What can you FIND when you have PLENTY OF TIME to FIND IT?

      I WOKE UP super early this morning so I DECIDED to get DRESSED and GO DRIVING and SEE what I could FIND.

     It was a BEAUTIFUL SUNNY MORNING and EVEN DRIVING was BEAUTIFUL TODAY even with a little bit of TRAFFIC.

     I DECIDED to stop by our local Dunkin DONUTS and grab a quick SWEETENED DOUGHNUT to get EXCITEDLY MOVING.

    I REMEMBERED that the local Joann fabrics store was closing so I DECIDED to head that way and SEE what else I might FIND within my 35 minute ride to GET THERE. 

     I DECIDED to stop by EACH OF the WALGREENS stores along the way..... two on the WAY THERE and two on the WAY BACK HOME.

     When I got to the store I JUST COULDN'T believe HOW EMPTY the CRAFT STORE would be in JUST TWO WEEKS of CLOSING.

    I was HOPING to pick up a few CHRISTMAS ITEMS but there WASN'T ANYTHING but EMPTY SHELVES.

    I THOUGHT okay I will pick up a few CHRISTMAS PRESENTS of CRAFTS for my GRANDKIDS for CHRISTMAS.... but those SHELVES were EMPTY TWO.

    Then I THOUGHT I could get a great deal on a few SEWING MACHINES for my older GRANDKIDS but although they HAD PLENTY they had not GONE DOWN in price but by 15 Percent.

    I DECIDED to just GRAB A FEW little things and get the SEWING MACHINE only when they got EVEN CHEAPER.

     I REALIZED that Just because a STORE IS CLOSING doesn't mean that you are GOING TO GET a GOOD PRICE on anything.

    I then at least GOT EXCITED that HOPEFULLY I could FIND some GOOD PRICES on something at the WALGREENS for someone's CHRISTMAS on the way home.

    I DIDN'T FIND anything TODAY but it was such a BEAUTIFUL DAY REGARDLESS of NOT FINDING ANYTHING special AT ALL.

    When the SUN COMES SHINING you can ENJOY A SUNNY DAY. 🌻

The FLOWERING GARDEN can't GROW unless you WATER IT

     If you LOVE FLOWERS then DECIDE if you are GOING TO WATER THEM or LEAVE THEM AT THE STORE for everyone to ENJOY THEM because if you don't WATER THEM then they CAN'T GROW.

     The NUMBER OF NEW FLOWERS my husband bought at Home Depot was so AMAZING TO SEE AT OUR HOUSE TODAY.

     My husband has BECAME an instant GARDENER just by all the MISTAKES he made from HIS FIRST GARDEN that he made LAST YEAR.

    We got to TOTALLY ENJOY every MOMENT we had with the FLOWERS he bought but..... they DIDN'T SURVIVE through the winter.

     This Year he BOUGHT specifically by KNOWING exactly what he KNEW he would NEED this year.

    The FIRST thing he did was by at least ONE OF EVERY COLOR of FLOWER that they OWNED so HE COULD ENJOY them all.

    I always KNEW I didn't GROW A GOOD GARDEN because it REQUIRES YOU to CONSTANTLY WATER THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY.... and UNFORTUNATELY I didn't so they didn't GROW.

     My Husband though..... ACTUALLY LOVES WATERING them every day so HE CAN ENJOY every NEW FLOWER that GROWS ON HIS FLOWERS.

    NEXT WEEK it will be back in the EIGHTY DEGREE WEATHER here and those FLOWERS are going to be MIGHTY THIRSTY 😍.

    If you aren't going to WATER THEM then YOU KNOW that THEY WON'T GROW.

     

    

   

Have you noticed it?

      Have you EVER SEEN the TIME when PEOPLE ARE JUST EXTREMELY RUDE?

     Have you EVER HEARD someone just be EXTREMELY ridiculous to someone?

     Have you EVER SAW someone be EXTREMELY SELFISH for themselves?

     Have you EVER THOUGHT about being TOTALLY RIDICULOUS for how YOU HAVE ACTED?

     IF YOU don't just RELAX and THINK LONG and HARD..... BEFORE you REACT.... YOU might REALIZE that....YOU SHOULD HAVE STOPPED BEFORE YOU REACTED.

     There are MANY THINGS that HAPPEN that SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.... BUT.....IF IT DID then you SHOULD THINK NEXT TIME BEFORE YOU REACT AT ALL. 

      YOU KNOW we all MAKE MISTAKES but.....it doesn't mean that YOU SHOULD EVER, EVER, EVER REDO IT EVER AGAIN.

    ONCE YOU LEARN....THEN LEARN IT..... AND DON'T EVER DO IT AGAIN....EVER.

     Even if YOUR PARENTS forgot to tell you......then FROM THIS DAY FORWARD... IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY....THEN DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.

     YOUR CHOICES are YOUR CHOICES and EVERY CHOICE YOU MAKE MATTERS.

      YOUR GOOD FORTUNE IS....that YOU ARE AN AWESOME PERSON AND YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELF.

    BE KIND TO EVERYONE YOU MEET......BECAUSE YOU SHOULD.

     

Never before NOW have we NEEDED TO.... JUST LISTEN

      I was LISTENING to different people TALKING about all the DIFFERENT FRUSTRATIONS that they were DEALING with just at that VERY TIME of their LIVES TODAY.

     Because when you are at a DOCTOR'S OFFICE you get PLENTY of EXTRA TIME to just sit and PATIENTLY WAIT AND LISTEN while WAITING for your turn to go see the doctor.

     And wherever and whenever you have plenty of EXTRA TIME...... it gives you plenty of TIME TO THINK about many things that you NORMALLY WOULDN'T have thought about at all.

     When I was YOUNGER we ROUTINELY went to have DINNER at least ONCE A MONTH at many PEOPLE'S HOUSES WHO WE TREASURED to STAY CONNECTED.

     We got to SPEND many MOMENTS LEARNING to CREATE NEW MEMORIES together as well as LEARNING from ALL OF OUR LIVES together OVER AND OVER again.

     The MORE TIME you SPEND with OTHERS then the MORE YOU SEE just how IMPORTANT THOSE SPECIAL MEMORIES would be to you when you are OLDER.

     We ALL THINK just LISTENING can be a WASTE OF TIME but the LITTLE THINGS I LEARNED by JUST LISTENING can one day be EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR LATER in my Life.

     When you get TIME TO LISTEN then..... JUST LISTEN.

     

     

They THINK they KNOW but they DON'T KNOW

     You can THINK YOU KNOW but the TRUTH is YOU ONLY KNOW what they CHOOSE to tell you.

     You may THINK YOU KNOW.... yet WHAT YOU KNOW is.... Only WHAT YOU PRETEND THAT YOU KNOW even though YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH AT ALL... REALLY.

     When SOMEONE ASK....ALL YOU KNOW is you have to GUESS.... because YOU REALLY HAVE NO IDEA what is REALLY HAPPENING AT ALL.

     JUST ENJOY the precious time you get to SPEND WITH THEM because....we only HAVE THE TIME WE HAVE.

     SO ENJOY EVERY MOMENT that you have even though YOU WILL NEVER KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM.

    I REALIZED that I DON'T NEED TO KNOW but I do NEED TO ENJOY hanging out with THEM EVERY MOMENT that I can.

    Just because YOU KNOW THEM doesn't mean that YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM.

As I listened I had to ASK.....

       As a good friend was talking about how a worker was talking to her.....I wandered if when I was working would I have been angry about FRUSTRATION like that?

      As I was listening to my Doctor I was wondering if I was ASKING MYSELF if I was doing everything that she was ASKING me to do.

      I don't always ASK MYSELF WHY but ...the TRUTH IS..... If you needed to Would you if you could do anything that you needed to?

      WE ALL MUST HELP PEOPLE LEARN how LITTLE THINGS can GET YOU CLOGGED UP and cause you to SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

     Until WE LEARN HOW then WE CAN'T LEARN..... what DOES WORK and what DOESN'T WORK....so WE KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR US TO DO.

       Only If you ASK YOURSELF will YOU KNOW the ANSWERS.....OR NEVER ASK and never have NO ANSWER AT ALL to MAKE YOUR DECISION ON TODAY.

       ASK YOURSELF so YOU WILL KNOW what YOU SHOULD DO to ENJOY LIFE while you are LIVING IT.

       

      

     

      

I seem to really ENJOY a few.......

      Hearing about SOMETHING is SOMETIMES a REAL READING into THING'S you never thought about.

      Eating GRILLED CHICKEN is DIFFERENT from PLACE TO PLACE so the DRESSING has a lot to do with WITCH ONE YOU will REALLY LIKE. 

      Which one you CHOOSE is the one in which you CHOOSE TO LIKE to be.... WHICH IS WHY YOU CHOOSE TO BE TOTALLY HONEST FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

      YOU CAN PEACEFULLY CHOOSE which one we REALLY CHOOSE to PEACEFULLY LIVE WITHIN YOURSELF TO DO FOR.... THE BEST YOU THAT YOU CAN BE.

     You can CHOOSE TO LOVE SOMEONE WHO IS OPPOSITE OF YOURSELF......as long as TOGETHER..... YOU ARE ABLE TO BE YOURSELF IN FRONT OF..... HONESTLY.

      TOGETHER WE CAN HONESTLY BE OURSELVES and HONESTLY HAVE A BLAST TOGETHER FOREVER.

      LOVE IS..... HONESTLY BEING HONEST WHEN WE ARE TOGETHER.

    

     

We were thinking about it then......

     It's EASY to THINK about it but that doesn't MEAN it will be an EASY DECISION.

     It's EASY to DECIDE even though it is HARD to CONSIDER everything that we ALL have to THINK extremely HARD ABOUT.

     I wish that EVERY DECISION would HELP EVERY ONE but the TRUTH is that there will be many PEOPLE who WILL HATE EVERYTHING that happens.

    We CAN'T ALL GET everything that we NEED but we can MAKE SURE that EVERYONE can get ENOUGH to GET BY ON.

     You don't have to have EVERYTHING that you NEED but as long as you have EVERYTHING that you NEED then you can be HAPPY ENOUGH.

     I DON'T THINK that EVERYONE THINKS THE SAME but I DO KNOW that EVERYONE OF US hope EVERYONE is HAPPY because a HAPPY PERSON MAKES THE WORLD GO BETTER.

     There will be MANY TIMES that you WON'T GET EVERYTHING but.... as LONG AS YOU HAVE EVERYTHING that you NEED then you will have EVERYTHING that you will NEED.

     As SOON AS YOU UNDERSTAND then YOU WILL UNDERSTAND that EVERY THING that you NEED is ALL THAT YOU NEED.

     I DIDN'T get EVERYTHING but...... I got EVERYTHING that I HAD TO HAVE.

      As soon as you ACCEPT IT then you will ACCEPT IT and GET BACK ON TRACK.

As we shared our past we realized.....

     It's hard to IMAGINE what time was like when you were young.

     If you are YOUNG it's hard to remember what had happened just months ago.

     When you are OLDER it's easy to remember some of the things that you had done but.....most of it gets LOST IN SPACE.

      I wish I would have WRITTEN A NOTE about times gone by. 

      I have many decades of books I paid BILLS with but I don't have that many things that I personally did from decades ago.

     Unfortunately when you get WAY OLD you really don't remember much about the past but.... There are many things you do remember about your spouse.

     There are MANY THINGS you do remember about your CHILDREN when they were young.

     And if you have GRANDCHILDREN there are many things that you will ALWAYS REMEMBER them for..... mostly to Love. 😘

     If you want to REMEMBER what is MOST IMPORTANT then..... write it down so you WILL NEVER FORGET IT again.

Boy it has rained over and over again

      There isn't time to forget that the rain is coming over and over again no matter how much rain we wanted to have.

     You have to move all the things under your garage size so it doesn't get everything wet.

     I brought in the plants inside to keep them off the things outside that hold these plants.

     I drove by the other day and saw that once you move everything than there are many things that you just have to do well regardless of how many lanes.

     I was watching the neighbors and no matter what I think I am afraid they will lose this together no matter how much it rains.

      Well as I have to go just wait for the willing to go I see that without a doubt I see the neighbors shares and their table is now all the way back by their house.

     Well I thought that everything that we moved was find but unfortunately our table and chairs and the tables outside are also thrown all over the place. 

     Well I know that no matter how many times we move everything that no matter how many things we move then something else will happen eventually.

     Luckily the rain should be over shortly and tomorrow we will put things back when we are grown.

    And THANK GOD..... none of us last a tree this time.

      The rain will come when it comes...... and we all must just stay inside and be safe.

      

Just because YOU CAN doesn't mean that YOU SHOULD

       Just because you can qualify for a BIGGER HOUSE doesn't mean that you SHOULD take on BIGGER PAYMENTS for a BIGGER HOUSE that is WAY BIGGER than you KNOW that you even need.

    You can EITHER get in the HABIT of BUYING yourself something special every month that you KNOW that you don't really need or..... 

     You can get in the HABIT of putting that EXTRA little bit of money in YOUR SAVINGS each month.

    Which one do you think that you will BENEFIT from?....an OBJECT that COLLECTS DUST or one that COLLECTS INTEREST?

    LIFE is full of CHOICES that YOU WILL have to MAKE throughout YOUR LIFE'S JOURNEY.

     So remember that if you CAN'T AFFORD IT then DON'T BUY IT because you SHOULD CHOOSE to PEACEFULLY LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS..... 

   ....not EXHAUST YOURSELF WORKING to make MONTHLY PAYMENTS on the things you bought just because you were TRYING to KEEP UP WITH THE JONES'S.

     To Be THANKFUL for WHAT YOU DO HAVE..... TAKES APPRECIATING WHAT YOU DO HAVE as well as.... SHOWING that you are THANKFUL FOR IT by TAKING CARE OF WHAT YOU DO HAVE.

     NOWADAYS people BUY NEW STUFF just because they want a DIFFERENT COLOR but.... in the GOOD OLD DAYS if it WASN'T BROKEN you definitely WOULDN'T THINK ABOUT BUYING a NEW ONE.

      

     

   

You are not DEFINED by what has happened TO YOU but.......

      You aren't WHO you are simply because of what has happened TO YOU but.... you are WHO you are by HOW YOU REACT to what has happened TO YOU.

     You may have had NO CHOICE to be able to PREVENT it from HAPPENING to you but.... you DO GET TO CHOOSE how YOU WILL REACT to what has happened to you.

     You can either be YOUR BIGGEST CHEERLEADER....OR YOUR WORST ENEMY... which one will YOU CHOOSE TO BE?

     You may have gained weight when you were YOUNG because you didn't have a HEALTHY DIET when you were growing up but......

     When you are an ADULT it is YOUR CHOICE whether you EAT HEALTHIER and lose the extra weight.... you can't BLAME ANYONE but YOURSELF if you are an ADULT who is OVERWEIGHT.

      YOU CHOOSE whether you are an HONEST PERSON or not regardless if anyone around you CHOOSES TO BE DISHONEST..... it's HONESTLY up to you TO CHOOSE to be an HONEST PERSON.

     YOU ARE WHO YOU CHOOSE TO BE SO..... CHOOSE TO BE A KIND, CARING, HONEST HUMAN BEING..... IT'S UP TO YOU to CHOOSE to be the BEST YOU that YOU CAN BE.

     You can BLAME IT ON THE MOON but.....the TRUTH IS.....YOU have NO ONE but YOURSELF TO BLAME for everything you CHOOSE TO DO.

     

     

It's time for SPRING EVENTUALLY EVERYWHERE so....

      DEPENDING on WHERE you LIVE will DETERMINE when personally EACH of OUR SPRING SEASON WILL ARRIVE. 

     BUT..... NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE LIVING .....SPRING is just around the corner BEHIND your WINTER SEASON you are EXPERIENCING NOW.

      There are some GARDEN VEGETABLES that NEED to be PLANTED at the END OF WINTER.... REGARDLESS when YOUR WINTER SEASON ENDS.

     There are LOTS of SPRING CLEANING JOBS that we can get done AHEAD OF SPRINGS ARRIVAL.

     It's TIME to CLEAN your CEILING FANS at THE END OF EVERY SEASON.

    It's TIME to WASH YOUR CURTAINS AND WINDOWS so you are EXCITEDLY WAITING to OPEN YOUR Windows and ENJOY SOME FRESH AIR EVERY SEASON.

     It's TIME to DECLUTTER your HOUSE and either PLAN A YARD SALE or PLAN a TRIP TO DROP THEM OFF to DONATE so you have a CLUTTER FREE HOUSE TO ENJOY SPENDING TIME IN.... EVERY SEASON.

      BUT WHATEVER YOU DO.....GET RID OF THEM........ DON'T JUST MOVE YOUR CLUTTER AROUND because..... it's CLUTTERING UP YOUR HOUSE and YOUR MIND.

    IF YOU WANT a PEACEFUL HOUSE AND PEACE OF MIND you have to take ALL THE CLUTTER INSIDE AND OUT AND.... JUST FLUSH IT out of YOUR HOUSE so YOU MAKE ROOM for PEACE OF MIND to GET IN.