Yesterday & Today

I really have to make more of an effort to keep up with what day it is.   I was talking to Fred this morning and said something to the effect that the craft fair at the local school was this Saturday so I was going to make an effort to go tomorrow before my massage. He pointed out to me that today is Thursday not Friday! Anyway, I am still going to make an effort to go,but on Saturday morning, of course  because in previous years the crafts have been of a very high standard. And of an equally high price too, I might add. One year I saw a lovely leather purse I coveted but there is no way I would pay over $300 for it. So, I will probably buy nothing but I enjoy looking.

Yesterday I went for a walk for 15 minutes round the block in the morning and then did 20 minutes on the treadmill after lunch. I hope to do as well today. I have already made a good start by walking round the block after my oatmeal and before my coffee. Usually I turn so that I go down the hill on Main St. but today I went the opposite way and went up the hill. Now, as Vermont hills go, it is a VERY wimpy hill, but it does take a bit more effort on my part which is a good thing.

I like the treadmill but I enjoy walking outside. This morning it was 27 degrees with a nasty little wind. I came back in with both my eyes and my nose running! And while I am out, I find I can plan what I need to do today very easily.

So, a list:

• Walk for 20 minutes on the treadmill later
• Make a quick trip to the supermarket to pick some clothes-washing detergent and some necessities for me like toothpaste and mouthwash.
• Clean out my box of cards. This is where I keep addresses and telephone number I need on a regular basis. It is STUFFED at the moment and some of it, like the addesses and telephone numbers of doctors in Mississippi, are cards I can toss in the trash.
• One thing I would like to do some time in the future, which means not necessarily today, is to hook another monitor to my Mac. I was reading an article this morning that pointed out that with Leopard, which is the operating system this IMac has, it is, according to the writer, VERY easy to set up another monitor. Now, I think if I do it, it may turn out to be one of those things where I say, "Oh, very neat!" and then go back to a single monitor but I may also find that it turns out to be just the thing I need. The problem with me trying it right-this-minute is that the only extra monitor I have is the huge CRT {not flat} one I used with my Windows computer, and to be quite honest, there is no room for it until I tidy up. Hmm, now perhaps that could be a good incentive for me to get this place shipshape. Anyway, if anyone out there is using more than one monitor, I would love to know how you find it helpful?

Until later…

  QUOTATIONS:

"There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way."

Christopher Darlington Morley (1890-1957)