I moved to a senior community so why do I expect..the Fountainof Youth!

Time has finally caught up with me....I feel old.   I look at my withered skin and I have to turn my head away.  
That's not me.    I put my hearing aids in and teleision doesn't sound at all natural so I take them out again...and listen to the sound turned away up...maximum.

Lately I seem to have a balance problem...maybe I don't do enough exerise...or maybe I should There was a cane in a circular bin on a street by the Orial on Atlantic Ave. and Harriet took it.   I said, Harriet, someone really needs that cane but she just looked at me.   She  wasn't stealing...she just thought someone threw it away.

I think New Yorkers think diferently that we do in Pennsylvavia....we're very square people and laid back.

The other night 3 of us went to the Japanese Buffet...and they have a steep curb getting up...so I grabbed Estelle's hand and then I took Judy's to help them down...and I got the same service.

We must have been a scene...3 old ladies....going down a curb.   Now we look for ramps making it easy for us......We used to sing from the Mikado...Three Litlle Maids from school are we....we come from a ladies seminary.   Now we're a circle of 'helping hands'

Maybe all the talk about all my friends going into retirement homes is getting me down.   I feel so comfortable in my own home...and I have long term insurance.   To me...it's instituional living.   I never dreamed that I would live into my 80th decade.
 seems tho that  all my friends are going away....and I can't stand change.What I do take pleasure is in seeing  and hearing about all the news babys andI know quite of them are pregnant.   Wasn't that a good time in your ife...your little miracle...this  new soul that you've brought into the world...and life is meant to be happy.

I think maybe I need a  new interest in my life.   Let me see what I can do about a book club..

Any help, anyone?????

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

I wonder if anyone else remembers..or am I too old?

Thoughts drift in and out of my mind at no particular time of the day. These musings just appear.

Like for instance...the little slot that used to be on bathroom medicine cabinets for men to drop their razor blades in. Wonder what happened when it all filled up.

Did anybody's Mother make 'orange candy' out of the pealings of naval oranges and I don't know what the other ingredients were...but I loved it.

We used to take a clove of garlic and rub it on a piece of toasted rye bread...and so delicious.

We used to take our tablets or notebooks and drop ink on it and create Roarch Tests and see if we could identify what it appeared to be.

We didn't use a kazoo to make music...took a comb with a piece of tissue paper or toilet paper...and if it didn't tickle your lips to much...compose our own beautiful music.

I wonder if anyone had to wear 'snuggies' on cold days...tops and bottoms...embarrassing but oh so warm and cozy.

Just thoughts and more thoughts. My Sister Elayne and I changed our dresses when we came home from school and put on playclothes.
I wore her hand-me-downs since she was 3 years older.

We used to lie on our stomachs with the radio on to do our homework. It was such a natural position for us.

I can still smell the musty smell on trains from the upholstered seats.

Comfortable...but smelly! I can still see the conductor with his gold buttons on his vest and jacket.

Wonder why they always made men's suits with vests. Most men never wore them.

What makes these thoughts clutter my brain at this time in my life...I haven't the faintest....

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Brother Can You Spare A Dime!

Is this what is happening to the world today.

We're on a freefall and nothing seems to stop it. Do we have no brilliant minds left to get us out of this mess.

Were we just taking 'the good life' for granted...and now we get this kick in the you know what.

I wonder what the people who ring the bell at 4 o'clock on Wall Street think...and they have to applaud yet.

Can you imagine standing there and applauding. I can't.

Did we reach the bottom yet...or are we still going down?

Well...one thing for sure...we're all in this together.

Now does that make you feel any better?

Saturday, September 20, 2008

This is my new philosophy!

oops...now you'll know where I'll be keeping my money!

Friday, August 15, 2008

Are we becoming one people under God!

If Obama becomes our president, what does this mean to the Black folks!

That now, finally, we are all even. I don't think so! Blacks still have more menial jobs, spend more time in prisons, and have a poorer education that whites. Now, why did I capitalize blacks and not whites. Do I think of us as having no color while they do.

And their is a caste system in black black and light black like Obama. If he were darker, would he still be so desirable to us!

Maybe statisticians along the road will be able to understand these differences. And what what Hispanics...one out of every 3 people in about 15 years will be a Latino.

So..is this the new 'melting pot'. At the turn of the last century, it was the people coming into Elis Island that gave us this name.

They were given the charming term 'green horns'.

And I musn't forget the Indians...very smart people and they make excellent doctors.

When I hear a symphony orchestra, it seems the orientals take center stage with string instruments...violins, harps, and piano.

So maybe we are meant to blend into one color Under God! The sun is making me so dark, I'm almost not a cacasian.

Spelling bees seem to be won by the Viatnamese ... and so many of the products that we use are made by Chinese.

But they really all want to come to America...so we really must have something going here.

Me....I'm so proud and privileged to live here. If I had been born in Europe, I probably wouldn't have existed 60 years ago.

But I'm here...I'm happy and I'm going to the pool!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Have I been Rip Van Winkle?

I went to our clubhouse to watch the opening of the Olympics on a larger screen than I have at home. It was spellbinding and I really appreciated the time spent constructing this magnificence.

However, when the countries marched in...it was like I was on a different planet. Half of the countries I never heard of. Did the ocean open up and form more islands and then they became countries.

Did I flunk geography? Was I sleeping when the countries were formed.

Did they change the names to protect the innocent like in Jack Webber?

I can't figure it out. The folks sitting behind me went to a school in New York and they never heard of them either.

When did all these changes take place? I have an old world globe...these countries don't exist on it.

I used to collect stamps...never heard of them and I had them from all over the world.

I'm old...is it possible that I have forgotten their names. They're not so primitive....they know about the Olympics because they sent representatives.

Some countries only had one. Most of them were black. Was Africa all divided up.

How do they earn a living in these countries....are they a happy people. We know so little about them.

The longer I live ... the more confused I become.

Are our children aware of these names. Do they ever visit the United States....are they friendly.

It's like they're from another planet. Maybe I need to go back to school?

Today we see China promoting the Olympics for grand propaganda purposes, reintroducing itself to the world for what it expects to be its dominant century. But in 1958 China wanted nothing to do with the rest of the world. Mao Zedong's People's Republic withdrew from the Olympics altogether that year in an ideological snit over the refusal of Brundage and his IOC cohorts to ban Taiwan, which called itself the Republic of China and was run by Chiang Kai-shek, Mao's old antagonist. In retreating from the Olympics, China denounced Brundage as "a tool of the imperialistic State Department of the United States."
The context was different, but the central political question as the Rome Olympics neared was the same as it is now: how should the world deal with China? The issue was debated that year by Vice President Richard Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy during the presidential campaign, and Brundage and the IOC became embroiled in it as well. The United States did not recognize Mao's mainland government, Mao did not recognize Chiang's island government and the IOC had nothing but troubl

All I ever learned about China was from Pearl Buck and it wasn't very flattering about their girl babies.

Today...half of all the products we buy come from China.  I'd sure would like to get away from this practice...but it's virtually impossible....

Thursday, July 17, 2008

My old telephone directory!

One of the last things I packed when we moved to Florida was the telephone book. I might need it!

Well, it's been 20 years now and my life has changed a lot and so has the info in the phone book. Two decades of decayed and yellowed pages of the people I once had daily interchange with.

Now it's a phone call and Christmas cards...and as the years melt into one another...it seems like light years away.

I believe I have grown in ways since we left. In other ways we were important people in our town especially to little boys and girls who wanted toys.

I don't need this book any longer. I can get all this information on my computer in a second.........anybody's number and address.

Progress has intervened and I just love it.

Why am I having qualms about ditching it. It's one of the last things I have left from New Kensington, Pa. other than my memories.

After my father moved to Florida, he would go over all the businesses in the downtown area...and he recalled them all. I didn't realize it then, but it was a memory test of his.

Now I find myself doing exactly the same thing....just thinking and remembering. It wasn't all that beautiful or great...but it was where I grew up...my childhood....my young married life.

Now I'm donating it to solid waste management...maybe it can be recyled into more paper...maybe it can enter this century.

I'm letting go....... I have a P.S. to this blog......almost everyone owns a smart phone, an i pad or another kind of electronic device...and most of these you can talk uncondionally for as long as you need to talk

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Reality shows

Have you noticed lately how every show on TV is a reality show?

Bad language and violence are more subdued now...and it's time for everyone to participate the way it's happening...right now.

From dog-training, apprenticing, dating, dancing, singing, cooking....it's all about being able to compete. Even dieting...getting weighed in once a week. Or even...are you smarter than a 5th Grader! And let's go a step farther...going on the Judge Judy show for a judgment. Matter of fact, I just stumbled on another about buying fixer-uppers and getting a crew to make it look like it was just built.

Now competition is a strong word. If you're in a circus reality...you can break your neck..because they're performing without a net.

But we just casually sit and watch and be entertained..

I do believe that many of these young people would never get exposure to the audiences if it wasn't for these shows popping up.

But I think that we've lost the reality to fantasy...and everything is just for our entertainment.

We simply just sit and watch. Maybe that's why we're not getting as upset as we should over the stock market. Is that just another reality show...and then they're going to make it better?

I dunno....but something better happen soon.

Or maybe it's like Shakespeare said...The World's a Stage Where We All Play a Part'. This show has no script...it's improvisation...we make it up as we go along...hopefully being right half the time.

So does that mean we're all in one big reality show on earth?

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Chicken Little

How many hundreds of thousands of chickens have we tried to be creative with? I know you're not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition...but now I must concentrate on this chicken thing.

Each country has different cooking styles for this unlucky bird whose main reason for living is to give us eggs and then let us feed on him.

I'll tell you what really disturbs me. When I go to the supermarket and I see their rotisserie with all the chicken, side by side, with their wings at their side, roasting and rotating while their juices flow.

Perhaps I should become a vegetarian!

Dog eat dog world!

Anyhow today I'm in the process of doing something with breasts...not mine...a chicken whose fate is to be not long-lived.

Did he enjoy his little bit of time on earth? Does he have a brain.

I know he has a heart and a liver...but I've never heard of chicken brains. I've heard of cow brains...but what about this unfortunate creature.

Am I spoiling my appetite for what I am about to cook!!!! MAYBE.

Monday, May 26, 2008

My telephones

Our first phone was installed when I was 3 but I remember it.

No more running next door to make a phone call or receive one.

It was one with 2 pieces...you spoke in the speaker part and listened with the the ear phone.

When you lifted the handset, a very pleasant, non-computer voice said 'Number Please.

We had a 4-party line and if we were on too long, we heard about it from the other parties...and then we hung up fast.

Later, we got a circular number dial phone and I thought that was really 'up there'. The word high-tech did not come into being yet.

When Jeff was on vacation from college on Chanukah, he said we're all going to Sears and he was going to buy us a 'push button' phone.

Well, I was against this but I went along. That meant he had to un-install the one we had and re-install the new one.

I really thought I would never have telephone service again...but Jeff and Allen worked on this project and when they were finished, we had a dial tone and I knew we were back in business.

Now I have 3 phones...land phone, remote and a cell phone, which Jeff and Donna have charged for me every year....and every year I have tons of minutes on it ... but I forget to use it. I just don't like the quality of it....seems like a toy phone to me.

The phone I have in my bedroom is really snazzy....it's an 'answering machine' which I think is a miracle in itself.

I have 'caller ID' which interrupts me if I'm using the phone.

I also have a 'speaker phone'....and an ID feature which lets me screen calls if I want to.

It also tells me what time the caller has tried to reach me and the day.

I think that even Alexander Graham Bell would be overwhelmed by the wonderfulness that he invented.

What a sensationl invention. And one other feature, I get to use a web-cam and to see and talk to my kids every Sunday when they give me computer lessons...all the things I screwed up with during the week. Because of the phone I have high-speed internet service...all for reading ythe silly jokes.

I'm not complaining...I JUST LOVE IT1

 

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cutting into plastic

Things, including packaging have sure changed. When we had our toy store, a blister package was a thin sheet of plastic over the item, and you would pull it apart as easily as peeling a banana.

Today, not so. It's just about the hardest chore on my schedule these days. However, I have a wonderful friend...Virginia, who lives right next door to me. One day she walked over with a present for me....a good pair of scissors made for slicing into todays's blister pack.

When she brought it over, I thought I would never have occasion to use it.

Well...this gift returned me from insanity to being very functional.

My old cell phone wouldn't hold a charge....so I made a new purchase of an upgraded one. Not only was the phone in rigid heavy-duty plastic....but the battery also came locked in a blister of it's own.

I wonder if the manufactures over in China giggled as they constructed these...............saying those stupid Americans will be cursing over this.

Anyway, back to Virginia and her magic shears.....cut right through all those heavy layers...and finally after cutting this way and that way.....hooray, I was able to retrieve my purchase.

Now....all I have to do is study the instructions. Help Virginia!!!!!!! And while I was struggling to open this...Jeff and Donna were on Skype with me...watching...and I don't want them to know how weak I am.

They were exchanging the $300. that they had entered into my old phone and putting that amount into my new cell.

Now I have to wait for someone to call me! I gotta use up some of that money!

Every so often an email  comes along and you don't want to lose it...so I'm keeping this one that Virginia sent me.     It's put together well...I think.   It happened billions of years ago so I wasn't quite born yet.    It's very fast moving...but that's how time is.   It just happens and goes!

So, my readers, I hope you liked this as much as I did.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=MrqqD_Tsy4Q

I'm just passing this along...it's for the older folk!

 I know some of you will not understand this message, but I bet you know someone who might. I came across this phrase yesterday.'FENDER SKIRTS.'



A term I haven't heard in a long time, and thinking about 'fender skirts' started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice like 'curb feelers.'

And 'steering knobs.' (AKA) 'suicide knob,' 'neckers knobs.'


Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction first. Any kids will probably have to find some older person over 50 to explain some of these terms to you.

Remember 'Continental kits?' They were rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.


When did we quit calling them 'emergency brakes?' At some point 'parking brake' became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went with 'emergency brake.'


I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the accelerator the 'foot feed.' Many today do not even know what a clutchis or that the dimmer
switch used to be on the floor.


Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so you could ride the 'running board' up to the house?


Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never anymore -'store-bought.'Of course, just about everything is store-bought these days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress or a store-bought bag of candy.


'Coast to coast' is a phrase that once held all sorts of excitement and now means almost nothing. Now we take the term 'world wide' for granted. This floors me.


On a smaller scale, 'wall-to-wall' was once a magical term in our homes. In the '50s, everyone covered his or her hardwood floors with, wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.



When was the last time you heard the quaint phrase 'in a family way ?' It's hard to imagine that the word 'pregnant' was once considered a little too graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company, so we had all that talk about stork visits and 'being in a family way' or simply 'expecting.'

Apparently 'brassiere' is a word no longer in usage. I said it the other day and my daughter cracked up. I guess it's just 'bra' now. 'Unmentionables' probably wouldn't
be understood at all.

I always loved going to the 'picture show,' but I considered 'movie' an affectation.



Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a pure '60s word I came across the other day 'rat fink.' Ooh, what a nasty put-down!


Here's a word I miss - 'percolator.' That was just a fun word to say. And what was it replaced with 'Coffee maker.' How dull... Mr. Coffee, I blame you for this.


I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound so modern and now sound so retro. Words like 'DynaFlow' and 'Electrolux.'Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with 'SpectraVision!'

Food for thought. Was there a telethon that wiped out lumbago? Nobody complains of that anymore. Maybe that's what Castor oilcured, because I never hear mothers threatening kids with Castor oil anymore.


Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered list. The one that grieves me most is 'supper.' Now everybody says 'dinner.' Save a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.


Someone forwarded this to me. I thought some of us of a 'certain age' would remember most of these.

Well-Behaved Canine Citizens

My terrific friend and neighbor Virginia invited me to go to the dog park with her.   I didn't hesitate a heartbeat.   Yes..yes...and yes.

For a brief time I can sit on a bench and  vicariously enjoy the antics of our 4-legged friends.  Miss V has a very new and high SUV...and I'm not new and very short...but I manage to arrange my body to climb into her beautiful cab. 

While we're cruising, lovely classical music is playing and Virginia is explaining to me each and every instrument...some of which I can detect...but others I need help with.

Finally we're entering the park and there's big cyclone fences separating large dogs from the miniatures and medium dogs.

We find  a bench and  look around because there's about 20 little dogs, unleashed, running around and having a great time.

These furry creatures are all well-mannered and look very well groomed.   One black dog came and sat between us and we talked and cuddled him (or her) and we enjoyed so much having our 'doggie-fix' for the day.

A couple of them went directly to Virginia and  I was a tad jealous..but just then a cutie came, sat on my lap, and kissed my face till I was wet.

We stayed about an hour, watching the mammas and the pappas of these furry creatures, that God put on this universe for our sheer enjoyment.

One elderly lady wheeled her dog in a dog stroller.   I don't know if she used this for a walker for herself...or if the pet was elderly also.

Another beautiful dog couldn't run around....every step was an effort...very arthritic...and I sympathized with his pain.

It was a beautiful day.. and one that will linger on in my memory..and on my blog.

Just wondering!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

I wonder if anyone else remembers..or am I too old?

Thoughts drift in and out of my mind at no particular time of the day. These musings just appear.

Like for instance...the little slot that used to be on bathroom medicine cabinets for men to drop their razor blades in. Wonder what happened when it all filled up.

Did anybody's Mother make 'orange candy' out of the pealings of naval oranges and I don't know what the other ingredients were...but I loved it.

We used to take a clove of garlic and rub it on a piece of toasted rye bread...and so delicious.

We used to take our tablets or notebooks and drop ink on it and create Roarch Tests and see if we could identify what it appeared to be.

We didn't use a kazoo to make music...took a comb with a piece of tissue paper or toilet paper...and if it didn't tickle your lips to much...compose our own beautiful music.

I wonder if anyone had to wear 'snuggies' on cold days...tops and bottoms...embarrassing but oh so warm and cozy.

Just thoughts and more thoughts. My Sister Elayne and I changed our dresses when we came home from school and put on playclothes.
I wore her hand-me-downs since she was 3 years older.

We used to lie on our stomachs with the radio on to do our homework. It was such a natural position for us.

I can still smell the musty smell on trains from the upholstered seats.

Comfortable...but smelly! I can still see the conductor with his gold buttons on his vest and jacket.

Wonder why they always made men's suits with vests. Most men never wore them.

What makes these thoughts clutter my brain at this time in my life...I haven't the faintest....

Fine Dining

Lovely experience last night.   I was invited to Annmarie and Joe P's house for dinner and they live fairly close, so I walked over for a little exercise.

Joe greeted me on the street entering his house which was very hospitable...and as I reached the threshold to their door, their two sweet cats were the welcoming committee.   And Annmarie was standing there smiling and I felt expected and welcomed.

I loved the food made from scratch...and very healthy. We started out with hearty vegetable soup that included  just about every veggie that our God created.

  Her asparagas receipe I will definitely make.....in the toaster oven with some oil and bread crumbs...and utterly delicious.  In fact, I was watching Joe in the kitchen, a real artist at work, with his wok...and the aroma was wonderful.  His two hands looked like a conductor performing  with a fine orchestra.

The slices of eggplant parmesan was also fantastic...but what was a big bonus about my meal was their cat was climbing up my leg...and it felt so good...just like a dog...a catdog!

After dinner we sat in the parlor and I looked at quite a few paintings.   This family is so talented...all I can do is admire...I'm talentless.

I looked at some paintings that were minimalized...lots of good colors and then maybe was a small shrub or a little chair.    I would not have purchased those but it was fun to look at.   I was told that these paintings were selling.

About a month ago Annmarie asked what kind of painting I would like to own of hers. I was very flattered that she wanted to put one in my house and I told her a farm....because I still watch 'The Walton's.

About 9 o'clock I said I was ready to leave because they were going to present the painting to me...so beautiful...I would never tire of  the scene.

Joe and Annmarie came over with picture, nail and hammer...and Joe found the perfect spot.

This morning when I woke up, even before going to the bathroom, I  went to the living-dining aarea to view my new picture...painted for me by my good friend Annmarie.

Now I have pictures that they both gave me...and I feel very privileged and happy to own them.

I just keep looking at it.....thanks, guys!    Oh I didn't leave without a container of the soup..which I shall sup while I admire my picture in its beautiful wooden frame.

Why Gender

When we adopt an adorable puppy, of course, fall in love...except when he chews up the furniture, your shoes  and whatever he can confiscate.

Some of it is cute...some very destructive!    Now what puzzles me is we give our dogs names...but when we call them...we say...here boy...here girl.

Good boy..good girl!   I've been trying to figure out why we do this.    Is it easier for a dog to recognize ...his sex name...rather than the name that was given to him.

I really don't know the answer...and I would love it.

So, if anybody has any suggesestions, I would love hearing from you.    There must be a good ex plantion out there.

My Eyesore

It's been brought to my attention that my patio roof is white and that shouldn't be.  It must match  the same shade as our units which are a kind of beige.

Now this roof was painted by the chief head of one of the guys who do work like that to earn extra money.   He supplied the paint...that went into the charging of the work.

It bothers me somewhat this infraction on my part will cause a letter to be written to me...a citation....which makes me think I'm not a good citizen.

It makes me believe that this is one of the most important functions of the powers- that- be.

I quiz my mind and wonder why we don't go around to each unit and ask if they have any handguns and would they please turn them over to our local sheriff department.

Or how many cats are living peacefully and lovingly on our premises which is frowned upon.  Or I might add how many dogs are residing at our residences.  Or the number of cars that occupy two parking spaces instead of one so that their car won't be scratched!

Why is this bothering me so???   Because it's so unimportant !   

I know in my heart that we have an excellent board and they are just doing their job....and I thank them for this because there's lots of criticism involved.

This isn't one of them...it just kinda bothers me a little...my roof color that I don't even see.

My jar of thoughts!

I mentioned to Donna, my daughter-in-law that I was running out of ideas for my blog...so she sent me a jar filled with ideas for 5 years.

I've been going through the subjects one by one and I've discovered that it has to come from within myself ... my memories...that surface now and then...and then I'm able to put it into a blog.

Donna went to a lot of bother and thought gathering all this information...and I will use it eventually.  As I was relaxing today getting an acunpuncture treatment, thoughts came rolling through my brain and I was thinking about most of my friends.    They're all getting ready to go to retirement homes because they don't feel they can be on their own any longer.

When I was a child, grandparents lived with their children and that seemed to work out all right.

But at that time there were no retirement homes for the elder folk.   Jeff and Donna do have a special 'hilda' room for me...but I've got to climb some steep steps.  It's all set up for me!

Now these spacious buildings have a beautiful lobby with an enormous chandelier just like on a cruise ship or in a major hotel.  And you feel like you're really entering luxury.

This is all delusional...because eventually you have to go into your little space that you're renting.

Is it possible to make friends with people who also are in the winter of their life....or does everyone live within himself.   If you're very lucky, you can find a buddy, a friend, a confidante.

I guess you can create your own happiness.

Do other folks relive their life like I do...or do they just accept.

It would be interesting to know!   Any thoughts anybody????

Walk With Me While I Age I hope this poem has the same effect on you as it did on me - then my forwarding it will be worth the effort. Walk with me by the water - worth the read... A BEAUTIFUL POEM ABOUT GROWING OLDER: Shit...I forgot the words.