Mirrors Everywhere

Hello, Usually, I spent little time looking in mirrors. After all I do not care to see how much older I look by the minute. I can pretend it is not true. It was nice when I had cataracts and could not see my face clearly in the mirror. Blurry was a fine illusion. Today I was in a room that had mirrors on one wall. I did not notice my age, but my posture. I was slumped over a bit. Shoulders up and back improved my look considerably. Maybe I should be surrounded by mirrors. Would that help my posture? Certain more regular moves for strengthening the core would make a difference. I usually get my steps, but not the stretching or strength work. Strange that I used to do moves with great regularity and Leroy would do almost nothing. Now we have switched roles. He does them when he gets up, but breakfast takes my attention and then so does the rest of the day. Only later do I realize that I have not worked out. Mirrors would remind me to get at it if nothing else to move my shoulders into the proper spot. Paula

Storm or Not

Hello, Leroy did not walk to bible study this morning because there was a light rain when he left the house. It stopped soon after he left and stayed away until after he came home. When I left for church, for my study, there was no rain so I walked. People came in after me and asked, “Did you walk?” “Yes,” I replied, “it’s not raining, is it?” “It is raining and quite a bit.” was the reply. “Hopefully it will be done when we are,” I rather confidently said. Well, it was raining and quite seriously. I jumped in the offered ride. It is supposed to be a strong storm when we go to choir so I suppose we will drive just to be on the “safe” side. Because there is to be hail, we might park in the parking ramp to protect the car windows, etc. It is fairly close to the church. It is good to get the rain as it has been dry, but it would be nice if it did not come violently all at once. Sometimes we forgot that the weather is one thing we do not control very well. Paula

Still Not Understanding

Hello, Leroy and I will have been married 55 years in June. As of yet we can still have misunderstood conversations. Sometimes I think Leroy reads my mind and then again, I think he does not have a clue about how I think. Today we have had two convoluted conversations. The first was about AA batteries and whether they were good or not and where said batteries had been placed. How this can occupy ten minutes time I do not know, but it did. I, of course, was perfectly clear and understandable. While Leroy’s talk was a mystery. In the end we figured out what the other person was trying to say, but it was a struggle. Later we talked about knives. Guess we should just give them names so we each know to which knife we are referring. At least we did not stab each other. I know some people name their cars although that seems to be out of affection rather than the inability to tell them apart. We do not do that, but we know when we say, your car and my car which we are talking about. Or we might use the brand name. There are times when we have a very clear conversation and I guess that keeps us at it for a bit longer. Paula

Picture Taken

Hello, There was a “photo booth” set up in church on Easter Sunday. We did not have our picture taken. I did not say it, but thought it was a bit silly. Today someone our age, came up and said, “I just had my picture taken. It was so easy. You should do that.” Leroy and I have not had a picture taken of the two of us for some time. We were dressed decently and my hair looked fine It was really all done with computer. There were just three instructions. How to get started, that three pictures would be taken, and how to transfer them to our phones. With help from onlookers we got arranged in a good way. Then Leroy was even laughing because of comments. I think they all turned out quite fine. There is someone standing too close so we have the side of their arm. On the app that these photos are on, I could not find a way to crop the pictures. When I uploaded it to FB, I could crop it so I like that photo better.

Sometimes people complain about technology. It can do amazing stuff if one just knows how to use it. Paula

Binge Watching For sure

Hello, I had my second tooth extracted two days ago. Yesterday I watched TV for about five hours. The idea of taking it easy is not easy for me. I got tired of reading books. So, the shows came on, but they were spread out a bit. I certainly feel better than I did the last time. This tooth popped right out. The last one had to be dug out. That made me tired and the stitches meant more healing time. Now I am rather ready to move on and get some things done around here. Course I should confess that yesterday we washed four windows and put on the screens. Leroy did a lot of the work of cleaning the screens and the window wells. I just washed and dried the window panes. I was a bit tired after that and sitting for a while felt quite good. I also got my 10,000 steps yesterday. That was spread over the day. I see my regular dentist in two weeks for the work to begin on putting in the permanent bridge. He tells me it will be much easier with that tooth gone as they were so crooked. I joked, “Is this the new way to straighten teeth?” It was not recommended. At the oral surgeon’s office, I asked about the reabsorption of a tooth. It seems strange to me since I have not found another person who has ever heard of the reabsorption of a tooth. The woman who was prepping me did say it is rather rare. But then you people have always known that I am rare. Dentists seem to know about reabsorption, but few others have ever heard of it. Paula

Binge Watching

Hello. Is it binge watching if I watch three hours of TV in one day? I have decided to watch All Creatures Great and Small as well as Downton Abby. I was planning to watch it on the TV. Because we contribute to the station that airs it, we can watch older programs. For some reason that ability stopped and it says we need to contribute again. I could still get it on the laptop. Don’t have a clue how to resign in on the TV. For a while we were casting to the TV from the laptop. That worked just fine. For unknown reason we can no longer find the TV listed to cast to it. So, the library was the next solution to the issue. The only thing is that the shows are in season packages. I like to return things on time hence more watching than I usually do. We can renew, but some of the packages are from other libraries so they cannot be renewed. I might get used to a lot of screen time. Leroy is ok watching All Creatures, but prefers not to watch Downton. There is not a lot of room for him to go else where with a good reading light. It means when he is not home, I spent a bit of time. It has doubled or tripled my screen time. I will have the other tooth extracted tomorrow. That will mean some quiet days. More screen time? I do have about three books to read. I started one of them and I am not sure that I really like it. Paula

Does a Nap Help

Hello, When there is a lack of sleep in the night, is the sleep need rescued by napping? I am not sure. I almost never take a nap. Today’s nap almost helps me feel a bit more rested, but a bit groggy as well. It seems to me night sleep is the best. Volunteering was good this morning. I like being busy and feeling like there is a purpose. I helped put some things on the shelves. One person said, “I knocked a couple boxes of macaroni and cheese on the floor at the back of the shelf. Someone else will have to get it.” I squatted down to look under the shelf. Then I needed to get to hands and knees. I found several boxes of the mac and cheese. There was also a box of mashed potatoes in packages along with several cans of things. Someone was quite surprised to see me down on the floor. It is all the moves that I do during the week that help me be able to do this with a certain amount of ease. I have done it for much of my life. I should rest easy at night. but if we have been out for anything it seems to get my sleep pattern off. We have church choir on Wednesday nights and those nights are always hard for me. Paula