I am so glad that you are feeling better again, @Chrissy Cross , and working on changing the things that are upsetting you, also. It seems like you have really done a lot to improve your life this past year, and now you are also socializing a lot more since you started going to Curves. I think that it is hard not to be more concerned about our health as we grow older; but all that any of us can do is to take care of our body as well as we can (and you put a lot of effort into doing that), and not be stressed about the things we can’t change. Transitioning is hard for us, because we have spent our lives doing things and having an active life. Now, we don’t have the stresses of our younger years and working life; but we have the concerns of growing older, and sometimes not much left that we are still able to do. I miss living out in the country and having my horses, goats, chickens, and especially my llama; but realistically, I know that I don’t have the stamina that I used to have and couldn’t enjoy that lifestyle if I did have it again. Like you are doing, I have had to find new things that I can do to keep my mind and body occupied and content. Are you still thinking about traveling like you have talked about before ?
Started a fire in the stove in the big greenhouse and turned heat on in the little greenhouse. It is already in the 40s F. outside and is clearing off.... There is a winter storm warning out for northern Alaska and new snow on the mountains, so I guess it is about time to close things up for winter.
It only got down to 38 F. this morning, so we are saved for another day. Life goes on, but the tender crops will be out of the garden soon.
34 F. this morning and the sun is coming out. Greenhouses heated last night, too. Soon it will be counterproductive to heat the houses and everything will be brought in and processed or allowed to mature and cure. The Brussels sprouts, leeks, onions and root crops will be last out of the garden. We started digging potatoes and will finish up this week. We had a big bonfire yesterday and the grandkids made s'mores and had a good time. There is always so much to do at this time of year to get ready for winter, but when the snow finally arrives, everything slows to a crawl....
When I lived in Brownsville, Texas, there was a carpenter bee living in a hole in the outside wall immediately to the right of my door. When I tried to get to the door, it would chase me. I knew that it was a carpenter bee and that it wouldn't sting me, yet I still couldn't avoid running from it. It acted like a killer so I couldn't keep from thinking of it that way. There's probably a moral in there somewhere.
Holly, just wondered, because you seem to really enjoy the times when he is at work. Hard for us to understand your wording "under my feet all day". If he has other interests and hobbies, how could that be? Wife and I just have a different type of marriage where we really like being together and pretty much doing everything together. No separate friends or anything like that. Our boat doesn't go on the water without her on it and I don't go to the Range without her. All shopping is done with both of us there. I know, there are those in this forum that totally disagree with the type of marriage we have, and that's fine. As I've stated before, we both have a "clingy" type of personality and that is one of the things that drew us together. Anyway, enough about this. Sorry, my curiosity can really get carried away with me.
No problem @Cody Fousnaugh , I don't mind ... the term 'under my feet all day '' is just a metaphor..nothing more . Don't get me wrong I enjoy his company we've been together all day the last 3 days he's been off work, we've done a lot of work in the garden,, re-fertilizing the lawns, power washing the paths, we' were down at the boat yesterday with friends and had lunch at the nearby pub and a fabulous leisurely 2 hour walk around the country lake ... but when the work is done and or we've spent the day together, we go into our separate areas of the house and get on with our own separate things.. neither of us watch too much TV, but we'll usually watch the formula 1 races together, or something I may have downloaded from Sky Arts...last night it was the story of Fairport Convention...a folk band that we both love, and in fact have met on several occasions...but otherwise he's either up in his office working or enjoying his various hobbies..and I'm elsewhere in the house doing other things. Right now he's just returned from town after getting a haircut, shopping at the DIY store for paint and varnish... I don't feel it's necessary for me to tag along.. he's about to go out and do some routine maintenance on both of our cars, again..I have no need to be attached to him at the hip.. it would be highly irritating for both of us... Tomorrow he returns to work..and I'll be out working my usual couple of hours volunteering at the kennels nearby and having a great time with the dogs and my friends ..and when I get home just enjoying the day by myself..