#Tips

[@laurajones4088]

Michou, it's always enjoyable to tag along on the adventures you and His Lordship go on. Your sweet kitty must think you need her constant assistance when you're sewing. 😂I bought a furry blanket similar to yours and it's so warm and cozy. Your Mandy Marsh dress is lovely. It looks very nice with the waist raised.

[@michoumakes]

Thanks Laura. Fluffy blankets certainly are worth buying.❤️😘

[@janicefolks645]

Lol 😂, I have to laugh at myself or else would be tears, forgetting is the biggest confusion! Have fun. God bless!

[@loriannpayne4483]

The adventures of Michou and Brian! Always fun to virtually travel with you, even to the shops. Love your dresses. They’re lovely on you. Hugs to both…

[@michoumakes]

thanks Loriann. 🤗😘

[@sandyerickson4214]

Great video and I love the part where your cat is in your sewing room; just adorable!

[@michoumakes]

She doesn't come in very often. Except when it's close to her meat pouch time around 4.30pm. Then she's all affectionate because she knows what's going to happen soon. Or mischievous because it's not coming quick enough! 😂😘👍

[@foxeymoore]

Loved this video as always. Your Mandy Marsh dress took me back to the days when I wore them often,they were a favourite. The style has not dated at all.Great to see Brian in such good form, you two do make me giggle, a real tonic.I think that I must visit Dun Elm because a furry throw might help with the fuel bills.Lovely to see your beautiful white cat,what a gorgeous sewing assistant she is.Glad that you are all well.xxx

[@michoumakes]

Thanks Eileen. If you have a Dunelm near you it's definitely worth a nosey around even if you find buy. Xx

[@sewlovemydogs]

Your darling cat - trouble looking for a place to happen 😂❤

[@seaside2001]

Tell his Lordship that I appreciate all the frustrations he has to deal with regarding his Mother's situation. I know you are going through heating/power issues in the UK. You should take one of those warm blankets and make yourself a poncho long vest to wear around the house and you could still do your sewing etc. I would be tempted to do that if our heating sky rockets here.

[@michoumakes]

I think everyone in the UK is considering every which way they can in order to keep warm this winter. So a fluffy long top sounds interesting. In fact someone beat us to it and cslls it an 'oodle'. Thankfully we are having lovely sunshine and pleasant weather for this time of year so the heating issues haven't yet kicked in. 😘

[@vickyh7881]

I enjoyed this vlog. As always, it’s nice to see Brian. My husband and I are in our 70’s and it’s a good thing we have each other. Sometimes it takes both of us to figure out something or how a story goes. Oh well, you have to laugh about it. I’m always happy to hear an update on Brian’s Mum. 🤗🤗

[@michoumakes]

You really have to laugh about life as you age don't you Vicky. 😂👍😘

[@mellie4174]

Luv your kitty! And all our best to his lordship. Tough times dealing with putting parents into professional care.

[@michoumakes]

Tough times, they certainly are. thank you Mellie. 😘👍❤️

[@shellyscott8275]

Love the last dress, the dark green and floral one. It really suits you. My heart goes out to “His Lordship” with the convoluted form filling business 😩 I had to go through the same rigmarole with my late Mother about this time last year. What an exhausting business. I’m a fit 72 year old, but it absolutely wore me out and wore me down. So I genuinely sympathise. I love your vlogs, I can identify so many things with your lives and best of all, you make me laugh. Apologies for the lengthy post !! X

[@michoumakes]

Long reply posts are great fun to read Shelly. I actually read your post to his lordship as well and he smiled and said "yes she's totally right!" 😉😘👍

[@suelongview9925]

I enjoy your chatty vlogs it’s like having a friend over for coffee. 😍

[@michoumakes]

Aw thank you Sue, it's lovely to know you're enjoying them. 👍😘

[@pam3952]

Hi there my mother kept my teenage quilt they threw nothing out that generation. its about 54 years old its a bit faded and thinner athough in amazing condition so when she passed away I took it. I remember it had a frill around it that was taken off. We used to call them eiderdowns. I put it inside a single warm quilt cover and its lovely to snuggle under. Always lovely to hear a North East accent on a vlog. I live in Newcastle xxx

[@michoumakes]

ah yes I do remember the eiderdown too. what a great idea and every time you snuggle under it it's like your wrapped with your mother's love. fantastic. 💖

[@annmarshall9291]

I've just bought a fitted sheet and pillow cases in that teddy fabric from Dunelm. Beautiful and warm when I go to bed. I'm on my own now since my partner Bryan died earlier this year.

[@michoumakes]

Oh dear. I am so sorry to hear that you lost your husband Bryan. ❤️ A furry pillow and blanket sounds absolutely just the kind of thing you need to snuggle up with now he's gone. In fact I'd be tempted to buy another blanket, roll it up into a long roll and wrap your legs around it. That would make it even more snuggly and comforting. ❤️

[@babsl9245]

I absolutely love your dress, just gorgeous. Me and my hubby are just the same forgetting everything! 😂😂

[@michoumakes]

I remember saying to my grandparents all those years ago...."grandma you've already told us that!". "in fact you told us at several times!" Worryingly we are fast approaching that situation! His lordship and I keep repeating scenarios to each other that we have already repeated many times over the past 20 years! And we have to pretend it's the first time we've heard it! 😂😂😂😂

[@RKusmie64]

Yes, Micheline, get out those dresses and enjoy them!! I have a lot of vintage glassware that I just had displayed in a cabinet that I know won't have the same meaning to my kids or anyone when I'm gone, so I decided I'd get some of it out and just go ahead and use it. I might as well enjoy it while I can, and enjoy the memories it brings back and whatnot, and never mind if it gets broken. At least I used it as it was meant to be ;-) Those are gorgeous dresses! I quite enjoyed having 2 vlogs so close together from you! ♥ xoxo ~Robin

[@michoumakes]

His lordship is considering the same thing as you have Robin. We have posh dinner plates I'm cutlery that lies in the cupboard and only comes out on Christmas Day. And now since lockdown Christmas Day meals at our place have been knocked on the head and we go to visit them.

[@RKusmie64]

@@michoumakes Oh, yes, do it! Enjoy those beautiful and special items! xo

[@karenlowes7802]

I really like the green dress with the little red buttons. I've forgotten the name of your sweet white cat; so sweet!

[@michoumakes]

Our white cat is called Bella. Although since she's deaf I call her whitey! ;-) XX

[@rhodamurphy2097]

I purchased bathrobe made from this very warm fluffy fabric similar to your blankets. It is so warm, as you say.

[@michoumakes]

they certainly are worth buying Rhoda. 👍😘

[@marymaceluch6049]

I love the music you play when showing us such interesting things.

[@michoumakes]

Hi Mary I'm always on the lookout for a very appealing music and I'm pleased that you like it. 👍😘

[@mecraftytoo]

your little white cat really made me smile she was having so much fun with that plastic thing. I really enjoyed this mixture today did the new feed dogs sort your machine out? liked the dresses, you seem to be able to carry off those long flowing style dresses, wish i could 😏 xx

[@michoumakes]

The new feed dogs certainly made a great deal of difference. Saved me from buying yet another machine too!

[@karenwomersley7595]

Hi Micheline can you tell me where you got your feed dogs from please?

[@michoumakes]

It's called home if sewing on ebay. Here's the link... www.ebay.co.uk/str/regenthomeofsewing?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=BayEM2fBTz2&sssrc=3418065&ssuid=fAWHN6wOQgy&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[@margewyatt1743]

Michouline, did you make the cover for your wing chair?

[@michoumakes]

Yes and no Marge. I'll tell you more in a coming vlog. Xx

[@audreyatkinson6852]

I’m a caregiver of a Lady who is from the U.K and her sister lives in the U.K. And I can and she can relate to ur story, of the story u said of all the necessary papers you have too have and prove. It’s a mess. Good Look to U All.

[@michoumakes]

thanks. 👍😘

[@Fingerchisel]

Could you tell me the name of the patterns that you use, that draw them to a personal size. Thank you. Love your channel since finding it.

[@michoumakes]

Hi Glenys the website is called Lekala. I plan on making another vlog to explain the process again. thanks for watching, I'm so pleased you enjoy them 👍😘

[@Manyanababy]

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[@cwfan2]

The dress is pretty. I don't like long dresses because it's hard to drive while wearing them. Some bozo pulls out in front of you and the dress decides it's a great time to bunch up around your feet so you can't hit the brake. I really don't know how you guys found a table at the restaurant at the airport. It was so busy! (haha) That's a cat for you, they think they know everything. Try playing a board game with one of them. Good Grief. My sister's cat cheats at Scrabble. She takes her tail and knocks all the tiles off onto the floor.

[@michoumakes]

ah the long dress problem. well when I'm driving I pull it up to my knees and tuck the sides under so it doesn't get in the way. The airport bar has just opened and to be fair currently there aren't that many planes toing and froing. Although we have several army and air bases nearby and with the Ukraine situation they are often out on 'just in case' manoeuvres. However that's often at night time and the bar is a daytime bar. I love standing in the garden in the evening watching them take off into the skies. ha! cats can be fun but goodness me they're good at interfering with ones daily tasks. 😂😂😂😘

[@cwfan2]

@@michoumakes I live only 10 miles from Whiteman Air Force base. We have the Stealth Bomber here. Apparently, they can fly all over the world in a short amount of time. I've never been that successful with pulling my skirt up when I drive. Maybe I move too much because it always works loose and falls to the floor. I just don't wear dresses very well. You look pretty in them, I don't.

[@Angela10226]

I just want to say that what you said about Brian's mum and her sleeping being expected is absolutely not true unless there is other illness involved. Unfortunately when the patient is a handful they don't want to wake them and then have to deal with it. Therefore discouraging her partner from insisting that they wake her is probably not what you guys should do. The more she sleeps the less she will be involved in activities of daily living. My sister takes care of a person that is over 90 has dementia and is as stubborn as a mule, he is awake from 6 am to 1030 pm.

[@michoumakes]

I know my father who didn't have dementia used to say that just doing things tired him out so he would do something for an hour and then sleep for an hour several times throughout the day. I did read up several weeks back on the Alzheimer Society website and they said this....It is quite common for a person with dementia, especially in the later stages, to spend a lot of their time sleeping - both during the day and night. This can sometimes be distressing for the person’s family and friends, as they may worry that something is wrong. Sleeping more and more is a common feature of later-stage dementia. As the disease progresses, the damage to a person’s brain becomes more extensive and they gradually become weaker and frailer over time. As a result, a person with dementia may find it quite exhausting to do relatively simple tasks like communicating, eating or trying to understand what is going on around them. This can make the person sleep more during the day as their symptoms become more severe. Brian's mum cracked her head after a fall when she was visiting her other son in Thailand and experienced several brain bleeds and mini strokes for weeks after. We have found that when we take her out she only manages a couple of hours and starts getting tired. I do know that when we first visited her she was in the tv room and there was a lady say there bent right over sleeping. the staff kept popping in and trying to wake her to urge her to join in with the rest of them but she would simply stir a little and then go back to sleep. Personally, I find dementia is so cruel. We're so thankful that she still recognises us but it will be a very sad day when she doesn't. 😕❤️

[@Angela10226]

@@michoumakes first let me apologize for saying anything at all about your mother in law. I come at things from the medical point of view and here where I worked that was something that was highly discouraged, anytime that family or friends came to visit we were to get them up. I agree with you that Alzheimer's and Dementia is probably the most cruel disease even next to Cancer. I apologize as well for the fact that I totally forgot that Brian's mum had a traumatic brain injury that also definitely changes the dynamics of what is going on. I hope the time does not come that she does not remember who you both are..

[@michoumakes]

@@Angela10226 hey Angela no problem. I did remember you mentioned you'd been in the medical environment so understand where you are coming from. Many years back I had an aunt who got dementia at 96 but spent her day shuffling everywhere and sleeping little. So when his mum matched some characteristics to my aunt I could advise Brian and her partner that it was how the disease progressed. But the sleeping didn't match up so I had to research that. She's a feisty woman and during lockdown her partner was telling her to get up out of bed and she refused. When he kept insisting she swung her leg out of the bed and hit him. He fell backwards against a chest of drawers and cracked his head. I gather he then dialled 999 and the police came. When asked if he wanted her arrested for assault he then declined. She never ceases to amaze us with her antics. I'm gradually learning even more about dementia from all our experiences with her. Despite all this we can still get a chuckle out of her. So please know I'm not offended Angela. 😉😂😘

[@raspeight22]

Michou…..This comment comes from love and caring….. but truth. The people caring for “his Lordships” mother is probably giving her something to “make” her sleep. Something she does NOT need. Please be alert to this.

[@michoumakes]

Hi Ruth thanks for your comment. I do know that before she went in the home she regularly wanted to sleep in bed all morning and her partner would get irritated by that. are online research reading has indicated that some cases do sleep a lot towards the latter stage of the dementia. I think she is fine because in her current state she's very amiable with the staff and they say she's one of their better elderly patients. Also, she has had a fall in the middle of the night a couple of times when she got out of bed to go to the toilet which wouldn't have been able to do if she was on sleeping tablets. However, there are some patients with lewy body dementia where they get quite violent and shout and and cause mayhem throughout the night. In the first few days of my mother-in-law being in the home she did reference people shouting in the evening and how she didn't like that. It would not surprise me if those patients were given tablets sleeping tablets. I did experience that one time when we visited where this lady was shouting and telling people to go away and threatening people and saying that someone was after her. Had I not watched a video on KZbin about this where a lady professor videod her father's behaviour when he had lewy body I would not have believed it myself. The home that she's in was recommended by our social worker has been the best in the area. So, fingers crossed that she's in a good place. 😉😘🤗

[@raspeight22]

@@michoumakes I really hope my suggestion came across out of the love and caring that I meant it to. 😊❤️ I have just seen so many cases of abuse in elderly care homes. ((((((Hugs)))))) to you all!!

[@michoumakes]

@@raspeight22 of course not Ruth. No offence taken. I think in the initial weeks we too were ultra cautious. This home was been given a high ofsted rating so we are feeling reasonably happy. We'd prefer for her not to be there but unfortunately her partner couldn't cope and it became pretty evident that a person with dementia needs almost 24/7 care. So sad for someone to end up like this where they haven't a clue about anything. I know your message was sent with care and hopefully anyone who is in the same position with a parent who has dementia will read all this from you and me and be ultra cautious about their time in the home. Thanks Ruth. 👍😘

[@raspeight22]

@@michoumakes ❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️ Love your Channel!!! Look forward to watching your vlogs!!