Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Tuesday Slice of Life: On my tiptoes and stretching...

Today I join my fellow bloggers in "serving up a slice" 
to the Tuesday Slice of Life (SOL) community.
Thanks to Stacey, Tara, Betsy, Dana, Beth, and Anna
for hosting this meeting place each Tuesday 
                                                      and nurturing our writing lives.

I've been wondering about my shrinking stature.  Each time I latch the kitchen windows closed, I worry a bit about the stretch it takes to reach the latch.  I have to step on my tiptoes, something I don't remember doing in the past.  Uh-oh, another toll of my increasing age must be that I'm getting shorter.  This does NOT make me happy since I've always been too short anyway.  And when I speak of shrinking stature, it's definitely just the vertical kind.

I was growing accustomed to my fate of growing shorter as I age . . . until one day last week when I reach for the latch, and have an aha moment . . . my new countertops are thicker than my old ones and the edge is not flush with the cabinet.  Hallelujah!  I'm not shrinking after all.  It's just that my new countertops have added a bit of depth and height to the counters which leads me to s-t-r-e-t-c-h  (my OLW for this year) as I reach for the latch to lock the windows.  I'm content that I've found another way to stretch and happy that I'm not shrinking . . . yet!


11 comments:

  1. Whew! I'm so glad you solved this & aren't shrinking yet, Ramona. What a gift we get when we know "all" the facts.

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  2. That's such good news. I like how you kept us hanging too!

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  3. Experiencing something, constructing a theory and then discovering there was a reasonable explanation for the mystery - you shared a funny story (I understand it wasn't funny for you at first.) Well-written.

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  4. So glad you are not shrinking!! I love your story.
    Miss King's Enchanted Kingdom

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  5. What an exciting aha moment! I love how you connected to your OLW for the year. I wish I could have a similar experience to explain why my pants are getting tighter...

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  6. Oh if only we could get the shrinking to happen horizontally! I'm glad you solved the mystery of the latching issue. Unfortunately, I have shrunk half an inch.

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  7. This made me laugh! So glad the "shrinking" incident has a favorable resolution.

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  8. Thanks for the laugh, Ramona! I can relate.

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  9. Ok, if you say so... but the last time the doctor checked my height I was 5'2" and I used to be 5'4. I hadn't thought I'd gotten shorter, but the measuring stick said I had!

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  10. OOH, take care! I'm 5 ft. 2 in. so I can't afford to shrink! Happy for you! Jennifer Sniadecki

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  11. What a great slice, Ramona! Glad you're not shrinking and that you solved the mystery!

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