Originally posted by Jumble
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I'm not ready to give in to age just yet - I'm more inclined to get myself fitter and learn to pace myself better. And I'm way too much of a control freak to trust anyone else to do my gardening or pot up the plants that I've nurtured through the winter or grown from seeds 
Just got back from a mini WooHooMeet with Cags and Kirsten - lovely lazy day sitting in the garden after a short stroll to the cafe for lunch - bliss!
Just got back from a mini WooHooMeet with Cags and Kirsten - lovely lazy day sitting in the garden after a short stroll to the cafe for lunch - bliss!
However, as far as the gardening is concerned - not bothered by that at all!
- I really enjoy a pretty garden but I am not one to play in the dirt and never have been. I prefer a good gardener to do it for me and I'll pay him (or her) to do it! As for pacing myself - well sometimes that has some advantage over falling down. That has happened once and it was a struggle - one I solved by myself - but never the less I don't want that to happen again. I'll also figure a way somehow to get back to the UK for at least on last trip. And, I'm now on a fixed income so I have to learn to deal with that as well. Life doesn't care what you or I think - it does exactly what it wants. I've been retired for almost 10 years now and I've been enjoying it totally. Not willing to give that up at all. Smartest thing I ever did - retiring about 5 years earlier then I was suppose to - but then like I said I hear my own drumbeat and it said get the hell out of Dodge and find a lovely place somewhere else. I did - I love living in Washington. Excellent idea for me!
The day I wrote that last bit I had received some very sad news. I lost a friend I've known for over 3 decades. It was quick and sudden and totally unexpected. It made me "wax philosophically" a little more then normal I guess, but sometimes you just have to air it out to get it out. Life can be very realistic sometimes - and I guess I was just not ready for it at the moment. But I have a somewhat different philosophy then a lot of people so I was able to make peace with it very quickly which I have. Life does go on and so do I.........
So no - haven't given up and probably never really will. I have no choice - it's either keep living my life, improving it in different ways but still improving on it and when it is my turn they'll have to find me first! I hide well!
In his element 
I'll be sitting in front of the air-con unit then............
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