05.23.07

52 Today

Posted in Redwood Living at 7:30 am by Lynette

Today I’m 52 and I’m posting the 10 things I’ve learned this past year.  (I’m sure there are more but due to my advanced age I cannot remember them!)

1.  Living with COPD and Bronchiectasisis very doable.  I have bad days where I just lay on the couch but the majority of my days are good ones.   This is NOT my father’s lung disease, (He passed at 49) and I will live much longer than he did.

2.  Banding baby lamb boys is not as easy as it looks.  Even though I was not actually involved in the catching, holding or application of  said bands, I was right in there with you, giving moral support.

3.  9 year olds lie.  When they say their birthday gift to you is to get up in the morning without being told, make their own breakfast without being reminded, dress, brush their dreaded curly hair and brush the teeth and still get out the door to school by 7:55….they lie.  It is now 7:45 and she has just moved toward her bedroom to get dressed.  (We got there at 8:10)

4.  I hate painting the house hence the reason for hiring it done, paying $900 to the painter guy  and bribing the older daughter to come help.

5.  Moisturizer is a good thing.  When I was 17 and in a PE class at Tokay High in Lodi, the  gay PE teacher had a local beautician come in and talk to us about caring for our faces.  The one and only thing I took from that moment in time is moisturizer, no matter what your skin type is, use it.  35 years later is shows but it has helps to stay out of the sun too!

6.  If there is a permission slip signature required for a child to attend a field trip they will give it to you at 7:50 on the morning of said trip….I wish you could see the 4 that were just handed to me.

7.  Spits Dill Pickle sunflower seeds are addicting.

8.  Knitting is a good thing.  It can be a diet aid  (It is hard to eat and knit at the same time).  It can be a marriage counselor, (you overlook or ignore a lot of your spouses irritating habits when concentrating  on a very difficult lace pattern chart). Finally it is good for your brain, making all those new connections necessary to memory and helps with the arthritic hands.

9.  It is OK to cry at your son and daughter’s graudation ceremonies.

10.  Keeping an angora rabbit is more time and trouble that the wool is worth.  It is much more cost effective to purchase the angora top than to have to feed, brush, clean and care for the rabbit. 

It seems I’ve not learned much this past year but I know the sun still rises, the swallows return in May, the flowers bloom (albeit on their own timeline) and life goes on.  Have a nice day!

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