Single women need tools!

Today started out fairly well. I puttered around the house in the morning then had to go to town for an appointment. Since I was already in the big town of Sandpoint, I decided to do some shopping, mostly groceries. I also visited the Habitat for Humanity Restore. What a great place. It has everything, including the kitchen sink! This is only the second one I have ever visited and it is so much nicer and has much better items for sale than the one in Oregon. I was able to buy myself a B&D drill & power screwdriver. A single woman needs this type of tool on hand. I can now put up my own shelves and not have to ask someone for help. I really like to be independent. Having worked with the elderly in the past, I realize that independence will not last forever. I do not look forward to those "golden years", especially since I have heard that they are not so golden after all. Talk to an old person, say in his or her 80's or 90's and if you ask the correct questions you will learn that the weak and cripple old man was once a navy seal, or that the fragile and bent old woman once danced in the movies. It is interesting how they seem different from us younger adults but are really just the same inside. As I age I am beginning to understand about being frustrated with a body that is not willing to do things that were once easy to do...such as split wood. I guess that is why God gave us son's and son-in-law's to care for us as we age (at least that is what I hope will happen). Tell me your aging stories or experiences. Maybe you have some great things about aging that you would like to share. I feel that there are some great things about aging. #1 I am not afraid to talk to people as I was when I was a young adult and a child. I am not afraid of most things (except bears!) anymore. #2 I love being a grandparent...my youngest grandson just turned 1 last week. Have you ever noticed how the time seem to literally go faster as you age? I heard a person I once knew in California say that she thought that it was not just an illusion but an actual fact that time is moving faster than it used to. Wouldn't you think that modern science would have discovered this fact if it were true?