For the past twenty four hours I have been getting my house ready for the holidays. I don't know why but each year I come a little closer to not going to all the trouble. I have friends who do not decorate at all because of conviction, I have friends who decorate very little out of good judgement but am I the only one I know who will one day give it up out of laziness...
I decorate every other year. When the family comes to Colorado, I get out all the "stuff" and when we go to TX, I leave it in storage. I miss not having it all up, but then I enjoy it even more on our "Colorado" years. This year, it's Texas time!
You are not alone. I tell myself it's not because I'm lazy, it's because we have so much stuff, it takes SO LONG to get it all out and I just have other things I'd rather do with my time. Both of my girls get a broken hearted expression whenever I mention the possibility of not putting up all the Christmas stuff. My son doesn't care one way or another.
I know what you mean. We put up the tree yesterday and finally got finished decorating it today. Kevin isn't into decorating the tree. Must be a guy thing. Anyways, as I continued to work on decorating, I kept telling myself, "oh, I won't put this out this year". Seems that each year I hear that little voice in my head more and more and less and less gets put out!! *sigh*
I am kinda into that less is more thing. I think I would really like to change up some but don't know which way to go on that. Maybe my decorating friend could help me on that :)
I forgot about the tree! Great, now something else on my TO DO list...:)
I HATE putting up the tree...is it just me? And I HATE even more taking it down. At least now we have one of those trees that has the lights already on it so I don't have to yank and pull to get them all off. I think for a few years there I scared Tyler and Lindsay with my madness:)
You know what? I'll admit it. Putting up a christmas tree depresses me. Maybe that's why in my subconscious I forgot about it.
There is hope ...hope is coming...hope is here. Sound like an election day promise? For our family, with election day came anticipation...fear and finally hope for things to come.
It was a little after seven in the morning. I was the first to come down to the kitchen. I think I started a load of laundry. Maybe even started David's coffee. I didn't feed our little goldfish but I heard him clinking around in his bowl up high on the cabinet in our breakfast room. John called to say the lines at the polls were short. David left shortly to vote and head off to work. Fear entered our world.
I looked at the fish bowl. He was gone. Our one and only pet had disappeared. Had he died after our early morning encounter? Had Dave given him an early morning buriel without a word to Haley or me? "He is gone, Haley, where is the fish?" I could not imagine what had happened. Haley ran out to the drive where she caught David before he pulled away from the house. "Dad did you bury the fish...where is my fish?" She was as confused as the rest of us.
David had not buried, flushed or even seen the fish that morning. So where was he? We started to search and soon David found the little guy BEHIND the tall cabinet flouncing, floundering, fighting for life. He had flipped his way out of his fish bowl. I knew that he wouldn't make it. I knew that it was only a matter of time. It was my fault and his fate. I said my apologies to Haley, knowing that it was I who filled the bowl too full. Sadly, she shrugged. "We live, we die." was her pitiful response. The morning went on. No floating fish. No real hope either but I tied to text Haley every hour or so telling her that he was still alive. He made it through the afternoon but my faith in a long life for him was not yet restored.
Long story short....James the fish lives today. There was hope on Election Day 2008. Life goes on...
Oh the life and death struggles of James the fish. I'm sure there are lessons in this story somewhere. Just can't get past the visual picture you paint. :)
That sounds a lot like several(2 to be exact) of my fish stories. Unfortunately for me the fish wasn't discovered until the next morning on the counter or on the floor. Glad your little James is a survivor! :)
Boone Pickens is pushing a plan to replace our gasoline powered cars with natural gas and to convert a good portion of the power grid to wind power, meaning noisy wind farms all over the place and most folks who get near wind farms all cry, "NOT IN MY BACKYARD!"
I've had fish to do that and I just hate to walk in and find the fish flopping on the floor,(dumb fish). I guess he thought it was "greener" on the other side of the bowl, hehehe :)
that's almost as good as my dead dog story. Remind me to bend your ear and tell you the long tale someday. It involves Stan and Travis and their soft squishy hearts!
oh yeah, this exact thing happened to my sister this weekend. well, almost exactly the same... so not exactly the same. anyways - seth knocked over the fish bowl and tried to pick up the two fish to play with them. my sister found him in the mess and put it all back together, hoping the still fishies would miraculously swim again once in the water. they were missing some pieces of their fins, but they started flitting around anyways. seth got in some trouble.
The unthankful heart...
discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
- Henry Ward Beecher
I always figured mosquitos, like roaches and flies, were part of the curse of the earth. But maybe some researcher will find a cure for cancer in mosquito saliva someday....
Learning good lessons in our meeting with Gary Henry. Try to listen to someone from the pulpit (or not) with more wisdon and understanding than yourself. It'll do you good. Can't wait for another lesson...gotta run.
Shine Like the Lord meant you to shine.
He is a great preacher. I've heard him before. I had planned on coming last night but it completely slipped my mind. Hate I missed hearing him. Hope all is well for all of you.
thanks for...visiting with me, worshipping at a congregation close enough for me to visit, raising a wonderful daughter, raising other wonderful "daughters" and "sons"...and stuff. :)
We enjoyed the visit, and yes, we will plan to stay longer to visit friends and family! Of course, I'm thinking we have out there quite a few times, even BJ (before Josh), and I'm still waiting for you all to come down the road! :)
