My Goal for Today:

Today, I plan to start setting some goals for my days. 

Whew! Glad I've got that much accomplished today! Now for a nap.

Thought for Today -- Forgive Someone Who Doesn't Deserve It!

Can you forgive someone who doesn't deserve to be forgiven? If you think about it, those are the only people that you do need to forgive.

If someone deserves to be forgiven, seems to me that you have decided he or she didn't cause you harm or offense after all. So if they haven't offended or harmed you, they didn't deserve your forgiveness. Maybe you misunderstood their intent, or perhaps there were mitigating circumstances that you were not aware of. When you discover these circumstances, and you see the whole picture, you forgive them.

But do they really deserve to be forgiven if they didn't actually harm you? No. If there was nothing to forgive, then you didn't actually forgive them.

So how about those people who don't deserve to be forgiven? The ones who knowingly hurt you, or out-rightly offended you? Does your refusal to forgive cause them harm? Will they suffer in the silence if you never speak to them again?

Probably not. If it was someone who deeply cared for you, they might be hurt by your absence from their life. If the offense and the division breaks up a family, or a marriage, it might serve them right. But will it serve you right?

Will you be better off  without that person in your life? Will a divorce, a broken relationship, or cutting someone out of your will make your life better? Perhaps.

But what will you get out of the deal? Smug satisfaction? Freedom? Will you be better off? Or just bitter?

You Know You Need a New Appliance When:

Unfortunately, these examples are all from person experience. How about you -- any stories about the signs of impending appliance demise? Leave a comment.  It gets lonely in my blogspot when the comment section is empty.

• You know you need a new washing machine when the noises it makes cause you to look outside to see which way the ambulance is coming from, and you realize that it  is just the spin cycle
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• You know you need a new dryer when your clothes get scorch marks and you burn your hand on a metal button!
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• You know you need a new fridge when the lettuce is frozen and the ice cream is melting.
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• You know you need a dishwasher when yours grow up and move away!

Ever Notice ...?

I've been noticing a general shift in ages. It used to be just old people who had 50th birthday parties -- but now lately my friends who are my age are having them ...

What's up with that?

And I hate to break it to some of my oldest and dearest friends, but those gremlins that have been going crazy stuff at my house -- the Closet Gremlin one who comes in and shrinks my clothes; along with her sister the Mirror Gremlin who invades my mirrors and replaces my reflection with this fat old lady with grey roots -- well don't look now, but I think they have been to your house, too!

How to clean up clutter:

Follow these simple steps:

1. Pick up something that is out of place.
2. Decide where it goes.
3. Put it there.
4. Pick up another thing that is out of place.
5. Repeat steps 2 - 4 until room is clean. Resist urge to get distracted.

Don't You Just Hate It When . . .

. . .  when you mistake Orajel for lip balm? I just hate it when I do stuff like that! My lips were totally numb for a couple of hours!

        

Ever Wonder If . . .?

Did You Ever Wonder If:

    ... the song "Scarborough Fair" is a recipe for roast chicken? I find myself humming that song while I am in the kitchen preparing chicken. I don't use Rosemary. I think it looks like pine needles, so I have never bought it. I do use Parsley, Sage, and Thyme.

     I usually add some chicken bouillon powder too, but that just doesn't work in the song - too many syllables; plus it is anachronistic. I suppose I could replace the word 'Rosemary' with "Small Bay Leaf". It fits the lyric; it was a spice that could have been used in nineteenth century England when the modern version of "Scarborough Fair" became popular; and it is something that I use for chicken.

   So my roast chicken recipe version of this ballad would be:

            Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
            Parsley, Sage, Small Bay Leaf, and Thyme?

   I think it could work.What do you think? It's okay -- you can put Rosemary on your chicken if you prefer the traditional version.