A good night's sleep, chocolate, the happiness and satisfaction of sharing on AgingCare forum. Does anyone have some favorite things to think about? Yes, this phrase is from the song in the movie "The sound of Music". My husband and I often resort to using movie lines and song to improve communication. We were the only two in a gathering of people who heard the background music playing. We both had the same (cassette tape/CD). A connection bringing two people together. To this day, we crack up when one uses a simple movie line to make a serious point.
SO, What is one of your favorite movie line, some of your favorite things?
We also have a lot of elderly folks in our neighborhood and I love them so much..another reason the doofus with the cannon angers me so. I know how much they hate those really loud fireworks...I don't think most people mind the smaller ones or the sparklers, as long as they are used responsibly...but a cannon???? ugh....I kind of feel it is my mission to protect our neighbors...
Ah...the old Cornhuskers Lotion. I remember this stuff too. Mama kept it too and I would slather it all over myself after getting sunburned...it was kind of sticky if you used to much and I was bad about not using it responsibly...that and the original Rose Milk....love that too....
Did anyone else on here sneak into the cabinet and get a swig of SSS Tonic? or Geritol...the liquid kind? I loved the taste of that stuff....I didn't realize it had a pretty decent alcohol content...maybe that's why I liked it so much...I just remember Mama used to wonder why the bottle always seemed to dwindle so quickly....I think she blamed Daddy....(sorry Daddy...) I loved the tasted of that iron or something in there...
Ladee, you're serious? A motorcycle in a living room? That beats tires and a disassembled truck engine!
Windy, thanks for the lotion tips! Any suggestions for sore gardening hands? (big grin - sure wish we had emoticons).
Mina, where do you live? I'll move into that neighborhood! (no, I really don't want to know any personal information such as where you live - especially not on a public forum). All the neighbors like that have left here and gone elsewhere.
I remember a guy I dated in college who kept one of those smaller dorm type refrigerators in his "living room" so he wouldn't miss any critical plays of the football games. ..the thing that made it funny was. ..his living room was all of 5 feet from his regular refrigerator. ..he was so proud of coming up with that time saver
NEVER EAT ANYTHING YOU CANT LIFT
I forgot to mention how considerate some are to share their favorite activities, such as baseball and football games. It's especially thoughtful to turn up the radio volume so loud that all the neighbors can hear the game.
And it's especially considerate to do so when someone wants to garden in her back yard, listen to the songs of the birds and the soft rustle of the trees.
Of course the volume has to be so loud that when said gardener goes back inside, she can still hear the games even though her yard is almost 300 feet deep and the kind neighbor is at the end of that yard.
Of course I would love to share some sound, so one day I'll take a CD player to the back of the yard and play the Ride of the Valkyries from Wagner's Die Walkure. Hopefully I can find a recording with Birgit Nilsson singing; her voice is so powerful it can literally make the ground tremble. I'm sure they'll enjoy that.
I do want to be a grateful neighbor.
You didn't describe the kitchen...should I even dare to ask?
Perhaps his comment about your friend being a "fat chick" (chick is such an insulting word in my opinion) is why his living room serves as a garage instead of a room for entertaining friends. I'm guessing he's still single!
I'll bet if he ever dates he comes for his date in his truck.
You're right, laughter is great for health. Mine is pretty good after reading this thread and the posts.
ALSO!!! Yay!!! I got my Jackson Perkins catalogue yesterday !!! LOVE it...another favorite thing!
Windy...hey, I buy a LOT of cool stuff from our Tractor Supply place...one of my favorite things!!! I keep telling my friends they ought to go..they have some awesome tshirts and boots for ladies...as well as other neat treats!!!
Here are some other "guy" things to consider - might as well be all inclusive.
Firecrackers, lots of them and all kinds. Start setting them off a few weeks before July 4th and continue for a few weeks afterward. Set them off late at night to disturb the neighbors who need to get up early the next day.
All sorts of lawn equipment - the more the better. Start at 7:30 or 8:00 am and wake up the neighbors. Do this 2x weekly so that the lawn never has a chance to grow.
Then be sure to water it afterward so that it does grow enough to be mowed in a few days.
Saturday and Sunday mornings are also good times to rotate tires; the sound of whatever that power tool is to loosen the lug nuts, as well as the thumping of the tires on the driveway once removed is always pleasant about 7:30 Saturday or Sunday morning.
But the best yet is tuning up the car; spend hours doing it, and again, always on the weekend so working neighbors can spend their days off listening to the sound of an engine running and being surged.
And yes, these are based on neighbor's activities.
I think you ought to start a "Guy's Favorite Things" thread. And how about the things that men find challenging about women - such as the massive assortment of lotions and powders in the bathroom closet? Huge collections of shoes in closets. And, yes, I'm guilty of those traits as well.
Best ever Man/Reneck joke:
You might be a redneck if you wife has ever said, "Honey will you please move that transmission so I can take a bath!"
At least you'd have a garage for your man stuff. I once dated a guy who kept spare tires in his living room. Yuck.
I had a wonderful surprise in the mail today - one of my very favorite things: the first fall garden catalogue! I know what I'm going to be doing today. I also need to get busy and call the garden suppliers I haven't yet ordered catalogues from so I can have the biggest supply source from which to choose.
Sourmash bourbon, smelly cigars, beef jerky, strip joints, rusty old trucks, shiny new Harleys, garage full of tools, old tractors, women's beach volleyball, re runs of bay watch, restaurants with deer heads on the walls, a fast bass boat, beer fridge in the garage, Ice Road Trucker marathons, pants with very elastic waistbands, buying all your clothes at Tractor Supply, giving your wife snow tires for x mas, and FINALLY.........Finding a women who would ever put up with all this!
Wow, I thought I was the only one who tried the "Blueberry Cobbler" coffee! It is as you say, sooooo good. I also like regular coffee most of the time, but when I used to have friends over for coffee, I would sprinkle a little cinnamon into the grounds for a special treat, but when I found this BC, and a few other flavors (pumpkin pie too), I thought "why didn't I try this before?" Bring on the cool weather! Thanks for sharing!
I agree about the kittens and puppes...their little wobbly legs...working to find their way and seeing them toddle onward, never giving up..until at last..tada!!!
I can be pretty well entertained just going outside with my cup of coffee....there is always something amazing about nature..no matter what time of day...the sound of the birds, the breeze...the smell of rain when it is headed our way..
Day before yesterday I was outside..raking...again..lol...and way off in the distance I could hear the thunder rumbling...such a peaceful sound...I may be dull to a lot of folks but I am pretty amazed just being out and about in my own front yard....