tes the enemies are almost predictable...

At least they won't try to help you! tee-hee

Wow! Not helpful at all. Time to call on some OTHER friends, hand selected. Choose one with amazing organizational skills and two or three strong ones to come over and put some order to the mess. You can be the director in getting things back into the sheds they belong in. You have enough to deal with--did you really need to come home to things worse than when you left? I think not! ~~Donna

Donna, I just wish kids were like in the "old" days and willing to do some work for reasonable pay.

I guess friends like that you don't really need. I would hope she is one of a kind? My yard man cut my grass while we were gone plus he checks my house, shed in the back yard and lock my gates back when he is done with the yard.

Now that's the friend anyone would love to have!

Friends?? One of the things about being post stroke is you definitely find out who are your friends. One of my ex-best friends visited me at my home several weeks after discharge from hospital. The hair on my head had been shaved for surgeries, and besides the surgery scars I had 6 (I think) scabbed holes on my head where they stuck monitors for blood flow. I also couldn't speak. My 'friend' said "I used to envy you; you had the brains and the looks...now you have nothing!" Needless to say, that was the end of our friendship. But, fortunately, I had friends who were kind, understanding, patient and supportive. Again, I state it's important to know who your friends are!!