Routine Heroes Gifts

The Lives of the SaintsThis Week: Frieda Witherspoon

'Twenty years ago I began jogging five miles a day - could you tell me where I am?'

"My favorite way to start the day...coffee, danish, and a data dump."

"It's kind of sweet when they're all settled in like this."

"Oh look—he fell asleep when you told me about your day."

"Here's your hourly job performance review."

'Think' 'But not too much'

Daily Routine

"I'm feeling adventurous today, Penny – let's tack on a block."

"I'd like to see you every Tuesday, forever."

'When the poor dear retired, he found that he missed his little cubicle.'

"No matter the weather or what's on my plate, I'm here at five. That's discipline."

Wife asking husband what resolutions he is going to make for the new century

'My husband does everything religiously except going to church.'

'And now for the (Yawn!) morning report....'

"You've become very predictable, Jack - home every night!"

'And this is where daddy goes through the motions.'

Clock in, Clock out.

"I love you, Ethan, bit I floss alone."

"Yjere didn't seem any point in making any supper..."

RETIREMENT VOWS

"He misses his commute ."

'Our dog's been dead two years but he can't break the habit!'

"I don't want a New Year, I want a comfortable, familiar, used year."

It's 10pm. Same time it was last night at this time.

Plain ol' me.

"Well, come to think of it, we are creatures of habit: Always migrating to the same place and stopping at the same spots on the way..."

Mountaineers milk.

"Recycling has become the high point of my week."

"Oh well... same sh*t , different day..."

"Sundays we like to walk around being insufferable about our routine."

"We're out of chrysanthemum." "I ordered chrysanthemum tea. This is not chrysanthemum tea. This is chamomile." "I've had a chrysanthemum tea every day for the last 80 years, and I'm still alive and well." "Are you trying to kill me?" "Are all old folks this superstitious?" "Superstition's always worked in the past."