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Blue Bonnets

Today was a beautiful day. The weather was fantastic – not too cool and not too hot. I noticed that the trees are beginning to put on leaves. The blue bonnets I planted are beginning to bloom. Today is also the first day of day light savings time. This morning it was hard to get up but it was worth it to have sunlight when I got home from work this evening. All that I want to say is “Yea for Spring”.  And maybe in a few weeks I will be able to see some blue bonnets just like in this picture.

I  know that many people who live up north will probably laugh at what I think is cold.  All this week the news reports have instructed us Texans who live on the coast on how to survive the “freeze”.   The “freeze” arrived on Thursday.  Friday night was the coldest so far with a low of 23 degrees.  According to the weather man tonight it is to get below freezing again. Every night since then my dear sweet husband has turned off the water to keep our pipes from freezing.  The pipes are in the attic and if they freeze when they thaw out it can create a mess.  I do not know what the people who live in really cold climates do about their water pipes.  My daughter drove back to Arkansas and I was afraid that the roads would be covered with ice.  She called around 4:30 and laughed at my worry.  Apparently the roads were fine.  I am just very glad she arrived safely.

Even though this morning was very cold, by this afternoon I was able to get out in the sun and do a little yard work – raking our fall leaves.  This year we had some spectacular fall leaves.  Usually, the leaves are green – turn brown and then drop to the ground.  This happens in January.  This year we actually had some fall colors due to the snow fall we had in early December.  Snow does not happen very often here.  And when it does many business and schools shut down early.  Mainly, because we do not know what to do with snor or ice.  Anyway,  the weather has been so wet that we could not rake up the leaves until now.  It felt good in the sun.  Below are some of the pictures I took of the fall color around town. 

Friendswood Fall Leaves

More Fall Leaves

I do not know if I am like the rest of the population. But I have a problem with socks. No matter how hard I try I end up with a bunch of socks that have no mates. How can this happen? I wash all the socks and every single time I will have a couple of them that are “singles”. I do have this rather large box (a shoe box that boots came in) that is stuffed full of single socks. Every time I get a single in the wash I carefully check the “box”. I am quite excited whenever I find a match. But most of the time another single is added to the box. This box has become overcrowded.

As an accountant, my workload was lightened up considerably. Our office is closing on Fridays until the new year arrives. At this annoucement my heart pounds with excitement. How does this relate to socks? Well, I will be able to catch up on housework that has been neglected for sometime. Well, I started looking under the cushions of the sofa and what do I find??? Socks!!! I think under every chair or sofa that has cushions on them had socks stuffed in them. I decided that I would also clean in the spare bedrooms. I have these now since my son has moved out and my daughter is away at college. Well, under the pillows were my socks.

Somebody is stealing my socks!! Since I was home all day today, I caught the culprit. It is my “sweet” dog Corky. He is taking my socks that I stuff in my shoes and then sleeping on them.

So today, I washed up all the socks. Looked through the “single” box and matched up as many as I could. Then I did a very liberating thing – I through the rest of the socks away. I am sure that in a couple of months time my “singles” box will be full again. But I now know that I must check under the cushions/pillows for socks that my sock thief has taken.

My sock thief

This came across my e-mail a couple of days ago.  This story reminds me to be thankful and kind to others. I hope that if you stop by my blog to read it you will find it helps you too.

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind.  She hated  everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was  always there for her. She told her boyfriend, “If I could only see the world, I would marry you.”
 
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her.   When the bandages came  off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend
 
He asked her, “Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?”  The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of  his closed eyelids shocked her.  She hadn’t expected that.  The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.
 
Her boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying:  ‘Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine.’
 
This is how the human brain often works when our status changes.  Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.

Life Is a Gift.
 
Today before you say an unkind word…think of someone who can’t speak.

Before you complain about the taste of your food…think of someone who has nothing to eat.
 
Before you complain about your husband or wife…think of someone who’s crying out to GOD for a companion.
 
Today before you complain about life…think of someone who went too early to heaven.
 
Before whining about the distance you drive…think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.
 

And when you are tired and complain about your job…think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job. 

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down…put a smile on your face and think:  you’re alive and still around.