I'm getting close to hitting my three year retirement mark. It's hard to believe three years have flown by. It's been great. I'm very happy I retired when I did.
To give you an idea of how I spend my days, yesterday on Monday, my friend and I went indoor walking at our Showare events center for 45 minutes, then we went to the senior activity center for a healthy eating class on eating to control inflammation. It was very educational and right now I have raw walnuts soaking in water. They will then be drained and rinsed and dried in a low oven. I never even knew that was a thing.
Here is information on why you might want to soak raw nuts before eating them:
https://wholelifestylenutrition.com/recipes/appetizers-snacks/is-soaking-nuts-necessary-how-to-properly-soak-your-organic-raw-nuts/
I've been wanting a food dehydrator for a few years now. If I like these soaked, dehydrated nuts I just might invest in one. For tonight they'll be in a low, slow oven overnight. I know it's going to freak out Wally and it will be hard to explain why I'm leaving the oven on all night! Maybe he won't notice.
Also, yesterday I watched my friend's 9 year old son in the afternoon. Which means we watched Sponge-bob Square Pants, while eating warm brownies which were sent home with him.
After dinner I drove to downtown Seattle, to Benaroya Hall for the National Geographic Live event. My friend, Chris and I have been going to this speaker series for quite a few years now. It gives us a chance to see each other and catch up on things and enjoy beautiful photography and learn more about conserving the earth.
Last night's scientist was a woman who actually was an ice skater through college. She almost made it to the Olympics! It was about the animals that live in the middle depth of the ocean. Quite fascinating.
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/kakani-katija-bioengineer-and-research-diver/
And also about how science and inventions learn from nature. Did you know that Velcro was patterned after a plant called burdock burrs?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_de_Mestral
Today was a more chilled day. My friend and I went to our weekly Tai Chi class. It's a modified simple version which begins with stretches and ends with meditation. It's been a great class. After that I ran a few errands, then relaxed at home watching last night's episode of Manifest and a couple of episodes of Locke and Key on Netflix.
Tonight after dinner, I have two church meetings back to back. That's how my days go. Always on the go, but I do know how to relax.
Here are a couple of pictures I took on my Sunday afternoon walk.
