A good night's sleep, chocolate, the happiness and satisfaction of sharing on AgingCare forum. Does anyone have some favorite things to think about? Yes, this phrase is from the song in the movie "The sound of Music". My husband and I often resort to using movie lines and song to improve communication. We were the only two in a gathering of people who heard the background music playing. We both had the same (cassette tape/CD). A connection bringing two people together. To this day, we crack up when one uses a simple movie line to make a serious point.
SO, What is one of your favorite movie line, some of your favorite things?
I would certainly cry if there wasn't anymore Sees's
Maybe if I don't spell it right, there won't be anymore cry sees. Lol.
Did you get the stuffed elephant for yourself?
You are okay! It is not a failure if you or anyone cannot keep up. Lately, it has been harder with the new website changes. With less and less time in between family crises (did I spell that right? plural of crisis = crisises?) , just checking in, saying hello, has been a challenge for me.
There is a sense of comfort when I see you all posting still, and then I don't feel, so bad.
"I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel, so bad."
Movie reference?
It's whatever you want it to say.....just having fun here.
I was wrong,
All along,
Phoenix is always right,
If she didn't show up,
This forum would be
Such a fright!
It takes a caregiving village!
You know darn well that the edit feature does not work after a certain time has passed.
"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs."
How is that?
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
This english pangram has long been known and popular because it contains all the letters of the alphabet,,great for testing your fonts, letters, typing, etc.
If tomorrow all the things were gone I'd worked for all my life
And I had to start again with just my children and my wife
I'd thank my lucky stars to be livin' here today
'Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away
And I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me
And I'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God bless the USA
From the lakes of Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee
Across the plains of Texas, from sea to shining sea
From Detroit down to Houston and New York to LA
Well, there's pride in every American heart
And it's time we stand and say that
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I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me
And I'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God bless the USA
Oh yeah life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin' is gone
Oh yeah say life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin' is gone, they walk on....
Oh yeah, life goes on
Long after the thrill of caregivin' is gone.
So let it rock
Let it roll!
Life goes on........
Small handful of blueberries, some slices of bananna, with less than one-half cup of Vanilla Greek Yougurt (very thick brand). Stirring not necessary.
Enjoy.
I'm trying to cut back on the treat part, but only coffee in the afternoon is just not as satisfying. I wish I was blissfully ignorant and could just enjoy life's simple pleasures without the guilt that is attached.
"All this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings.”
– Kathleen Kelly
But today, I am going to the market to find chocolate fractals. Once there, I will enjoy my visit and observe how the elderly get their shopping done, as I always do.
Has anyone been to starbucks this season and ordered the tuxedo cocoa? The white chocolate cocoa is really a treat!
There is no snow where I am living, but that is okay, I am sometimes a real flake.
And as to the sweet old couple, they definitely were not a mirage. But I've found all grocery stores do have mirages - they're chocolate mirages when the chocolate bars and goodies suddenly appear to be reaching out from the shelves begging and pleading me to buy them, with the promise of extraordinary delights and of course no weight gain or fatty pads anywhere as a result of indulging.
You raise an interesting question about snowflakes. I think you might enjoy seeing some fractals, which don't necessarily have mirages but are beautiful mathematical configurations of natural phenomena. I'll PM you some links.
Do they have mirages in snow flurries too? Inside a krogers? Guess not, then it must have been real. But they disappeared?
Something that lovely must have been real if others noticed it too.
So that is something good to say about the human condition, right now, right here, right today.
Hoping for more favorite and pleasant observations to come!
You express them wonderfully. Is there a book in the works?
After they checked out and navigated their way along the crowded aisle, people who saw them stepped back to allow them room to pass with their shopping basket filled to the brim.
I noticed a woman on the side smiling, with that kind of light in her eyes which expresses a combination of compassion and admiration. We exchanged a few words, both agreeing that it was so sweet to see this elderly couple, still strong and apparently at least to the extent of grocery shopping, self reliant.
Others who saw them also moved aside to allow them to pass. It was really a tribute to their strength and determination that they were out doing their own shopping, on a chilly winter night. And it was but a small gesture, but important, that others saw this couple and moved aside to allow them space to pass to exit safely.
I decided to follow them and ask if they would like help in transferring the bags to their car, so I hurried to my car, quickly unloaded my basket, then turned to follow them but they had already disappeared completely.
I thoughtf for awhile about that sweetness of their journey out in winter, and their courage in braving the elements to get their own food.