Amusing Musings – Page 3

Social Distancing

Hey, good news I tried on my jeans this morning and they still button, to be honest, I’m a little surprised, but I’m so excited I might wear them until noon, naaaawww. I don’t intend to actually wear them, just participating in a reality…

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Attitude is Everything

What do you call it? Quarantined, isolated, housebound? My sister, Marilyn, lives in a studio apartment, she refers to it as her sanctuary. She is sheltered there and loves her cozy space. She thinks of it as her retreat where she can…

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April = Florida

While enjoying a glass of wine on the patio, Monty mentioned how often we’ve enjoyed trips to Florida in April. I’ll always remember our first time, it was April 2002, we’d been retired for four months. Up until retirement we …

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You Got This

Today would have been Monty’s post opt appointment for cataract surgery, but it didn’t happen. Luckily he hasn’t let the cataract situation get so bad that he can’t manage, but he was looking forward to getting it done and moving on.…

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Cabin Fever?

Cabin fever? Maybe you finished the taxes and answered the census survey now you can hunker down and binge-watch Netflix. It would have been nice to have some March madness fun, but that is just not going to happen. Monty mentioned the Corn…

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TP Gone Viral

Coronavirus - the mere whisper of the word sends America on a bee line to Costco for toilet paper. We did our part, we circled the parking lot three times and lined up with everyone else to get in the door. We weren’t sure why we were…

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What's in a Name

In my family we are referred to by the name we were given. I’ve never been anything other than Carrie, well I’ve been called a few other things, but that is not the point I’m trying to make. My sister Marilyn has always been Marilyn…

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Tennis Anyone?

Maria Sharapova retired from tennis this week. Maria won 5 grand slam tennis events, she was ranked the number one female player in the world for twenty-one weeks. Maria won her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2004 when she…

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Ahoy Matey

While watching the Australian Tennis Open a few weeks ago we were stuck by the commercial breaks showing river cruises. You know, the ones where everyone looks happy, enjoying a glass of wine on the deck of a luxurious ship. These happen…

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Click Reserve!

Every once in a while I enter a ‘dead zone’ searching for an enjoyable read. It just seems nothing I pick up is what I want to read at that moment. I feel a let down until I find the perfect book that sets me back on track again.…

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Potty Talk

According to Google, and who would argue with the Big G., Sir John Harington (1562-1612) was the inventor of the flushable toilet. Thanks to Johnny Carson, the only name I’ve ever associated with a toilet is none other than, Thomas Crapper.…

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January 1949

When January rolls around I’m reminded of our move to Tucson. Not unlike the Beverly Hillbillies we arrived in Tucson with the roof rack loaded with our worldly possessions including mom’s wedding crystal. It was January of 1949 when …

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My Fitness Peeps

About two years ago I decided to join an adult fitness class sponsored by the Pima County Council on Aging. I had spent many years enjoying Jazzercise, but since my right arm isn’t very cooperative anymore I decided to change to a class…

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Cheaters Never . . .

I love old adages, you know the ones you heard growing up. "A penny saved is a penny earned." "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, & wise. Here is…

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The Bourbon Balls

Thanksgiving at my daughter’s was special, as always. Everyone brought their favorite covered dish to share. Bob and Janet brought enough dessert to feed everyone twice. Bob is the kid’s dad, he and his wife, Janet, always make special…

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Page By Page

I love this idea. The New Year provides an opportunity to close the book on last year and start with a fresh page. Think of it as a story yet to be written. When Monty and I finish breakfast I pick up the…

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Welcome 2020

Another year has ended, this one takes on a special meaning because we are closing out a decade. I’m looking forward to 2020, it has such a nice ring to it. All the 20-teens were sort of cumbersome. (kinda like the teens in life, I guess) If…

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Brain Games

Over the last couple of months, Monty and I have attended a lecture series on Total Brain Health sponsored by Tucson Medical Center. In the first session, we learned about brain health, cell structure and function, telemeters, genes and…

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Can You Hear Me Now?

I recently come to the conclusion that my ears are big. It was a startling realization as I looked in the mirror and noticed these large, appendages hanging on the side of my head. Now I’m a little paranoid, I wonder if anyone else has…

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Lizard Tales

Last week, Miss Daisy was tossing around something black about two inches long. I thought it might be a piece of plastic and a choking hazard so naturally I tried to retrieve it. Her jaws were firmly clamped on her treasure there was no way…

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10,000 Steps?

News Flash! From the pages of AARP magazine, our generations Bible. You don’t need 10,000 steps a day to live longer. FACT: The standard goal of 10,000 steps a day isn’t based on science. It comes from a marketing effort related to…

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Gold Star

We got our Gold Stars today. I’m talking about the Gold Star that should appear on your drivers license if you want to use your drivers license to board an airplane. The new requirement goes into effect next October. So, although, we have…

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Not Exactly

The Internet provides inspiration to travel around the world. The pictures provided are just like being there, in some cases, even better than being there. From our armchair we can appreciate Mona Lisa’s rueful smile and maybe long…

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Praying in Color

I found the most delightful book on prayer tucked away on a back shelf of the library. Sybil MacBeth wrote this charming book entitled Praying in Color. She has a marvelous way of enjoying conversations with God, that really resonated with…

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Happy Birthday, Bert

My brother, Bert, was born on October 18, 1929. He was one of the good guys, the kind of guy you’d want your daughter to bring home to meet the family. He passed away Christmas morning 2016, we would be celebrating his 90th birthday…

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Internet has the Flu

Friday night and the Internet is down. We patiently waited five minutes before making a call to Century Link to find out what’s going on. After giving all of our pertinent information it was determined Century Link was having a problem…

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Fridge Flu

I’ve previously written about my love/hate relationship with the refrigerator and grocery shopping. This relationship has become more strained in the last few days. My kids have a completely different philosophy about grocery shopping…

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Three's Company?

We hear a lot about the number three. I don’t know that it is any more important than any other number but three is mentioned a lot. You know: the Three Little Pigs, Three Musketeers and, of course the Three Stooges Three pictures in…

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You've Got Mail

Last week when I sat down at the computer there was an URGENT alert notifying us our storage space was about to reach max. How could that happen? Hmmm maybe it could be getting crowded up in the Cloud. Do we have our own Cloud or are we sharing…

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Celebrating a Year Together

Here's the Google description of a blog - “Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.” Well,…

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Lunch Time

Most of you know me and maybe met my better half, Monty. If you haven’t had the pleasure of meeting him, I will tell you he is smart, funny, focused and definitely the better half. We are joined at the hip and do almost everything together. …

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Miss Daisy's 1st Birthday

Miss Daisy is celebrating her first birthday this week. It is hard to believe, it was just last fall we were up in Washington picking up our little bundle of fluff. As the saying goes, time flies when you are having fun. Daisy has…

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Hotter Than . . .

Hotter than a pepper sprout - thanks Johnny and June Hot as H-E double toothpicks - we said this growing up, it was like swearing and we giggled. It’s a dry heat, - then some smart ass will say, ‘Yeah but so’s an oven…

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Journey's End (Part 3)

A river runs through it; that can be said of all of our favorite places. In Durango, it’s the Animas, in Missoula, the Clark Fork meanders through town, the Deschutes River in Bend is a playground for the locals, and in Grand Junction, it’s…

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Open Road Part 2

Arriving in Colorado, is like stepping into another world. People watching is a full time activity here, the first thing you notice is everyone wears a backpack in Colorado, even grannie. I’m never quite sure if it is the changeable weather…

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Summer 2019 Part 1

On the Road Again, not only one of our favorite songs, but our favorite activity. Miss Daisy seem pretty happy about the traveling thing. First she gets to sit on mom’s lap while we travel down the road and then at night she manages to…

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What's on Your Nightstand?

I just finished the most delightful book that’s come my way in a long time, ‘City of Flickering Light’ written by Juliette Fay. This book wasn’t on the Express Shelf, where the best sellers are waiting, but back in a stack…

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The Senior Village

The cast of characters in this story include, my sister Marilyn, 89, Nat, 90, Biddy, 93, and the kid Brent 72. Bit parts are played by Jim, Mary, and Buddy. The names have not been changed-no sense spoiling their fun now. Fellowship…

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How's My Driving?

I was fifteen when my future husband, himself a teenager, taught me to drive his ’57 Chevy. The day I turned sixteen I passed the driver’s test, even parallel parked successfully and proudly received my first drivers license. …

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