Saturday, March 30, 2019

My Love/Hate Relationship With Mosquitoes


It's very simple.
They LOVE me. I HATE them.






This is an actual photograph of my hand
from last summer.
(Just keeding! Only felt like this!)

Worst part? I wasn't outside.
I was inside the sanctity of my own home!



Yes, the vultures would attack me at night when I
was sleeping and bite my hands and face!
They would wake me up buzzing in my ear
and then elude me when I tried to annihilate them.
I tried to sleep in gloves and cover up my face.
When I sat in my recliner in the glass room they
would bite my feet and ankles.
Pitiful is what I was. Just pitiful.


Anyone who entered my home last summer had
to come around through the garage.
Those horrible creatures swarmed my front
porch and my back door.
One day late in the summer a fireman 
rang my doorbell.
I hesitated but decided I best not ask him
to go around to the garage!
(They had been sent to the wrong address.)


I was going to assemble all the things I bought
to try to survive the summer of the mosquito,
but I have thrown too many of them away for
a photo to have the proper impact!
If anyone told me anything that might help,
I bought two. Nothing worked.
Except this.

I set it right by my bed last year and had the 
true joy of zapping a few of those nasty beasts!



But...a few will no longer do it.
"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!"
You mosquitoes have pushed me beyond my limit.
I contracted with ABC Pest Control 
to insure that I can live at peace in my own home
and yard this year. They guarantee it!
They've already sprayed and put out two spitoon
shaped pots (one in front and one in back), 
the contents of which they promise spell doom
 for the hideous pests.
They will be back every month, or more often
if any of them dares to appear in my field of vision.


So far I am impressed.
I can go on my front porch without fighting my way
through a cloud of mosquitoes.
There are none sitting on the back windows.
I haven't been bitten a single time.


I'm just left wishing I could have heard this sermon.


Amen.


Wednesday, March 6, 2019

I Am Now A Curves Girl!


Do you know about Curves?
It's an exercise program to strenghten women 
who don't want to get their hair messed up.
(Actually that is true of me--not everyone!)
It involves a series of 11 machines which work out
many muscles--arms, legs, back, etc.
One of the best things about Curves is that the
entire workout can be done in 30 minutes.


I've been going since January, but today was my
first progress weigh and measure.
Now before you even think about telling me that
I look better--don't, because I don't.
I had gained two pounds and two inches.
I think the workouts make me hungry. 
Bummer.
But...I feel like I am more flexible, which is
what I am really after!
(Liar, liar, pants on fire. I wanna be skinny!) 


I love the owner, Patti, and her assistant, Betty.
I have made many new friends there.
Betty took some pictures today for me to show you.


Disclaimer:
My descriptions of the machines are extremely
brief and basic.
Patti and Betty describe their benefits in much
greater and more thorough detail.




This machine twists from side to side while on your
knees to slim your waist! 
My grandmother of the bride dress will probably
have a belted tiny waist!




This one is to reduce "jiggle arm!"






This one is leg strengthening. You push back a 
pedal with one leg.
I feel this is very good for both my knees--
the new and the old!




Again, knee strengthening.
Pleased that I can do this without pain.




This one will kick your buttricks! (My grandmother's
word!) My face is an epic fail at a strained look!
My girls got their acting skills from me.




Believe it or not, at my age it is an accomplishment
to be able to reach this high over one's head!
Proud!





Now would you believe me if I said I just can't wait
to go exercise 3-4 times a week?
Well, you shouldn't. I'm more like this:



But when I get up and get there, I'm like this:



Thanks, Karen Ellen Anderson, my young friend, 
for recommending Curves.
I really feel like it is ideal for me.
Feel free to ask me questions about my experience.
I've been going almost two months now.
I'm an expert!