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  1. Hi everyone. Just checking in to let you know whats been happening with me so far this year.

    Started the New Year off in the hospital for parasintesis, my sister had hip surgery, so I was unable to have surgery on my hand.

    I fell twice, the second time was horrible. I couldn't get up and My sister wasn't home to I had to drag myself across the floor to get to the phone to that I could call my sister. I left a trail of blood behind me on my carpet. Just then my sister came home and found me on the floor. I have to have parasintesis done every two or three months. Had one done in January, one in March and another one this past week.

    I start PT this week to help me with my balance and coordination. I've been using a rollator and I don't like it.

  2. I also love the one about sitting on the floor and not being able to get up. That happened to me just last week when I got down on the floor as I wanted to look under my bed for one of my shoes. Took me about half-hour to get up. My cat 'Leo' just sat on my bed and stared at me. Big help he was.

     

  3. Just thought you ladies would find these 'Oldies but goodies' funny. I love the last one.

    The devil whispered to me, “I’m coming for you.”

    I whispered back, “Bring wine”

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    Having plans sounds like a good idea until you have to put on clothes and leave the house.
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    It’s weird being the same age as old people.

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    When I was a kid, I wanted to be older…   this is not what I expected.

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    Life is like a helicopter.  I don’t know how to operate a helicopter either.

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    It’s probably my age that tricks people into thinking I’m an adult.  

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    Marriage Counselor:  Your wife says you never buy her flowers.  Is that true?

    Husband: To be honest, I never knew she sold flowers.

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    My wife asked me to take her to one of those restaurants where they make the food right in front of you.  So, I took her to Subway and that’s how the fight started.

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    I don’t think the therapist is supposed to say “Wow,” that many times in your first session, but here we are…

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    I see people near my age mountain climbing; I feel good just getting my leg through my underwear without losing my balance.

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    We can all agree that in 2016 not a single person got the answer correct to, “And where do you see yourself 5 years from now?”

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    I’m at a place in my life where errands are starting to count as going out.

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    I’m at that age where my mind still thinks I’m 29, my humour suggests I’m 12, while my body mostly keeps asking if I’m sure I’m not dead yet.

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    Don’t be worried about your smartphone or TV spying on you.  Your vacuum cleaner has been collecting dirt on you for years.

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    I’m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.

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    I don’t always go the extra mile, but when I do, it’s because I missed my exit.
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    How many of us have looked around our family reunion and thought “Well, aren’t we just two clowns short of a circus?”

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    You don’t realize how old you are until you sit on the floor and then try to get back up.

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    A balanced diet is dark chocolate in both hands.

  4. 7 hours ago, Rose Ann said:

    Okay. New computer it is. :)  Any recommendations? I have a laptop, so I'm looking for all in one or desktop. 

    Thanks for advice and help!

    I'd go for the desktop. All in one's I would stay away from. I had a pc all in one and a tv with a dvd included and I had trouble with both of them. The dvd stopped working and I couldn't turn on the pc. When one item goes, they all start to go.

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    On 1/29/2020 at 4:42 PM, ScrapgirlCindy said:

    Great challenge.  I do not mind daily chores.  While working on this LO I thought of something I had read by Barbara Brown Taylor in her book An Alter In The World, she wrote:  While housework may not offer the same satisfaction , it remains a reliable path to the rudiments of life.  Cleaning refrigerators and toilets helps you connect the food cycle at both ends.  Making beds reminds you that life-giving activities do not require much space.  Hanging laundry on the line offers you a chance to fly prayer flags disguised as bath towels and underwear.  If all life is holy, then anything that sustains life has holy dimensions too.  The difference between washing windows and resting in God can be a simple decision: choose the work, and it becomes your spiritual practice.  Spraying vinegar and water on the panes, you baptize the glass.  Rubbing away the film, yet repent of your sins.  Polishing the glass, you let in the light.  No task is too menial to serve as a path.  If you are able to sustain other lives along with your own path, then all the better.  This is MINE

    I love what you wrote for this challenge, especially the prayer flags and cleaning the windows. Bhutan (Asia) has a wonderful cliffside monastery and prayer flags fly in the breeze

     

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  6. A friend of mine just sent me this. It's sad, but true.

    Julie Andrews turned 80 - To commemorate her 80th birthday on October 1, actress/vocalist, Julie Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of AARP.

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    One of the musical numbers she performed was "My Favorite Things" from the legendary movie "Sound Of Music."

    Here are the actual lyrics she used:

    Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting, Walkers and handrails and New dental fittings, Bundles of magazines tied up in string, These are a few Of my favorite things.

    Cadillacs and cataracts, and hearing aids and glasses, Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses, Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings, These are a few of my favorite things.

    When the pipes leak, When the bones creak, When the knees go bad, I simply remember my favorite things, And then I don't feel so bad.

    Hot tea and crumpets and corn pads for bunions, No spicy hot food or food Cooked with onions, Bathrobes and heating pads and hot meals they bring, These are a few of my favorite things.

    Back pains, confused brains, and no need for sinnin', Thin bones and Fractures and hair that is thinnin', And we won't mention our short, shrunken frames, When we remember our favorite things.

    When the joints ache, When the hips break, When the eyes grow dim, Then I remember the great life I've had, And then I don't feel so bad.

    Ms. Andrews received a standing ovation from the crowd that lasted over four minutes and repeated encores.

     

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