Re: Elderly wisdom and staying on top of things!

Georgene
What's with "single males"???Reverse sexism?? I am going to my first garden
club meeting on Tuesday NIGHT...assured that it is not a social group!!
A little warmer today in the nation's Oldest City,,,
SAinSA
----- Original Message -----
From: Georgene Bramlage <cercis2@earthlink.net>
To: Theresa- yahoo <tchessie@yahoo.com>
Cc: gardenchat <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 9:20 AM
Subject: [CHAT] Elderly wisdom and staying on top of things!


> 01/25  Theresa, I'm sure everyone has his/her own method...mine
> 1) pray a lot...particularly saying "Thank You!" whenever I find something
> nice and/or good.  The number improves the more often one say "Thank You!"
> 2)  don't think so much about retirement, but know what you can or can't
do
> / accomplish...know when to give up or give in!  And this goes for
> retirement as well...I'm beginning to feel as if I could write a book
about
> attitude adjustments :+)
> 3)  read lots of garden catalogs and books so you can dream a lot...even
if
> "stuff" never gets planted or dies because you mistakenly put it in the
> wrong spot or forgot to take care of it.
> 4)  surround yourself with "real" gardeners! I initially joined what was a
> very social garden club (sort of felt like capitulation) so I could "talk
> plants" with others.  Guess what...the garden club has changed in subtle
> and non subtle ways and is now less social and more "sophisticated" and
> very much more active and garden oriented.  Our members, though all women,
> are very much like female members of this list :+) And then I joined
myself
> and husband to another larger garden club in another town north of us that
> allows single males (!) and couples (!)...sometimes we don't do as much as
> its core group, but we do enjoy ourselves, time permitting.
> 6)  I've reached the point (in my maturity!)where unless something is
> essential for family benefit I take on no obligations (unless they seem
> like FUN!) unless they are plant related.  Am I selfish or what?!  I also
> spend a lot of time writing...mostly about plants because I have a good
> reason for researching and it is a good outlet.
> 5)  as for employees, kids and curmudgeonly spouses...one can either learn
> to live with the mess or keep nudging them to pick up after themselves!
> Nice talking with you...stay warm and stay happy or at least content!
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Theresa- yahoo <tchessie@yahoo.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>  > Date: 01/23/2003 10:37:34 PM
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Re: now elderly ramblings< now elderly wisdom (orany
> other kind of wisdom for that matter!
> >
> > OK-  somebody quick tell me the secret- how do you keep going everyday
and
> > not just want to scream or stay in bed all day!  This has been a
> > particularly bad week- but- man I need to win the lottery so I can
retire
> > and play in my garden instead of going to work!  I actually had to talk
to
> > my staff about cleaning up after themselves today- and people wonder why
I
> > haven't had kids yet!
> > So- how do you all keep your sanity??
> >
> > Theresa
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
> > Behalf Of Aplfgcnys@aol.com
> > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 6:17 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: We are so sorry to announce ......now elderly
> > ramblings
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 01/23/2003 1:57:27 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > mhobertm@excite.com writes:
> >
> > > My goodness, Auralie--you make yourself sound quite ancient..
> >
> > Believe me, Melody, there are mornings when, at 74, I feel ancient.  And
> > then
> > when I work in my garden and things grow well, and when I share
interests
> > with friends, I don't feel that old at all.  As long as the old body
keeps
> > moving - and on mornings like this when the temperature is in the single
> > digits, it moves more slowly - and the mind keeps functioning, I guess
> > chronological age doesn't matter too much. That's a good thing about the
> > Internet - you can't see all my wrinkles.  Jim may sound like a grandpa
to
> > you, but to me he sounds more like one of my sons - God bless 'em.
> Auralie
> >
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