Gotta be nice....

A few weeks back I was here in the library and a man was going around asking people how much time they had left and could he have their computer. Well, I had waited an hour and had only been on a few minutes so I didn't really want to give it up and I didn't but I told him that he could reserve and would get a computer when one came up and he told me that he had done that. I told him (very nicely) that there wasn't much he could do beyond that. He finally got someone to give him theirs and he announced to half the library that I was a rude b***h. I was mortified! I decided right then that I would never try to help again and for a few weeks I did that. I WAS MISERABLE! I used to help little old people in the store lift stuff and that sort of thing but I was THROUGH! The final straw came on Thursday when I let a sick looking woman walk past and appear to barely make it to her car that I decided that I could not make myself in to something that I was not. I don't have alot of my mom's attributes. I can't sing, tell a story or draw but I can be kind and helpful and I will do that from now on. I told Daniel what I had been doing and told him that I could not do that anymore---I had to help and he looked at me and told me that he couldn't believe that I ever thought I could and told me to never let a person like that dictate how I do things. I won't anymore. I am what I am and I will just have to put up with the few rude ones I come across! There I vented that!

Remember when....

1. 40 was really old?
2. You had your first broken heart and you knew you would be an old maid 'cause you
could NEVER love like that again?
3. Your mom told you that boys weren't just looking for a pretty girl?
4. You never thought you would be old enough to drive?
5. You thought money must grow on trees?

THEN SUDDENLY...
1. 40 is young and 60 doesn't look all that bad.
2. You find the right one and wonder what you saw in the heartbreaker.
3. You are telling your own daughter that looks aren't really important.
4. You get tired of driving.
5. You wish money grew on trees.

BUMMER!

Something came up on the computer that said, "click here if you want to lose weight." I did that very quickly and nothing happened! NADA! ZERO! Not one thing changed!

yummy!

The other day I decided to break down and fry myself some potatoes and I am so glad I did! Not only did they taste yummy~they reminded me of Grandma Schnell's house. She had fried taters often. That got me to thinking about different people I associate certain foods with. My grandma has the most on her list. My mom's would have to be BBQ chicken. My kids like her Goulash....I don't like anyone's goulash. Sara's mom made yummy sandwich spread and I try to make it and get rave reviews--because they never had Sis. Fritz' sandwich spread! Janiece's mom made absolutely wonderful homemade baked beans and scalloped potatoes....hands down the best ever! The list is lots longer than that but I better stop there. When my kids ask for something they usually want noodles. Daniel wants meatloaf(YUCK!) Jonathon almost always asks for the fudgy freezer brownies when he requests dessert! Anyway, I suppose I am not the only one who thinks of certain foods when we think of someone, especially if that someone has gone on! I think eating is an important part of Christmas! :)

Christmas again..........

I said a horrible thing today. We (Abby and I) were trying to put up our tree and if one more thing had gone wrong I would of tossed the whole thing! The tree I actually like ended up with a broken stand and several strands of light have gone bonkers--how they do this in a box is beyond me and after several years the topper is dead. I piped up and said, "I absolutely hate Christmas!" Of course, I got in big trouble real quick with the kids so I amended it to, "I sure wish I didn't believe in Christmas trees." That also got some groans. Anyway, it is finally up and I am relieved! I have never enjoyed that part of the season....nope, not even when I was a kid! I am trying to get in a better mood!