He Could Have

The colors are so pretty this time of year. Right after all this rain we have been having the greens are so green, the yellows so yellow, purples so purple. The flowers are so vividly colored. Everything looks like it has been washed off and is just so bright and pretty.

I saw one of the prettiest birds that I have ever seen today. It was as blue as blue can be. It was an indigo bunting. Absolutely beautiful. I am blessed to live in a location that is surrounded by trees. I hear the most beautiful singing in the mornings, and afternoons. I call it "God's Choir". I have a bird feeder right outside my breakfast area, and I love sitting there watching all the beautiful birds. There are SO many colors, red birds, blue jays, orange breasted robins, gold finches, purple finches, red headed woodpeckers, just to name a few, and today the indigo bunting. I am reminded of a song I use to hear by Sandi Patti, it was called "That's the Love of God". It had a verse in it that said "What made God take so much care To make creation glow? He could have made it black and white And we'd have never known." I am so thankful that He didn't just use black and white! Can you imagine? I really enjoy all of His beautiful Masterpieces. He knew I would.

Irkey Things

There are many many things that make me so happy in this world. My family, my friends, my pets, God's beautiful handiwork, good food, Animal Crossing on the wii, my TV shows, chocolate,etc. Far more things make me happy than make me irritated. However the things that make me irritated REALLY make me get irked. I really don't like to get that way, but as I get older I find more and more things that cause this to happen.

One of the things that REALLY gets to me involves my Doctor's office. When you call there you will NEVER and I mean NEVER speak to his nurse, much less to him. Even if they have just called you, and you immediately pick up the phone and call right back, you will NOT speak to anyone. You can leave a message, if you can even get their ANSWERING MACHINE! Although they say their hours are from 8:00 - 5:00, they turn their phones over to the answering service around 4:45!

The front desk is a whole other story. If they are "busy" looking at a magazine, talking about the girl in the next cubical, having a snack, filing their nails, or on their phone talking to their significant other, you can forget getting waited on until they are through. They look at you like you really have the nerve to walk in and disrupt what they are doing.

The other thing that irks me the MOST at the doctor's office is their answering machine. In their message it says "if this is a life threatening emergency please hang up and dial 911". YA THINK? If I were having a life threatening emergency do they really think that I would call a doctor that I have never spoken to, or his nurse that won't answer even though I KNOW she is right there listening to my message while she files her nails and reads her magazine, and eats her snack! PULLLEASE!

NASCAR?!?!?!?!?!

I really don't get it. This NASCAR thing. I guess I just don't understand what is so interesting about a car going around in an oval, making a left turn EVERY TIME! I guess a race might be interesting if two or three cars are going around 1 time, and then see who got there first. That "could" be exciting. Or maybe if someone mixed it up a bit and decided to make a right turn, dodging everyone else along the way. That "might" be interesting. But 20 or more cars going around 300 times in a left turn around an oval for 4 HOURS!!!!!!! Talk about being predictable. Where is the excitement? I guess there must be something to it though. My Jeffy LOVES it! He wouldn't miss it for ANYTHING IN THE WORLD! He used to tape the race, go to it in person, then come home and WATCH IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess he didn't want to miss any left turn, around an oval, by anyone.

The blog world is scary!

I have several friends who like to blog. I have been reading blogs for a few years now, but never really wanted to create one. Well my friends have talked me into it now. Some of them think I would be good at it because they think I am humorous. I however really never thought I could do very well, for several reasons.
1. I really don't have a lot to say.
2. I am a terrible writer.
3. I am a terrible speller. (thank gudnis for spal chek)
4. What I do have to say usually only makes sense to me.
5. Blogging scares me! Its just a scary word.
I have decided to at least give it a try. Who knows I may just really become quite comfortable with it. I do seem to have a lot more thoughts about things as I get older. I better write them down somewhere, because lately I have noticed that I won't remember them tomorrow!