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Peg-- You sound like a person who really has her head on straight and her heart and efforts in the right place! It's nice of you to let us know how you are doing, as only a few months ago it didn't sound like you were in very good shape. You should be so proud of yourself for your positive, fantastic progress! That said, I know you're in a tough place right now, and it seems you realize that acceptance is the easiest way. I made friends with my mother's high school friend whose kids gave up on her by the time she needed assisted living. She lost a lot of her dignity and all of her independence and it just about killed her. It was different for me because she wasn't my mom but I grew to love her very much and was soooo sad when she died last fall, happy as she must be now. On a practical note, try and get the Depends that are the MOST absorbent because those suckers do leak, and if this becomes a problem use the Poise pads for the middle of the Depends to take up the excess. And if you need it, spend the money (hopefully this is possible,) and hire some daytime help. Visiting Angels is one such agency, but I'm sure there are more; just make sure they thoroughly check out their employees. Ok, enough "advising" from me. Thanks again for checking in and have fun with the driving. You will love the sense of freedom it gives you! I hope you mom is just having a bad day and you will both feel better tomorrow. Erin

I'm sorry but they both bite. Is this the best our great land can come up with? Hillary Clinton & Donald Trump are now equally unpopular. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/hillary-clinton-and-donald-trump-are-now-equally-unpopular/ Donald Trump and Hillary email statements vid. Did he do this on purpose to bring attention to himself during the Democratic Convention or did it just start out as a joke? http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/elections/100000004554702/trump-urges-russia-to-locate-clinton-emails.html?smprod=amp&region=img

I love wallpaper and have it in most of the rooms in my house. Some of it has been there for decades and is still in excellent condition. Having said this, I have told my children that when they haul me out of here, dead or alive, to remove all the wallpaper before putting the house up for sale. People are terrified of removing wallpaper - think it will destroy the walls (if drywall and not properly primed, it might!), or will cost a fortune to remove. So I told them to only leave the wallpaper in two bathrooms - both are done in a Farrow & Ball strie paper and they make the two baths. As to wallpaper and using it in a bath or kitchen. One is no longer limited to "kitchen/bath vinyl wallpaper. I chose a gorgeous french documentary paper for my kitchen when we were moving here in 1984. I was worried about using it as a backsplash in my kitchen (which is what one did in those days), and a rep in the Brunschwig & Fils showroom in LA, told me to just send it to ResistFlame in Cincinnati. They would coat it with vinyl and I'd be good to go. I did this and have done it many times since. One has a choice of matte finish (my choice) or glossy, and it can be single/double/triple coated depending on the wear/tear one expects it to have to endure. I've always done single coating and that has been fine. It is totally wipeable/scrubable with a Dobie pad. The company is so easy to work with - I usually just have the paper drop-shipped directly to them. They coat the paper and then ship it to me. It's really quite reasonably priced.