Old Folks Realizing Age.

 Old Folks Realizing Age.

 

Today the old woman told her brother that when folks get to our age, they have to pay more attention to staying hydrated and watching what they do on a regular basis. We HAVE to stay active. In fact, read a short little thing from one lady who said that she absolutely refuses to exercise. No, she Chicken-sizes! At least twice a day she goes out to let the hens out or put them up. She hauls feed from the feed store and loads it into the feed bins. She puts out fresh water and gathers eggs. Sounds just exactly like what this old woman does every day. Anyway, trying to stay on top of drinking plenty of fluids is also a necessity around here. A double cup of coffee every morning is not really enough fluid since it contains caffeine, so today this old woman ordered a gallon more of that Arizona Watermelon tea. Good stuff, Maynard!

 

My sister-in-law decided to go shopping this morning and managed to pass out in the store. Sterling and his friend George had to go get her and her truck to bring them home. She has forgotten that we have to pay attention to how much moving around is really necessary. Some of us are just naturally more active, but have noticed that even an old hyper woman has to do something every day to keep the joints limber—body joints, understand! Yesterday, getting down on the floor to wipe the baseboards and scrub a couple of places that did not just easily mop up did a pretty good job of getting these old joints limbered up. This morning the muscles attached to the joints reminded me that these things need to be done more often. Oh well.

 

The heat is about enough to get us to be still and not get too excited about doing things in the middle of the day. My poor little zinnias and the other things growing out front are pretty wilted. Let’s face it, anything over a hundred degrees with lots of wind blowing up this hill is going to dry out just about everything. Will have to go out this evening when the sun is down and water everything thoroughly. Stopped a bit ago and ran the water hose until the hot water all came out and then filled up a tray that the birds drink from. Saw one standing out there earlier just bunched up and panting with its beak open. Poor babies!

 

Have been cleaning the litter box across the street for Ralphie and Gypsy, but was not paying particular attention to the water fountain or the other water bowl. Ralphie saw to it this morning that the attention would definitely be on the water fountain. It was making gasping sounds, so cleaned it out and filled it and the other water bowl. Gypsy jumped up on the kitchen cabinet to tell me all about it. Guess that is the last time the old woman ignores the water situation! Despite the fact that the extra litter box gets raked at least once a day, it seems to me that I can smell the litter when coming into the house. The cats have one of those automatic round boxes that is supposed to take care of litter. Guess maybe Jennifer could tell me if it ever needs extra attention. We never had anything like that in our house. Poor ol’ OliverTwisted was an inside-outside cat—his choice! His body was SO long that it took two litter boxes and a mat to take care of his little exercises in potty. Miss the sweet thing, but would never want another cat.

 

Bought an air fryer today when ordering groceries from Walmart. It was something like $24 plus change, so figured it might be worth trying. Have some okra and some onion rings that are made for air fryers according to the packages. We will see later. It amazed me that Jennifer’s roaster directions said that cakes and cheesecakes could be prepared in that roaster. Still have not tried that, but keep thinking about it. Cooking just seems more interesting all the time. Of course, no one is going to gripe around here if things are a little strange—you know, like asparagus, artichokes, and Alfredo sauce with noodles! Giggle.

 

Also, got a set of salt and pepper shakers this morning in the grocery order. They are Mason jars—the small version. My salt shaker just kept messing up and the top fell off. Argh. Thought about using a spice bottle instead, but these were cute and cheap, so there we go.

 

Sterling was talking about driving out to New Mexico and had not heard about all the fires and floods, so sometimes it pays to find out just a few things that are going on in the world. Tried to tell him about someplace in the Midwest that got 30 or 40 gallons of rain in three days. He did not believe me. Guess it doesn’t really matter if they flooded with 3 or 4 inches or 30 or 40 gallons. When the bridge washes out, it is just as gone.

 

Tried not to read the world news this morning because it is hard to think about the stuff that happens. Did see that a bunch of children were rescued or recovered from being kidnapped. It just makes me sad to think that children are not at all safe in this world. Well, none of us really unless God is watching over us can ever be sure of what will happen. In the end, we know the final situation will be that we join our Father in heaven. Jesus Christ promised us a place, and even if the floors needed to be mopped, this old woman is pretty sure that would be a great destination!

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.