Sunday Snippets 10.22.23
It seems that we’re zooming through the months right now, and before we know it Christmas will be here.
I love to decorate for Christmas. Every year I say I don’t think I’ll put up a Christmas tree. And every year I end up putting one up.
Tabletop trees. In a small space tabletop trees are perfect. And especially if you’re a senior, because you don’t have to bend down to decorate them.
I keep Pinterest boards for both Christmas and Christmas Crafts & DIY.
Christmas Crafts & DIY were included in the Christmas board for a while, but I recently separated them. Still working on that.
Core Exercises:
He says to be very mindful of what I do. And to do the core exercises he’s taught me. About 80 times per day. I break them down to about 10 at a time.
Your core is the central part of your body. It includes your pelvis, lower back, hips and stomach. Core exercises train the muscles in your core to work in tandem.
You can do these exercises sitting in a chair. There is no equipment involved.
You’re basically just sucking in your stomach. Then the other exercise is pushing your behind down into the chair. When you do the second exercise, you end up sucking in your stomach as well.
Inflammation of one or more joints causes pain and stiffness and it worsens with age. As you well know.
Greg’s Admonitions:
Yesterday Greg scolded me for not calling him when a box of three containers of kitty litter was delivered. It was around 5 p.m. Thursday.
The thought did occur to me. But he lives out south not far from Kasi. It’s about 10 miles from where I live.
So I didn’t want to call him. I managed to push it over the door threshold. If I didn’t have to use the walker to get around, I could have left it there in the hallway. But I need the walker, so that wouldn’t have worked.
It wouldn’t have been so heavy had I ordered less than three containers.
But come hell or high water, I will not pay shipping if I can order a certain amount and get the shipping free. So three containers of kitty litter put me over the $50 mark.
I shoved that big box to my office and around the corner out of the way till he came yesterday to help me with it.
A Fall Decorated Tree Outdoors:
Look how someone decorated the tree next to my apartment. It is, as you can see, a massive tree. I don’t know who put the pumpkins there.
If this tree fell it would take a lot down with it. I have never seen a tree that is spread out quite this way.
I am grateful that someone thought to put the pumpkins there. It was nice of them to think to do it and it makes me smile when I walk past it.
What I’m Watching:
I’m currently watching “The Commander” on BritBox.
This show is yet another British crime drama starring Amanda Burton as Commander Clare Blake. You know how much I love British crime shows.
Commander Clare Blake rose to the top of her profession in the male-dominated Metropolitan Police serve. She is now the head of the serious crime unit.
The series began in 2003 and ended in 2008. The show was created and written by Lynda La Plante.
What I’m Reading:
I’m reading “The House Guests” by Emilie Richards
Two women. Two families. Two lifetimes’ worth of secrets.
In the wake of her husband’s sudden death, Cassie Costas finds her relationship with her teenage stepdaughter unraveling.
After their move to historic Tarpon Springs, Florida, Savannah hates her new town, her school and most of all her stepmom, whom she blames for her father’s death.
Cassie has enough to contend with as she searches for answers about the man she shared a life with, including why all their savings have disappeared.
When Savannah’s rebellion culminates in an act that leaves single mother Amber Blair and her sixteen-year-old son homeless, Cassie empathizes with the woman’s predicament and invites the strangers to move in.
As their lives intertwine, Cassie realizes that Amber is hiding something. She’s evasive about her past, but the fear in her eyes tells a darker story.
Cassie wonders what the woman living under her roof is running from. And what will happen if it finally catches up to her.
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Could you order the lightweight litter instead of the regular litter? Also, ask a neighbor to help you get it in your house?
Ivy is so cute. What happened to her belly? (The pink, bare spots.)
I do order the lightweight litter. I don’t know why she has that on her belly. Always been there.
I looked it up out of curiosity. Found this:
” Pattern baldness in cats is caused by a variety of underlying conditions, including hormone imbalance, skin infections, allergies and parasites.”
Next time she sees the vet, you might want to ask him/her about this.
Oh, I love the pumpkins! That was so thoughtful, and festive, and such a nice treat for the squirrels! Good job doing your exercises. Keep that up, and you’ll be feeling better before you know it. I can’t believe how fast the year is going by! It’s hard to believe we are half way through Fall and then winter will once again be here. Fall is sooooo pretty, but it seems to go by the fastest. I’m probably imagining that, lol. It’s hard to believe Christmas is a little over 2 months away. I love decorating for Christmas too! And like you, I, too, hate to pay shipping! I love your Sunday snippets!
PS- I meant to ask, how’s Kendra doing? Maybe you can give us an update in your next post.
I don’t remember where I read it recently, but I read that squirrels will chew open pumpkin and eat the seeds. Until I read that I had no idea that squirrels would actually go through that length of chewing through the tough pumpkin skin to get to the seeds. So don’t be surprised if you notice teeth marks and then torn apart pumpkins as they start to get that “sorry saggy” look of a pumpkin that has passed its prime. The seeds will disappear, but that article also mentioned that lots of people have reported random pumpkin vines popping up the following spring/summer in their yards where the squirrels buried the pumpkin seeds! Today we have relative calm air, bright blue skies and sunshine, and the tree leaves are really putting on a great color show this year. Tonight we may have frost, so I’ve covered my tomato and pepper plans with large clear plastic bags already so they can accumulate heat while the sun is still shining on them, and will throw and weight down a sheet on them as it starts to get dark out. I’m still not ready for autumn but it’s here full force. I can’t really do much garden clean-up because we’ve been getting rain showers off and on over the past 10 days so everything is very wet and doesn’t have time to dry off. Trying to cut wet grass is a waste of time, it just doesn’t work. Lots of birds are coming through and visiting on their way south. The bird baths and feeders are a major attraction. They are eating me out of house and home!
I wish it would rain here. I haven’t been going out to water for about a month. Steve and I stopped at a stand last year and he picked up a pumpkin and the squirrels ate right through it.
Brenda, we love the British crime shows as well. Our fav is Midsummer Murders. We have watched all 23 seasons over and over. Love Silent Witness as well. Tell us some of your favs so we make sure to watch them.
I liked Van Der Valk, Vera, Shetland, The Bay, Beyond Paradise, Line Of Duty, The Fall, Luther, Scott & Bailey, Wallander, Waking The Dead, Bosch (might of been on Prime), Bancroft, DCI Banks, Grace. I’ll think of more.
The pumpkins will make all the neighbors happy and look so nice. I am so happy you are in that neighborhood, it is so good for you! Laughed when you wrote about not paying shipping. Smart. I used my credit card and pay it off every month so I owe no interest. When I get $100.00 or so I cash in my points for Kohl’s cash. I get $50.00 worth for only $45.00. I send my grandsons to the lowest prices of the season sale. They are 8 and 11, never too young to learn!
I pay my credit card off every month too.
I guess great minds think alike:) I also ordered a 40 lb bag from Chewy and also passed out when I tried to lift the box!!!!
My senior apartment is an old school,so I sat in the lobby,opened the box and pushed,pulled,grunted & groaned to my little foyer where it sat until my son came this morning and carried it,then dumped it into the tote I’m using for it…Another senior moment had me wondering how I was going to maneuver it and fill their pan without spilling it everywhere? Now I need a scoop.
For a scoop, I use an old measuring cup.
Those pumpkins are adorable! I can’t wait to get my table top trees down to decorate. We can all benefit from core exercises and stretching. There are many videos out there with exercises that can be done from a chair, including chair yoga. Most I have seen are short and ideally repeated several times throughout the day targeting seniors and those who sit at a desk all day. Stretching in bed is also great – just a few minutes of deep organic stretching movements can feel so good!
I was getting on the floor and doing the stretching exercises I did for 23 years for a week or so, but managed to make things worse. Greg had told me not to do it yet, but I did anyway. And paid for not listening.
The pumpkins are a nice touch and would make me smile, as well.
A good show to watch on TV and a fabulous book to read. Sounds perfect to me.
Enjoy your Sunday, Brenda.
I have decorating videos I’ve wanted to watch on YouTube on my laptop, but it seems I’ve been busy with other stuff. Maybe sometime today I’ll “treat” myself to watching one. A free treat!
In addition to the white cottage company on YouTube I suggested to you earlier, you must look at Cademade also- so much diy with plants and re-making spaces outside and inside and his voice is so relaxing. Plus a big white dog who is always happy.
Thanks. I’ll check it out. I bookmarked it on YouTube.