Realising your friends are getting old can be upsetting. I have a dear friend who's memory is becoming worse and that is really sad. I'm not wrinkled exactly just a bit sagged, worst aspect is the arthritic pain every day in pain and able to do less and less. I always did my own painting and decorating, as I'd been divorced I couldn't afford help so did loads of maintenance in the house. Now the thought of getting up a step ladder !!!I had to wait for a younger visitor to change a light bulb recently. I can still love to garden but it's a little and often rather then out all day. Can still walk a long way but do pay for it the next day. Working two afternoons a week keeps me in the loop as far as everyday life goes.
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dorsetpennt; I'm having to pay someone to decorate my living room next week; I'm divorced, too, and it hurts to pay someone to do something I used to do myself. And I must make a point of not talking to the decorator too much; years ago he would have hung on my every word but these days, alas, men under the age of 70 seem to look straight through me if I speak to them 
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It's amazing the number of people I know or recognise standing by the Tena pads in Sainsbury's. Strangely, we all seem to have mothers who have become incontinent!! 
My "little boy" celebrating his 40th birthday.....
My "laughter lines" becoming a permanent feature..perhaps I shouldn't have laughed so much when I was younger!
BlueSky and mine reaching his 51st this July .
As for laughter lines...I consider them to be beautiful
Being thankful that I don't give a flying fig if I'm seen in comfy clobber, without a hint of makeup. So there! 
1 Grandson going to high school in September
2 Most of my friends are pensioners
3 Happy to wear "big" knickers 
4 An enjoyable afternoon is a quiet sit down with a cup of tea !
5 After that quiet sit down the struggle to get up again !
Annika
I'm all for "big" knickers...I love my Sloggis [always buy a size too large!]
Playing trains on the floor, then having to get up to answer the door before the postman puts a little red slip through the letterbox!
Yesterday my DD parked her car on the other side of a knee high metal barrier when the footpath was 'just' the other side. Clambering over it was NOT an option and they waited patiently whilst I went round it instead!!! My excuse was that I wearing a skirt 
Bending down to pick money dropped on floor, and then getting stuck for a while
GoldenGran If its under 10 pence I leave it there till GS pops by
Finding myself comparing ailments with other grans.
Sadly, friends dying or needing major surgery. A couple of friends have recently died and one friend has just had an, apparently successful, liver transplant while another is awaiting dialysis.
Ooh, and varicose veins, seeing my mum looking back at me in a mirror and, after having sat for a while, having to wait for my hips to get into gear!
Going up stairs! I start off ok, then all of a sudden start flagging! I don't have stairs in my house, so perhaps that doesn't help! It's my birthday today - 62! Did a bit of 'me' shopping in Edinburgh, buying things a size smaller than I've been able to do for a long time - thanks to glass and the rest of you on the Diet thread! I also bought some of the very expensive shampoo that grannyactivist told us all about - and the chatty young man who sold it to me piled a lot of free samples in the bag as well, saying, "There you are, you'll be thinking it's your birthday! I replied, "It is!" I swung out of the store feeling quite 'ticketty-boo'! I realise I'm probably older than his grandma, but it made me feel rather nice!
Happy Birthday green. What a lovely day it's been to enjoy yourself. Nice to treat yourself to the quality shampoo and get all those free samples - I love getting freebies in Selfridges, then walking away before they talk me into buying something!
Enjoy the rest of your special day 
Well - seeing as it's my birthday, I think I'll get away with it grannyactivist did a Product Review on it - it's Molton Brown's Radiant Lili-pili hairwash. Both it and the conditioner are £18, but the assistant said that the shampoo would last about 6 months and the conditioner would last even longer as I'd only need to use that after ever second wash at most. Gorgeous perfume! We are worth it, aren't we, crimson?!
Thank you Anagram! And I do know what you mean about being exhausted after having the young ones for what you see as only a short time. My husband is nearly 73 and I find it's more trouble trying to keep him happy when we've got young visitors, than it is to have the young ones visit! 
green many happy returns on your birthday, I hope you have had a lovely day. How fantastic buying a smaller size
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