Thread: Fall?

I am going to try to keep my mouth shut around DH about the problems that pop up when the guy my DH wants to do the yard in the fall. There are always problems since he wants to do it his way and refuses to listen to what I want done. He starts in on his speech..."I've been doing landscaping for 19 years and I know all...". He doesn't hear that I've done the landscaping on 10 houses we have owned over 45 years, not...

I admire your multiple talents! Especially being able to teach people about things you know and love - it's giving back while doing something you (we) enjoy.... know what I mean? I sang in the Jr chuch choir, not sure why, except your church can really kick you out even though you can't carry a tune. I love to sing with the radio in the car on a long drive, but even I know I'm REALLY bad, lol. However, I have other talents :o)...

Sandy, its a real bummer to have a condition that doesn't fit into a doctor's "repertoire". I don't know how old you are, but when I went through perimenopause, I thought I would die. I could barely make it to the grocery store and back. It was a horrible several years for me. I think around menopause, lots of women start having sleep problems. Besides it being possibly a brain problem, I think our muscles get very lax...

Cold weather isn't my #1 favorite thing, but I do handle it much better if it doesn't rain and the sun shines. I try to go out on the nicer days, and I dress and layer as needed. I go hunting with my husband so I have become an expert on trying to stay warmer. But, the down side is, all those layers I wear makes me look like the Michelin Tire Man in Camo. I get tickled at myself, when I find myself all bundled up, and then dropping...

Oh Sandy I feel your pain! I am orienting to a new job position while working the old job and time is so limited. I have half the new outside electric finished and need to pull water plants, clean the settling pond, ect., ect. I deal with Winter by making a conscious effort not to hate it. In zone 5 there are 6 months of okay to fabulous weather and 6 months of okay to grey and bleak. I can't choose to hate 6 months of the year so I try...

Sandy, I suffer from major depression. I take medication on a daily basis. I don't like it either but think of it this way. If you had diabetes and needed to control your sugar and tried diet but it did not work and insulin was the only way to control it, you would take the insulin rather than have a stroke and ruin your body organs. I still try to control my depression by alternative means but I take my meds to make myself feel better or...

Sandy, Something that has helped me a great deal with depression is the Rodney Yee (or Gee) AM yoga tape. It is a 20 minute routine that is gentle stretches. I started doing it to help with fibromyalgia pain and found that it had a profound positive effect on my outlook and lessened the depression significantly. I also had more energy the next day. I don't know if it would have a similar positive effect on SAD, but I thought I'd...