A good night's sleep, chocolate, the happiness and satisfaction of sharing on AgingCare forum. Does anyone have some favorite things to think about? Yes, this phrase is from the song in the movie "The sound of Music". My husband and I often resort to using movie lines and song to improve communication. We were the only two in a gathering of people who heard the background music playing. We both had the same (cassette tape/CD). A connection bringing two people together. To this day, we crack up when one uses a simple movie line to make a serious point.
SO, What is one of your favorite movie line, some of your favorite things?
Best ever!
Free music from nearly any genre you can imagine
My f a v o r i t e thing: Received jitterbug phone, my phone, all mine, and what a relief to take a step away towards greater independence!
Appreciated more for what it does not have! No voicemail, no texting, not signed up for 5 Star, it just has big numbers, and only 3 people have the phone number!
Hubs is rolling his eyes, laughing, pouting because I didn't let him set it up or use texting.
Yes GA, we moved from California to Idaho in late June. I will have to look for some places here with apples.
Wreaths are a welcome sign of autumn! I love the mini pumpkins orange and white. We have a rustic red truck I will fill the back up with about 4 of the mini pumpkins and they last a long time indoors. Dollar tree has styrofoam pumpkins you could easily use on a wreath.
You missed the moving?
I will let all those with recent new home purchases tell you!
Can't we order apples online from people like harriet and davide?
Visiting Apple orchards and farms sounds lovely.
Hubs, I said, "Can we find an Apple Event nearby and go?
Hubs said, "There was an Apple Event on Tuesday". (Silicone Valley style.) Announcing the new I-phone.
Guess my speed is trader joes in their electric cart today.
Ever read any of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books?
Sharyn, are you moving from California? You've described the apple season so well; I too love those fresh fragrances.
One really great grocery store recently was acquired by Krogers, which could have been clever in adapting it to a specialty store. But all the stores were shut down.
That's the only store at which I could find Northern Spies, which my mother always used for baking apple pies and apple turnovers. Spies just aren't carried by the other supermarkets.
Guess I'll have to take a trip to a cider mill to get some.
I don't even remember if TJ had pumpkin butter, but I'll try it. I'm thinking also that if I find a good recipe, I can make it. Imagine the fragrance of pumpkin puree, pumpkin butter, pumpkin muffins and anything else pumpkin wafting through the house on a chilly day.
I saw a pumpkin only recipe magazine at the grocery store and managed to only pick it up a few times and look at it before the recipe section of my memory reminded me that I have too many recipe books already.
Pumpkins (and gourds) are already in the stores. They change and highlight the produce aisles with their bright orange colors. Reminds me that maybe today will be the day to rummage around in the studio and find some silk fall leaves to make a wreath, since I've managed to misplace the one I made several years ago which I really liked.
And since I'm on a roll this morning, I'll share what made the wreath so special. I used saved popsicle sticks to make a fence, then glued on a black cat. Little pumpkins were either glued or stuck into the wreath at the base of the fence. I had a lot of fun designing that simple wreath.
And I really, really liked that wreath. I just wish I knew what I did with it. I might have to get out all my dozens of boxes of quilt material to look for it. Going through quilting material is a real challenge - my mind starts spinning with new ideas that I'll never implement.
Currently my favorite thing is finding books of authors that I'm collecting as a set to read - going on sale at $0.99 or free. My heart always hops a little when I see it's 100% discount.... I was reading the Amazon forum when I learned something very valuable from a poster. She said that she would put all the books she's interested in getting in her Wishlist. And then she will check it daily to see if it goes on sale..I've been slowly going through my Book Lists (authors alphabetically in black ink, Series name in purple ink, books I have in blue ink, books I need to buy in red ink and how much it costs.)... I've been slowly adding the red ink books in my wish lists (currently only 4 -wishlist 1, wishlist 2, wishlist 3,...) I have been having great success in getting free ebooks on a lot of my wish lists.
Cwillie-You made it awake today-hoping you feel better. If the cupcakes are small, they go down easier, icing coverage overall is greater, imo. Have some!
A few weeks ago I indulgded and bought some little mini cupcakes - I haven't been baking much b/c of time constraints. They were carrot cake, with I think a whipped cream frosting. Carrot cake has always been a family favorite. They're delicious! The spice scent is so aromatic that I feel good just inhaling the odor before even eating them.
Ymmmmmm!
I love your list! It was a great pick me up today.
Thank you. Me, too. I love cupcakes and buttercream frosting. So good. It was me that went to the cooking class with broiled tofu!:-) If you can believe it, it wasn't too bad. LOL
P.S. to CWillie - broiled tofu? Um, I think I'll be polite and refrain from commenting!
There's been even more color change since my last post. The excitement of fall colors always improves my mood and stimulates the "daydream" section of my brain.
I love seeing small or larger changes in leaf color from one day to the next, as well as the perfect way they blend together in an almost constantly changing mixture of lovely autumn colors.
I love the unique fragrance of leaves as they begin their descent from a lofty perch on a tree down to the ground, preparing to blanket it in their warmth over the winter. There's a special fragrance of Fall, just as there is of rain, a kind of a fragrance that invites me to stop and enjoy it and forget about what other things I had planned to do. It's the mental fragrance "of a moment in time."
The aroma of fresh cider, or going out into an apple orchard to pick apples always stimulates my appetite (perhaps I should avoid this as my appetite has enough stimulation already).
Bought some pumpkin scones yesterday with great anticipation of enjoying them with coffee or cider, but was disappointed that they're basically bland and flavorless. But I'm stimulated to find a good pumpkin scone recipe. The aroma of pumpkin baking in the oven is beyond description.
Squirrels are amusing, busily scampering about gathering acorns for their winter storage, but I'd prefer they didn't create their own freezers in my garden.
The sun is still warm, but it's a different kind of warmth in the fall than in the summer. Now it's like a soft fleece blanket or a nice knitted or crocheted throw (maybe even a Granny Square one like I used to make), which is comforting not just from its warmth but because it reminds me of good times when I could leisurely knit or crochet and dream of other pieces I'd make when I got old, sitting in a rocking chair and falling asleep off and on, waking periodically to see dainty snowflakes drifting down as Winter creeps in.
I'm reminded of when I worked in downtown Detroit, and visited Hudson's book store on my lunch hour, arriving with charge card and strong arms, and leaving with issues of Mon Tricot, knitting magazines, sometimes novels, and plans for many knitted or crocheted items. I still reminisce back to creation of plans not yet realized as I find dozens of crochet magazines in my book shelves. It's another "moment in time".
Fresh fabric, new Fall and Christmas designs, in my favorite fabric store are also exciting. Wandering through the many aisles of fabric bolts stirs my imagination - by the time I've left, my project list has expanded to even more projects that I'll never ever be able to start or finish. But I can dream, even if I don't get anything made.
Still, it's time for another mental health break and visit to Jo-ann Fabrics for the latest in cloth. And these are "Women Caves", decorated of course in lovely colors, soft fabrics and the always exciting Fall pattern books filled with costumes for which I've bought patterns and probably will never make unless I get a job as a costumer for plays.
But then I couldn't spend so much time on this Forum.
A glow worm's never glum.
'Cause how can you be grumpy,
When the sun shines out your bum?
LOL - yeah, I think so.:-) I also have cupcakes on the brain. I have such a weakness for sweets.
See you when the summer is through
By Happenings
Great songs especially Try to Remember
So nice to hear that people are being kind to you,GA.
Good to remember gentler times Gershun.
Thank you for your responses.
Whenever I hum the tune, a vision of an amorous couple standing on a paved overhang, with a calm, gentle sea at the base of the cliff somewhere on the coast of Europe comes to mind.
One of my favorite "things" occurred yesterday, and has been occurring when I go to the laundry mat. Although I'm thankful, I'm wondering if I'm somehow conveying an image of an old woman who now needs basic help!
Folks have not only held open the door as I'm carrying laundry in (and usually most of them don't even look up as others enter and leave) but at least 4 times people have offered to carry the laundry out to the car.
Yesterday I was at a gas station getting ready to fill a tire that was low, a truck full of men pulled in and a young man came over to the car and asked if I would like him to fill the tires with air. As soon as he finished, the truck left. They seemed to have no other business there so I thought perhaps they saw me checking the air and decided to stop and help.
I've even had offers from other women to help unload the groceries in the car.
How thoughtful, considerate, and nice to know that someone is willing to take the time out to help an old lady!
Another favorite event is occurring right now. The wind sometimes just tussles the trees and branches, and at other times becomes stronger and gives them a much more vigorous shaking. The air is chilled, reminiscent of October, and reminds me that hopefully the hot and muggy days of Summer are gone.
Autumn and Halloween decorations are already in the stores, and my thoughts are turning to gathering grapevines for freshly made wreaths, wandering a local park to collect yet another batch of pine cones that will add to my already substantial collection, awaking to chilly mornings when hot chocolate is justified, and just enjoying perhaps the most colorful season of the year.
Trees have been turning color for the last few weeks; a few overachievers are actually about 50% covered in fall shades, especially the deep burgundy and reddish colors.
Yesterday I was treated to the wonderful fragrance of rain, from the day before. Puzzled how it could have entered the car and brought sush a fresh scent, I realized I had forgotten to keep the duct tape patch on a big swath at the base of the front windshield that's opened at the bottom and allows the rain to come it.
As a result, the floor mat on the driver's side brought the sweet smell of rain right into the car, to help welcome me and provide fragrance as I headed out for a day of caregiving chores.
And, at least I won't have to wash that portion of the car mat!