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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
We went to Whole Foods and Costco after having an early lunch at a restaurant and nobody was there. Very short short line. This is one benefit of early retirement.
Went to Mesa Verde National Park. First time we'd been there and it's awesome. Didn't hurt the Parks are free admission this weekend and next.
We didn't do any research before going and just did a half day. Next time I will have a plan and will probably do one of the tours into the dwellings.
Snicker....love the song.
Easter morning with the kids. We dyed some quail eggs, so the egg hunt was more challenging than usual due to the fact that the eggs are a quarter the size of chicken eggs. They dyed surprisingly beautifully, as you can see below. At Mass there was an elderly man seated behind us on oxygen who was obviously both frail and confused and I ended up helping the family getting him in and out of the pew. This set me off because this is exactly what I did all the time with FIL before he died of advanced Parkinson's in December. A difficult day.
We saw Urinetown at The Berkeley Playhouse. We really enjoyed it. It was a fun musical satire on capitalism and authoritarianism which is probably preaching to the choir in Berkeley. The Urinetown name comes from a dystopian future with a long term drought where a private, for profit monopoly make all the toilets pay toilets.
With the town at peace at last, the age of fear is over and that the people look forward to a bright new day. The Urine Good Company is renamed "The Bobby Strong Memorial Toilet Authority" and the people are henceforth allowed "to pee whenever they like, as much as they like, for as long as they like, and with whomever they like" ("I See A River").
However, the town's newfound urinary bliss is short-lived, as its limited water supply quickly disappears. Lockstock tells the audience that, as draconian as the UGC's rules were, they kept the people from squandering the limited water supply; now, much of the population dies of thirst. I
We also learned that we will be be Grand Parents, so this was an extra special day.
-ERD50
What's the phrase, "Capitalism is the worst approach, except for the alternatives"?
-ERD50
I have been wearing New Balance 990's (or 991, 992, 993, all of which are almost the same), since 2001. They cost a lot!! Right now on Amazon women's 990's are $151, although they dropped to $116 in 2014 so I got an extra pair then and they are still good. I had to wear inserts for a while, but don't need them now. I have other shoes but when my feet are not feeling ideal, I go back to my 990's.Just got back from the fancy shoe store where I bought my first ever pair of expensive shoes: New Balance sneakers. Over $100. even on sale. This is kind of a shock for me as I've always been able to purchase cheap, cute shoes. But now I have a diagnosis of big toe arthritis and have a pair of inserts. Ugh--feeling old.
Oh good! It's important to get the right New Balance shoes for your particular feet so it was smart to have an expert shoe person helping you to figure out what you need. I did the trial and error method, and bought quite a few pairs of expensive NB shoes and other brands of shoe that didn't work for me before I found the ones that are just right for my particular feet. I probably wear them 5-6 days a week.Thanks for commiserating, W2R. Arguably, my Big Toe Arthritis comes from, or was exacerbated by, my cheap cute shoe habit. So I guess this does make me smarter; certainly wiser. All I'm longing for now is to be able to do a fast-paced walk without that miserable nagging pain. Sadly, a year after the failed surgery to get rid of the bone spur (it came right back) I'm still healing from the surgery as well as the original problem. These New Balance sneakers are 928s. I was measured and assessed by the clerk at the fancy shoe store, a store known for helping "problem" feet. So I trust her that they will be good ones.
Oh good! It's important to get the right New Balance shoes for your particular feet so it was smart to have an expert shoe person helping you to figure out what you need. I did the trial and error method, and bought quite a few pairs of expensive NB shoes and other brands of shoe that didn't work for me before I found the ones that are just right for my particular feet. I probably wear them 5-6 days a week.