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Life at The Home

by carlton607

Rated: 13+ · Book · Experience · #1724747

A Baby-Boomer STILL alive and living in senior housing...

The random thoughts of a Baby-Boomer STILL adjusting to life in senior housing (after five years)...

Almost exactly nine months after World War II ended, one historian writes, “the cry of the baby was heard across the land.” More babies were born in 1946 than ever before: 3.4 million, 20 percent more than in 1945. This was the beginning of the so-called “baby boom.” In 1947, another 3.8 million babies were born; 3.9 million were born in 1952; and more than 4 million were born every year from 1954 until 1964, when the boom finally tapered off. By then, there were 76.4 million “baby boomers” in the United States. They made up almost 40 percent of the nation’s population. - www.history.com

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Toni

Dec 12, 2013 at 4:06pm
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I really miss reading your updates! Please come back!

Nada

Nov 8, 2013 at 2:30pm
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I hope it is all good things! Will await your return!

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An apple a day....

Nov 8, 2013 at 7:38am
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Oh no! Please make it a short one. I feel like a member of the home and will miss it.

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Nada

Nov 7, 2013 at 7:25pm
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It's really odd how memory works. I have great memory associated with sight, but not as great when not. It seems some people are not playing with a full deck, and Connie seems like one. Next time I'd put a not written to her…something like "Gotcha!"

An apple a day....

Nov 7, 2013 at 5:12pm
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You have a great memory! But I would expect that from a Times crossword puzzler

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An apple a day....

Nov 6, 2013 at 9:09am
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Do they have two phones...one on each, no need for speaker. You could say the "speaker" on your end was bad

no pun intended!

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An apple a day....

Nov 5, 2013 at 8:33am
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Poor Mrs. Roper. You paint very vivid pictures...and smells

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Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Nov 4, 2013 at 8:08pm
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I used to look forward to the weekends so very much but then one day I realized how few of them in my life I actually have made me reconsider time in general. Every day is priceless whether it be nothing of consequence or not, the fact that we are here to enjoy it makes it worthwhile and then some!
I always enjoy my random visits with you.

An apple a day....

Nov 4, 2013 at 8:19am
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It takes me about a week to get used to the time change. I am lazy about changing the time pieces...some are still dst...and some of my calendars still say October. Does it matter? I don't think so

. I know time is marching on and daylight hours are getting ever shorter no matter the calendar or the clock.

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Wordsmitty ✍️

Nov 1, 2013 at 4:58pm
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Maybe it's the season, but it sounds like your body is trying to tell you to crawl and the groans may be precursors to growling. In other words, you're turning into a werewolf

or just need to keep the old frame greased and moving more. Otherwise, the rust sets in and gravity is like a magnet on the iron joints constantly pulling down.

Another (odd) suggestion is to use a high bar height chair. That way you don't fall into it and have to rise back up but just slide forward and drop the feet, and you're standing. It's the only good thing about an SUV that you step in and then out and don't have to fight age and gravity combined.

#375. Another Break
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#374. Just Another Day on This Cruise-Ship Asylum
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#373. You Don't Say
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#372. Scarf + Mailbox = Dilemma (again) Oh, and patchouli
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#371. A New Standard (Time)
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#370. Grunting Is the New Me
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#369. I Should Have Stayed in Bed
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#368. Leftovers
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#367. New Phone Redux
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#366. A Tale of Two Connies
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#365. Less of Larry
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#364. When Saying "G'morning" Isn't Worth It
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#363. Assorted Nuts
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#362. Inhale/Exhale
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#361. Larry's Wisdom
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#360. Green Pastures
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#359. Be Alert
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#358. New Phone
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#357. Backwards!
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#356. Don't Toy With Me
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#355. A Robin Dilemma
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#354. Crash 3
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#353. Don't Wear a Halter Top If You Can't Pull It Off
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#352. An Avian Day
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#351. "Because We Have To"
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#350. "Accept" or "Tolerate"?
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#349. Mary Lee, Harry, and Patchouli
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#348. Was That a Wink or Do You Have Something in Your Eye?
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#347. Goose-y Lose-y
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#346. Put It in the Recycling Bin
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#345. CD, CC, and Butter - Oi!
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#344. Digesting the News with Larry
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#343. "Be Careful"
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#342. A Small Gesture
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#341. Autumn Ushered in with CC
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#340. Broken A/C
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#339. Larry's News
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#338. Billie&Bella&Connie&Rascal&Angie and Me at The Home
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#337. Penguins with a Clarinet
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#336. A Child With Child?
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#335. When Mundane Matters
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#334. Learning to Nap
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#333. A Bright and Sunny Day
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#332. 64 Fire Extinguishers
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#331. An Encounter with CC
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#330. Miss Bessie Smith, Gershwin, and Henri
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#329. Thoughts About Being Taught
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#328. Heidi's Plum
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#327. Larry and Julie
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#326. Eating 101: Intro to Enjoying Food
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#325. Risking Life and Limb for Apricot Jelly
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#324. A Neighborly Visit - NOT
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#323. Not in My Car!
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#322. For a Moment
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#321. A Little Blue Amongst the Pink
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#320. "Getting Down With It"
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#319. Nothing
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#318. Irritable Jowls Syndrome
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#317. '33'
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#316. "Who Are You?"
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#315. Dreamland - What the Heck?
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#314. Dropping Birds
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#313. Neighborly Request
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#312. Quit Smoking Aid
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#311. Talent? I Think Not...
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#310. Gripes
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#309. Another Request
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#308. What Larry Sayeth
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#307. CC: Nice Weather
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#306. What Have You Been Up To?
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#305. Cucumber, Onion, Sharp Knife = Blood
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#304. Larry and the Monarch
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#303. Exciting Weather with Meat
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#302. *knock knock*
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#301. Another Day, Another Year, Another Decade *sob*
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#300. Birthday Eve *whimper* *sob*
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#299. A Little Fun Before I Turn Old
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#298. Barbra's Tuna (don't ask)
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#297. Larry and Martha
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#296. The New York Times and Boardwalks
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#295. Mid-Summer
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#294. An "aha" Moment
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#293. What the Duck???
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#292. I Got Nuthin'
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#291. Seven
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#290. Autmn in July...Sigh
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#289. Happy 4th of July!
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#288. It Don't Mean a Thing...
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#287. A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (to quote Disney)
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#286. The Dawn of a New Life
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#285. Calendars: How Many are Too Many?
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#284. Life (and Death) on The Farm
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#283. Ear Worm Syndrome
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#282. British Weather - My Experience
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#281. Free is Good!
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#280. Summertime...and the Living Ain't Easy
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#279. Can Cheese Be Stressful? It Depends...
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#278. On the Precipice of Summer...
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#277. Be Prepared for an Honest Answer!
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#276. (Cast) Iron-Clad Rules
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