Gratitude Discussion Group

@contentandwell

I understand. As a teen, my family and I visited friends in Manchester. I just love that area (that is where we had the incident on Mt. Washington which was scary).

I live in SE Michigan (north of Detroit) so the change in scenery with mountains and a short drive to the ocean is just wonderful

I have friends who moved from a house (over 4,000 sq feet) to a detached condo and they talked with the builder (it was new construction) and they arranged for the condo to have the right wall space for some of their more important pieces of furniture (library, etc.) It is really beautiful. I hope you have the same success.

@contentandwell Try it without a car I have make plans with our buses in mind I loved a pool area use to go to but have to see how close the bus comes to it And now our little train the Metro at our station is getting new tracks and cable redone it's like a trolley we use to have long ago remember them ? 🤗

@hopeful33250 Thanks Teresa. Do you know which town they moved to? We are in Bedford now, and this is where my husband prefers to stay, but I don't feel that attached to Bedford, I have no idea why he does. We like the towns that are closer to the coast too, like Stratham, but I would need to check health clubs close to them before considering them. I would actually not mind moving to one of the northern suburbs of MA but then we would have to pay MA income tax. NH has no income tax.

@lioness Buses are almost non-existent up here. There are some in the city, Manchester, but getting around the suburbs is not doable.
JK

@contentandwell - I am in total agreement about water aerobics. In fact, one of my physical therapist for another injury several years ago specifically told me NOT to go to water aerobics. He said, you know the exercises - just get in the water and do them yourself - there's too much of a temptation to try to keep up with others and thereby over-do when you are in a class. I found that to be good advice for me in the particular situation I was in!

Today I'm grateful for a beautiful weekend event - the Spring Flower & Garden Expo. It's an annual event and the master gardeners all over town - as well as local nurseries - have all kinds of plants to sell really inexpensively. We bought 2 gorgeous canna lilies (2 for $30), 2 beautiful bromeliads (2 for $25), an Angel Trumpet Tree ($15) as well as lavender and basil and an assortment of little items. So... we have some gardening coming up in our near future. My husband is chomping at the bit.

@debbraw At my club, as at most of them around here, the instructors always say to do them at your own pace and suggest substitutes if something is too difficult for you or something you should not do. For me, at this point, I like vigorous. The only thing I cannot do is when they do the stretch at the end where you bend your leg up behind you and grab your ankle. I cannot possibly bend that far.
JK

@debbraw Those plants sound beautiful That's the way when I planted my vegetable garden couldn't wait for the last first to get started

@contentandwell - I feel for you on the "downsizing prep" - that is not a chore that anyone envies. Take some time to enjoy the decent temps and let yourself refresh. Good luck!

Today I am grateful to be feeling a bit better. I have very little voice, and my eyes are swollen. Not eating much, but trying to keep fluids going in. It is gorgeous outside, all the windows and doors are open to catch the wash of a breeze as It comes through. Both kitties are plopped at different doors to relax; they are doing less infighting, thank goodness. Hubby went out to do some errands [unsupervised with credit cards -oh, no!] so it is quiet here.
Ginger

@contentandwell Good advice when I packed to move I put a time limit on myself .For me I sent so many boxes out everyday so packed in morning and took to post office in afternoon .I sorted 1pile donation 1pile selling Don't envy you Glad I'm done

@gingerw Glad your feeling a bit better