Good Morning, yes........everyone's too busy to post. Including me, I did take the time to watch one of the video's, the singing at the mall. I would love to witness that. I'm going back to see the video you're talking about Zoe on aging. KarenFla...you really make fruitcake and give it out? I'm thinking of the old joke about one ageless fruitcake being passed around every year. I once tasted someone's fruit cake that I actually liked, it didn't have that nasty citron (or whatever that dried fruit is) in it but Rum. I think the gal made it like 3 or 4 months before christmas to age.
Rosey...glad to see you're able to eat more than babyfood. Does it hurt your tummy when you eat too much?
I gotta go check out the video's, be back later.
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ladyinweighting , 12-13-2010 02:44 PM
I'm here...... Yeah, we got dumped on Zoe........
,nothing new in my world..i must be catching up as i slept most of yesterday.my dh and i put up our tree, its looking festive..we are having high winds today so hope the power stays on.stay warm and safe "GG" (((hugs))) rosey 
. We don’t talk a lot about aging here, but it’s a bit like the elephant in the room, don’t you think? After all, we ARE posting in the 50+ category, right? Well, anyway, I actually DO think quite a bit about how I want my life to be as I grow older. The process is, after all, unavoidable, and has only one alternative 
. Right now, I feel very much stifled by the necessity of working every day, and after spending 3 hours a day driving (more, if I’m at meetings in other than my own office location) + a full day at work, I’m frankly just too tired to be very creative. And this feels very burdensome to me, because I truly enjoy sculpting, sewing, jewelry-making and more recently, knitting. I can knit, I’ve discovered, for a couple of hours after supper if DH reads aloud. Can’t watch TV & knit, I don’t think – I’m not good enough yet to try doing it without paying it my full (visual) attention. I do, however, have a nice scarf nearly finished for my daughter for Christmas – variegated grays and black. Very pretty, and I think it’ll work nicely with the black coat that she wears most days to work. I like the thoughts of her having something around her neck that I made – kind of like a warm hug from Mum on a cold day 
. I need to try to make one each for my other two daughters and one for my son, as well. Perhaps not for Christmas, however 
. Anyhoo, as I was saying, I’m getting increasingly frustrated with so much of my time being spent at work, or getting to and from work. I think that after the first of the year, I’ll pay a visit to the Social Security office and see what my benefits would look like if I retired ahead of schedule. From what I’ve been able to figure out online, the difference between retiring, say, next year, instead of waiting to turn 66, is only about a hundred dollars. Better in my pocket than theirs, of course, but maybe not that critical to me from the larger perspective. And, if any of you get a chance to check out the trailer on that Beauty of Aging video, it shows an exercise class – sort of dance/movement sort of thing – and it reminded me of the need to USE before I LOSE my flexibility and mobility. I’ve just been feeling so sluggish lately – and I know that not getting sufficient exercise will make me feel even MORE sluggish, you know?
