of value for someone.