Visit

FYI ... We'll be visiting Mom tomorrow afternoon.  

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Calendar

In case anyone's interested, we found the current month's calendar by going to the Atria website

http://www.atriaseniorliving.com

and then entering this search term into the search box at top:

engage life tanglewood

The July calendar was the third item on the list.  It's direct URL is

http://www.atriaseniorliving.com/library/Calendar/10464-Atria-Tanglewood-calendar.pdf

but I don't know if it changes from month to month.  Clearly, the daily routine doesn't change frequently, so the August calendar is likely to be extremely similar. 

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Mom settled in for the night

Just left Mom about 10PM.  She is settled in for the night.  A little fragile right now.

Arranged for assistance in getting undressed and in bed for 10:30 each night.

She is set for the late seating at meals and is planning on a couple of activities tomorrow morning (current events and reminiscing).  

Deb is going to stop by tomorrow afternoon.

Lee Connie and Hillary are on their way to lynnbrook

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Mother bird has landed	City			City		Actual
Flight Complete	Fort Lauderdale (FLL) Terminal 2 Gate D2			New York (JFK) Terminal 4 Gate B25		2:54pm 30 Jul

Movers done!

Movers all loaded and gone.

Mom's stuff scheduler for delivery on the 9th.

Merry just stopped by for a visit.  A few tears flowing.

Home stretch.

Move update

Update:

1)  Car is gone.  Should arrive in NY in 3 to 5 days.  They will call Eric to arrange delivery

2)  Packing by movers in progress.  They are great.  Almost done.

3)  Mom called Merry to say goodbye and Hillary sent emails to Harvey and Lisa to tell them Mom was moving.  Lisa may come by tonight to say goodbye

4)  all donations to the Salvation Army have been completed

5)  Lifewatch Alert has been Returned / shipped

6)  Sunpass account cancelled

7)  Box for Amanda shipped

Mom is getting her last sit in the ejector chair - watching some game shows at eardrum splitting volume.  A couple of neighbors came by to say goodbye.

Hillary & I are sitting around eating Wheathins.  What a life!

Cleaning

Barbara's answer ... 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: barbara tenzer
Date: Monday, July 29, 2013
Subject: Question
To: Scott Abbey <scott.g.abbey@gmail.com>

common courtesy is clean for the new owners.

thank you

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Cablevision

... just called me.  The installer will be at Atria iin about 5 minutes.   

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Cablevision

... just called me.  The installer will be at Atria iin about 5 minutes.   

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Flights

Delta flight 1271 departs 11:48

Lee has his car at JFK   


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info

Please let me know if the car pickup gives a delievery date
and what is the fight info for all of you on the way up (flight # and airline)

Question

Any thoughts on how clean the condo has to be when we leave it? Hillary

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Day 1

This post is from Hillary at 9pm.

Lee and I have been sorting and purging and trashing since 10:30 am. I believe we are in good shape. I left mom with twice as many shirts as I purged. She was a bit concerned at first that she wouldn't have anything left to wear. But she's good. Shelley you have stocked her up with lots of great stuff.

Sorry for the delay but I got pulled into the kitchen to finish sorting. So here it is 11:10 and we are done with the kitchen. The Mazda is packed and ready for pickup and the rental is loaded for good will.

So we are ready to collapse and get up bright and early tomorrow. And then on to NYC on Tuesday

Questions? Just ask.

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Mom's Dr Appt

Note to Hillary and Lee. Nurse Amy has reserved a Dr. Appt. with the house Dr. at 7:45 on Tuesday evening.

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More details

Theresa told me they were able to get a double bed for mom which I think is great. If its comfortable there will be no need for her to buy a new one. Atria will have it made up for her and Debbie has an extra set of double sheets.

Atria provides the emergency neck or bracelet emergency call button (whatever it's called). I'll ask mom which she prefers.

They've brought some living room items into mom's Apt. Debbie will call Theresa directly tomorrow and decide what she wants them to leave and what to take away. She might drop by and look for herself.

I emailed the list of items for mom to bring to everyone. I can't figure out how to put it on the blog.

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Wired

Ok, Mom will be connected to what we laughingly call the real world when she arrives on Tuesday.  I just got off the phone with a very nice lady at Cablevision, and they will be thrilled to install the famous Triple Play (phone, TV and Internet) in her apartment on Monday, July 29.   We don't need to actually be there, as Atria will let them in the apartment.  Here's what she's getting:

Phone: unlimited US calling (also Canada, USVI and some other places) and 15 features!  Her new phone number is:

            (516) 284-6495

TV: Economy Package, which includes the two important ones she specified - The Food Network and HGTV - and also

Animal Planet - Animal Planet HD†- Bloomberg TV - Bloomberg TV HD† - Boomerang - Cartoon Network - Cartoon Network HD† - 

CNN - CNN HD† - CNN - Headline News - C-SPAN3 - Daystar - Discovery Channel - Discovery Channel HD† - EuroNews - EWTN - 

Food Network - Food Network HD† - fuse - fuse - HD† - HGTV - HGTV HD† - History - History HD† - Hub - 

MSG Varsity - MSG Varsity HD†- MSNBC - MSNBC HD† - News 12 Traffic and Weather -

News 12 Traffic and Weather HD† - ReelzChannel - 

Shalom TV - Telecare - Turner Classic Movies - Turner Classic Movies HD† - TV One - Universal HD† - WE tv - WE tv HD†

I ordered two cable boxes, one for the living room and one for the bedroom.   Mom was very concerned that she have these both.

Internet: not that Mom needs it, but the phone service is VoIP, so it comes along.  I didn't order the wireless modem, but I have some old ones laying around I'll bring over so we can use WiFi when we're visiting. 

The installer will need to have a TV and a telephone in the apartment to make sure everything works, and I understand from Debbie's earlier post that you were planning to bring over a small TV along with the other temporary furnishings on the weekend.  Could someone please donate/lend a phone?  It's only needed until Mom's actual phones get there.  She'll probably need a new cordless set, since there's only one outlet - at the cable modem - and I'm sure she wants more than one phone. 

Shelley - any thoughts on who I should call at Atria to alert them to this?

Move in information

Nothing is a problem. Here are some answers

1) Ellie is informed about Mom's flight landing time. She thinks mom will be there by 5:00 and will have lots of staff meeting her. I'm doubtful and pressed. No problem getting there late. There will be a key for her at the front desk. Some staff might still be there but paperwork etc can be done the following morning. The Room will be made up. Ellie offered the bed to be made up (again) and I said yes just in case. Debbie, if you end up making the bed Saturday,just tell Theresa or Ellie that we don't need linen. When I talked about Mom's twin bed,Ellie said single. I don't know if single and twin are different or if sheets are different.

2) Ellie said the list of things to bring is just a suggestion. I haven't had a chance to go over it. She does need toiletries and personal items. She also needs to provide her own telephone.

The initial 2 month payment can be put on a credit card if we want but subsequent payments by check only. The payment is due the 1st of the Month with a 5 day grace period. There can be automatic withdrawal if she wants. Scott thinks its a bad idea.

3) furniture or anything else can be brought ahead of time. No problem. Debbie..... Ellie said Saturday is fine. Just go in and talk to the receptionist. They will let you into the room, they provide a cart if you want and they will tell you where you can come in. She said since 109 is so close to the front door they may just let you come in that way. Try asking. Ellie said she would provide some things for the living room "if they have anything around". Should I pursue it? is the bridge table meant to be the temporary kitchen table. They might be able to find something else. Let me know if you just want to bring what you have.

4). We arrange for cable ourselves but Ellie gave me the phone numbers. The television must be there before the cable is installed so Monday is the perfect day. Lee and Debbie plan to deliver the stuff on Saturday and Mom moves in on Tuesday. No one needs to be there. Atria will let them into her apt. Scott will take care of ordering unless you really want to do it Hillary. In that case it's all yours!

5) I forgot to tell Ellie about the furniture delivery date but I will take care of it.

ERIC...... Will you arrange to be there for the furniture delivery?

5) I spoke to mom about coffeemakers. She's allowed Keurig as well as the kind that drips directly into a carafe. After discussion she decided on the Keurig. I can order it on Amazon and have it sent directly to you. With Amazon Prime you'll have it in 2 days. Of course mom wants it there immediately but I did point out to her that there is coffee 24 hours a day in the Cafe. Mom told me AGAIN that they told her they provide a Keurig (which of course they never said) I said if they did, then they don't now! I hope she doesn't ask me again:)


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Home Stretch!

What a project team!  Things are moving along smoothly so far. We’re in the home stretch now!

There are a few things we need to get in place before Mom arrives at Atria

Shelley – I think these are things you could speak to your contacts at Atria about:

1.  Atria should be informed that we have a scheduled arrival date for Mom. Our flight (#1271) on Delta is scheduled to depart at 11:48 and arrive at JFK 2:44 on Tuesday July 30.  Lee will have a car at the airport so we will go directly to Atria from the Airport. 
2. Do you have a list of things that Mom should have with her when she arrives at Atria (paperwork, checkbook, meds, etc)? Please share it so that I can make sure we have everything in place for her. 
3.  It would be best if we could get some random furniture (Arm Chair, Snack Table, TV) over to Atria prior to her arrival, if at all possible.  Is this possible or do we have to wait until July 30^th?  See list below and let us know if there are other things she might need.
4. Cable and phone service – does Atria have the numbers to call to arrange for this? 
5.   Atria should be informed that the movers will arrive with her belongings on August 8 or 9.

 If we can get the info about cable and phone service, I will make the call to arrange for service for her.

Eric – please make sure Mom has the title, etc for the car so you can work on the transfer of ownership when it gets to NY. Also, please find out about what needs to be done about returning plates and cancelling the car insurance.

I think someone should be on site with Mom when the movers arrive (Aug 8 or 9) . Lee & Debbie will be on vacation then. Would someone else like to volunteer?

Things needed on site day 1

a.    Snack table/card table

b. Armchair 

c.     Television 

d.    Coffee maker 

e.     Twin size sheets 

f.     Does anyone think of something else that should be on site from the start?

Anything else anyone can think of, please let us know.

Hiccup - the update

In our last episode, Barbara the Agent placed a frantic call at 9:30 on Friday night.  It seems our Buyer's Buyer had failed to close on their sale, thereby leaving our Buyer with insufficient funds to complete our sale (cue gothic organ music ...). 


It appears that sometime between then and now, our Buyer's Buyer gave our buyer a check for $35,000, which our Buyer promptly deposited in her checking account, this prompting another call from Barbara to yours truly.  So the Buyer now has $76,000 in her checking account, more than enough to buy Mom's condo.  Although, as Barbara made sure to tell me, the check hasn't actually cleared in the account yet ... .