Things I Have Learned & Questions About Aging

(Apple Tree Blossoms)

As I rapidly move towards becoming a “Grumpy Old Woman” (A distinction that I am looking forward to) I have discovered a couple of things and as one of those is the inability to go to sleep at a normal hour I will have a rant and see if I get tired.

Why is it when you age women suddenly start growing unnatural amounts of facial hair? I have these lovely whiskers on my chin. Why is the happening to me? They are scratchy and I can feel them, but the problem is my eye sight is going as well and I can’t see them to pluck them out. So then starts the blind plucking episode. If anyone was watching they would think I have bypassed middle age and gone straight into the dementia phase. Then, as if things could not get worse, I catch a glimpse of my chin in the right sunlight and realise that there are 1 inch hairs. These ones are soft so I cannot feel them. Why has no one in my family pointed this out?

And as it is not bad enough that we have had to go through being pregnant, having a monthly curse, we then have the grand pleasure of going through menopause and not just menopause; we have to have pre-menopause; a several year build up to it. I really don’t think we really need to visit abnormal hormone levels again. Did we not do this when we were teenagers?

I have learned that grey hair is rude. It stands straight up, as if to shout: “LOOK AT ME”. My grey is rapidly coming in, but I am not going to colour it. I am personally hoping for a white streak down one side.

I am completely convinced that the earth is made of metal and there are high power magnets in my chin, boobs, and bum. It appears that every day they are inching closer to the ground. I fear by Christmas I will be getting road rash on my bum cheeks.

I had a hot flash a couple of months ago. I thought I was going to die. I was in the shops and got extremely hot and faint.  Well I REALLY hope that was the one and only hot flash I have. I am trying to convince myself that my whole “change of life” occurred in during that episode.  I may be getting older, but I can still dream.

I also find myself looking at the Young People and thinking why would she wear only a long shirt and 5 inch heals? Why are her shorts so short that I can see bum? Is it necessary to dress this way? Why is there a need to show your stomach? I really don’t like seeing the fat rolls hanging over your waist band.  I feel so old when I have these thoughts. People should be able to express themselves. I just get the urge to run up say “Darling you should really try wearing clothes that cover your body.  You will look like a lovely young woman that a nice young man would WANT to take home to his mother.” Does this mean I am old?

I have also developed an unusual desire to hang out in the gardening section and kitchen appliance sections of stores. I find these areas to most interesting and can spend enormous amounts of time looking. I don’t buy a lot. Just look and think well if I buy the $2 starter I can root some new ones from it. How many of any one plant do I really need? Could I not just spend $4 dollars and get 2 and be done with it?

Right, I feel tired now. I will try to go have a sleep. I will probably still laying there awake in an hour. 

Painting

We have finally started painting the house. We bought the house last February and 90% of the interior was painted pale pink with dark pink trim. Well I love pink, but not all over the house. So we have gone with a tan colour with cream trim in the lounge, foyer, and dining room. We managed to paint 4 areas over 3 days and were sooooo tired. We have taken last weekend off, but plan on starting back up this weekend. We now have to paint the upstairs.

The Paint.....Yeah! I was so excited about finally painting, that quickly went away several hours into the project.

Looking from the foyer into the lounge. Notice the dark pink rosette on the ceiling. We have also changed the blinds and have put up wood venetian blinds. 

Okay. This is not the best picture of me. Keep in mind this is day 3. I am very tired. In the kitchen / family room we went with a golden colour. The paint is wet in this picture and is actually a little darker and warmer than it looks. 

I will take some after pictures and post soon.

Well I better be off to bed....need my sleep this week so I can paint again on the weekend.

Cheers

Julie

Apple Tree & Rain

The Apple Tree is has bloomed. It is so pretty when in bloom. I got a great photo of one of the blossoms. I hope we can keep the birds out of the fruit. In February when we moved in there were apples on the tree and we had 2 Rosella's that were frequent visitors. I would not mind them coming to have some fruit, if they would eat one. The problem is that they take a bite out of all of them.

We also had some rain. Happy rain. We have had the 14th driest winter on record, and our dams are up to 50%, it looks like we will continue on Stage 3 water restrictions. At least we are not going to Stage 4. Not yet anyway.

Because of the water restrictions, I capture rain water in buckets and watering cans. I would like to put in a rain water tank to capture the water from the roof. I think that a 2000 litre tank would probably do well for us.

 The cost is somewhere around $1500 for a tank. I will have to start a rain water tank fund.

We have also starting painting the interior of the house. Out with the Pink! I am so happy about the pink going away. I like pink, but not pale pink walls with dark pink crown molding. This was in 75% of the house, complete with Pink Blinds and Curtains and the family bathroom is Pink with Peach. The bathroom is at the top of my makeover list. 

I will post some painting pictures soon. 

Cheers,

Julie