Baker's heartbeat

Two typical lists written on sticky notes, every night.       Are you one for lists?     Lots of folks in their older years ignore lists, thinking being retired means using free time as one wishes.     I agree with that, but I also like to be productive every day, and hence I use lists, like the one above.     I slavishly follow a list, most of the time. I don't always get to all the tasks listed. This week, I forgot to buy cereal, the first item on my food shopping list. (I think it was because our local Hy-Vee was packed, and many employees were once again moving items from one aisle to another!) Who could even find the cereal?     Anyway, I suspect it's lists for me and others.     If you google "list-making" + why, you find people who make YouTube videos on lists, as well as numerous magazine articles and entire books on how to do this task, making yourself as productive and focused as possible.      Exp...

Construction of the new Eldridge branch of the Scott County Family Y was well underway in September, 2021.  Much of the work had been completed by June 2022.      A new branch of the Scott County Family Y is set to open in Eldridge in a few months. Opening day cannot come soon enough.     I first joined the Y organization about 15 years ago, in Davenport. It was the start of the of a new era of exercise as I weighed almost 165 pounds. I had begun a 10-year stint as the health and wellness reporter at the Quad-City Times and I was determined to lose the excess weight with a regular exercise routine.     Practice what you preach, right?     This was helped by the Y personnel, in Davenport at the North facility (attached to Davenport North High School), at the West  Y (attached to Davenport West High School), and at the downtown Y.     I signed up for classes and started at the Y five days a week. I also purchased a treadmil...