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  1. for us to, only were renting..so if anyone has seen anything good lately
  2. clayzedover Im so glad your back!! jmh123 a lot of times, refusing to do stuff, is the residents ability to keep some control of their life...anything that they can do, they will do such as not showering, not eating, refusing stuff... I love being a CNA, Im really close to my grandma, and I feel like I have 40 grandmas and grandpa's...and I think about how I would want my grandma taken care of, and try to treat my residents the same way..the worst part about being a CNA is the staffing, often low staffed I worked 35 days in a row once (of course I got to go see Clay with the money I made so it was worth it lol) when i go to california Ill be a live in caregiver for a friend and her mom who I met on the OFC, so Im excited.
  3. yes, this is another problem that we run into, technically at least in Oregon it goes against residents rights to force them to take a shower, often times its easier to coax some people into the shower, then others...those that are in the beginning of alzheimers and still exercise their free will (which is completely their right) the thing that I can suggest, and I know this may not be possible..is if you can be there on her shower day (if you don't know what day that is, they would know at the nurses station) and try to talk her into it..its not your job, but sometimes its easier for family to get them to do things then the aids who are really strangers to them...being there isn't always an option, the aids are trained to do everything in their power to get people in the shower, oftentimes they stop at asking one time, or they ask in a way that leads the resident toward no such as " you look tired, do you want to take a shower today?" rather then "ok Mrs. Jones, its time to take a shower" the best thing you can do, is make sure the aids are doing everything that they can do, keep checking and keep asking.....and it helps the Aid if a family member is there when the resident says no, it does help to hear it for yourself..In the end, as long as they aren't a danger to themselves, it is in their right to refuse...If your hearing your mother refuse, thats different then it just not getting done..if your loved one is refusing a shower, then the aid can try other ways to get them clean..such as water and soap..or a bed bath, its not as good as a shower, but it gets the job done if theres no other way. it becomes a very fine line between respecting residents rights...and neglecting their needs..a good aid knows the difference.. sorry, I got on a tangent goodnight!
  4. Ive been a trained CNA for 5 years, and it always makes me upset when I hear stuff like that...making sure my residents had their showers was always the most important thing to me, a lot of those women I took care of their whole life had always been very proper, always had their hair done..did their makeup etc, the least we could do for them, to make them feel comfortable is give them their showers..I know I have worked with people that just dont care, and then were so understaffed all the time that it made it hard to get everything done that we needed to get done..its a sad situation hope everyone had a fantastic christmas! I went to my grandmas, with my family..had a nice time..now im fully and sleepy lol
  5. absolutely! me to, I never noticed clothes or hair before Clay, I dont plan to start now lol I never knew how much hair was important till I became a Clay fan, and as someone that wears my pajamas whenever Im home, and tries to be as comfortable as possible lol its funny, Ill see 2 hairstyles that look exactly the same to me, but to most everyone else one would be bad...and the other would be awesome lol I dont get it, most spikes look the same to me...most long hair looks the same to me, unless he changes it drastically I dont even notice till its pointed out to me lol anyways..I think he looks fantastic! merry christmas eve day to everyone!
  6. oh no! Im sorry that happened...big hugs! my mom washed my cell phone once..and I flushed my cell phone down the toilet...I get a new phone a lot lol I love the sardi's pictures, I think he looks fantastic!
  7. did someone say party?? we are officially moved into my parents apartment...mother nature didnt help, as we have mucho snow and ice..got off my computer on Saturday, and comcast couldnt come to set it up till today, and almost didnt make it cause of snow..I didnt want them to risk their lives..no..really! after 2 days of not having my friends in the computer I was worried..but I didnt go through withdrawals, no shakes or anything and now Im connected once again. and Im ready to head south on January 5th loved the People article..just everything about it, the tone is wonderful..clay comes across as awesome and has his priorities in order..loved it..and loved that he said he wasnt quitting..I never doubted lol but maybe people did.. I think Clay Aiken is pretty special
  8. I woke up to snow this morning..looks like where Im going that wont happen..
  9. we may have a white christmas, which is not good because we needed to move this weekend and there is supposed to be ice if we move out by the 26th then the guy who bought our house will give us 500 dollars, but it looks like nature wont cooperate with us. Im not moving till the 5th so..hopefully the snow will be done by then
  10. sounds wonderful..especially if your really from "smutville" like it says hehe
  11. yaaay, Im getting excited...I think I should be coming down in the next couple of weeks.
  12. I dont for a minute believe something because in touch says so, to me they are still a step up (maybe) from the national enquirer and Globe..I think theyve had Dr Phil and Robin divorcing a couple times, and Jennifer Aniston pregnant a couple times..and thats just what I can gather from the cover staring at me at the checkout line. I don't believe for a minute that they have any kind of source...if it turns out im wrong, and they do end up being true well..everyone has to be wrong once or twice Im holding onto whatever clay taped the morning before the Q&A and the stuff that Clay says are "in the works" for the future that he couldnt/wouldnt talk about.(and I dont think he was talking bout baby lol just to clarify)
  13. no idea who that is lol I even went to look at pictures and still have no idea..dont feel old..apparently he is awesome, so Im the one missing out I have pretty much decided by now, but Ill share with you anyways..after some really awful stuff thats happened with my family, I was offered a job taking care of a friend of mine as her caregiver in Daly City, California...moving away from home and away from my family terrifies me, but a change may be a good thing..dont know how Ill do in California..talk about a culture shock from oregon haha
  14. after saying I wouldnt over and over again, I watched the show haha after reading the thread at CV and seeing the reaction to it, I wanted to see it for myself, and it wasnt bad...JP is a moron and a fool, and KG is annoying, but I already knew that so that wasnt news they really played up the Clay is a huuuuuge star angle with a little drama thrown in, much better then I expected.
  15. I cant get enough of that picture where he is smiling crooked and staring straight ahead..he is stunning...takes my breath away.
  16. there are an awful lot of accountants on this board...is now a good time to tell you that I really suck at math and all things dealing with numbers?
  17. I think Im somewhere in the middle..I dont really care about anyones love life (maybe its cause Im at the age where it seems like everyone in my life cares about mine lol) and I did have an "awww" moment that I posted about, but I cant see it as something that Ill dwell on to much, Ive never been a shipper..and Ive really needed to know that part of his life (even when I thought he was straight) but I know that everyone isnt like me (darn it all hehe) and everyones fandom is different..for me, even when it was women and people had them basically married off it made me uncomfortable...Im a romantic in the figurative sense, where I like love stories...and I like love songs..but I dont really think about celebrities love lives to much, even Clay..though I love him, I love his voice, I love the person and I want him to be happy, but I dont really think of what that means, or where that happiness comes from..I dont dwell to much on it, I hope he is happy personally, professionaly etc. dont know if that makes sense.. (Im not a smutter either hee I dont know where I belong! Ive tried the smutting thing, and Im horribly bad at it lol oftentimes if I smut, its completely on accident)
  18. Wait a second. There is a thread wishing Clay happiness in a relationship we don't even know he is in???? I wish him happiness period. But this? This is over the top! This fandom is really kind of sick sometimes. Bits and pieces of information put together by nosey fans and an article in the Star of all places and suddenly we're wishing him happiness? What's next, a bridal shower?? Geez! I kind of agree with this actually..its one thing to discuss it here, but there is a reason that its against the TOU to discuss his private life over there, and while some are general, there are some that are rather pointed that make me a bit uncomfortable...I just remember him talking so much about being a private person, and I dunno...anyways, obviously if It makes me uncomfortable I dont have to post there, Ive said I wanted him to be happy in plenty of places..dont gotta do it in every one lol doesnt make me a bad person. hey its only like my 10th post and Im already disagreeing...all is right with the world lol
  19. Its warmer then normal here in Oregon, I had my window open earlier, I have to remind myself that its December..its supposed to be cool this weekend though.
  20. that would be wonderful! I dont feel like myself with a different name lol I dont know what I was thinking, but I joined over a year ago lol Done! Wheeeee power wheeeeee hee! glad I could help
  21. Do not be skeered of us. Hehehehehehehe!! If you've changed your mind about your chosen screenname, we can use our supersekrit totally amazing mod powers to change your sn back to smittenwithclay. that would be wonderful! I dont feel like myself with a different name lol I dont know what I was thinking, but I joined over a year ago lol
  22. ETA: {{{xxx4clay}}} gag!! I agree, nice first paragraph, the rest is crap IMO funny that Clay has a show on Christmas, and jaymes would know that, yet she invited him to Canada..uh huh Bella :thbighug-1:
  23. hi guys! its been awhile since Ive posted on a new board, you probably know me as smittenwithclay (or maybe you don't know me lol) and my friend Wandacleo kept telling me I should post at FCA, I don't know why I changed my name, probably because I was afraid of having someone look over my shoulders..thought I could be someone else here...or else I was just under the influence at the time..either way, like I said in the welcome thread, you can call me smitten, Ill know who your talking about anyways, I kept telling wanda that I was skeered to post on a new board, but the new possible boyfriend got me to post... all day I've been in the "I'm not believing it without some evidence" car, and Ive never been a shipper..ever, and I didn't intend to even care about someone else's love life (my own is a mess enough) but then I saw on CV that reed changed his myspace status to "in a relationship" and that broke me, and I found myself grinning like a fool, and just very very happy for him, I guess it just goes to show that when the relationship is about someone that I love, then I do care :)there are enough signs pointing toward it being true for me to get kinda giddy now...or really giddy lol so I wanted to post, and say hello..since I read here, didn't want you guys to think I was looking over your shoulders lol don't know if Ill become a huge poster, but I'm going to try to do it a bit more.. hello to those that I do know, and hello to those that I don't yet but plan to get to know... so yes, to anyone who saw me "not caring" Im a big ole hypocrite lol p.s. I am not, nor do I plan to befriend Reed on facebook or myspace lol
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