My voice is much improved but still a little raspy

My voice is much improved

but

still a little raspy....I may have

said out loud only 10 or 15 words.

Yesterday mostly writing in a

notebook and pantomime and today

I'm still trying not to talk.

We have the 4 little dragon girls @1:00 PM

Everyone who joins gets at least 3 thirty minute

sessions with me to ease them into our

on going karate classes. They are all brand

new and they joined for

6 weeks.

Don will put on his gi and I will wear my gi

and

we will work as a team.

I am making the most of this first

time ever starting a group and

then not having a voice! Interesting....huh?

Don and I are working

together. With just a gesture from me, he

follows my lead and is my voice.... if he

starts talking too much I whisper in

his ear.

We did this "team approach" for the newest girl

when she joined on Saturday...a brief

orientation of how to bow, how to sit, how

to walk

and

now today I have the 4 at 1PM to give them

a little extra help on starting the first kata.

Just 3 techniques and then yoi and then a left

and a right and a straight ahead....

Hopefully in 30 minutes we can accomplish just that.

One of the dads, a photographer, will take

a few pictures and me and Don will both

be in our gi's.

This will be interesting and hopefully enjoyable.

Just when you think you've done it all and see it

all there is a new way to do something you've always done!

Relaxing and enjoying the surrender!

:  )

So far so good.

No way are we retireing!

Instead of full on work, work, work followed by sleep and then up and at it again, we are now into part time doing what we've always done and making a point to have a date night at least once a week. The other night my husband and I drove to a local beach and stopped at a health food store and then a late dinner with a side of cold beer at Appelbee's. What fun!
Interestingly a friend of ours was helping the cashier bag our groceries and my husband, the meticulous man that he is was searching for his wallet to prove that he was indeed 70 and qualified for the senior discount. Our friend the "sassy" Cutie who was helping with the bagging said: "You don't need to look at his id, just look at him". Fortunately me and my husband have a great sense of humor and we took it as silly fun. If she had said that to me, a few years younger than my husband, chances are I would have been offended. It was a wonderful moment to laugh and I am forever impressed how easily things roll right off my mate!
Next after emptying the organics into the cooler in the trunk we pointed for Jetty park.

The two of us hand in handed headed right for the jetty and as we walked the jetty, I snuggled up to my husband. We were in step and snuggling. Two white haired people enjoying a stroll in the twilight. This woman run up behind us and said: "I just took a video of you two. If you give me your email, I'll send it to you. You are the cutest couple. How long have you been in love?" My husband replied: "25 years!" Ha! I thought we have only been married for 16 but I didn't correct him. This is my new thing....I just let him be.
Well the nice lady showed us the video, me in my faded blue jeans and him in his elastic waste band pants both of us wearing old shirts, me a tank and him an old white short sleeved. I took one look at the video and I couldn't help myself. I said, "Geeeeeeeezzzzzzzz that looks like two old gay guys walking on the jetty"!
Well she never got my email and that's okay as I saw enough!
Next stop was Applebee's. Our new thing is we split one beer to be festive and gay. Well the waiter brought two mugs as this was a two for one night. Don enjoyed shrimp and I enjoyed the ribs. We kept the laughter and the conversation going all the way home. We ended the night with a hug and promise to stop at Publix's tomorrow for some Kefir! There is something to be said about the comfort of growing old together.

 

"You have brains in your head.
 You have feet in your shoes.
 You can steer yourself in any direction you choose."
                                                    CAT IN THE HAT

Car stuff.
I am the owner of a 2008 Nissan Altima, red! This car has not even 50,000 miles on it. It is a dream car. Great for trips and around town. A few months ago, I noticed a sloching noise like a boat that is docked, when I park the car or make a turn. I thought maybe it's because the car's tank was almost empty. But this was a new sound. I mentioned it to my x-race car husband and he didn't think it anything to worry about. Well today we were in the car and he was driving. He rarely drives my car. He parked it and we both heard the sloching sound. I said: "Thats' because the 20 gallon tank is more than 1/2 empty right? He said: "No. That's water". I said: "What? How can water get in the car?" He repied: "It's in the door." Without another word, he took action and opend my car door and shook it and then he grabbed the rubber seal on the bottom and created a small opening. Water strarted pouring out. It's a beautiful thing to be married to someone who can diagnose things and then fix them. Well it's not fixed and chances are it never will be but at least we no what's going on and I can mention it to the dealer next time we get it for a check up. :  )