Random Thoughts

• I have a dental appointment tomorrow at 11 am. Before that I need to go to the drug store and pick up the antibiotic I have to take before the teeth being scraped. {shudder} Until I took a look at the calendar, I had planned to do laundry tomorrow.
• A few days ago, I found myself thinking about how often it is assumed that older people cannot solve computer problems. I get really annoyed when I come across that point of view. Mind you, right now I am battling with Windows 7 and setting up mail. Until I started the mail thing, I was really liking Windows 7. Of course, I was comparing it with earlier versions of Windows…  Another problem I am grappling with is trying to set up two Macs and a Windows 7 computer on the same network. Fortunately, we have a pretty good local computer place close by us. If I can’t solve the problem myself, I will book them to make a house call. It will be expensive, but worth it.
• Today’s entry in the one-big-job-a-day list was grocery shopping. I try not to go at the weekend because many of the shelves need restocking. I actually tried to go early but since I got up with my back hurting and didn’t take a pain killer until lunch time, it was latish in the afternoon when I went.
• In October I had planned to take a "make friends with your sewing machine" course but I switched to the collage class when I realized that the sewing machine one was in the evening. These collage classes are probably the most popular art classes Teresa offers. Since I have already taken two of them, I plan to take with me whatever I am working on and only do the techniques-of-the-day if it is something I haven’t tried before. I didn’t go to do art with K. at her house last week since she had a cough and didn’t feel well. If she is well, I will go this coming Thursday and work on decorating the white sandals for the book group friend.

Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks,

breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.

— Mary Lou Cook

"We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change." — Katherine Hepburn