Every morning I stumble out of bed with great resolve. Today is the day I will –— Clean the refrigerator. Clean off my desk and file the piles of paper overflowing onto the floor. Organize the laundry room. Take the recycles down to the trash room. Clean my bathroom top to bottom. Get groceries. Conduct a paper drive to eliminate all the magazines, newspapers, etc. collecting untouched. And the list goes on – and on. My typical routine – I’ve…
While I’ve always been a Positive PollyAnna, lately I’ve found an Attitude Adjustment has been necessary. Today is not one of those days. Even without the aid of Rose, a favorite new friend, I’m filled with gratitude and excitement for my current situation. I’m blessed to live in a sunny, tropical world where I can take walks and burn calories swatting at the mosquitos, gnats and no-seeums while side-stepping around the snakes and poison toads who also love this sunny…
I am proof positive that you can teach an old dog new tricks! Almost a month has passed since I began my new Corona Time Quarantine Lifestyle (CTQL). That means six weeks have passed since my Cleaning Genie snapped her fingers and magically made my condo glisten and gleam. It’s amazing to me how grimy a place can get in six weeks! Other than grass clippings and twigs the dogs bring in after each walk, and dust blowing in through…
Bob Dylan knew it in 1964, and it’s still true 56 years later. Life as we lived it December 31, 2019, has dramatically changed forever. For good and for less than good. Priorities have changed. Friends and family are more important than ever. Or, at least we recognize the importance of those we love and turn to for support, for laughs, for connection. Face Time helps but it will never replace the love felt when holding that new grandbaby in…
I can’t believe it’s been two years since I first created 58 and Holding. The good news is – I’m still 58 and Holding… The bad news is – my body doesn’t agree with my fantasy. More about that on another day. In the last two years, I’ve closed my business (traumatic) and held an estate sale to eliminate all my treasures (even more traumatic), attempted to sell the house holding the aforementioned estate sale (didn’t happen), and established my…