Marilyn Bohn | Creative Organizer

I have always had cats and trying to bathe them was not worth the battle. We did have one cat who did like being in the tub and would stand and purr when she was dripping wet. Washing a dog is another story, here is a product I found that makes it easier for seniors and those who don’t like bending over to wash their dog easier.

Overcome the most difficult aspect of washing your dog – getting the dog into the bath! The Booster Bath helps prevent back pain by raising the tub 21 inches and keeps the dog in the tub with a 3 point collar containment system. Weighing only twenty-two pounds, the Booster Bath will hold up to 350 pounds. That sounds like a great idea to me.

With 360 degree access to your dog, a handy place to store shampoo, conditioner and a brush and a fan shaped spray nozzle with an on-off switch that adjusts the water pressure, bath time will become a pleasant bonding experience for you and your dog. Warm water can be used with the optional hose connector kit.
This product looks like it will be having your dog ask for a bath. (Well, that may be going a tad too far to say that).

Click the link below for more information on this awsome pet bath Dog Bath - Paws for Thought Booster Bath Pet Bath Tub

What is your funniest experience you’ve had when washing your dog?

When we think of aging we used to think of little old pink haired ladies hobbling along with a cane. We may even think that depending on when our parents died or other relatives and what their health was like we will be like them. However we can control more than 70 percent of how well and how long we live.

In the Costco Connection June 2008 one article points out those Eating foods rich in flavonoids, (that was a new word for me) vitamin-like substances that have been shown to decrease the rate of arterial and immune aging. It went on to say a flavonoid-rich diet can knock 3.2 years off your age eating 31 grams a day. Here is a list of such foods:

•Apples (1 cup), Broccoli (1 cup), cranberries (8 ozs.), Cranberry juice (8 ozs.)
•Grape juice (5 ozs.), Oats (1 cup), Onions (1 small), Strawberries (1 cup)
•Tomato juice (8 ozs)

Remember the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”? It looks like there is some truth to that. As I organize seniors the idea of aging meaning a little old pink haired lady is certainly not true anymore. They are organizing just like anyone else, sorting, purging and either making their homes less cluttered while giving their treasures to those they want to have them and not waiting for someone else to make that decision for them.

Do you have a favorite flavonoid-rich food? I think mine is an apple with a chunk of cheese.

Here’s a funny little story about some little old ladies……

Three old ladies were sitting around a table. The first says, “I’m getting so forgetful¬ I was standing at the top of the stairs and I couldn’t remember whether I was going down or had just come up.”

The second lady says, “You think that’s bad? The other day I was sitting on my bed and I couldn’t remember whether I was going to sleep or getting up.”

The third lady smiles smugly. “Well, I have no memory problems at all, knock wood.”

She raps the table. “Who’s there?”

One of my most memorable Mother’s Day was when my daughter who lived in NYC flew in to Utah without me knowing about it. All my other girls were in on the surprise and that was fun with all five girls being home together.

What is your most memorable Mother’s Day memory that you can share with us?

The basket on the right holds my quilt magazines. After I read them I store them in a magazine holder and place on a shelf. The basket on the left holds catalogs. I go through these pretty often, every time I get a new one from the same company I toss the other one. Or every three months, which ever comes first.

The current/most recent magazines or books actively being used by several members of the family live here. Again, they get tossed after three months, or put in a more permanent place.

I think thank you notes are pretty and it is a great moral booster to look back and reminisce about friends. I keep the notes in a book in this basket. (You can’t see the book right now but it is there). A friend called me one day and said she was reading her past you notes and I had written her one 20 years before and she was thinking about me. That was sweet to hear from her, I was glad I had sent her a thank you note just to hear from her again.

This basket holds the books in my queue I will be reading. I keep them separate from my book case so I remember to read them. Then they go back on the shelf. I keep this in a corner of the bedroom.

Baskets are easy to care for, just a dusting with a damp cloth when cleaning and they are also sturdy and attractive.

What is your favorite basket and where did you buy it and why?

An article I wrote called “Downsizing For Seniors” was published in the April 2008 issue of Todays’’Senior Magazine www.TodaysSeniorMagazine.com This is exciting for me—this is the first time I have been published in this magazine.

I love working with seniors and helping them in their homes whether they are getting ready to move from the same home they have lived in for over 40 years or just creating more space and ending clutter where they live.

Seniors are vibrant, intelligent and fun to work with. I remember one little old lady 82 years old, had a beautiful shawl and wanted to donate it as she wouldn’t wear because it reminded her of an old lady. What a sweetie.

Do you have memories of working with older people and how they have enriched your life? If so, please share.