Author: Roberta
We all perform certain routines daily without even thinking about it. The other night, I was getting coffee ready for the next morning like a robot. I finally got Hubby trained to push the button to get the brew started in the morning. It’s a system that works for both of us. As I filled the water container and smelled the wonderful aroma of freshly ground coffee, I started to ponder the importance of coffee in our lives. We always have coffee in our home. It’s the one item we make sure to always have on hand – that and…
Hubby and I just got new recliners. Our shopping adventure for these new chairs was true to our historical tradition of shopping together. As always, Step One was convincing Hubby that we needed new recliners. Ours are ten years old, and although the manufacturer says they should last 20 years, that is if you never actually sit in them. After more research, I found that ten years is the average life expectancy of a recliner. Although a famous top brand, my ten-year-old leather recliner had a hole in the leather where my left elbow rests. Hubby asked me how that…
I’ve been in a slump lately. I couldn’t think of anything to rave about for my next post. Hubby gave me a suggestion: Why not write about the Olympics? That’s the topic of the day, he said, and everybody is watching them. Voila—then it hit me! That was the problem. All I want to do each day is watch the Olympic Games on TV, which distracts me from almost everything else in life – except eating, of course. The other day, I was driving the golf cart to our club to pick up some take-out food, and lo and behold,…
Hubby and I spent part of an afternoon upgrading our cell phones last week. Boy, they are expensive. Why did we do that? We don’t like talking on the phone much, but our old phones would no longer accept new apps. Our phones would soon become useless, so we had no choice but to stay on the cutting edge. For example, we were recently in San Francisco, a city trying out the new self-driving WAYMO car system. We were anxious to ride in one of the 300 driverless vehicles, but our phones were too outdated to download the necessary app,…
For several months, I’ve been focused on weddings. One of those weddings was for a great-nephew. I didn’t know him well and had never met the bride, but I know his parents and grandparents well, and they are dear to my heart. I didn’t attend this wedding because it was far away for one thing, and I had just returned home from a lengthy vacation. I was also obligated to attend a different wedding soon after with personal responsibilities, and that event would require overnight travel. So I decided not to attend my great-nephew’s wedding but did send a lovely…