That could work except that she would probably forget to write them down. We don't really know whether she's in denial -Grandpa certainly was at first- i.e. does she realize she forgets stuff? If she did she would refuse to write it down, ya know the sort of ''I don't need to do that'' mentality, but she probably isn't like that. Her problem is that she can still do routine stuff pretty well and remembers things, for instance when Coronation Street is on, because she's been watching it over the last 20 years (even though the date and time may have changed over the years). If she had been writing telephone numbers down since a long time, it would have been OK. Basically people have to know that they can't leave important messages with Granny and should not be over-confident of getting their call returned. Another inconvenience is that she has never been very logical and as time goes by it isn't going to get any better. The thing is that Granny sort of lives in the past, you know, for instance when she says she'll iron later or do something else, she isn't going to and there are some things she just can't do anymore. Also she hated doing the cleaning so she isn't going to put in a great deal of effort in to remember to do it, is she? She sort of lost interest in a lot of activities such as going shopping (admittedly walking around town now is quite difficult for her), doing the crossword (well she does it sometimes), going out, seeing friends, etc... If she lost some weight, she would be a lot more healthy, but there's no way that's going to happen. I hate to say it, but I used to prefer Granny over Grandpa, because Grandpa used to be quite grouchy and shouted a lot, also I did not understand his black/sarcastic/ironic/Yorkshire humour. Now, I feel that one can't really have a conversation with Granny, I know it's awful to say this, but sometimes I feel there is no point talking to her, because she'll forget 5 minutes later anyway or sometimes you have the impression that she doesn't understand what you're talking about (especially something scientific), but since she's not interested, she doesn't exactly flood you with questions about what she didn't understand or sometimes it looks like she isn't listening at all because she stares into space. Grandpa takes interest, asks questions to the point of becoming annoying and isn't half as scary as he used to be. The thing is one can't just ignore Granny, she still is Granny and if you leave her there to rot you can be sure that she isn't going to get any better. At least time I rung them up she was right about the weather. Once I rung up and she said it had snowed, but Grandpa later said it hadn't. Whether she was looking at something white, thought it had snowed or was making it up just to say anything is any person's guess.
Going to see ''Casino Royale'' with Dieter AKA new youth worker on Thursday or at least maybe we are going to see it. Have you seen it yet?
The pantomime was good: ''Alibaba and the thirty thieves'' with a difference and no the clown guy from two years ago still hadn't washed his face!
See ya!