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?
Back before when I actually had free time I use to detail my car... my best friend and I use to do the detailing twice a year, plus wax the vehicles. Oh my gosh thinking about it now exhausts me as we would be out in my driveway for hours on end. What was cute, my best friend looked like Marilyn Monroe, and before you knew it, the neighborhood husbands on my cul-de-sac were out doing much needed yard work or washing their own cars... just like clock work.
And always (and I think I already posted about this, but it's worth writing it again), the sweet but calming fragrance of lemon balm and the mints throughout the growing season.
Mom and I used to go every year. Get there at 11:00 am. and leave at 10:00 pm.
I used to look so forward to this day every year. My husband wants to go but I just don't think my heart could take it.
And I also enjoy using the logs as borders for garden beds. It's a great way to recycle trees that are cut down.
Gershun, was there a tree or log cutting contest or something similar in the fair?
We also have a lot of elderly folks in our neighborhood and I love them so much..another reason the doofus with the cannon angers me so. I know how much they hate those really loud fireworks...I don't think most people mind the smaller ones or the sparklers, as long as they are used responsibly...but a cannon???? ugh....I kind of feel it is my mission to protect our neighbors...
Ah...the old Cornhuskers Lotion. I remember this stuff too. Mama kept it too and I would slather it all over myself after getting sunburned...it was kind of sticky if you used to much and I was bad about not using it responsibly...that and the original Rose Milk....love that too....
Did anyone else on here sneak into the cabinet and get a swig of SSS Tonic? or Geritol...the liquid kind? I loved the taste of that stuff....I didn't realize it had a pretty decent alcohol content...maybe that's why I liked it so much...I just remember Mama used to wonder why the bottle always seemed to dwindle so quickly....I think she blamed Daddy....(sorry Daddy...) I loved the tasted of that iron or something in there...
Ladee, you're serious? A motorcycle in a living room? That beats tires and a disassembled truck engine!
Windy, thanks for the lotion tips! Any suggestions for sore gardening hands? (big grin - sure wish we had emoticons).
Mina, where do you live? I'll move into that neighborhood! (no, I really don't want to know any personal information such as where you live - especially not on a public forum). All the neighbors like that have left here and gone elsewhere.
I remember a guy I dated in college who kept one of those smaller dorm type refrigerators in his "living room" so he wouldn't miss any critical plays of the football games. ..the thing that made it funny was. ..his living room was all of 5 feet from his regular refrigerator. ..he was so proud of coming up with that time saver
NEVER EAT ANYTHING YOU CANT LIFT
I forgot to mention how considerate some are to share their favorite activities, such as baseball and football games. It's especially thoughtful to turn up the radio volume so loud that all the neighbors can hear the game.
And it's especially considerate to do so when someone wants to garden in her back yard, listen to the songs of the birds and the soft rustle of the trees.
Of course the volume has to be so loud that when said gardener goes back inside, she can still hear the games even though her yard is almost 300 feet deep and the kind neighbor is at the end of that yard.
Of course I would love to share some sound, so one day I'll take a CD player to the back of the yard and play the Ride of the Valkyries from Wagner's Die Walkure. Hopefully I can find a recording with Birgit Nilsson singing; her voice is so powerful it can literally make the ground tremble. I'm sure they'll enjoy that.
I do want to be a grateful neighbor.