friday
We had a very selective frost last night. The only place it seemed to settle was on the other side of the highway out front, in the ditch there. Foggy up on the hilltops this morning. I noticed this because I drove Roswell to work at 7.
I have an appointment to get the oil changed in the car at 10 today. Planning to take a walk around Rocky Grove while I'm waiting for it. Maybe I'll go as far as the cemetery.
Thinking about stuff... A thing that works for me a lot of the time is to think about the slogans. Progress not perfection. Mind your own business. One day at a time. Stay in the present moment. Have an attitude of gratitude. Easy does it. Am I living in the problem or am I living in the solution? Let go. Pain is inevitable, misery is optional. The most recent one I heard that I liked was: If I'm in someone else's head then I'm out of my mind!
I just finished watching the British version of Ghosts and really liked it. My favorite character: the scout master. Now I'm watching Young Sheldon and liking that. I need comedy. Or maybe I need a good cry. One or the other.
Remembering how my dad liked comedies. There was ALWAYS a TV going in their house. Usually 3 TVs at once. One in the kitchen, one in the living room and one in John's room. Mostly comedies everywhere. Though before mom lost her mind her TV had news programs or something serious on it. After mom's stroke she became more lighthearted, maybe because she didn't have so many responsibilities anymore. She'd wander the house pushing her walker and settle into John's room. He'd want us to put Keeping Up Appearances on the TV for them to watch. Mom found it hilarious. Also remembering how John used to tape stuff for us to watch. We lived out in the middle of nowhere, no TV stations at all in our little valley when Chloe and Johnny were little so he and dad taped the Simpsons for us. I probably had 20 Simpson VCR tapes and rotated them. I didn't think having the TV on all day was bad for them. They had seen the shows so many times they didn't really watch them anymore - they just became background sounds - like background music. Silly sounds, laughter sounds, dumb voices. If I really wanted the kids to settle down to watch something we had movies to watch like Land Before Time or Brave Little Toaster (two I especially remember - maybe because they made me cry). I guess in many ways our house became a house of constant TV like my parent's house was. Though when we moved here, to this house we had the option to have cable and I did not want it. Did not want a TV going all the time anymore. So it's quiet here except when we specifically put a DVD on to watch. I like that a lot. Maybe that's why I enjoy the piano so much - a sound I can insert into the quiet here. Just walking by the piano I can stop and play a little snippet of a song.
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Well, that's enough reminiscing. Need to get ready to go to town...
I have an appointment to get the oil changed in the car at 10 today. Planning to take a walk around Rocky Grove while I'm waiting for it. Maybe I'll go as far as the cemetery.
Thinking about stuff... A thing that works for me a lot of the time is to think about the slogans. Progress not perfection. Mind your own business. One day at a time. Stay in the present moment. Have an attitude of gratitude. Easy does it. Am I living in the problem or am I living in the solution? Let go. Pain is inevitable, misery is optional. The most recent one I heard that I liked was: If I'm in someone else's head then I'm out of my mind!
I just finished watching the British version of Ghosts and really liked it. My favorite character: the scout master. Now I'm watching Young Sheldon and liking that. I need comedy. Or maybe I need a good cry. One or the other.
Remembering how my dad liked comedies. There was ALWAYS a TV going in their house. Usually 3 TVs at once. One in the kitchen, one in the living room and one in John's room. Mostly comedies everywhere. Though before mom lost her mind her TV had news programs or something serious on it. After mom's stroke she became more lighthearted, maybe because she didn't have so many responsibilities anymore. She'd wander the house pushing her walker and settle into John's room. He'd want us to put Keeping Up Appearances on the TV for them to watch. Mom found it hilarious. Also remembering how John used to tape stuff for us to watch. We lived out in the middle of nowhere, no TV stations at all in our little valley when Chloe and Johnny were little so he and dad taped the Simpsons for us. I probably had 20 Simpson VCR tapes and rotated them. I didn't think having the TV on all day was bad for them. They had seen the shows so many times they didn't really watch them anymore - they just became background sounds - like background music. Silly sounds, laughter sounds, dumb voices. If I really wanted the kids to settle down to watch something we had movies to watch like Land Before Time or Brave Little Toaster (two I especially remember - maybe because they made me cry). I guess in many ways our house became a house of constant TV like my parent's house was. Though when we moved here, to this house we had the option to have cable and I did not want it. Did not want a TV going all the time anymore. So it's quiet here except when we specifically put a DVD on to watch. I like that a lot. Maybe that's why I enjoy the piano so much - a sound I can insert into the quiet here. Just walking by the piano I can stop and play a little snippet of a song.
*****
Well, that's enough reminiscing. Need to get ready to go to town...