While I think that the best album the Rolling Stones put out was Exile on Main Street, it’s not my favorite album of all time. No, another one of their albums holds that place in my heart š. It’s the album that introduced me to my favorite song ever, Winter, and another favorite song, Angie. If you guessed, Goats Head Soup, you’re right .
Front cover Back cover with song list and bar code
It’s all because of the song “Winter,a lovely ballad. I’ve always enjoyed the softer side of the Rolling Stones. If you haven’t heard it, give a listen
And it wasn’t the fault of the Cult. They were quite good, even though they started 90 minutes late. It wasn’t my husband’s fault either. It wasn’t even the venues wheelchair section that affords the best view in the place… if only the people seated in every row in front of me weren’t standing through the whole show, or at least as much as we stayed for. There’s really no way I can put the way I felt, sitting there in my wheelchair, watching people who were older than me , I’m 59 and who should have sat down during the first 40 minutes at least for half a song. By the time the Cult played an instrumental version of my favorite song, Edie, I felt like I just shouldn’t exist at all.Ā I lasted through the next song, Sweet Soul Sister, and then I couldn’t take it anymore, so I shouted into hubby’s ear and asked if we could go. Thankfully, he understood, and we left.
I’ve been to many shows in the theater and have never had the same issue. Of course, they were comedy, drag shows, or ballets. I guess I won’t be enjoying live music again, and that’s really a shame .
I don’t listen to music that much anymore, but I do love to go and see the bands and singers who I really like live. The last time I went to a live show it was seeing Cher with my mother several years ago and it was fantastic. Tomorrow night, my husband and I will be seeing The Cult live. It’s the first time for both of us, and we rarely agree on music,so this is exciting. I’m really looking forward to this show, so I went to YouTube to check out recent clips of the band and found a great clip of The Cult performing for Howard Stern on his birthday this year and was very pleasantly surprised to hear Ian Astbury’s voice hasn’t changed much. He’s still hitting the notes, and he sounds good and not just for his age good. While searching for clips, I was reminded of just how many songs of theirs I know and love, which makes me even more excited to go. I hope they sing Edie, ciao baby, it’s my favorite Cult song!Ā I’ll let you know how it went soon š
They aren’t religious holidays because I don’t believe. They aren’t seasonal holidays because I don’t think it’s important to celebrate the change of the season.
The only holidays that I celebrate are birthdays of my family and friends. Thankfully, the vast majority of them occur during the month of July and the anniversaries that my husband and I have amassed over the years. We are about to celebrate the 11th anniversary of our first date on October 16th and our 9th wedding anniversary on January 3rd. The year is far less expensive when you don’t have a forced holiday to decorate or buy everyone that you know a gift. While you aren’t getting a Christmas card from us, you are getting a generous and thoughtful gift from us to celebrate your existence and how much we appreciate you. It might be a lovely meal out or something that you need, but it’s in celebration of the person, not the day.
Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail.
When I was 15 years old, I tried to make dinner for my family and my boyfriend. If I remember correctly, it was the first time I tried to cook a meal. I had a recipe book and chose Swedish meatballs for the occasion. I spent over 45 minutes rolling the meatballs, and then I put them into the oven to bake while I cooked the wide, flat noodles.
Then I set the table for dinner and tied up all but one loose string. I called everyone in for dinner . As I served the meal It finally hit me, the one string that I hadn’t tied up. The one piece of the recipe that was missing was the sauce. That night, we dined on wide flat noodles with butter and baked dry meatballs that were decidedly not Swedish in any possible way.
Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life.
Nice guys will treat you like you should be treated, and bad boys look exciting but will only cause you pain. It took me 48 years to finally learn that lesson . I’m about to celebrate the 11th anniversary of being with a wonderfully nice guy who treats me well and 9 years of marriage to that nice guy. I only wish I hadn’t wasted so much time on the bad boys who gave me so much baggage to carry before I met my nice guy.
So, after showing my husband that I could take 4 steps forward and back without my AFO brace, I felt both encouraged and curious as to how many steps I was able to take, and the only way to answer that question was to take me out of the condo to the railing in the hallway and try it. The answer is more than 4 steps. How many more?Ā You’ll have to watch the video below to find out.
If you read yesterday’s post, you know that my mid-term goal was to make it to the end of the railing. I fully expected to have to send the cameraman to bring the wheelchair to me by that point if I could get that far. Imagine my surprise at feeling strong enough to try to make it back to the wheelchair and then completing the trip back. I’m absolutely thrilled to know that I was strong enough to do my initial goal and then even MORE. Now I’m resting because my left leg and butt cheek are quite tired, and I was pretty winded at the finish . I’ve told the hubby that we’re going to do this walk every day now until the leg is strong enough to cross the hallway and come back the other side. That’s the next goal, and it should take more time than this one did for sure.
Now that I know that I’m able to do a very short walk without my ankle foot orthotic brace, I’m determined to walk further and further without it. Hopefully, I will be able to graduate to the handrailing in the hallway outside the condo soon . Once I get encouraged, I have a tendency to push myself more and more,as proven by the fact that I’ve just recently achieved balance and now have ditched the AFO. Still being careful, so I’m not injuring my body or my brain in the process, I still have those pesky aneurysms to consider, after all. I’m looking forward to getting the left leg strong enough to try the stairs without the brace. These are my next goals. I look forward to achieving them one step at a time. By the time I reach the ten year anniversary of my stroke next August, I’d really like to be walking around the handrailing outside our condo at least once. I think this is a reasonable goal. At least, I hope it is.
On the heels of my recently found balance, I was feeling fairly confident, so yesterday morning, I thought I’d try something out while my husband was in the shower. So I bravely, if nervously, went to the little hallway that connects the living room to the main bathroom and parked the wheelchair . Then, using the handrail that hubby put in, I pulled myself up and tried to walk a few steps without my AFO. Guess what?! I actually walked 4 steps forward and 4 steps back to the wheelchair … twice!Ā Granted, it wasn’t graceful, but I didn’t feel like I was losing my balance, and it wasn’t wobbly.Ā Then, when my mom came over, I did it again to show her! She was just as happy as I was. I haven’t told or shown the hubby yet, but I am excited to do so after he reads this post.
You are tied for second to hear the news. There will be video posted tomorrow, hopefully.
I’m so happy, I could jump for joy, but there’s no way I’m risking injury before hubby sees this!!
