SandwichINK for the Sandwich Generation
Encouragement for the Sandwich Generation dealing with the issues of caring for elderly parents while babysitting grandchildren
Like Hello to all of you in the Sandwich Generation. It’s time, again, to check out the resources I discovered for you this week at Twitter. Some are dealing with caregiving, some with grandparenting, some with tech info, and some are just plain random. For instance, did you know Marinara simply means ‘sailors style?’ Spanish [...]
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Like Staying close to elderly parents, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and other family members is a high priority for many of us. Telephone, email, and instant messaging is wonderful, but there are times you really need the good old postal service. I love to send books to one special relative, as she is finding it harder [...]
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Like It’s that time again. The Boomers & Seniors Blog Carnival has a new crop of great articles and you can find their links at Seniors Support – http://seniors-support.com/2009/02/10/boomers-and-seniors-blog-carnival-feb-10-edition/ . You’ll find a wide variety of articles to help you as you navigate all the different aspects of the Sandwich Generation life. Once there, you [...]
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Like I’ve got some excellent links for you that first appeared on my Twitter page. In fact, there are so many, I’m going to do half today and half tomorrow. Don’t forget, if you want them hot off the press, come join the conversation at http://twitter.com/SandwichINK . Without further adieu… Disaster/Emergency Links: Here is a [...]
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Flying is expensive. If you have to pay for parking for more than a couple of days, that adds up too. Here’s one of my favorite travel ways to save money!
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Like “Maybe I'm crazy to suppose, I'd ever be the one you chose, Out of a thousand invitations, you received…Here comes the jackpot question in advance:What are you doing New Year's Eve?” This song, written by Frank Loesser and recorded by many, including Harry Connick, Jr., is one of my favorites. I love to sing [...]
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Like Here’s a good article defining and explaining Palliative Care. We went through palliative care and Hospice with my dad. I had never heard of Palliative Care before that, but they were such a blessing to us. All of the staff were helpful & encouraging. http://budurl.com/PalliativeDef It’s definitely harder to do it at home, but [...]
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Like Caregivers: Good article at Budget Banquet -Reclaiming the Word "Diet" From the Weight Loss Industry – http://budurl.com/ReclaimingWordDiet Caregivers: caregiving had a great post -Uh, Oh. Is This Contagious? http://www.caregiving.com/?p=201 – taking care of you Grandparents-Great place to find directions for paper airplanes – http://budurl.com/PaperAirplanes – Looks like fun! Encouragement-God is my helper; The Lord [...]
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Like One of the traditions I have enjoyed doing on those years when Thanksgiving is hosted at my home is making place cards. Not just any place cards, mind you. I have fun combining cute pictures and Bible verses to make place cards that help set a mood of holiday fun and joyful thanksgiving right [...]
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Like My grandkids and I were out shopping at Joann’s. We discovered some fun Christmas projects to start working on now – and they were on sale! Joann’s had really cute wooden ornaments on sale for 40% off. From angels to Nativities and snowmen to teddies, there were all sorts of fun ones to decorate. [...]
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Like One of the fun “jobs” that writing this blog requires is to peruse dozens of different websites, blogs, magazines, etc. to find great information to share with you. One site that I’ve discovered and enjoy is The Lean Green Family, http://suddenlyfrugal.blogspot.com/2008/10/five-frugal-meal-planning-tips-for-busy.html . Recently she wrote a post entitled Five Frugal Meal-Planning Tips for Busy [...]
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Like Feel like you are too old to go back to college? Intimidated by the requirements? No time, no money, not much energy? Cheer up! There are still options for you to keep learning, keep exercising your brain, and keep growing. The internet offers a wide variety of college class lectures and material online and [...]
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Like If the grandkids are visiting and you can’t get out to the mall to walk or you’re looking for something a little more active to “shake the wiggles” out of them and keep yourself in good shape, here’s some grand fun ideas. Now I do have to preface this with saying these are intended [...]
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Like Standing in the post office in early September, I was amused at the shocked reaction the postal worker had to the customer’s request. “Christmas stamps! It’s too early for Christmas stamps!” The customer replied, “But I’ve finished all my Christmas cards and wanted to get them stamped so they’ll be ready to go right [...]
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Hi, I'm Kaye Swain, "The Sandwich Generation Granny Nanny. If you'd like To find my email and learn more about me, just click here
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