Various Things

This morning I had physical therapy at 9:45 which is much earlier than I usually have it. So, of course, I had one of those  can’t-go-to-sleep nights! I really don’t know why I have trouble sleeping when I have an early appointment anywhere! It is not as if I am worried about going. Anyway, I made it and then I came home, had lunch and a very little {45 minutes} nap. But I still feel very tired.

Yesterday I washed two large loads of clothes. I continue with my habit of having two baskets– one  for white clothes  and one for non-white clothes. I usually only wash about once a week but I must have left it longer because yesterday I took the last pair of clean underpants and socks out of the drawer! Definitely a signal that I need to wash clothes.

I went meandering around a local shopping area and discovered a store that sold Body Shop things. I love the body butter for very dry skin which is my skin. My legs and arms look a lot better since I put some on there at bedtime. I have always had a dry skin but since I have gotten older, it is extremely dry. I have lotion stashed all over the house. There is one in the bathroom, on the coffee table, right here by my computer, by the sink in the kitchen and now I have added the body butter with the one by my bed.

A couple of days ago, I went to Pier 1. I bought a basket for magazines which I needed and a small lacquered tray which I didn’t need but liked. I do have other trays but this one has handles on the side and is exactly the right size to be used around 4 pm for a small tea pot, milk, a mug and a small plate for two gingersnap cookies!

Since this is the last month of physical therapy {I go once a week] and since I prefer to exercise when I first get up, I have been making myself some cards so I can do three to four different exercises per day without having to think about it. Just grab the card and go. I have got them grouped so that I can go from one to the other easily. Tomorrow I am going to do the lifting the top leg, two different kinds of clam lifts and making a bridge with my back. All of these are done lying on the bed. The next one in line, done after a day off, will be some standing up ones… Then, some using the ball… This means I will do something different every second day and I won’t get bored!