It is planted in the ground, has been in the same area for approx 3 years. We have another thought...we live backed up to a lake in our development and wonder if they could have sprayed the lake for vegetation last week while we were gone and maybe the wind caused some of the spray to come our way? Just a thought, we are going to check with the neighbor. Also if you look at the picture of the bush, the one side is alomost strip of leaves.

We had those issues with my Mom at the beginning of her alz. We would try to get her into the shower...it was just horrible ordeal...alot of times they become afraid of water...we did get a seat for the shower...that only worked for awhile. I remember just sitting Mom down when I knew that it was a good time and she could understand...just told her that this was the way it had to be...I would give her a sponge bath...then when the girl came in each morning while I went to work that this had to be done....Mom would get modest but I would just talk her thur....it did take awhile but she soon got to the point of it being o.k. for the sponge bath. I lost my dear Mom just 3 weeks ago....we did the sponge bath for 7 years....as I said the girl that came during the day to help was wonderful...Mom got a bath each morning with dove soap...she always used dove....hair washed 2times a week...I got one of those blow up things that you can wash hair with them laying down in bed....lotion all over...Mom always used oil of olay....and then powder mixed with corn starch.....we never had and problems with her skin and when ever we took her to the doctor he would comment on how beautiful her skin was....also we used pull-ups and Mom was changed every 2 hours....I also bathed Mom's bottom and powder each night before bed. I know that this is such an problem....we were blessed that it did not take long for Mom to conform to this way of doing things....she had always been a person that bathed each night. And things for me were easy because Mom and Dad lived in an apartment in our home and it was easy for me to be there and be involved with her care. Just a suggestion....call your alz. association and they have a book...the 36 hour day....it is wonderful and has so much info on the stages of alz. and many suggestion on how to care for the person with alz. God Bless and I hope you come back to this site...so many have wonderful help to offer. Nora

YES! We have grout and a pot filler!!! woo-hoo! I took about 100 pics today so I'm going to work on a final reveal post in the next few days! We still don't have a banquette bench and new table but other than that we're pretty much done! Thanks everyone for your interest : ) PS- weedmeister- It's a custom hood my cab maker made. amadasplit- No, it is Vermont Imperial Danby Marble- supposed to be more durable than Carrara and it's also more expensive-- but less $ than Calacatta Gold, etc..

LOL, AnnT, I knew you'd approve. Mother says the raisins remind her of little dead bugs in there. (snicker) Some apricots might be really good, though, or some of your caramel sauce and I was thinking about raspberries. Sorry, LindaC. PM, now that sounds like dessert! I'm still passing mine off as breakfast. I think we'll always be on Weight Watchers, Elery keeps calling it a "lifestyle". He's lost 90 pounds and I think he's too thin, but he just won't give it up. Colleen, I'm thinking Amanda would love it, made with gluten free bread and coconut milk, I'm definitely going to have to do that. Martha, my bread never gets thrown away. Most times it becomes bread crumbs, but this is a much better use of challah, I think. Nancy, I've seen french toast and bread pudding made with pumpkin or banana bread, but never an unsweetened type. Now that's a lucky accident, you could call that "recipe development"! SheilaJoyce, I don't have that cookbook, but that sounds just like the bread pudding Grandma made, with vanilla and cinnamon and lots of custard. I always figured it was because us kids ate nearly all of the bread and didn't leave that much, so more eggs than bread. Mother is having some more of it right now with coffee, she says all her pills are easier to take with bites of bread pudding to help them down. Yeah, that's her story... Annie