Cat gifts, German Movies and Baby Layettes

December 31, 2007

LuLu

LuLu had a busy week. We had to care for Hershey, our granddog. He is a large black lab/chow mix. LuLu loves to intimidate him. Hershey being always the gentleman does not take the bait. We had one incident of hissing and one incident of LuLu eating Hershey’s food and one incident of Hershey eating LuLu’s food. LuLu got a Christmas present, the book What Cats really want for Christmas by Kandy Radzinski. We loved the book, Lulu, however, was only interested in the wraping paper.

Taking Care of yourself

We did not do very well on keeping up our exercise schedule. We walked in the Meridian Mall one-day. I suggested the walk hoping that I could look at the stores and the people as we walked. I was wrong; Alan, my husband, kept me at such a fast pace that it was all I could do to keep up with him. We also used our exercise tapes. We like Catherine MacRae's Gentle Fitness. We got this tape because it was recommended for people with fibromyalgia. There are chair exercises as well as standing exercises. We have suggested it to persons with limited mobility. The purpose is to build strength and flexibility. In fact, we used the tape when I had knee surgery to improve my upper body strength.

Exploring

The movie for this week from Netflicks was: Das Leben der Anderen - The Lives of Others "Unlike other recent films portraying life in East Germany. It dramatizes the true cost that citizens of the German Democratic Republic had to pay for living in their communist dictatorship. We learn how much time and effort the Stasi (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, "secret police") spent on spying on East German citizens — and how this impacted both the targets and the spies." Excerpted from a review by Hyde Flippo on the website About.com. We both found the movie to be very chilling but worth the effort to watch. (It is hard to multitask when watching a foreign movie with subtitles.)

We also are now a two-cell phone family. We got an over 65 plan which allows for two phones with somewhat limited minutes. We are having a great time, reading the manual, setting up our numbers and voice mail.

Giving Back

My church, All Saints Episcopal in East Lansing, provides all the contributions for Christmas week to our Outreach efforts for the food bank and for agencies that provide utility assistance and coats for kids. We are also collecting baby clothes for newborns for the Feast of the Epiphany. We are Pro-choice and proudly support mothers and new babies. 

Comments

[Jill]

Jean...I'm glad to hear Alan is feeling better.