Hanging around a historical society doing personal and volunteer stuff. Didn't get much done. Trying to make it a weekly occasion. I've been up for hours. Nice to have a leisurely morning at home. Usually I have to RUSH out and get to library before the annoying people take up all the good spots.
In my retirement I was looking forward to getting up every day around 8 or 9 AM. But now I seem to be waking up at 3 or 5 AM. "Leaping" out of bed might be a bit of an exaggeration but I do seem to have a lot to do.
Sunday took a friend out to the Millville arts, music and antiques fair. It was very pleasant due to great weather. Good for "meet and greet". Good food from local vegan restaurant. I was drawn to the advertizement of 60 musical performers, but then I decided that there was TOO MUCH music and some of it was TOO LOUD and not so good. There was a thrill in the air about the soft opening of the Levoy Theater. It is a really LONG story including a complete collapse in the middle of the renovating. The event later on that night included silent films, actual orchestra, antique cars and people in period dress. I didn't actually go to it but it looked really cool in the newspaper photos.
Things I love:
playlist.com (I LOVE listening to MY music)
Car talk (show on NPR)
Greenwich for lack of traffic and plethora of birds
Things I hate:
playlist.com (it is very tempermental)
businesses that fail and leave sign that says "SALE - COME IN"
women losing their middle names when they get married
It seems that the word is divided - 50%?
Republicans versus Democrats
Iphones versus whatever else there is
People with apps versus people without apps
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
It is so much work being me! I have library cards all over. Just put a book on hold. They are going to send it over to Sea Isle City from Cape May Court House library. No matter that I live an hour away from Sea Isle City. The book is about blogging for creative people. I'd like to be creative. And here I am blogging. Really, this is just an online diary!
Went to a free program last night at the Sea Isle City library. It is a four week program on Home organization 101. Someone thought that meant it was in ROOM 101.
Life is so complicated. There were 14 women there. The instructor said her classes are 100% women. She gave us an assignment, to organize a bedroom closet. One of the ladies asked, "Which one? ONE of my houses has ELEVEN bedrooms." Later she said that she had 250 pairs of shoes to give away. Yikes, how the other half lives.
She asked us to think of someone we would like to meet and then we had to write what that person would see when they came through our home. I couldn't think of anyone, but stole someone else's idea of Johnny Depp. Yes, he gives me palpitations. Someone else I'd like to meet is Serena Williams. Now, there is one fine hunk of woman. But, I digress.....That wasn't the point of the exercise. I remember an old black and white Tracy/Hepburn movie in which I was so impressed that the day she met him, she invited him in and her apartment was pristine.
I just finished listening to an audiobook called, It's all too much, read by the author, Peter Walsh. He had (has?) a TV show called Clean sweep. It is all about clutter. It is quite funny with a lot of good quotes, such as, "A garage is not a stuff cemetery". You almost wished you had the book in hand so you could remember the quotes, and get the lists, but is is pleasant listening to his Australian accent.
True believers is a book by Kurt Anderson, who is on Studio 360 on NPR. A woman who was involved in various radical activites decides to write a book about her past telling the truth about some people and activites. I enjoyed the cultural references to the 60's and 70's as that is MY era.
Went to a free program last night at the Sea Isle City library. It is a four week program on Home organization 101. Someone thought that meant it was in ROOM 101.
Life is so complicated. There were 14 women there. The instructor said her classes are 100% women. She gave us an assignment, to organize a bedroom closet. One of the ladies asked, "Which one? ONE of my houses has ELEVEN bedrooms." Later she said that she had 250 pairs of shoes to give away. Yikes, how the other half lives.
She asked us to think of someone we would like to meet and then we had to write what that person would see when they came through our home. I couldn't think of anyone, but stole someone else's idea of Johnny Depp. Yes, he gives me palpitations. Someone else I'd like to meet is Serena Williams. Now, there is one fine hunk of woman. But, I digress.....That wasn't the point of the exercise. I remember an old black and white Tracy/Hepburn movie in which I was so impressed that the day she met him, she invited him in and her apartment was pristine.
I just finished listening to an audiobook called, It's all too much, read by the author, Peter Walsh. He had (has?) a TV show called Clean sweep. It is all about clutter. It is quite funny with a lot of good quotes, such as, "A garage is not a stuff cemetery". You almost wished you had the book in hand so you could remember the quotes, and get the lists, but is is pleasant listening to his Australian accent.
True believers is a book by Kurt Anderson, who is on Studio 360 on NPR. A woman who was involved in various radical activites decides to write a book about her past telling the truth about some people and activites. I enjoyed the cultural references to the 60's and 70's as that is MY era.
Monday, September 10, 2012
If Joan Rivers can write a book called, "I hate everyone...starting with me", why didn't I think of that? I am always getting these memoir/essay books by "funny" people. Sometimes they are disappointing, but I continue to seek them out.
Here are some quotes I just copied off of Amazon relating to this book. (I hope that is not illegal...)
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1850
“How do I hate thee? How much time do you have?”
—Joan Rivers, today, about two-ish
Sea Isle City Library review:
Pros:
- New, within the year
- Just a few blocks from entrance to Sea Isle City
- Outdoor deck with tables and chairs overlooking the intercoastal waterway bordered by houses and marshes
- 1/2 hour computer use is renewable as long as there is no demand
Cons:
- tiny little cubicle for computer use with barely enough room for a mouse on one side and maybe a slice of bread on the other side. Totally inadequate for MY needs. I like to SPREAD OUT. My calendar alone is much larger than a slice of bread! Plus I have FOLDERS...and CLIPBOARDS...
Thinking about exercise. I am a total wuss. The most I can hope for presently is to do 2 sessions a day. I'll be satisfied with two 10 minute sessions.
Today I did yoga, really easy yoga. Even yoga I have trouble with. When they say, "And now bend forward" my body won't even go anywhere. And I don't find the "Child's pose" relaxing like we are meant to. I have trouble getting into the position.
I do like swimming. Because I do not like to sweat at all. With swimming you are not even aware that you are sweating. The good thing about retirement (I know I keep mentioning that) is that you can go to the pool during the day and to the beach during the week.
- Have been paying $26.66 a month to belong to a health club that I haven't been going to ever since foot injury several years ago. But I CAN go, anytime I want to I can walk right in. I like that feeling.
- Downhill skis in attic
- Roller blades somewhere in garage
- Bike in garage but the tires have turned to dust and I ran into it with my car several years ago.
- Bathing suit in bathroom.
- Cross country skis in entryway
- Tennis raquet, baton and walking shoes in trunk of car
- Bag of yoga stuff in trunk of car
- Hiking boots in bedroom
Here are some quotes I just copied off of Amazon relating to this book. (I hope that is not illegal...)
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1850
“How do I hate thee? How much time do you have?”
—Joan Rivers, today, about two-ish
Sea Isle City Library review:
Pros:
- New, within the year
- Just a few blocks from entrance to Sea Isle City
- Outdoor deck with tables and chairs overlooking the intercoastal waterway bordered by houses and marshes
- 1/2 hour computer use is renewable as long as there is no demand
Cons:
- tiny little cubicle for computer use with barely enough room for a mouse on one side and maybe a slice of bread on the other side. Totally inadequate for MY needs. I like to SPREAD OUT. My calendar alone is much larger than a slice of bread! Plus I have FOLDERS...and CLIPBOARDS...
Thinking about exercise. I am a total wuss. The most I can hope for presently is to do 2 sessions a day. I'll be satisfied with two 10 minute sessions.
Today I did yoga, really easy yoga. Even yoga I have trouble with. When they say, "And now bend forward" my body won't even go anywhere. And I don't find the "Child's pose" relaxing like we are meant to. I have trouble getting into the position.
I do like swimming. Because I do not like to sweat at all. With swimming you are not even aware that you are sweating. The good thing about retirement (I know I keep mentioning that) is that you can go to the pool during the day and to the beach during the week.
- Have been paying $26.66 a month to belong to a health club that I haven't been going to ever since foot injury several years ago. But I CAN go, anytime I want to I can walk right in. I like that feeling.
- Downhill skis in attic
- Roller blades somewhere in garage
- Bike in garage but the tires have turned to dust and I ran into it with my car several years ago.
- Bathing suit in bathroom.
- Cross country skis in entryway
- Tennis raquet, baton and walking shoes in trunk of car
- Bag of yoga stuff in trunk of car
- Hiking boots in bedroom
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Under a time line...after two hours at the new McDonald's things start to happen. I think they are trying to tell me something. Every time you click on a website, the McDonald's welcome page comes up instead.
The "weird family" just came in. They are the ones who come all together in a beat up station wagon to use the library computers. I hope they don't recognize me.
Feeling tired and like I am not accomplishing enough or the right things. I DID get some stuff done today but not all I could/should have. Plus, I am feeling somewhat decrepit and getting tired too early and having foot and leg pain. I could go on and on but I won't. Sometimes I just want to be alone and not even answer the phone. It could be those pesky people who want to save me money on my electric bill or someone to invite me to do something. Why am I so resistant to saving money? Maybe it is a GOOD thing to save money on my electric bill but what is in it for them?
About the invitations....yesterday I had THREE iinvitations to go to breakfast. That just causes me stress!
Hey, the Eagles won today and I didn't even watch it. Feel like I accomplished something good but I had nothing to do with it.
Really pretty sky looking out the "picture windows" at McDonald's. In fact, it was a glorious day with reasonable temperatures (77 degrees) and fantastic Turner clouds.
Maybe I don't mean Turner. I mean the French guy who painted a lot of ladies on swings - Fragonard?
Feeling guilty cause I should be at a church event but here I am using the computer.
I can't take too many events in one day and I went to church already this AM.
Lessons learned: Don't take an anti-anxiety pill and go to Quaker Meeting. I have been feeling SLEEPY as well as tired all day.
The "weird family" just came in. They are the ones who come all together in a beat up station wagon to use the library computers. I hope they don't recognize me.
Feeling tired and like I am not accomplishing enough or the right things. I DID get some stuff done today but not all I could/should have. Plus, I am feeling somewhat decrepit and getting tired too early and having foot and leg pain. I could go on and on but I won't. Sometimes I just want to be alone and not even answer the phone. It could be those pesky people who want to save me money on my electric bill or someone to invite me to do something. Why am I so resistant to saving money? Maybe it is a GOOD thing to save money on my electric bill but what is in it for them?
About the invitations....yesterday I had THREE iinvitations to go to breakfast. That just causes me stress!
Hey, the Eagles won today and I didn't even watch it. Feel like I accomplished something good but I had nothing to do with it.
Really pretty sky looking out the "picture windows" at McDonald's. In fact, it was a glorious day with reasonable temperatures (77 degrees) and fantastic Turner clouds.
Maybe I don't mean Turner. I mean the French guy who painted a lot of ladies on swings - Fragonard?
Feeling guilty cause I should be at a church event but here I am using the computer.
I can't take too many events in one day and I went to church already this AM.
Lessons learned: Don't take an anti-anxiety pill and go to Quaker Meeting. I have been feeling SLEEPY as well as tired all day.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Feeling kind of manic. Too many ideas rushing around in my head.
I think I will make a good "crone". Well, I can't figure out the female version of curmudgeon. I hate to keep harping on this "senior citizen" issue but I am feeling more every day like I will make a good one.
- I hate change
- I don't like it when libraries, newspapers, etc. change their names. There is nothing like a library named after a town. You know exactly where it is. Please, do not name a library after me when I die. I would much rather have a bench or a rocking chair in Cape May. (If it costs $150 to buy a BRICK at Wilberham Park in Cape May, how the hell much does it cost to buy a BENCH!)
- I can't stand this concept "they" are trying to sell us of REGIONALIZATION. Local library system was told to do that and twenty years of sharing and organization just went down the tubes. Now, our local newspaper is changing their name and losing any local focus they ever had. I really don't WANT to read about the arrest of drug lords in Camden. Of course, the LOCAL stuff I read makes me want to move away. Three paragraphs of these blowhards and I get depressed and have to stop reading.
Library reviews: Millville Public Library (from a computer user standpoint)
Pros: Lots of room to spread out in case you have a lot of CRAP like I do, you can plug in your headphones without an extender cord,they will usually give you more computer time if it is not busy
Cons: No food or beverages, no cell phone, only one hour of computer time
Saw some friends when I was out with Breakfast club. I was asked what I have been doing. "Just trying to get used to retirement", I said. A friend quiped, "What's to get used to. It took me about an HOUR."
I think I will make a good "crone". Well, I can't figure out the female version of curmudgeon. I hate to keep harping on this "senior citizen" issue but I am feeling more every day like I will make a good one.
- I hate change
- I don't like it when libraries, newspapers, etc. change their names. There is nothing like a library named after a town. You know exactly where it is. Please, do not name a library after me when I die. I would much rather have a bench or a rocking chair in Cape May. (If it costs $150 to buy a BRICK at Wilberham Park in Cape May, how the hell much does it cost to buy a BENCH!)
- I can't stand this concept "they" are trying to sell us of REGIONALIZATION. Local library system was told to do that and twenty years of sharing and organization just went down the tubes. Now, our local newspaper is changing their name and losing any local focus they ever had. I really don't WANT to read about the arrest of drug lords in Camden. Of course, the LOCAL stuff I read makes me want to move away. Three paragraphs of these blowhards and I get depressed and have to stop reading.
Library reviews: Millville Public Library (from a computer user standpoint)
Pros: Lots of room to spread out in case you have a lot of CRAP like I do, you can plug in your headphones without an extender cord,they will usually give you more computer time if it is not busy
Cons: No food or beverages, no cell phone, only one hour of computer time
Saw some friends when I was out with Breakfast club. I was asked what I have been doing. "Just trying to get used to retirement", I said. A friend quiped, "What's to get used to. It took me about an HOUR."
Friday, September 7, 2012
I feel like blogging I said to myself as I was lying by the pool. So I am. That is the nice thing about being retired.
Little known things about me:
- I have a friend who has a moat
- I was the first woman hired to groom the trails on Killington Mountain in Vermont (this was in the early 1970's). I drove a Sno-Cat and a Bombardier.
Things I hate:
- losing my cell phone
- gnats, mosquitoes and their ilk
Things I love:
- my pool. No one is there and they have computers in the lobby and coffee.
Little known things about me:
- I have a friend who has a moat
- I was the first woman hired to groom the trails on Killington Mountain in Vermont (this was in the early 1970's). I drove a Sno-Cat and a Bombardier.
Things I hate:
- losing my cell phone
- gnats, mosquitoes and their ilk
Things I love:
- my pool. No one is there and they have computers in the lobby and coffee.
The worst of public Internet usage today - annoying baby noise, sick person hacking next to me. other people laughing or rocking to their own personal headset activities. Had to put on the headphones and listen to MY loud music from Playlist.com. As many problems as I have with Playlist, I just haven't found a good substitute such as Pandora or Grooveshank. I don't want to listen to things LIKE my favorite song, I want to listen to specific songs. Reluctant to use itunes cause I am CHEAP, or "frugal" as my girlfriend would say.
Butterscotch krimpets just aren't as good when you buy'em in a box. I was so addicted to them in the waning days of my working life that people started giving them to me as gifts. Then someone made butterscotch krimpet cupcakes for my retirement party. Yeah, baby!
New lists I need to make:
- people to not sit next to in the library
- issues to discuss with my doctor (who can remember them all)
Audiobook reviews:
- The thing around your neck - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - short stories about African people, immigrant stories, etc. I like the title, Just picked it up in a browsing sort of way since I like immigrant fiction, also African-American fiction.
Went to doctor this AM with lung complaint. She couldn't hear anything wrong with my lungs so she put that blood oxygen tester on my finger. She said 92 was very bad and I should maybe have to go to the emergency room. Then she suggested taking off my nail polish and it worked better. My blood oxygen went up to 97 (good). She hadn't seen that problem before and said, "Maybe it is just with BLUE nail polish" (!?!?)
Butterscotch krimpets just aren't as good when you buy'em in a box. I was so addicted to them in the waning days of my working life that people started giving them to me as gifts. Then someone made butterscotch krimpet cupcakes for my retirement party. Yeah, baby!
New lists I need to make:
- people to not sit next to in the library
- issues to discuss with my doctor (who can remember them all)
Audiobook reviews:
- The thing around your neck - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - short stories about African people, immigrant stories, etc. I like the title, Just picked it up in a browsing sort of way since I like immigrant fiction, also African-American fiction.
Went to doctor this AM with lung complaint. She couldn't hear anything wrong with my lungs so she put that blood oxygen tester on my finger. She said 92 was very bad and I should maybe have to go to the emergency room. Then she suggested taking off my nail polish and it worked better. My blood oxygen went up to 97 (good). She hadn't seen that problem before and said, "Maybe it is just with BLUE nail polish" (!?!?)
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