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6A | JANUARY 21, 2021 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL VOICE YOUR OPINION! Write a Letter to the Editor today. FAMILY PRACTICE • IMMUNIZATIONS PHYSICALS • SPECIALIZED CARE AESTHETICS • NEW PATIENTS WELCOME Fighting Boredom – MEDICAL CLINIC, P.C. – Are we bored yet? Of course we are. We’re stay- ing indoors, especially now that cold weather has arrived, not shopping, not visiting friends, not doing much of anything. Some- how we have to get through this winter, though, and now might be the time to explore things that are new and different to us. Here are some ideas: Change the channel. If you watch the same tele- vision news every night, switch to a different one (or better yet, skip a night or two). If you watch the same shows all the time, consider watching something dif- ferent, even if you think it won’t appeal to you. Step outside. Even though it’s cold outside, wrap up and go outdoors anyway. Don’t try this if there’s ice, of course, but even a few minutes spent walking around outside in fresh air can raise your spirits. Grab your camera. Set up still shots around your house. A fabric background on a table or shelf, a few small statues or trinkets (especially ones from trips you’ve taken) and a lamp for lighting, and you might discover that you have a real eye for photography. Or read a new author, learn to watercolor, take a free online course, watch zoo cams... The idea is to try new things, even given our “stay at home” limitations. As of this writing, most states are seeing big increas- es in coronavirus levels, even states that were stable with relatively low rates even a few weeks ago. We seniors are, unfortunately, in the high-risk group be- cause of our age, even if we don’t have health concerns. And as of this writing, the U.S. has more active cases of the coronavirus than any other country in the world, including India. It has four times the pop- ulation but half the deaths that we do. It’s everywhere, and we can’t let down our guard. Stay home, stay safe and look for new things to oc- cupy yourself. Art: Unlocking Your Creativity Creating art can be emo- tionally healing and freeing. Who among us can’t use a little of that nowadays? Once you get started, you’ll wonder why you didn’t be- gin sooner. Here are some ideas: Collage Wish Board: Col- lect pictures of things you miss and hope to have or do again. You’ll need a poster board, school glue, scissors and magazines (or print out pictures you find online). If you hope to travel, gather travel magazines and snip out pictures of places you want to go once the ban on travel disappears. Par- is? Add the Eiffel Tower. London? Add Buckingham Palace. If you plan a garden for next summer, collect gar- dening magazines or look for pictures on seed catalog sites. Add in a small plan of your garden. A collage wish board can be made for nearly any interest and top- ic. (Mine is a mixture of all the things that didn’t hap- pen this year: the annual music festival, square dance is more to your liking, classes and monthly muse- search online for “craft kits um exhibits.) for adults” and see what ap- peals to you. Stained glass Coloring: There’s some- window art, jewelry-mak- thing very relaxing about ing, macrame, birdhouse taking a handful of fine- kit, origami, wind chimes, point markers and filling mosaics, oil painting or wa- in the designs on a page in tercolor ... the kits are end- front of us. Search for “adult less. Look at the website for coloring books” online and your local hobby and craft print out the free pages. store. Chances are they The topics are endless. (I’m have curbside pickup. (I’m a fan of the Celtic knots and in the middle of a 1:250 mandalas.) scale model of Notre Dame Cathedral.) Crafts: If creating things Have fun! Ordering Your Free Credit Reports For years we’ve been able to get one free credit report per year from each of the three credit bureaus. Right now, we’re able to get a free one each week until the middle of April. Why? Their generosity is likely due to the astro- nomical number of scams coming out of the COVID crisis. The number of un- employed crooks has surely gone up, making your good credit too enticing to pass up. This is one time when constantly monitoring our credit is a good idea. Be- sides ordering your credit reports, one additional big step is to freeze your ac- count, making it impossible for someone to apply for credit in your name. All three credit bureaus (TransUnion, Equifax and Experian) can be accessed in the government clearing- house website www.annu- alcreditreport.com ... the- oretically, that is. In 2015, 2017 and today, I was only able to access TransUnion. For the other two I had to go to the individual web- site. One I had to call, as the website was down. If you decide to order your credit reports by phone, allot several hours to the task and turn down any background noise so you’ll be able to hear clearly. Go to www.usa.gov/cred- it-reports to learn more about credit reports, scores, freezes and errors. If you want to try to get all three reports at once, call 1-877-322-8228 at the Annual Credit Report loca- tion. The others are: Equifax: 1-888-548-7878 or 1-800-685-1111; equifax. com. Experian: 1-888-397- 3742; experian.com. TransUnion: 1-800-916- 8800 or 888-909-8872; transunion.com. Once you get your re- port, either online or in the mail, study it careful- ly. Look for accounts that you never opened and the names of people you don’t know. Be sure all the in- formation is correct. If you need to file a complaint, go to ftc.gov/complaint or call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877- 382-4357). 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