Keep on Moving Club: Sept. 2017

[agate]

As for exercises in the morning, well, um, most of them are done really late in the day. My mobility is at its worst in the morning but there are a few exercises I do while I have to wait a minute for eye drops to settle in. I do the exercises during that minute, with my eyes shut. It's a way to pass the time.

[Virginia]

Suze-Q, I think our only real couch potato might be Howie. However, he might not be either - just look at him go on Payday!

[agate]

Yup, that couch potato turns into a hot potato on payday.

Back when I went to stores with a helper, we tried to avoid going to stores on the 1st and 3rd of the month because the crowds were so bad--everyone eager to spend their checks.

[Howie]

I always hit the store on the third, or whenever payday comes, at 7am, as soon as the doors open. Few customers are there, and the produce is really fresh, and just been put out. This grocery store has to be very aware that the first, and third of the month crowds are coming.

And at some time when I can afford to buy what my digital camera needs, I will post my picture, and can see my hair is indeed very long, and so blond, it looks white.

[Virginia]

Howie, does it just LOOK white or IS it white?

If you go to the stores at seven in the morning, there is not many people there because workers have to go to work and most retired people have enough sense not to get up at seven o'clock in the morning. By the way, what does 7A.M. look like?

Please don't let BBS read this, she gets up at sunrise.

[Howie]

Is my hair white? Well it's....OH, LOOK AT THAT PRETTY BIRD!!!

[agate]

Could it be said that you're a platinum blond then?

Virginia, I usually get up at 7 every day, 7:30 at the very latest. It's a habit I never got out of since childhood.

Yesterday I slept till 9 AM--really almost never happens. It was the stress of the power outage catching up with me.

[Howie]

Yeah, platinum blond...that's the ticket!

[jendie]

My Tom had mostly white hair due to premature graying, that started when he was 14. He went to a military high school and took advantage of it by going to the bar in uniform. The bar tenders didn't take notice of the insignia on his uniform that said NJROTC.

[agate]

That's probably Howie's story too--prematurely gray hair. It happens to a lot of us. My hair is going prematurely gray too in places.

[Howie]

Somehow I didn't start graying early. But my mom said she started in her late teens. And my dad had his hair all his life. So you can count on me having this long, flowing hair, from now on.

[stillstANNding]

I did the shopping marathon w MIL today: her house, CVS, restaurant, bank, Job Lots, $store, huge thrift store. Then home for me.

I spent $1 on a small notebook to record my daily meds.

They brought me home. Now they have the grocery stores (3)!
ANN

[Sunshine]

I walked about 5 minutes this morning. It was too much on my legs, created neuropathy rest of day, so I used the chair to go out for dinner.

Hurricane has set me back. The only exercise I can tolerate is lifting light weights and brief swimming. The latter isn't available here. Hoping my pool is operationsl upon return.

[jendie]

That's probably Howie's story too--prematurely gray hair. It happens to a lot of us. My hair is going prematurely gray too in places.

My dad's mom went gray prematurely, too, but not me. Sure, I have some gray hairs, I have 3 sons!

[Virginia]

Ann, you did real good with MIL. Glad you didn't try on top of it to do the three grocery stores. She must be something else.

Of course your Mom could probably keep up with her.


BBS, I think just to try and get out and go for a 5 min walk was pretty good considering the strain of what you are going through. Even though IRMA looks as though she might spare you some of the heartache you thought you were going to have, you really can't tell until you get back. Also, I assume it is still going to go to Georgia.