Very limited mobility (uses walker inside and transport chair to go out) is problem one.
Extreme joint pain due to a variety of conditions are worse during very cold weather. (average temps have been 20 or less past 3 weeks)
Mom says she won't go out until it is spring or above freezing...
Now she is getting stir crazy...and also is jealous anytime I go out (even more than usual).
im fair and my intentions are good but i think maybe my terminology needs additional refinement .
Do some cozy things. Bake cookies together. Make cocoa and dip buttered toast in it. Sit with a warm throw over your legs and read to her (or have her read to you). Make popcorn and watch a movie. Play card games. Have a good phone chat. Make paper snowflakes.
Do some sunny things. Make macaroni salad and fried chicken and have a picnic lunch. Read seed catalogs. Watch nature videos. Repot the philodendron that has outgrown its pot. On one of your outings bring back a pot of forced bulbs and watch it grow each day, and bloom. Send greeting cards to folks. (Can Mom still address envelopes?) Make paper flowers.
I don't blame her for staying in until it is above freezing!
"Do you wanna build a snowman"?
Yes, change the whole scenario