RV Poetry

Shelly at This Eclectic Life chose to write, in part, about S.A.D., one of winter’s crummy side effects. Now before you click to read her post, if you have a sweet tooth, before nibble on something first! Today is her day to not only find the good but post on it.

There are ways around S.A.D. like specialized lights, but I have another idea to help y’all get through it: VOLUNTEER.

Why not? It can’t help but make you smile – and think of how many other people will smile ’cause of you. That creates light, right? OK. So, SAD lights are not quite the same type light, but the principle is!

Not enough hours? Many of us associate volunteering with helping month after month, but there are plenty of one time opportunities.

Can’t find the right place? You could start simple by doing a search online or asking co-workers or neighbors. You could, however, take the easy route below – the one with a reward on top of the feel good reward!

So, on this Only the Good Friday, why not consider this:

Disney is offering admission to either Disney World or Disneyland if you volunteer for one of the organizations linked below. And guess what? Some allow children from six and up to volunteer. You search by your zip code and nearby areas. There is a variety in types for people of all skills and skill levels:
Give a Day. Get a Disney Day

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Sundays on my blog are supposed to be about calm – or – chaos. Migraine for me (though short lived one), major eye strain ’cause I don’t want to buy a hot lamp so I can see, and a crummy cold for Leon, though it’s hit him less hard than those from whom he obtained it. Relatively calm here between naps and playing couch potatoes.

That is not true; my brain is in complete chaos about Panoply’s design, but on to the pic of the gift that will help future picnics, and therefore, future calm.

Isn’t it cute? About 47″ long, with two little benches that when folded click in for storage beneath the folded picnic table. Our son and daughter-in-law gave it to us for Christmas, their way of “approving” our RV dreams. OK, that’s not it at all, but it was our first gift for Panoply – and a thoughtful one at that! Don’t know where we can keep it, but Leon will make it work, ’cause he knows better than to let ME find a place for it – that will involve construction – or a new car.

Of course, with a green table and benches, one blue folding chair and one bright orange folding chair, and a beige mat left by previous owners, we will be known as the Mismatch Duo, but all money is going into safety related items and into changing out some items for less ‘toxic’ items, not decorating. That is just the way I want it!

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Most likely, I haven’t been making lists on my blogs, because I am making so many at home. The more lists, the more procrastination. So, what to share?

Tonight, I dared check the analysis of my Twitter stream. Let’s just respond with: “What are they finding sex in?” Primordial, aka Reptilian thought, perhaps.

I rarely talk about anything related to sex… or at least I didn’t see it in there. Look at this innocent face. I still have it, I’m sure, I can’t see it, but it must be there.

So, it is fun also to put in other Twitter names you follow and see their analysis, to see if it is how you see their tweets.

Since you could look it up anyway, if you so desired, here is the analysis of my stream by Tweet Psych.

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OOPS.

RV drawers when working correctly (or is that closed correctly?) stay closed. In our Lazy Daze, the bathroom door opens to close off the kitchen/dining area from the rest of the RV. (So, cool!) We drove the RV back to storage after spending Christmas tearing out carpet and airing it out. Because we had items on the floor in the back we didn’t want to slide into us should we have to stop short, we had the bathroom door opened to close off the front from back.

And so that brilliant idea had a flaw in its execution. The drawer in the wardrobe on the back side of the door opened. Leon tried shoving his huge hands in the tiny gap; I shoved mine in , but neither of us could close the drawer. He had the mechanical skills, but large hands; I had only a weak tiny hand. Not the BEST scenario was it? We got it to close only a few inches between the two of us.

Now what?

Let’s see, tear down the door? No. Break a side window and climb in to shove in the drawer? No. Then, I had an idea. (Leon hates those words, it usually means work for him.)

Leon had just received from our son a driver (golf club) for Christmas. It happened to be up front with us. I suggested Leon (being 6′ tall), try putting the club over the door and push the drawer in; the door does not go all the way to the ceiling.

He did it! Our first RV story, lol, and this is a reason to smile, both for his success and our first RV OOPS.

What is your reason to smile? (You don’t have to share it if it’s a secret, but think it, at least.)

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Tuesdays are my day to rant or rave, not to be confused with ranting and a raving. Today is a rave!

The above trail at Snoqualmie Falls, in Snoqualmie, Washington, was one of our favorite places to walk. On days like that one, when it was cold enough for light fleece, we were both as happy as could be. But let it get the slightest bit warm. Leave me at home! That and working in the yard were our main forms of exercise back then. We thrived.

But back in South Florida, most of the time, I am a hermit. Hot sun and humidity and I are not pals, but enemies! I’m not getting enough exercise down here.

Years ago my bone density scan showed some loss, I don’t get enough exercise. I didn’t know about jumping and being on the third floor last year, but I couldn’t have jumped anyway living above an elderly person. I no longer do.

I have jumped in place a few times recently – but since our floors are concrete and I was barefoot each time, decided that wasn’t my most brilliant decision, so I did only a few teeny jumps, as if jumping rope.

Today I jumped on the search engines (pun intended) and found a guest blog by Sherri Betz, PT (physical therapist) on the Pilates Community of Wellsphere.com. It is a much quicker read than it appears and has good information and cleared up misinformation.

All this time I thought walking up and down the stairs was good for my bones…. because I had been told weight bearing exercise was needed. Well, it is obviously good for other things, but not as helpful for bones as I was led to believe. I will continue to make extra trips up and down the stairs because it makes me feel good. Enough about me.

Go on then, head on over to Wellsphere and check out the research Sherri Betz has shared. But, seriously, don’t change what you are doing until you’ve spoken with a professional, aka someone like your doctor.

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