Tuesday Thoughts About...

...continued aging! I know, I know, nobody wants to think about it. But that's the problem. There's so much to think about! 

When I was out walking, I noticed this:

Our neighborhood is 40 years old. Most of the front walks never had handrails. More and more people are adding them, but this is ridiculous!

Most people are doing nicer ones in keeping with the neighborhood.

This is our front steps. I am very careful when I'm going up or down--which is every morning when I walk. But this one is our next door neighbors house.

They are new and just moved in about 2 months ago. Recently, I invited Francesca over for a glass of wine. After awhile, she invited me to her house to meet her aunt--about my age. I ended up having another glass of wine there. It was near 6 p.m. when I announced I had to get home because I only had about 10 minutes to get in my pajamas! This was after 3 hours and 4 glasses of wine. When I was leaving, I told Francesca that I needed to take her arm as I started my "free-handed" walk down her long flight. 

I'm very careful and not afraid to ask for help!

Which leads me to "footwear!" If you are unsteady in your shoes, get rid of them!!! It's not worth a fall! Here's the story:

Friday night was poker night. We were at Jack & Connie's. Before I arrived, Connie actually fell into the couch by tripping in her sandals. Everybody was laughing as they told me. I started in on my lecture about being safe! Connie said, "But they're so cute!" 

She just laughed. It wasn't 15 minutes later that she stumbled and nearly fell again! I told her that "That's it! We're not taking you with us unless you change your shoes!" Or something like that. I could just see her falling on concrete downtown on our way to dinner! 

I know all about falling. But, the truth is, Connie is falling the most! She doesn't need to be tempting fate!

I recently gave up a really cute pair of shoes when I discovered that they were "slippy" when it was raining. I'm taking no chances!

At our age, you have to go for stability and safety! No shoes are cute enough to risk winding up in a cast---which is the least cutest footwear of all!!

Be safe out there ladies! Whether it's handrails or footwear--every thing can be treacherous these days!