Matter of Fact

Dogs are Fun

Dogs are so fun to be around, especially when they are happy and comfortable.  Dog beds give your special pooch a place of her own to rest and relax.  It’s like giving her a sofa just for her own ease and relaxation.  Most pups like it most when the bed is large and in an area you frequently visit, like in the living room right next to your favorite recliner.  If you don’t like your animals on the furniture, then it is imperative that you buy a small dog bed right away for that special furry someone in your life.  They will thank you.

Dreadful but Innovative summer

This summer was very hot than last one. There was immense heat and very low rain. This resulted in many heat oriented disease. There were several reports which stated the dreadful effects of summer. There were even deaths due to this. I wanted to do something to help people in my locality at least. I organized medical camps with the help of social workers. We set up shade shields in places where people tread more. I also saw to that many water outlets were set to help people to quest their thirst while on roads. I also held awareness camps in which I enrolled school children and made them aware of ways to overcome heat. I made them spend their holidays usefully. I presented a tree sibling to each and made them responsible to take of it till it grows as a tree.

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Knit Theory

At the first class, the instructor pointed out that when you undo a piece of knitting that has a mistake in it, the mistake is gone, just like mistakes in our lives can be if we change our ways. Cool, I thought. So after that first class, when I’d learned, in theory, how to start making a sock, I undid my goof-laden knitting a whole bunch of times, and started over. Finally, I decided if I kept undoing every time I made a mistake, I would never get done. So I kept going despite mistakes, and ow I have about two inches of a sock on my needles. There are lots of goofs. But life is full of goofs, too. If you keep fix them as best you can and keep going, there’s a chance you’ll get something useful in the end anyway.

Twisting task

Here in my city it rained heavily. I cancelled all my schedules and decided to enjoy the rain. I started to watch the rain from my bedroom window. I saw a group of youngsters slowly came out in the rain. They started to play in the rain. I was reminded of my school days. We used to play and dance in the rain. After so many days I felt like joining them. I went out and joined them. Slowly we started playing throw ball. The feel was so great that we started twist dancing. We danced for more than an hour. Though I intended to have a busy schedule, I ended up with twisting task, which made me to relax and retrieve back to my work.

Knitting

I set a goal at the beginning of the year to learn a new skill, like knitting or crocheting. When a local yarn shop advertised a class on learning to knit socks, I knew that was my chance. I am not completely new to knitting. When I was ten or eleven, I learned how to make knitted slippers. When I was in high school, I made my boyfriend a hideous pinkish sweater, which I’m pretty sure he never wore, and I don’t blame him. As part of a humanitarian project I started knitting a leper bandage about ten years ago, and gave up about eight years ago. So I thought learning to knit a sock was within the realm of possibility.

My Town

My town calls itself a city. I don’t know what the population is, but it’s not a big city, although until the housing slump it was growing fast. It is fairly homogenous: mostly white, middle- to upper-class, and probably at least 90 percent the same religion. I’m guessing at least half of the homes are less than twenty years old. A lot of the original settlers have died or sold their large tracts of land which are now new subdivisions. When we first moved here eleven years ago, my kids used to enjoy playing in what was called ‘”the bike fields.” Those are gone, replaced by mostly brown stucco houses. This year the town built a new “town center.” There are city offices, a small library, a fire/police station, and a water park which consists of a small man-made river and a plaza with fountains that kids can play in. People are friendly, crime is low, life is predictable. But sometimes a little boring.

Not High Fashion

I’m wearing a pair of khaki pants that I got at a resale store. They are a bit big and bulge in a funny way at my waist and on my thighs. I keep thinking I need to get them altered, but I wonder if I ever will. My sewing machine is not working. For a top I wore a salmon-colored knit top I got at Costco. It doesn’t fit great, either, but there are no dressing rooms at Costco. It was all right for what I was doing, which was teaching a third-grade class. The main thing there is just don’t draw attention that might distract them from what they are doing. I wore shoes that were good for walking because that’s how I got to that teaching job. I was a little too warm in the outfit. It is a sunny day and not to hot outside, but they don’t turn on the air conditioning in the school until 11:00, and it got pretty stuffy. Now I’m home again, and I’ve taken off the hot clothes and put on something more comfortable.

Life-Affirming

Recently I saw the movie “Young @ Heart.” It is a documentary about a singing group comprised entirely of senior citizens. The choir director, who is a bit younger than the singers, picks the music and helps them learn it. It’s mostly rock and pop music from groups like Sonic Youth, James Brown, and Coldplay. While some of these singers must use oxygen or walkers, and are literally near death, and some of them have a hard time learning the rhythm and words to the songs, their enthusiasm for and commitment to what they are doing remains strong. It keeps them going, and they recognize the benefit is for their audiences. I laughed and cried and wanted to hug them all. And I wished I could be part of such a vibrant, life-loving bunch as they are.

Dailies

I usually wake up about 6:30. I try to have a little quiet, meditative time to think about the day and what I want to do, to pray and read some scriptures. Then I spend a half-hour or so exercising, either walking or going to a place where I work out on some machines. When I get back, I often go check whether there is anything that needs to be harvested in the garden—berries, tomatoes, beans. After that there are usually other chores that need to be done—laundry, shopping, paying bills, for example. At some point I will usually spend some time on the computer reading and answering email, perhaps working a little, sometimes playing games. I eat lunch, then do more of the same, until it’s time to fix dinner. After cleaning up from dinner, I finish any undone chores, watch a little TV, then maybe play some more involved computer games. I try to be in bed by 10:30.

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