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  My elderly mother is in an assisted living facility in Florida. She has a staff of people who do her laundry, clean her room, help her in and out of bed, help her get dressed, help her shower, take her in a wheel-chair to the dining room 3 times a day for meals, bring her any snack she wants any time she wants it, a full time nursing staff and a doctor on call 24/7. Still she calls me daily to ask, when are you moving to Florida? She wants me to take over all of the duties of her staff. And she will not pay me for my services. Taking care of woman in her nineties would put me in the grave long before her. I have told her repeatedly that I am NOT moving to Florida. (I live in Virginia where the weather is infinitely better and never as hot for as long as it is in the Sunshine State). I have explained that I will NOT sell my house, after evicting my two roommates. I will NOT evict my roommates. I will not let them live in my house and move to Florida, anyway. I don’t know how to make m
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  I admit that I am getting older and am beyond retirement age. Further, most of my friends are also getting older and beyond retirement age. It has been a very long time since I was drunk called by anyone in the middle of the night. At 8:00 PM last evening my phone rang. Just as a side note, when you are my age, 8:00 PM  is  the middle of the night. My neighbor who is a 76 year old spinster called me, drunk as a lord, and the conversation went something like this… Neighbor: I haven’t heard from you in a while. Are you still above the dirt? Me: Obviously, since I answered the phone. I waved at you two days ago when you were dragging dog food out of your car plus, a rescue vehicle hasn’t shown up at my front door recently. Figure it out. Neighbor: That was you? I couldn’t figure out who was waving at me from your front porch. Me: Who else would it have been? Are you drunk? Neighbor: Well, this is only my second bottle of wine. Me: That’s what I thought, although I mentally underestimate
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Finally Totally Retired!

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  I have been on hold with my mortgage company for the past half hour. I made a payment that went to the wrong account. I am so happy I checked to make certain the money went to the correct place. Just an annoyance. That is all. Still holding while the lady checks to see if the money can be moved to the correct account. Seriously? OK. 45 minutes of my life has just sped by while I tried to get something fixed that should not have had to be fixed in the first place. And the lady I was talking to spoke English, but she probably needs to update her library card. Sometimes what she said made no sense, at all. But that isn’t what I wanted to write about today. The end of the year is approaching and I am looking forward to next year. Even with continued Covid-19 scares and variants, I think 2022 will be very nice. You see, I just retired and am no longer working anywhere. What a fabulous feeling! I have a large house and have accumulated two room roommates who pay me enough in rent to mean t
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How to Kill a Few Minutes

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 I saw this on another person's blog and decided to post it after spending about five minutes of my precious time answering the questions. So, if any of these situations happen to me, I will already have a name picked out.  1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (your pet's name and a street you lived on) Tippy College (that's kinda cool)  2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (your grandmother/grandfather first name and your favorite candy) Eleanor Mars (bar) (Also kinda cool)  3. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME: (first initial of first name, first two or three letters of your last name) K-Pop (Coolness, again)  4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) No way it is Pink Panther!  5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (your middle name, your favorite city) Carol Sarasota 6. TERRORIST NAME: (middle name spelled backwards, your grandmother's maiden name spelled backwards) Lorac Semaj (Not very terrifying)  7. SUPERHERO NAME: ("The", your favorite color, favorite alcoholic drink) The
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Newest Idea

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I was watching a documentary about living a simpler life.  It was actually an experiment when the producers sent an individual to live in a tiny house in the middle of a forest somewhere in Korea.   The experiment was to see if the people were happier when they unplug from the city.  They were not connected to the electrical grid, city water or city sewage.  They had firewood for the wood burning and solar panel for minimal electricity.  They had an outhouse.  They were permitted to bring their own food and clothing--enough for 3 days. The experiment involved So Ji Sub, the guy from Oh My Venus and Park Shin Hye the girl from While You Were Sleeping. During the first episode, they mentioned a trend in Korea where people strive for minimalism.  The narrator said that most people owned 8,000 to 10,000 things and only used 2,000 regularly.  So, in Korea, people would challenge themselves to throw away 1 thing a day for 30 days and then post a picture of the discarded item on social media.
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What I Have Decided To Do

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This is a new, ultimate TO-DO list.  This is prompted after a trip to the doctor yesterday and having a discussion with him about the best way to lose weight. He didn't say reduce calories and exercise like a crazy woman, which is typical medical advice by doctors who don't actually want to take the time to help people. He suggested I look into fasting. He said to think about what not to eat, rather than what to eat.  He said to understand better how the body works. For my arthritic joints, he said to start exercising, but not excessively. Exercise to tone and build muscles and to ease aching joints. Losing weight may end up being a side benefit. Losing weight will help me to control my blood sugar, which is a hormonal response to eating. Forget the ADA's suggestion of eating every 3 to 4 hours. That strategy helps you add on excess pounds and sends your blood sugar high enough that you have to start taking insulin. Advice fueled by drug companies to which many doctors get
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Two Lists: What Every Woman Should Have and What Every Woman Should Know

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 We all get older. I recently took some time to reflect on my life. I created a list that every woman should have. This list applies if you are 22 or 55 or 67. Some of the things on this list were borrowed from Glamour magazine.  One old boyfriend who reminds you of how far you’ve come.  A decent piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in your family.  The knowledge of how to entertain unexpected guests and a house clean enough that you won't be embarrassed when someone does drop by unexpectedly, but not so clean you make your guests uncomfortable.  A purse, a suitcase and an umbrella you’re not ashamed to be seen carrying.  A youth you’re content to move beyond.  A past interesting enough that you’re looking forward to retelling it in your old age.  The realization that you are actually going to have an old age—and some money set aside to help fund it.  An e-mail address, a voice mailbox and a bank account—all of which nobody has access to but you. A set of good dis
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