Here I am again

I know I'm such a frequent blogger! (haha)I don't really think anyone reads it, so why bother. But hey, I decided today this might be a good outlet.

My thoughts today have been on friendship. I'm sure I have a lot of faults, but my willingness to help my friends-to be there for them-is one fault I don't have. I do my best to be there, to help any way I can. To be honest, I probably in many cases go beyond the amount I should help but it's just the way I am.

Guess that's what bothers me when I have friends that don't do this in return. I can't count the times I have researched things on the Internet, in stores, etc. for a friend and have called or emailed the answer. Matter of fact, if I am asked a question in an email, I do my best to answer it unless I was told not to say anything about the subject, and I will usually tell the person that.

So the flip side of that is I can't count the times I have not got answers to questions that I have asked. Today was one of those days. I asked a question of a friend on something that I was trying to find out the info to help someone else (not anything secret or gossip). I know the friend has checked her email because I have got email from her but not the answer to the question. Maybe it's because I'm tired and not really feeling that great, but it just kind of struck a cord with me today. Why do I go out of the way to help so much (and there has been many times I have inconvenienced myself to help)? I guess I don't need to be so eager to help. You know you get burned just so many times!

365 days of grace

1. Electricity and wood heat again. We lost power for about 4 hrs last night. Thank goodness, we are on a trunk line of about 1000 customers so we usually get our power back pretty quickly.

2. Rain stopped and it got a bit warmer.

365 days of grace

1. For our woodburning stove that has our house all nice and toasty!

2. That our power is still on! With ice on power lines and trees, you never know what might happened. The lights have flckered twice.

A little bit of everything

Ok, just great. I had started a post and boom, I deleted it by hitting the wrong key! So I get to start this all over again.

I've been doing some thinking on this blog. Part of me thinks why bother with this because no one reads it, or at least, they don't comment on it. Another part of me wonders how much should I express on here because when I first started it, I told friends the url, and how much should I write because they might actually come by. I came to the conclusion that if people come by and comment, that will make me really happy. If not, I am still going to post. I want the outlet.

Some will be funny, but overall, I think it's going to go more of a serious direction. Due to some changes in my life, I think I need this blog as a way to express myself and to work through things.

So in 2009, I plan to be a more dilligent poster.

I'm done!

I got a lot done today. We'll do this post in list form.

1. Finally got Christmas gifts bought, bagged and wrapped-ready to go.

2. Got all the clothes washed and put up, including a basket load from a previous wash day that I hadn't got folded yet.

3. Got the kitchen picked up and looking good.

4. Got an expense report done that my husband has wanted me to get through with.

These are the biggest things I had hanging over my head needing to be done. Now I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Not a smart decision

Well, Miss A made a bad decision today. We were going down the steps on the porch today. I guess she didn't think I was going fast enough because she jumped off the second step from the bottom out the side-something she has done often. I guess she landed kind of funny because she's limping. It's better, but she still has a little bit of a limp. Doubt Big A will make this mistake again!

Ripley's Believe it or Not!

Check this out: This is SO stupid and so sad if it is made a law.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,462445,00.html