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December 15, 2021 www.DesertMessenger.com 21 Read Desert MESSENGER ONLINE @ DesertMessengerOnline.com RECYCLE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER NEWSPAPER Thank you! hank you! There's gonna be some changes made There's gonna be some changes made There's gonna be some SKYHAWK SCHEDULE 2021 Fri. Dec. 17 Dance – Senior Center Fri. Dec. 31 Dance – Senior Center New Year's Eve 2022 Fri. Jan. 7 Dance – Senior Center Sat. Jan. 8 Hi Jolly Daze Parade Wed. Jan. 12 Dance – Brenda RV Park Fri. Jan. 14 Dance – Senior Center Mon. Jan. 17 Private Party 1-4 Fri. Jan. 28 Dance – Senior Center Fri. Jan. 21 Dance – Senior Center Fri. Jan. 28 Dance – Senior Center Wed. Feb. 9 Dance- Brenda RV Park Fri. Feb. 11 Dance – Senior Center Mon. Feb. 14 Dance – Senior Center Valentine's Day Mon. Feb. 14 Dance – Senior Center Valentine's Day Fri. Feb. 18 Dance – Senior Center Fri. Feb. 28 Dance – Senior Center Fri. Mar 4 Dance – Senior Center Wed. Mar 9 Dance – Brenda RV Park Fri. Mar. 11 Dance – Senior Center BOOKS 690 E. Main - Quartzsite (one block east of Family Dollar) By Jackie Deal Yeah, I've already started some of those changes. I've moved the kitty's litter box! What? you ask. Why? Well, it's like this: I have ar- thritis in both hips! Bending over, reaching around the foot of the bed to clean the litter box is a ---rhymes with witch! Now, cats don't like changes (so I'm told) especially to their litter boxes. Think about it: you rush into the bathroom and there's no toilet! How would you feel? ASAP. I'm going to have bilateral hip arthroplasty. In every-day- speak that's both hips are going to be replaced. Hip replacement, so they tell me, is the easiest of the common joint replacements. Easy? We'll see. In the meantime I'm trying to make some benefi cial changes; be pro-ac- tive, as they say. (BTW, who's this "they" we're always quoting?) Bending over is supposed to be a no-no. Hence, the repositioning of the litter box. However, to clean the litter box without bending? I'd have to put the thing up on a stool. Do you think Amber (my cat) would go for that? That reminds me of a tourist attraction in a small moun- tain village in, I believe, Canada. The original privy on the mountain side hung out about 20 feet above the creek. Yes, the original no fl ush, direct deposit toilet! But back to the changes we've got to make. No bending at the hip be- yond 90 degrees. For those of us mathematically challenged that's like the angle of the letter L. When you put your socks and shoes on, check the angle. Uh huh, more than 90. Okay, I can go sockless even though I hate the squishy feeling of sweaty feet bare-naked in shoes. However, it's winter so maybe it won't be too bad. Not squishy, just cold. And backless clog-like shoes? I've never worn them, always afraid I'd fall out. Time to try them. Driving a car? Not for a while. Talk about being grounded. Might as well pluck the wings off a fl y. The biggest change? I'm giving up "snow birding". Forever more I shall be an Oregonian. (Pass the Kleenex) I've loved being an AZ-oregonian. Six months here, six months there. But the time has come. It's called "life transitions" or "phases of change". We all go through them: willingly or fi ghting and kicking, gracefully or bullishly. And while each phase appears formidable: life moves on. Accord- ing to the Chinese proverb "Don't push the river, it fl ows by itself." In other words, the river fl ows on and so must you. To paraphrase slightly: "I'm gonna change my way of livin' Change the way I strut my stuff. There'll be some changes made today." is here for you! BONDED NOTARY PUBLIC • PICK UP & DELIVERY SERVICE • Courier Service • Mobile Notary Service • Professional Correspondence • Proof Reading • Copies Year Round Quartzsite Resident 562-682-7283 Please don't abuse the free ser- vices at Quartzsite transfer station by dumping garbage outside gates when closed. They are open Sun- day thru Wednesday 7:30am to 2:30pm. (When temperatures reach over 110 degrees, they will close early.) Be sure to thank the staff, too! Located on the north side of town, near the Waste Water Treatment Plant. Don't dump when transfer is closed Don't dump when transfer is closed Don't dump when AA Meetings QUARTZSITE LOCAL SURVIVORS GROUP Mon. 5:30pm Big Book Study Thurs. 5:30pm Topic Sat. 5:30pm 12 Step 12x12 Year-Round at Community Bible Church, 375 E. Sunrise St. Randy 928-216-7297 Marcia 559-553-2643 • ALANO CLUB Texas RV Park 205 W. Main St. "B" Quartzsite Tues 10am Joe & Charlie Meeting 5:30pm Open Meeting Fri. 10am 12 x 12 Meeting 5:30pm Open Meeting Don 928-287-1273 • AL-ANON Texas RV Park 205 W. Main St. "B" Quartzsite Tues & Fri. 5:30pm Bertha 702-465-5137. BLYTHE, CA (CA Time) • Blythe Primary Purpose Group has Topic Discussion Meetings at 7:00 pm . Also every Monday and Friday are Literature Meetings on Wed. at 7pm at 187 N. 7th Street - Blythe • Daily Noon meetings Mon - Sat And Sunday 1pm 137 N. Broadway, Blythe, Ca

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