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?
ALSO!!! Yay!!! I got my Jackson Perkins catalogue yesterday !!! LOVE it...another favorite thing!
Windy...hey, I buy a LOT of cool stuff from our Tractor Supply place...one of my favorite things!!! I keep telling my friends they ought to go..they have some awesome tshirts and boots for ladies...as well as other neat treats!!!
Here are some other "guy" things to consider - might as well be all inclusive.
Firecrackers, lots of them and all kinds. Start setting them off a few weeks before July 4th and continue for a few weeks afterward. Set them off late at night to disturb the neighbors who need to get up early the next day.
All sorts of lawn equipment - the more the better. Start at 7:30 or 8:00 am and wake up the neighbors. Do this 2x weekly so that the lawn never has a chance to grow.
Then be sure to water it afterward so that it does grow enough to be mowed in a few days.
Saturday and Sunday mornings are also good times to rotate tires; the sound of whatever that power tool is to loosen the lug nuts, as well as the thumping of the tires on the driveway once removed is always pleasant about 7:30 Saturday or Sunday morning.
But the best yet is tuning up the car; spend hours doing it, and again, always on the weekend so working neighbors can spend their days off listening to the sound of an engine running and being surged.
And yes, these are based on neighbor's activities.
I think you ought to start a "Guy's Favorite Things" thread. And how about the things that men find challenging about women - such as the massive assortment of lotions and powders in the bathroom closet? Huge collections of shoes in closets. And, yes, I'm guilty of those traits as well.
Best ever Man/Reneck joke:
You might be a redneck if you wife has ever said, "Honey will you please move that transmission so I can take a bath!"
At least you'd have a garage for your man stuff. I once dated a guy who kept spare tires in his living room. Yuck.
I had a wonderful surprise in the mail today - one of my very favorite things: the first fall garden catalogue! I know what I'm going to be doing today. I also need to get busy and call the garden suppliers I haven't yet ordered catalogues from so I can have the biggest supply source from which to choose.
Sourmash bourbon, smelly cigars, beef jerky, strip joints, rusty old trucks, shiny new Harleys, garage full of tools, old tractors, women's beach volleyball, re runs of bay watch, restaurants with deer heads on the walls, a fast bass boat, beer fridge in the garage, Ice Road Trucker marathons, pants with very elastic waistbands, buying all your clothes at Tractor Supply, giving your wife snow tires for x mas, and FINALLY.........Finding a women who would ever put up with all this!
Wow, I thought I was the only one who tried the "Blueberry Cobbler" coffee! It is as you say, sooooo good. I also like regular coffee most of the time, but when I used to have friends over for coffee, I would sprinkle a little cinnamon into the grounds for a special treat, but when I found this BC, and a few other flavors (pumpkin pie too), I thought "why didn't I try this before?" Bring on the cool weather! Thanks for sharing!
I agree about the kittens and puppes...their little wobbly legs...working to find their way and seeing them toddle onward, never giving up..until at last..tada!!!
I can be pretty well entertained just going outside with my cup of coffee....there is always something amazing about nature..no matter what time of day...the sound of the birds, the breeze...the smell of rain when it is headed our way..
Day before yesterday I was outside..raking...again..lol...and way off in the distance I could hear the thunder rumbling...such a peaceful sound...I may be dull to a lot of folks but I am pretty amazed just being out and about in my own front yard....
I think animals with their different eye focus can see things we never could - especially little bugs that make good baseballs and footballs to knock around.
BTW, that's quite an interesting avatar you have now!
BTW, has anyone ever seen Deirdre Scherer's quilts of elderly people? They're quite unusual, very powerful and often emotional. I've never seen any quilts that specifically focus on an age related population.
One year there were 8 cats that visited my garden. Now it's only 3. One is a beautiful tortoiseshell, another a sleek black one, and another is a fluffy Maine Coon. Two live next door, I think the third might be a visitor or a new arrival.
On Monday, the Tortoiseshell took her usual route down the center path of teh garden to the border between the first and second beds (the white and lilac beds), then made a turn, which I've seen her do repeatedly in the past. Then she just disappears. Perhaps she's found a nice little place to nap.
Later I saw her up by the fern bed next to the garage, in typical feline hunting pose. She was absolutely still, slightly crouched with one leg forward preparing for action as she studiously watched something in between the ferns.
Suddenly she pounced, then pounced again and was quickly using her front paws to capture her prize. Then she backed up and strolled, with a purpose, a few feet away and began the ritual again. Apparently the prize had escaped. She went through the same stalking and waiting behavior, pounced again, stood back, apparently reassessed the situation and decided instead to go for a stroll. Good job but no prize; time to look elsewhere?
The intensity of a stalking feline is amazing.
She came back yesterday and instead of stalking found something in the grass to play with, batting it up and down, forward and backward, sometimes leaping a bit to catch her little tiny prey in mid air.
She was certainly a busy little cat this week. And it was amusing, and very calming, to watch this little drama in the back yard. It's always amazing to me that animals find so much in a yard that we humans miss, although I don't mind missing anything that she might consider a meal.
So very cute, everyone's pet stories have become my favorite thing to read.
I just answered a most difficult question, going to try for dinner now. I really feel for others who have the most difficult life/death and living with illness decisions haunting them every day. These people are brave! I am not denying that the ones whose issues are close to mine aren't the cause of extra concern, but just give me a huge bucket of sand to stick my head into like an ostrich, at least until this summer ends. You all are amazing for what you do, for what you sacrifice, and for how you care. You too Oregongirl!
"Life is short. Eat desserts first." Over the years I've seen that repeated in many magazines and on forums.
So have that chocolate for breakfast and don't regret it!
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