Phew!

Yes, I know that needing not to be caught up is fashionable but I do like not having things hanging around! So it is with some relief that pages 19-24 of Learn Something New Every Day are now complete:

 The brevity of this post is accounted for in day 24! Now where's that floor mat and cushion ... Hoping to be compos mentis corporis (is that a phrase?) by Wednesday!

Comments

[helena]

Your layout method is working really well. 19th is an intriguing idea at the end; 23rd really resonates for me

[Jacky S]

Although I love seeing your clean and simple format...and admire it greatly.....for me scrapbooking would be nigh impossible.....and less than half the fun....if I only had those 4 tems!!!!
But I so agree with Day 21.

[Paul B]

More wonderful stories Alexa. I lap each one up. You are such an engaging writer. Well done on keeping it going. Only one week to go. You're going to have a fantastic snapshot of your life kept for future generations. They, like me, will be absorbed in all your mini tales. Pxx

[Jo]

i am so into day 24 as i am about to embark on some stretching and yoga my self as i am on a slimming world weightloss plan and need to start some gentle exercise as i havent done any in ages other than walking,
jo xxx

[Alexa]

That's very companionable, Jo - I'll be thinking of you as I lie and stretch. Good luck to us both!

[Alexa]

Thank-you, Paul! :)

[Alexa]

I suspect I might need more than four, Jacky, if I put it to the test! I do appreciate the beauty of pages with lots of paper and embellishments too: I'm just no good at it!

[Alexa]

Hi Helena, and thanks for popping in. :) I'm intrigued to see what would happen too (I might just try it). I'm always moved when something happening in my life is mirrored in others' too.

[Jimjams]

Lovely snippets as always Alexa - I especially agree with #21. I am finally learning to live by the motto that life is NOT a rehearsal and next time might not be there so I'd be better having a go now, showing I care now, and getting on with this life of mine!

[Sian]

Beautifully done as always - I don't think brevity comes into it at all. It is a perfectly formed post with plenty to enjoy

[Fiona]

The 21st strikes a chord with me today, having lost a dear friend last month. We postponed our planned meet up earlier in the year and now there won't be another. That weighs heavily on my heart right now.

[K]

Hi Alexa, wow, look at your blog, its so, so so, magazine like, very professional layout, wordng etc, love it!

Ooooo, blank paper & a pen just yells out "learn to doodle" in my head, I might join you in trying it myself!

[Lizzie]

Awww... sorry your back is playing up. Mine too - a bit. I have that book - and I "was going to" do Yoga every day, starting in June, when I went away for that lovely Yoga weekend... How many times have I done it since? Twice!! Thanks for the Timely Reminder!
There are some very thoughtful and thought-provoking observations in your Lessons for last week.
I am in a similar situation to you, with an "Aged-P" of my own to worry about. Not practical to have her live with us just now - nowhere to "put" her sadly... But I do sometimes consider it anyway. I don't like her living alone really - I know she gets lonely... if she lived here, at least there would be someone around most of the time. But then I wonder about my sanity - whether I would actually survive having her here (and whether even considering the idea indicates that I am not quite in my right mind!). I think we'd learn to get along ok, but like you, I suspect there'd be a big amount of adjusting to be done, by all of us. It may come to this in the end - though where she would sleep/live, I still don't know...
We are saving for a downstairs extension. Perhaps we'll need to incorporate a bit of re-modelling into the work, so we have a separate room for Mum and a downstairs shower too. For now, she is coping - only just some days though. I need to go over there more often, I think. Definitely I should/must/will!

I did enjoy your Lesson pages. They have all made me think. And your daughter is so right about the Regrets thing. I have been trying to make more of my opportunities over the last year or so - and it's given me so much more "value" in my life - I've done stuff I would never have done, if I hadn't bitten the bullet!

Hope the Yoga is going alright and that your back soon settles down. I find that I "store stress" in mine... Yoga releases some of that stress and is very energising (so why don't I do it?!!).

Happy Tuesday!

[Miriam]

Your entry for the 23rd is what my working life is all about. How I wish I still had my mother to care for in this way. I didn't know all this when she was with me x Your writing touches my heart Alexa.

[Alexa]

:). Miriam. Am touched you let me know.

[Alexa]

Oh, I can hear you're facing a number of similar things too ... Like your reminder about 'value', which is a good message for me today too, so thank-you! :)

[Alexa]

Oh Fiona, that is really hard ... Thinking of you.

[Alexa]

Hi K! I'm a fan of doodling, believe it or not - you're reminding me to do more of it... Watch this space!

[Wanda Jorgensen]

Alexa, I do hope your back is feeling better by now. You are so right about taking time for yourself. My exercise of choice is at the gym on a treadmill or other torture machine. The problem is--I haven't been in nearly three months! (and I feel guilty every time the monthly charge comes in!) I can really feel the lack of exercise too, especially at night when I get deep leg cramps. I had already resolved to get back to the gym next week, but your words have maybe given me the jumpstart I need. Thanks!