March 22, 2023 a thought for today, When the lamps in the house are lighted it is like the flowering of lotus on the lake. Chinese Proverb

One of the uploads for March 21 is “things you collect”. One of the major things I “collect” are all kinds of arts and crafts supplies. This is only part of them. 

I finished both the bulletin and the newsletter after I received  a quick extra. I got the anthem insert typed for the bulletin. I got a last minute information for the bulletin with several deletes a witch meant making a large white space with nothing in it that needed filled so that took some more time. Also the same delete on the newsletter so that meant even more space to fill at the last minute. It took about half an hour to find information for both spots. I was trying to get it done so that I could get a couple of personal things done before I went to food pantry. I had to put most of those few things on the list for the time I have when I get home to fixing dinner. 

Another upload for yesterday is “tree”. I have lots of photos of trees but I wanted one today that I shot

today. So this is one of my neighbor’s trees taken today. 

Yesterday’s food pantry numbers were well over our norm which is nice. It keeps us busy the whole time we are there for the day. I had to leave a couple of minutes earlier than I usually do for a doctor appointment.  Today we had a few more clients over what we have been getting except for yesterdays numbers so that is two days in a row with a good number of people. Today, we had two come in as we were closing down. But just within the time we are open. 

Now I have to play catch up to try to get things done before I put things on hold to get dinner started. I tried getting one of my photos a day while I was at the church. I will need a little darkroom (Photoshop) time to get them ready for upload and then find the other one I need.

So my day at home has been top speed. On the one hand it is nice to keep busy on the other it feels like a race track....racing against the clock....I am one of those type A personalities, darn.

An upload for today is titles “a lucky object”. I chose this “object” as lucky one for me for many reasons. It has become a friend when I am having a stress moment. It has taught me to be more observant of goings on around me. It had shown me thing myself as well as other tend to overlook.....life beyond my own in many cases. It is lucky, it is life calming, it is a teacher....lucky. 

The word for today is envy.  Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy, Franois de la Rochefoucauld . Envy is a littleness of soul, which cannot see beyond a certain point, and if it does not occupy the whole space, feels itself excluded, William Hazlitt. Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind, Buddha. A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones, Proverbs 14:30.  Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Nothing sharpens sight like envy, Thomas Fuller.  Oh, what a bitter thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes, William Shakespeare.  Envy shoots at others and wounds itself, English Proverb. Covetousness, which is idolatry, The Bible.  Envy and hatred try to pierce our neighbor with a sword. But the blade cannot reach him unless it first passes through our own body, St. Augustine of Hippo.  Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides, Pliny the Elder.  Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace. Petrarch.  When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad. Tacitus. 

The other upload for today is “vintage”. I am not sure how old this dishwasher actually is but personally is looks like something that fits the description of vintage. 

Lets take a look at one persons view of empty nester. The author stated that when it became time in their lives, he and his wife, to face the “empty nest” time they ended up letting an “unborn child make the choice”. The choice hadn’t been made when they went to dinner and got the news that they were about to become grandparents. This made their choices take a new direction. Would there be remodeling rather than a move. There were surrounding areas of their home that he was “fond of.... a ravine in the backyard, a bike path, near a bus line, the school system and the neighbors”. He went on to say they really didn’t think of moving when the last child left the nest and now the real estate market wasn’t quite right. That brought up the occasion to think about moving or remodeling. The husband and wife had different of ideas of where they would want to move and make their new home. They debated about the two areas they had picked, one in one area and the other a slightly different neighborhood, and the pros and cons of each. During the period of the decision making they visited a house that had been remodeled in their neighborhood. One of their questions was moving to a neighborhood of empty nesters there would be a lot of other ‘baby boomers”. So they looked more seriously at the remodeling idea. There would be more bedrooms than they need now. On the other hand they would have money to fix things that bothered them about the house. Now there was time to consider having the grandchild for visits, perhaps overnights. So they signed the contracts and made some payments. Now there are “paint chips....countertop material are lying here and there”.  There will be a “telltale dumpster...a more open kitchen with new fixtures...damage from an old roof leak will finally get repair”. In the coming years the house will once again “be to much for us” and time to sell. “In the meantime, we'll enjoy the improvements...... thank my future grandchild for prodding us into a decision”.

I think it will be the most recent stand by....air fried beer battered fish. 

Joy

                                     sad but regular happenings in life