SMALL WORLD – RICK’S CO-WORKER

When I listen to the news every morning on a local radio station, I always feel a little connected to one of the announcers. He was born and raised in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and when I lived there I knew some of his relatives. But now the “connection” has widened.

Recently, my son told me, that after working together for a year, he and Marc, a co-worker discovered they were both born in Sheboygan. Not only that but Marc’s Dad was my son’s pediatrician and Marc’s friend is the announcer I listen to every day. The reason they didn’t recognize each other was that we had moved away when my son was only two. What a small world.

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BACK ACHE

Lately, my back has been bothering me a lot. Actually the pain is partly on my back and partly on my right side about an inch or two below my waste. I’ve tried some exercises and Tylenol, but neither seems to help. But yesterday it occurred to me that it might be a flare up of my sciatic. I could go see the doctor, but that is such a hassle, so I simply called and asked to have a prescription for a few days of a muscle relaxant.

Luckily she agreed and I began taking the medication last evening along with some Ibuprofen. It’s been less than 24 hours and I know better, but I’m frustrated that it still hurts. On the other hand, I have been sitting in one position working steadily away on my computer for the last few hours. So is it any wonder that the pain is probably my own fault for not getting up even to stretch every 30 minutes or so.

Oh well. I’ll turn off my computer as soon as I finish this task. Then I’ll go to the health club to walk around the track which should help. And hopefully, I’ll have more discipline tomorrow and try not sit so much.

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SEPTEMBER 28TH

Today is September 28th and it’s my “house anniversary”. I can hardly believe that I’ve lived in my condominium for 31 years. I moved in when my children were 13 and 11 years old in 1979. Now they are grown and married and living in houses of their own.

Recently when my son visited, he asked, “Why don’t you move Mom? You don’t need all this space” Actually, although I have three bedrooms, my condo is only 1200 square feet, and really not that large. But my mortgage is paid off and I’m very comfortable. Plus the thought of cleaning out and packing up is more than I want to even think about.

So I will plan to stay in my house for the rest of my life and celebrate more “house anniversaries.”

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NEW POP CORN POPPER

Many folks will tell you, “They don’t make things the way the use to.” And I would have to agree with them. After my 20-year-old reliable automatic pop-corn popper broke I bought a new one. And I’m sorry to say, the pop-corn I make in the new popper does not taste nearly as good as the pop-corn I made in the old one. To top it off, my new machine cost me $40 – at least $15 more than I paid for the old one.

I could probably resign myself to making the best of it, but recently a friend popped a bag of pretty good microwave popcorn. Up until now I have not liked microwave popcorn. But surprisingly I really liked the popcorn my friend made. And now I’m frustrated that I bought an expensive automatic popper that is unsatisfactory as I can just buy easy to make and inexpensive microwave pop-corn instead.

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BRIDGE PARTNERS

If today were New Year’s Eve and I had to make a resolution, I would resolve to stay silent when my bridge partners criticize my bridge playing. Actually, I welcome the insightful comments some of my partners make, as I am far from an expert and I appreciate their valuable advice to help me improve my skills.

But then there are a couple women I play with who seem to delight in finding fault with my mistakes. They not only tell me what I did wrong in a scornful and scolding manner, but they repeat it over and over again, saying such things as you should NEVER do this or that. The irony is that they are only mediocre players themselves.

I shouldn’t let it irritate me, but it does. In fact, perhaps they do it because they want to make themselves feel better and I should simply pity them. The smart thing for me to do would be to smile when they say something and say nothing in return. It would make me a more gracious person. Plus, there’s no question that “silence is golden and less is more.”

At any rate, I have a chance to put my “Mid-Year” resolution in practice this evening. Here’s hoping I can REMEMBER to keep my mouth shut!!

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BLOGS

A couple years ago, I read that writing a blog every day could increase the traffic to my website. And the results would be obvious within a month. So I tried it and sure enough, the hits to my site did increase. However, it’s time consuming to write a blog every day and so I didn’t keep it up. As a result, of course, my traffic dropped.

And so sometime later I resumed my blog and as before the number of viewers who visited my site increased. Unfortunately, once I achieved my goal, I once again began neglecting my blog. It just took too much time. But here I am again looking at fewer hits to my website. And as you can see, I am returning once more to writing a daily blog.

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JACOB’S SUMMER JOB

What an amazing coincidence. This past summer my 14-year-old grandson worked at the ballpark for the area’s local baseball team, The Mallards. He worked at the concession stand making funnel cakes, a food I must admit I had never heard of previously. He had a great time and made a lot of money for a “14-year-old kid.”

But the other day, I had a delightful surprise. I drove to a nearby small town to buy shoes at a great little shoe store. My parents liked to shop there for the good buys and because they became friendly with the owner, Steve, who enjoyed visiting Las Vegas as much as my parents did.

When I arrived at the store Steve greeted me and as I started looking around I noticed a couple photos of the Mallard’s baseball team. Later when I commented on the photos to Steve, he told me he owned the team. “No kidding,” I exclaimed, “my grandson Jacob worked for you all summer.” “Oh I wish I had known,” he said. “I would have given him a hard time,” he teased. And, I thought to myself, “How incredible. Steve had known my folks for many years and now he employed their great-grandson. If only my parents were still alive. They would be so pleased.

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