Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
I have thought of taking creative writing. I may one day. I do enjoy expressing myself in writing. It's therapeutic.
I was in a bookstore the other day and they have really nice journals with beautiful covers.
done.
But I have to ask...what will be these people's regrets not getting that prefect picture or that new cell phone or will it be that they missed their lives because it was stolen from them by technology and they never even knew it!!!
you should take a creative writing class
Coachella Music Festival has his full attention.
I am not going to scream.
I wonder to myself was this the scenario that morning?
Husband, "so, still on for lunch today" as he scrambles to put his coat on with one hand cause he has his cell phone in the other trying to text.
Wife, "yeah, I may be a bit late cause I'm stopping off at Amazon to pick up that order"
Husband, "what order?"
Wife, "you remember, that pop up that came up the other day about prepackaged food delivery, we're starting that today by the way"
Husband, "okay, see you at twelve" not even listening to her answer
Wife, "kay" as she absently stirs little Joey's cereal not even noticing the dog lapping up the milk she spilled.
Fast forward to Lunchtime:
An hour passes, Husband and wife both close their computers. Husband absently mindedly pecks wife's cheek. They barely exchanged three words at lunch. "great we could finally meet for lunch hon" They both dash off in two different directions.
15 min. later: homeless guy happily eating lunch left on trays at foodfair that hubs and wife didn't eat.
Yep, modern society at it's best.
:)
Gettin' crazier everyday.
I guess this generation probably thinks how we did things was weird but I wouldn't trade playing in the backyard with all the neighborhood kids with sitting staring at a computer screen for hours. But, that's just me.
( packing bags in my squirrelly mind)
Whose quote is that?
Never will I have, or even strive for a large home, content with what I now have.
Human nature has us thinking.....yeah but....It would be nice. How do others afford it? If I did get a huge home, I think that I could share it with others working hard to keep themselves afloat.
There is great gain in being content with what we have.
I try to count the blessings I have in my life. I take pride in the fact that we have no debt, and we pay off our credit cards every month, and that the house is on track to be paid off. The two vehicles we have are old but paid for. My kids are learning to save up little by little for what they want. We are saving money for our retirement rather than spending it on new cars or iphones.
A few quotes from Dave Ramsey that help keep me grounded.
"We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like."
"Act your wage."
"Debt is dumb. Cash is king. The paid off mortgage has taken the place of the BMW as the status symbol of choice."
I do feel better. I should as there are many other who are not as fortunate as I am.
Cheap is not buying that meat you enjoy at the butcher shop.
Frugal is buying just enough, wisely considering the cost, and counting your budget worthy of this expense.
To be frugal is good. My Uncle wouldn't be where he is now had he not been frugal.
I always think being frugal is for good reasons, not squandering money. Being cheap is like being a tightwad.