Monday, August 15, 2016

Bars to Longevity

All my enthusiasm for the magazine last week was intact even as I battled a leaking roof during our roofing renovations.  Then the worst happened, high drama between two roosters as they each felt they knew what was what.  Me in the middle trying to preach respect, moderation and understanding. 
 

And then I had to go to the doctor for my prescription renewal.  And the nurse had to take my blood pressure twice because the first recording was not very good.  I had to smile.  This is the second time the doctor has had to record high blood pressure due to confrontations with brothers.  He must think we are the Hatfields & McCoys!  However while we can quarrel in the heat of the moment we can also laugh at ourselves.  We have a strong sense of humour in our family and we all know that laughter is the best medicine.
Once you start seeing “longevity” it is surprising how many articles crop up in the same month; is this a conspiracy?  I found mention of “Blue Zones” in the O magazine as well as articles on living longer.  I discovered an article in a recent Metro newspaper and not surprisingly there was an article in the Woman’s Day magazine last week.
So what have I done to implement the lessons learned in the article?  A lot more walking which included pulling weeds in my “back 40”, piling them at one corner of the garden and walking back & forth as I worked.  I pulled out my lesson books to continue studying before the Labour Day weekend and I worked on more crossword puzzles.  Just baby steps as the cooking won’t change until after harvest when I step back into the kitchen on alternate days.  This will also relieve my mother of the stress of making the decision about what to make each day (beside NOT cooking).  This will be somewhat of a challenge as she normally doesn’t like how I cook meat and she doesn’t like vegetables but we shall make the attempt.
I have some other plans for September but until I actually implement them I will not give myself the stress of declaring them here.  After all, too much pressure isn’t good for the blood pressure.
(pictures are of my other brothers clowning around and Mom & I having a laugh)

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