Can't teach an old dog new tricks--sometimes! / myLot

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

July 7, 2019 4:21pm CST

For a guy who spent 3/4s of his life (so far) being impulsive, not planning, doing things on the spur of the moment I don't know when it happened but all of a sudden I had my life, my days planned. I don't care if Thursday is a holiday, it is my day to go to The Dollar Tree, Winn Dixie, sometimes CVS and then lunch afterwards and if anything interferes with my schedule I get teed off! With that in mind I went to The Dollar Tree, Winn Dixie and then #1 to Big Louie's for lunch. Friday? Friday is movie day and lunch after so went to the movies #2 and then lunch at Arby's. Thursday evening sitting at my dining room table and looking out my window I watched the fireworks #12 going off at the Fort Lauderdale beach. Saturday, long story short, I had lost my neck pillow that I especially bought for when I go to the Gateway Theatre and thinking I lost it I ordered a new one #4 through Amazon #3 and it arrived Saturday only to find out Friday when I went to the Gateway Movie I had left my other one there! (Another sign of getting old? NAH!) #5 I have been throwing seeds into a planter and something is growing---tomatoes? peppers? pickles? all 3?--as I just throw seeds in there. And #6 my pepper plant blossoms continue to turn into peppers! # 7 I must confess that I have become a couch potato (well, a recliner potato) and am addicted to netflix trying to catch up on 6 seasons of the "Orange is the New Black" and #8 "Ozark" before both come back with their new seasons later this month. Something I never get tired of--walking along the canal to Karen Bay. You can catch a bird #11 scanning the water for some fish, #10 a dog at Gateway going for his afternoon walk or #9, if you can see it between the yacht and shore patrol boat, a green speed boat getting a ticket for making too large a wake and speeding in a manatee area. Now it is Sunday afternoon and after reading the Sunday paper, bringing it over to John, watched 3 minutes of golf---hey, it is my Sunday schedule!--at his place, came home, writing this and then into my recliner but no netflix tonight, strictly a CBS evening. Ah, life is good with a routine but I admit leaving Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday for some impulsive living is part of my routine!! Have a great week!

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39515)

• United States

7 Jul 19

they say havin' a routine 'tis a good thingy :) sure helps keep track 'f the days. perhaps i should start such? nah, that'd require me to leave this place 'n i kinda like bein' out here 'lone when the hubs's 't work. i crave silence, outside 'f nature sounds.

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GreatMartin

@GreatMartin (23675)

• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

8 Jul 19

But even then you have routines!! I don't keep track of my days--it is just the way it is--not having a car I have to depend on Allen to come by and pick me up to go food shopping--that is now a set in stone routine!! I know it is Thursday because he calls me to tell me he is on his way to pick me up!!

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39515)

• United States

8 Jul 19

@GreatMartin not really? the critters usually dictate how my day'll be goin', but knowin' the actual date? 'tis very rare fer me outside 'f saturday 'n sunday. jest know that coz from the time the hubs gets home from work friday, that danged t.v. blares 24/7 'til he leaves fer work monday morn. i went to write the lil grandsons birthday'n my calendar 'n found such 'twas still stuck'n april :)

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