Jim Sharkey schreef:
> >Oh, and for Jim, the shoelace-tying is getting just a little more
> >interesting each week. If I could stand slip-on shoes better than I
> >can, I'd want to switch to those. And of course it gets much more
> interesting when a dog is trying to get me to move faster, the way
> >Briana was after me this morning. (Miranda at least will back off a
> >foot if I ask her to, if she isn't already sitting in her bed with
> >her nose a few inches from the toe of the shoe I'm trying to tie; I
> >keep worrying I'm going to whap her when I bring my foot down one of
> >these days.... Briana is a good illustration of "in-your-face".)
>
> Thanks for the update! Don't worry about the dog's nose being at the top of
> your shoes for too much longer; eventually, you'll wind up with your laces
> as close to the side as possible, rather than trying to go "over-the-top" as
> it were. :)
Well I'm kind of limber. I lift my foot high enough to place it on a
really high
chair or low desk or table. This way I don't have to bent my back and
the part
of my belly that gets in the way during bending down fits neatly between
my
legs. Not the sort of thing you wanne do if you haven't been doing it
before
btw. But that way I can still reach my feet easily enough.
Due to my extremely long back (app. 15 cm longer than standard) I
frequently
suffer from back aches. During those times this is the easy way to still
reach
my feet without actually having to bend (which is nearly impossible with
a sore
back). By now I have some practice in these kind of moves and tricks.
They
really come in handy now.
Sonja
