Hugs All Around

I’ll resort to using the store’s shopping basket when I don’t feel like getting a shopping cart or bringing Jimmy in the store with me.

Carrying a basket, regardless how full, can be hard on my hands. Instead, I use the bigger muscles (that’s questionable ) of my arms to do the work.

By hugging the basket in towards me, I sneak in some isometric exercises.

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Roll In, Roll Out

It may be an indication that I’ve turned another chapter in the book that is my life! What do you think?

If  I’m only getting a few items at the store, I now bring one of these – pictured at right – with me.

I don’t have to strain my hands with the shopping basket, nor do I have to do it again when I carry the bags out of the store.

Sometimes, I don’t want to go through all the hoopla of finding a cart, struggling to unlock it from the others (not easy with arthritic hands), and then repeating the process when I’m done shopping.

Update: I’ve decided to name my portable shopping cart  ”Jimmy”, after Captain James Cook, a man who managed to travel extensively.