My birthday day was so full of fun and delight, I was totally worn out when I drug myself home late last night from bowling.................and I was bound and determined to have a good bowl, and my last game came through at a whopping 213!!! I sure needed that and so did my team as it helped us win at least one out of four games.
I've had several people email me on the side to tell me that the title of my blog is incorrect...that I should have used "My Eighth Decade" instead of Seventh......but that just didn't sound right to me. It is mathematically correct, but it still doesn't sound right.................so, I'm going to leave it as is.....everyone realizes that what I mean by it is that I'm now 70 and for ten years (a decade) I'm going to be one of those numbers 70 thru 79. So I'm leaving it as is with this disclaimer.
BLOG RANT: I truly hate the word "aging".....the doctor says it, the eye doc says it, the dentist says it, skin ads say it, liquor ads talk about aging wine/beer or hard liquor. They all mean the same thing: the longer you let something sit the more aged they become. Well, duh, anyone knows that....it's what you do with that time is what counts.......RIGHT? I looked at myself and how much time I sit and "age".....I sit to weave, I sit to sew, I sit to eat, I sit to drive, I sit when I watch TV and sometimes I sit to read although laying in bed is my preferred way of reading. I guess I am aging when I'm sitting, but I'm also aging when I'm walking and doing all the things that I do to keep my self active. I just want whomever to change how they use the word AGING......it's the act of growing old and we all do it from the day we are born...it's a natural and basic happening in our life. Let it be and find another word to use to describe a person who is advancing in the age game...like fermenting or decaying...maybe that will get more peoples attention.
Talk about decaying....I had my chimney swept this morning by a license chimney sweep...and found out the bad and the good news. The bad news was that for 45 years I've never had a "hat" on the top of my chimney, which isn't code, but should be....all these years rain water and all the elements have been dropped down into my chimney and water has definitely done damage. And the portion around the part that the top of the chimney sit upon is cracked...needs to be repaired. And the inside of the chimney also shows signs of damage from the rain, etc...lost mortar and more cracks. If I want to use my fireplace, the recommendation is to get the hat and fix the cracks and install a stainless steel insert inside the fireplace so the heat and flames don't catch my house/roof on fire....and we're talking around $4K...yikes. To try and prevent more damage down inside the fireplace, I'm thinking I'm going to take care of sealing the cracked area around the top and put on a chimney chap or hat. And leave the insert idea for later or never.....I just can't use my fireplace in the state it's in right now. Oh well, saved myself from purchasing fire wood and burning my house down. Lesson: have your fireplace sweep and cleaned on a regular basis....and get your fireplace a "cap".
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