POPPING UP AGAIN!

POPPING UP AGAIN!

          So here I am, after all these months--finally blogging again!  Last entry July 19th--one day before my 74th birthday.  Now it's a frigid 9 degrees at 9am, and I'm cozily hibernating for the winter.  I like staying by my hearth....and yes, we do have a hearth and fireplace....but only we only keep golden "fairy lights" blazing gently under our mantel:

  

          It's a cheery addition to our day, viewed from our vantage point on our cushy couch.  

          I happily confess to being a "Couch Potato"....a Golden Potato (my favorite kind).  I am

mostly mellow and calm--and yes, complacent too.  Winter temperatures find me snuggled under my soft throw in my corner of the couch...the couch I boldly purchased online, without a "butt test".  That would be without actually seeing it, and sitting in it.  The furniture store did not have one in their showroom, and I just went ahead and ordered it.  Turned out that it was perfect, from the first moment that Niki and I sat contentedly in it.  It has the necessary feature of two reclining ends, and a center console which folds down for beverages and remotes and books and tissues, etc, etc.

          We have our cushy, reclining thrones to greet us all day and evening.  We view our favorite streaming TV shows (currently watching all seasons of "The X-Files")...we read...we pontificate on all things pertinent in our world.  I also happily use my laptop or phone for email and writing and shopping and conversing...and, well, just about most anything I choose to do during the day.

          There is a real danger of butt-spread with this cushy hibernation, so I have commenced a not very strenuous regimen of ten-minute "Chair-obics" via On-Demand fitness TV programs.  I will work up to another ten minutes, and then another, until thirty minutes will max out my daily motion.

          I am by nature a hibernating creature.  My favorite activities radiate from my sitting position--reading, DVD and TV viewing, eating, computing, talking, etc.  Why run around uncomfortably when sitting takes care of most everything pleasant and desirable in my life? Yes, I know, I know, physical health does involve some exercise every day, but...sigh..

          I often considered setting up Inactivity Workshops to extol the virtues of this fine lifestyle.

So many friends and relatives have injured themselves by moving around that I am quite concerned about their over-activity.  And most activity could be considered over-activity.

          Whew, my hands have had quite the workout now, so that will be all the blogging for now.

          Have a pleasantly serene (dare I say "inactive") day...I know that I will!