Thursday, 8 May 2025

Senior Moments

Oh dear, I have done some daft things lately. I am so looking forward to getting my new glasses. There we were at the tile place buying tile trim. How thick are your tiles? asked the helpful assistant. Bob guessed, and I scrabbled about on my phone trying to find the details of the product. "75 millimetres" I announced brightly. Bob suggested quietly I had missed the decimal point. I should have realised that three inches is rather thick for a wall tile!

On Sunday, in his closing prayer, the Pastor prayed that God would "marinade our hearts in his love" I have no idea what he meant, but I realised that I'd forgotten to deal with my chicken before we left for church. The recipe said "marinade for at least 30 mins, preferably longer" I was able to sort them out once we got home, and lunch wasn't really delayed. A good recipe from my library book.

You remember that disturbing Corsodyl advert with the girl with the missing teeth? I was brushing my teeth late the other night,[in pjs, sans specs] and was horrified to see the sink was full of  bloody foam. 
Now I am 70, should I expect to lose all my teeth? I squinted at the new toothpaste. I was so relieved to discover it has a red stripe, and that was the source of the incarnadine froth!

This book was wedged between two origami books in the library 'papercraft' section. I liked the title. Only when I got home did I discover it is about a woman who makes her living producing videos of herself folding all her possessions!

I will review the airfryer book and this bizarre little tome later. 

21 comments:

  1. Oh, that's disappointing (and a little bizarre) - a book about folding!
    Glad your chicken wasn't delayed and proved delicious. 75mil would definitely be quite extreme! 😂
    Am glad the toothpaste was the cause of the red!!!

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  2. Following on from a comment by poppypatchwork on my blog, I think we could create a whole new blog together called 'senior moments, and what I forgot today'.... did I mention the time I found the milk in the mug cupboard?
    I love the idea of the folding lady; how does she fold sofas? Breakfast bowls? I need to know...

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  3. Maybe lie down in a darkened room for a while? You make me laugh, Ang!

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    1. Maybe I'm guilty of trying to do too much. A ten minute lie down every afternoon might help

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  4. I had to laugh at the thought of 3" thick tiles, how to shrink a bathroom (or your worktop space) in one easy tiling session.

    I look forward to a practical demonstration of all that you learn from the folding book. :-)

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  5. Ha ha thinking of your cooking in church.. before the internet I used to leave a cassette tape taping the Archers and at some point in the service, I used to glance at my watch and hope my son had remembered to turn over the tape!

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    1. How are things in Ambridge these days? I gave up listening during lockdown

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  6. You made me laugh and remember the piece Joyce Grenfell did on " The Lady in Church".
    JanF

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    1. https://youtu.be/CTNyt6PxvJU?si=BbZLJjjaVHf65mKL is the link to that extremely funny piece . JG was brilliant

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  7. I've seen videos about folding things. Every once in a while I try them for entertainment and then go back to something simpler. I have been watching some lately about folding for packing. I've got each item of DH's underwear down to the size of a pair of socks! He'll never be able to find them in the suitcase.

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    1. Does that mean he will have to unfold every little packet to get the right underwear each day...

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  8. Nearly Martha8 May 2025 at 21:05

    I’ve seen the Folding Lady on YouTube. She gets massive viewing figures

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    1. Why? Do people find it soothing watching another woman fold her sheets? And do her followers all have beautifully sorted knicker drawers? I'm afraid I just don't get it

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  9. I am not quite 70 yet (a few more months to go), but, lately, I'm finding myself going into a room and wondering why I went in there! :D

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  10. Thank you for the smiles and reminder that I do things like that too.

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