Look at that...your full-on energy made me so tired that my limp hand pressed the Post button before I got a message written.  Glad there are people like you in the world - if we were all like me, nothing would ever get done. My mom used to have to yell at me to go out and play!  (I'd stick what I was reading under my shirt ...

 

Dear True - This is all so admirable, and shows what applying energy to a problem can do.  And I'll bet your boy was healthier than most others his age, too. juditur

Nkenga, We are very much alike!  But I love leftovers, eat WAY more than you do, and don't care what toothpaste I use.  Everything else you said is very familiar.  Last Christmas I wore a dress I bought at an outlet store one lunch hour - in 1981.  It helps that I have no fashion sense whatsoever; but I was ...

Do the rest of you feel that our animals are continually thinking we're nuts?  Or that they could run things better than we do? I have to keep reminding the cat that she's not in charge of my schedule and if I want to sleep past 5:30, I will.  So there! juditur

I was just taking a (hot!) shower and realized that I hadn't mentioned that I live in Southern Cal where it might get down to freezing once or twice a year.  Ob viously not everybody could do what we do, especially with children, elderly or disabled who can't move around much.  Still, when I go into people's homes here they ...

Hi, Cinbad, Are you talking about me, with the radio?  I have it in the hallway so I can hear it in the kitchen and both bedrooms.  It's on the floor because I don't want to clutter up that area with a table. I love leftovers too, and being creative with them.  I pay for 1 or 2 meals out per month, taking ...

Thanks for the blessings. The sock quilt is using my scraps and providing a little exercise for my arthritic thumb joints.  It'll be a conversation piece, too - another example of the Stretcher-Weird recycling projects people are used to seeing at my place. I'm not a craft-y person - just purely hate to throw out anything still ...

Thanks, Gran.  Wish I could eat as lightly as you seem to - my health would be better.  Supposed to be on a lo-cal, lo-carb, lo-cholesterol regime but if somebody hands me pizza....  My rule is that I can eat anything offered to me, but can't buy/order it myself.  My friend dragged out on 5 occasions in 2 weeks, so this ...

Amen! to the harsh light bit.  I had my brother-in-law remove half the bulbs in each bathroom mirror - the previous owners liked a movie-star look.  He said, "But don't you want to SEE yourself?" and I just LOOKED at him till he finally got the point.  Don't you LOVE people telling you you're ...