Hey everyone, I started this blog so that we can keep up with one another on our efforts to help Mom -- our conversations, new concerns, etc. I think this is a way to keep us all on the same page.

Elizabeth, I've already talked to Jo about this and she thought it was a good idea. I asked our buddy Steve-- Naples Car Service -- if he would take Mom to appointments, grocery store, etc. I asked him if he would charge her $15 and then bill us for the rest. It's normally $30, depending on how far, how long, etc. He said he would do that. We all know that she'll say she can't afford it it we tell her the full price, but I think she'll go for it at $15. She has already consented to having him take her to the doctor tomorrow if I can get an appointment for her. Obviously, she's very capable of making her own appointment. But she needs to get in tomorrow if at all possible, and she doesn't get up early enoughShe agreed to that. She said that her arm is getting worse and that it is hurting all the way down to the wrist. I really wonder if the bone is cracked. They'll send her to get an x-ray, of course.

I'll ask him to bill me and then let you guys know how much it is. If we each pay 1/3 I think it will work. For me it will mean eating at home instead of going out all the time -- which I should be doing anyway. I don't think it will be much more than once a week or every other week.

Elizabeth, do you know if her lock box has a key? I got into it but I don't remember how -- if it has a key or not. And now she says that she can't get into it. But I don't know how she got down on the floor to look at it. Of course, I'm in pretty hot water, which I don't blame her for . . . And for all that, I didn't have time to look for the medical power of attorney, so I still don't have it.

I just talked to her this evening, and she told me that I didn't do enough before I left . . . Sigh . . .

So, will you guys let me know if you think the blog is a good idea? And if you think it is, will everyone keep up with it?