What can and can’t you do?

I can’t.

Iron well,
Sew,
Sing,
Sleep😱,
Paint my nails neatly.

I can,

Cook,
Good with technology,
Organise,
Walk for miles.

Can't fly a plane.
Can weave

I can’t make pastry
I can’t draw or paint or do anything artistic

I can sing
I can speak French fluently.
I can still cut my toenails ( just).

I can't:
Crochet,
Eat spicy food,
Make a spread sheet (never tried),
Get up from the floor with ease.
Follow a TV programme without subtitles.

I can:
Knit
Sew
Get into and out of the bath (on all fours),
Bake,
Shop on line, too much,
Use my long reach hedge trimmer.

I can't

Cook.

Do needlework of any type.

Sing.

Do gyms.

Speak any language other than foul!

Drink coffee of any type, including in food such as coffee cake - I absolutely hate coffee!

I can

Be a brilliant mum to various pets over the years.

Run 20 miles without stopping.

Spend loads of money on books!

Go 6 weeks without any food, just liquids.

Binge-watch MrBallen and Josh Nanocchio - What Lurks Beneath - YouTube videos - I'm quite addicted!

Have all of my windows wide open when it's freezing cold, thick snow, storms, etc.!

I can't
use the remote controls for the TV, central heating, Aircon, or electric blinds.
Drive confidently

I can
Sew
Cook (but would rather not)

I can’t do maths but can do personal finances brilliantly.

I can’t do catering for big numbers but can cook well for a few.

I can’t do tailoring but can sew adequately.

I can’t crochet but I can knit well enough.

I can’t do map reading/navigating but can drive anything.

I can’t do one glass of wine but can stop before a hangover.

I can’t be bothered cleaning but I can keep a tidy home.

I can’t tend to blood injuries but am very good on chicken soup and TLC…

I can't -

Drive
Swim
Cook much
Resist chilled white wine
Have confidence in myself

I can -

Manage money well
Organise (family dos etc)
Use a computer reasonably well
Run for the bus at nearly 76!

I can’t be arsed most of the time
And I am rapidly running out of patience and tolerance for all those who make demands on my time and support yet they just never think to check in on me!

I can't -
Do crochet.
Climb mountains.
Run for a bus, or anywhere really.
Remember schoolgirl French much.
Play piano any more.
Go for a long walk.

But I can -
Write letters.
Write poetry.
Swim.
Drive.
Look after myself still.
Grow flowers.

I can
Knit
Draw
Paint
Write
Cycle
And cook

I can’t
Crochet
Open packets neatly
Suffer fools gladly
Skate
Hit any targets, archery, or darts

I can't
Run
Get out of bed without a struggle
knit
Touch my toes
Do my own decorating anymore

But I can

Feed stray cats
Bake
Make chutney
Use the computer
Order online
Have the odd glass or two of wine ( hick )

I can’t…

Drive - never wanted to.
Swim - ditto.
Cook well.
Knit or sew.
Do maths.

I can….

Sing.
Write passable poetry.
Talk a lot!
Understand cats.
Address a large audience without feeling nervous.

Shy Sal how do you get in and out of the bath on all fours? I can't drive and forgot how to play a piano but I still do daytrips on 🚌 and trying new things

I can’t:
Get out of a bath
Open screw top bottles without the help of my trusty nutcrackers.
Go up and down stairs without using a handrail.
Tolerate controlling people.
Afford more than one holiday a year.

But I can:
Cook/cater.
Sing.
Write.
Design gardens.
Ride a horse although these days my arthritic left knee would hate me for it.

I can’t kneel down any more 😩so can’t clean my floors in the corners properly, or wash the skirting boards properly.
OXO long handle pan & brush a god send though.

Mt61

I can’t kneel down any more 😩so can’t clean my floors in the corners properly, or wash the skirting boards properly.
OXO long handle pan & brush a god send though.

Can’t at least brush the cobwebs off my ceilings 😊

I can't:
- do anything much technical at all (have just had my umpteenth try at a mobile phone of any description - bought one of those Chattie phones they market as for the elderly - grr! - but say are possible for technophobes to use. Fingers crossed they ain't lying.....)
- can't drive (don't really know why - as I learnt and passed a test back in my 30's - but when I tried again recently = oh boy!!!).

I am now consoling myself that someone said to me recently that they are friends with a law lecturer and she can't do either of those things either.

I can:
- I'm not a bad cook
- I'm a good dancer (provided it's more of a "Do your own thing" type way of dancing). I've even been asked if I'm a professional dancer.
- I can see the bigger picture/overall scene of things and, after a comment years back about being too nice for my own good and thinking other people will be too = I now stop and think "If I were a b*stard instead - what would I be thinking and doing now - instead of what I myself would do?" and I've learnt to "channel what a b*stard would do and can see them coming and head them off at the pass". It is THE single most useful skill I've acquired though - and can recall an outsider saying years back about my awful employers that "You're two steps ahead of them"....ie he could tell I could see them coming a mile off as to what they'd do next.....and take avoiding action to minimise their effect on me.

I can’t:
Swim
Ride a bicycle
Play a musical instrument

I can:
Make bread
Knit
Sew (or at least I used to, no longer have a sewing machine)

I can't:-
Swim
Suffer fools
Scratch my back
I can:-
Still make DH laugh after 50 years.
I can bring dying plants back to life.
And apparently I do a cracking impersonation of Catherine Tate's Nan. I'm hoping they mean the voice!

I can do everything and top of my game too!!

I can't :
Swim
Do maths except the basics
Make small talk
Crochet
Bake a sponge cake that turns out well every time

I can:
Knit
Cook Indian food (I have been married to an Indian man for 48 years)
Write fiction
Read maps (now an unnecessary ability)

I can do:
Advanced maths
Crochet
3-dimensional visualisation
Dreadful puns

I can't do:
Heights
Baths (well not very easily, anyway)
Cycling
Fancy icing

I can't :

Do maths, but somehow have adapted over the years to maintain finances and use various tools in careers

Allow people's opinions of me to stop me from participating in conversation, or to force me to feel self-hatred

Watch anything or read anything regarding cruelty to animals

Garden-and this is a goal I have to reach

Walk very well, bum knee-needs replaced

Allow someone I see who is suffering to go ignored, unless that is their personal wish, of course

Read small print without my glasses (sigh!!)

Craft-sewing, knitting, crocheting (I admire those who can!)

Finish grieving the loss of my father in December. I had to say goodbye on Face Time, but at least we could talk. He was in America. I've some processing and tears to go, still.

Do very well at making real personal friends here in England. It's hard for a 1-to-1, and I struggle to feel confident.

Speak with a beautiful British accent of any local. My husband says I sound like "Dick Van Dyke in Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang" (LOL!)-shame be upon me! I really wish I could.

Say the word Brewery properly. Weird-I know.

But I can:

Support a person through the end of life process, emotionally and spiritually (whatever is their preference). And sit with them through the dying process, to honour their wishes.

Comfort and support families who are struggling with anticipatory grief, as well as the bereaved

Touch my toes

Arrange and Officiate a funeral

Know very quickly when I will not be accepted into a new group. I'm a dual citizen of the US and UK and there are times where I must accept this fact. I've learned to find an inner understanding

Speak to a very large audience

Use "tech" quite well, as my main career was an end-to-end process manager.

Read the room

Be a good wife, mum, grand mum, step mum, fur baby mum

"Do beauty". I was a cosmetologist in my younger years and continue with family. I am also licensed to do skincare and facial massage and make-up.

Be called upon to calm an escalated situation

Be considered with important, confidential information

Listen to others when they need an ear, without judging or preaching.

Write

Sing

Change my opinions and grow personally, by way of being educated and educating myself using unbiased and secure sources

Research statistics and come up with new processes to save time and errors