A Great Day Out

Guest post written by Rosa Watral

My boyfriend Frank and I decided to go out in Manhattan to help my grandmother with a few errands this past Saturday. We mailed some of her letters, scouted out a store for her where they sell Miracle Ear hearing aids, and we also picked up some groceries. I love my grandmother so much, and I was very happy to help her out. IÕm really glad that Frank was willing to come along, as wellÉit was definitely nice to have an extra set of hands with grandmaÕs weekly groceries haul!

While we were out, we did a few things for ourselves, too. Frank took me out to this incredible restaurant for lunch around Union Square that serves specialty mac and cheese. It was absolutely delightful! We heard about this place on TV and it was every bit as good as it was made out to be. He couldnÕt have picked out a better place to have lunchÉI think weÕre going to go back next week, it was soooo good! It was also nice to have a little break between all of shopping activities. In all, the day was a success. We found everything for grandma and had a nice little date, as well.

Puppy training

Guest post written by Drew Douglas

The idea of a puppy definitely outweighed the memories of the difficulty training our now old cocker spaniel Harry. But we thought that Harry needed a companion to help liven him up and act like a young dog again so we got a cocker spaniel puppy named Daisy a few weeks ago.

It’s been a little tough doing this all over again, but I’ve noticed that Harry has taken a liking to his younger counterpart and treats her very well just like an older brother should. My wife pointed when I was rewarding Daisy with a treat after we made a successful trip outside that I was talking really loudly. Even though I was commending Daisy she acted like she thought I was yelling at her instead until I gave her dog treat. I made an appointment at miracle-ear, looked at some hearing aid reviews and bought some that week.

It made house training Daisy a little easier and she’s responding better to my commands. I also noticed some other things that I was missing out on before.

Making new friends

Guest post written by Maribelle Carter

I’ve had social anxiety for all of my life, so when I moved to a new retirement community away from most of my friends and family, I was really hesitant about being around all those new people. But I’ve made lots of new friends and I’m pretty proud of myself for conquering a lot of my issues in befriending these people.

One night when we were playing Scrabble, I was having a tough time participating in the conversation because I couldn’t hear everything everyone was saying. Then someone asked me if I had any grandchildren and I answered that I used to have two cats. I do have grandchildren, I just misunderstood them. They all laughed and then the man asked me again and I understood him.

I was pretty embarrassed but the man who asked me the original question pointed at his ears and said he had gone to miracle ear cincinnati before moving here. Then two women chimed in and said they both got hearing aids in houstonand hearing aids in brooklyn before relocating. After that I made an appointment and got some.

Although the incident was embarrassing, I’m glad that my new friends helped me laugh through it.