Christmas at My House

Leaving church on Sunday, my mom slipped on the ramp. She hurt her ankle, knee and got a nasty bump on the back of her head. She did have a great time just the same. My mom has dementia, and is sometimes very good, and sometimes not so good. She came directly to my house, where I proceeded to ask her what one should do when one gets a bump on the head. She replied that I should just make sure she didn't fall asleep, or seem confused or disoriented. Then she laughed. How could we tell that with her??? Anyway, her head and knee seem to be improving with time. Her ankle is a wee bit swollen, but she can get around with an ankle brace.
My mother is the only person in the whole wide world that I do not want to see my house a mess. That is because she took great pains when I was a child to get me to care as much about neatness and order as she does. I had put off cleaning up my kitchen til just before everyone arrived, but, due to her mishap, she arrived two and one half hours early.
Thanks goes the The Husband God Gave Me for doing his best to get things ready. Even more thanks goes to my wonderful cat, Barb (the boy) who nestled in on mom's lap and calmed her right down.
After this incident, I didn't really enjoy the day much, as I kept thinking that I wasn't doing all that I could for mom.
Then, that nasty problem with my dog.
Oh...and for those who are keeping track, on Christmas night we caught three more mice. Even nailing two in one old-fashioned snap trap.
I tried to catch that 'Christmasy feeling' as it flashed by, but this year, I just didn't.
I must also mention that THGGM went all out and bought me a digital camera. None of the pictures on my blog so far come from that. I'm working between two computers, and don't have it set 'just so' yet. That is why this picture is not cropped properly. I did get it to flip. Otherwise, if you wanted to view the picture of my injured mother and my oldest niece, you would have had to grab your monitor and hold it upside down.