Aging

You know I have heard that 60 is the new 50, and 50 is the new 40 so it was only time when someone in their 70's feels still 60. It got me to think about not only growing old but the style in which you accept the whole thing. Sure there is the physical nudges aches and twinges on the joints but I have seen many a limber person still able to bend over and pick up a penny in one go, I however do that now in stages so I am aware of the old phrase 'You got to use or lose it'

Bugger. So now I am slowly trying to gain back that agility.

Don't get me wrong, I have no problems with strength or carrying things so much so that in another lifetime I must have been a pack horse so says my husband on numerous occasions. I always load myself up with gear instead of picking up a few bags. Sorry I like to take as much in one trip whether its going down the stairs or when we are at a show.

So I got to thinking watching a show on aging just how close they are to breaking that inner time piece of aging ( don't cha just love scientific terminology). They have discovered in plants that they maintain a small population of stem cells and this is used to help their regeneration this is why we can take cuttings from them. Now I know they are trying to pass rulings on this and there is loads of issues moral, social, and not forget financial.

But

Sadden times

Well its been a while yet again but considering all we are going through its surprises me how strong we can be. My husband's mom stayed with us due to her increased dementia and it finally got to the point where we couldn't take care of her needs. So we then had to find a EMI unit hopefully close so we could still visit her which in the end we did. The one thing that was shocking was how much some of the homes wanted to be paided from the family. But again seeing how much care she needed, I do understand that issue but we just did not have the funds. But the place we found was close and its a nicely run place and she is taken care of and the careers do a really great job. But the sad thing is how she refuses to accept the situation and this is not just the illness she has always been difficult to deal with the fact the world is what it is and we have to accept that. She won't. So this has had a dark effect on my husband. And its really sad to see how different my dad and his mom are acting about this illness. Dad gets confused and frustrated but understands he has this disease and accepts it. Where Keith's mom fights and argues that everyone else is wrong she is perfectly fine.

To say I am worried about this on my husband is putting it mildly, My dad just recently died and it has been another blow in my own self as well the family. The thing is that for him it was unexpected and quick. I think he understood and didn't want to live this way anymore as well as not hurting his family. For my mother-in-law I fear she would take her kids with her. So in this record I see how to love unconditional and how to destroy intensely.

T

getting there is certainly half the fun

Well we are back in the saddle of doing shows and events its almost like going back to school and sharing what we have all been up to during break. Some of us only meet up at the shows so we have to remember we are there to work ! and my poor husband, Keith has now bought me a pager to contact me when I have a client. so no rest for the wicked.
Over the years I have noticed new faces with exhibitors which changes the energy of a venue. I have noticed that some of the veterans will share information the the novices and instead of seeing them as some kind of threat and I find that makes for a more rewarding time. Humans can be very territorial and that spells the difference from a well turned out show to one that we can't wait to get out of there.
All in all this year is more letting the right customers come to my stand and in having that attitude it has been a really fun time which in the end of the day is what it is all about.
take care
T

Here's to 2008

And goodbye to 07 - it has been a year of trudging and slipping back down that slope of life. I am so glad to see the back end of that year. Although I have accomplished several goals this year. more painting and pushing out my art works. The frustration seeing my father leaving bits of his memory into some black hole as well my mother-in-law who studied all her life and really worked at her healing also being struck down. She now is in care and it is so disheartening that maybe going like my sister suddenly is more of a blessing than I first realized.
So on to the frontier of the New Year but not so much about making promises that won't come to fruition but to accept what I can accomplish and yet still try each day - to watch a little less TV, to not be bothered about dishes and to make sure at the end of each day I do tell my husband how much I value him.
so come on 08 - I am ready for ye....
T

time slip again

God's truth what has happen to some quality time with the blog, and it was going so well, Ah there is the rub. Like New Years resolution sure I will eat healthy, get more exercise, try and be a caring person but it all goes south. Booger.
As it happens we certainly have dealt with a lot of changes in our family, my father is in the late stages of Alzheimer's yet some of the things he does is quite funny in a sort of sad way like cleaning his toes with his electric toothbrush but my husband thinks that is very efficient in some ways. I hope we can continue to see the funny sides of this effect as now we have brought his mother who also suffers from this disease as well as vascular dementia to stay with us and its certainly been an experience. She gets more difficult when its something she feels is embarrassing which I can understand but doesn't make our lives easier. Sleep has been a premium but we are in out 5th week so we are getting our breath back.
Its something we may have to face or be atleast know someone who is going through this.
How we deal with it is the task.

Time Slip ..the new Procrastination

Sad to say that it's been awhile since I last wrote and I think its not that I have been busy with other things or my husband has been hogging the computer time (hmm) but I have come to the conclusion its not due to procrastination but a Time slip. Like when you are a kid and school has just ended and you are faced with endless summertime lying in front of you and with all the time in the world for those lazy days then bamm... out of nowhere Back to School Sales are on! How can that be ? We only just got into the summer groove. Time slip.
You know you have faced a Time slip when you use the fatal sentence 'My it just seems we only just finished with winter and here it is again' or ' Where does the time go?' Time slip.
These can happen anytime and any place with any task be it ones we wish to avoid or enjoy so there is no rhyme or reason for the Time slip to occur they just do. So just with this blog I felt I had just finished my last one only recently and there it was in printed proof that months have gone by!
So now I am working on all the storehouse of information I have gleamed these pass months and Time slip is the only coherent reason why it has taken Keith all of 8 years to finish the bedroom closet doors. TIME SLIP. So now anything that for whatever reason has not been started, worked on or finished can be named a Time slip and I am sticking to it.

Spring time in UK

Hi all,

Its sometimes seems winter is here to stay and the trees will never get leaves again. I always try to notice when the buds are sprouting but this time Spring just happened over night, it may have been because we worked the last two weekends with glorious warm and sunny days. I came home and everything is in bloom. It does seem that people's attitudes are lighter also and more productive.
I am getting alot of positive feedback on my art and have sold another painting so I am also in the pink as my blog. I have to say things are plodding along and some of the shows are slowing down so another avenue needs to be looked into. I do enjoy the art and the soul paintings are coming along with no real plan or similar setup. Makes it more fascinating to each of the clients and the remarks have been quite interesting. I do hope this work grows from strength to strength and looking forward to the next level of my own personal development.

Terry