The future

Discussions about the future have certainly taken place here, although the word discussion may not covey what actually happened.  The process was somewhat dictated by myself, after the time I spent working with palliative people.  We both want to stay in the house as long as we can, but the stairs ( i.e. access to laundry facilities) are becoming  a problem.  Yard work can be solved with money.  It's a mistake to think that we'll have a lot more disposable income once the mortgage is paid off, as we'll still be responsible for taxes etc.

We both have living wills, and have made them available to the family.  Also we mutual Power of Attorney should either of us be declared incompetent, ( and only then), as well as having recent wills. Loren was part of the process to get them done, as he had to physically be there to give the lawyer permission to make him executor and to make sure we all three understood the legalities of selling the house, should one of us become incompetent. In Manitoba, one of the joint owners of property cannot serve as Power of Attorney for the other, when dealing with the sale of said property.  A third party must become involved.  We have made our wishes known re: funeral arrangements etc, and the family were quite receptive to having that discussion.  ( I wonder if Loren's cardiac issues have given him similar food for thought) Beyond that, elder care has not been discussed.  Manitoba Home Care, is aimed at keeping seniors in the house as long as possible, especially if there is one capable person living in the house.  But it's the definition of "capable" that becomes the issue.  We have still not received the forms from Veterans Affairs that we have been told, more than once, are coming, although I'm not optimistic about that.

But for today, I have laundry to take care of, and I'm busy planning a gallery show for May 2020.  So I'm still looking and planning for the future, outside of the aging process. 

 I can't tell you about the new store that opened here yesterday.  We did manage to get in after lengthy lines for access.  It was an absolute zoo, and we weren't able to really look around, but David did find some boneless chicken breast.  Bought a lot of them, and calculated the per serving cost at $1.03--less than half of my budget per serving of protein.  Bonus!!!  We'll visit again early next week, and try to really see what's going on.