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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