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A Quick Life Update

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So it's October which means we are in our final quarter of not just this year but this DECADE! I thought I'd take this opportunity to look back on the year so far and see what has been going well, what hasn't been and how much we have managed to tick off of our 2019 Bucket List . 2019 Bucket List Family             Couple           Children         Personal         Home Picnic on the beach  ~  Christmas Break  ~  City Break  ~  Spa Break Theatre   ~  Pedicure   ~  Visit Boxhill  ~  New Forest Short Break Replace mattresses   ~  New Dinner Set  ~  Go Fishing Loose at Least 2 Stone  ~  Send a message in a bottle  ~  Save More Visit a trampoline park   ~  Alton Towers Break  ~  Visit a Waterpark Have a Water Balloon/Gun Fight   ~  Take More Pics   ~  Visit a New City Visit Virginia Water  ~  Replace Wardrobes   ~  New Sofa  ~  Read More Go on Holiday   ~  Go to Peppa Pig World  ~  Go for a Couples Massage Go on a Steam Train  ~  Hot Air Balloon

Weekly Meal Planner 07/10/19

Monday  Beef bourguignon with mashed potato and green beans Tuesday Chicken and 'rainbow' rice Wednesday Meatballs in a spicy tomato sauce, spaghetti and doughballs Thursday Chicken kebabs, salad and cous cous Friday Cajun spiced chicken thigh burgers, hassle back new potatoes and corn on the cob Saturday Breakfast dinner Sunday Curried mutton, rice and peas, plantain and salad What's on your menu this week? Emma xoxo

Dealing With Dementia

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The last couple of years our life has been affected by dementia. We have had to watch members of our family become almost strangers all because of one of the most horrible diseases out there. It is absolutely heartbreaking watching those that you love the most become people that you barely recognise. The not remembering people and places and watching them confused and vulnerable has broken me more times that I care to remember but I refuse to let this horrid disease ruin whatever time I have left with them so I've armed myself with knowledge and am doing what I can to help myself, family and you understand life with dementia. So what is dementia? Dementia is actually an umbrella term used to describe a number of progressive neurological disorders that affect the brain. There are astonishingly over 200 subtypes of dementia with the 5 most common being Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementia and mixed dementia. What caus