Happy New Year

Bob and I are both under the weather, at the moment.  He's had an attack of the cold/crud that seems to be going around, since Christmas Eve.  I started yesterday with conjunctivitis in one eye and a sore throat this morning.  The conjunctivitis is under control and I'm working on the sore throat.

Hope you have a wonderful 2014, don't party too much tonight!  The source for all the images is here, and the pins are here.

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Surprise!

Mourning Dove's morning dance.

The Rockies, last June.

For an explanation of what's happenin' you can check out this post.

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Special Bunny's Christmas video

When Carrie was a teen, she wanted a pet rabbit.  She bought Sam, a lop, with her own money and she and her friend, Jimmy, procured a large cage for the back yard.  Sam was part of our menagerie, dogs, birds, tortoise and then a rabbit. Ever since then, I've loved rabbits.  Hope you enjoy this video, and have a Hoppy Christmas Eve.

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More Christmas Dogs, I love 'em.

Very understated!

Hope you're ready!

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Some Christmas Kids

Can you tell that I really like Christmas?  All these images can be found here.

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Christmas Dogs

Are you ready for Christmas.  These guys sure are!  You can check here, for the sources.

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Learning

Once a month I attend our local Parkinson's Support Group.  I'm considered part of the "staff", because I lead Tai Chi exercises.  I've been going for over a year, now, and each time I go I learn a lot.  I think it's good to always be learning.

This month the speaker was a Movement Disorder Specialist.  That means he's a Neurologist who specializes in helping people who have difficulty moving their bodies thru their daily lives in a normal manner.  These are some of the things I learned at the meeting, that apply to everyone, not just Parkinson's patients.

• One of the best ways to stave-off dementia is to learn a 2nd language.  People who are bi-lingual delay dementia by up to 20 years.
• Up until about 10 years ago, it was thought that brain cells could not re-new themselves.  Once damaged they stayed damaged.  About 10 years ago this was proven to be faulty knowledge.
• It's good for your brain for you to try new things or to change-up your routines.  For instance, altering your exercise routine on a regular basis is good for your brain, plus good for your body.

I'm throwing in some photos from a recent walk because I think all post should have photos.

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Christmas Animals

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Hope these brought a smile to your face.  This year I've been making potholders and hot pads, from scrap fabric; these will be our Christmas cards.  Today, I'm off to the post office to put them in the mail.  As you can imagine my Christmas list is very short!

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Christmas Dogs

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Hope these put a smile on your face.

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I have a dilemma!

I have a dilemma.  I'll try to write this so it's easy to understand.  I'd like your opinion, please.

• I have a fairly new neighbor, Lady A, right next door.  She moved in about a year ago.  She's around 90 years old and active.  She's a retired nurse, and served in WWII.  She walks a couple of miles every day.  She's very friendly, but she's not friendly to Bob or I.  She even came to my Tai Chi class for over 6 months and avoided talking to either of us.
• Lady A, really likes men.  If you see her talking to someone, while she's out and about, 80% of the time it's a male.  I also like men and don't think it's a character flaw.
• At Easter, this year, Lady A, left Easter cards on doorsteps of men, signed Love, Lady A.  If the men were married, the cards were only addressed to the man.
• We have some friends, Mr. and Mrs. B, also neighbors, who are part of our card-playing group.  They've been married over 30 years, this is the 2nd marriage for both of them.  He's 86 and she's 76.
• Mr. B, like my Bob, is the chief dog walker for their family.  He walks their dog once in the morning and also in the early evening.
• Mr. B received one of the Easter cards.  Mrs. B wasn't very happy about it, but choose to ignore it.  Mr. B just shrugged.  (Bob and I both thought it was inappropriate and speculated that perhaps it was an early sign of dementia, on Lady A's part.)

• About 3 months ago, I was out in the early evening delivering flyers.  (It's one of my volunteer gigs, if the HOA Board thinks info. needs to be quickly disseminated, the volunteers get in gear and deliver the info.)  I walked up Lady A's sidewalk, right behind Mr. B.  She greeted him at the door, "Well, hello sweetheart."  He and the dog went inside.  I gave her the flyer, and went on with my rounds.  I mentioned it to Bob and we just shook our heads.
• Fast forward to about a week ago, I went out the front door to collect the mail.  Who should I see walking up to Lady A's door, and ringing the door bell?  Mr. B, of course.  I greeted him, and went to the mailbox and Mr. B and the dog, went into Lady A's.
• When I was back in the house, I told Bob, "Mr. B is at it again."  Bob said that when he walks our Dudley in the evening, he frequently sees Mr. B make a beeline for Lady A's!
• Since I've observed this twice, I'm very uncomfortable not saying anything to Mrs. B.

To me, it's entirely acceptable to encounter someone and stop and chat; but it's an entirely different matter to do something premeditated.  Walking up the sidewalk, ringing the bell, entering the house, is premeditated, not casual.  That's my dilemma, should I say anything.  If so, what should I say.  I think not saying anything leaves me somehow complicit.  I think these are my choices

1. Say nothing, since I'm not affected.  Plus, I speculate saying something would change our card group.
2. Tell Mrs. B that I think she should walk the dog with Mr. B in the evening.
3. Tell Mrs. B what I've observed.
4. Tell Mrs. B, in front of Mr. B, what I've observed.

I know that if I were Mrs. B, I'd want to know.  I don't know what Mrs. B would want.  I don't think there's an easy solution.  What would you do?

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Maddie PSA

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A friendly holiday PSA from Maddie: each year dogs still get sick from eating Poinsettia’s. Maddie recommends keeping them away from dogs, or just balancing them on your back.

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Maddie is one of my favorite dogs.  If you don't know her, you can check out her blog, here.

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Daily posting

I'm married to a big geek.  He loves Sci-Fi and all things Big Bang.  When I saw this Tshirt, I knew I had to get it for him.  I found it on zazzle.com, in case you have to have one, too.

If you're used to seeing Bob with a Van Dyke goatee, he shaved it off a couple of weeks ago, while I was out at a meeting.  When I came home, he tried to convince me that he'd shaved it off in the morning, and I'd ignored him!  I didn't buy it, and he fessed up.  Life is never boring with Bob.

I made it, my goal was one post for each day in November; I did 31 post in 30 days.  I also over-achieved in October 36 post in 31 days.  Since I love the spirit of Christmas and all the festivities, I don't think I'll have a problem in December.  Here's hoping for at least 31 post this month.

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