Thank God For Tax Time

Thank God for tax season. People will soon be doing their taxes and hopefully they will be getting a refund. When they do they will have money to spend and maybe that will help keep things going for awhile longer.

Don’t count on things improving because of the government; it will take them weeks to decide on a course of action and months for there to be any real change.  No mater what the President wants to do, he can’t do it alone. It will take everyone from the average man on the street to the government to make things better.

Things will get better. It’s just that it’s not going to happen because Mr. Obama takes the oath of office. His administration will make positive changes of this I am sure. It’s just that things aren’t gong to magically improve because someone new is in the White House. The only sure thing is that it’s going to be a long and bumpy ride.

Like they say at the amusement park, “Keep your arms and legs inside the car at all times and enjoy the ride”.

Things I Hate About Winter

For my blog I decided to compile a list of ten things I really hate about winter.

1)      Not being able to see where the lane is when you are driving because of the snow.

2)      People who drive with their bright lights on making it hard to see because of the glare when they are driving toward you.

3)      People who tailgate and want to drive fast in bad weather while you are trying to drive at a safe speed.

4)      Shoveling the snow out of the drive.

5)      Shoveling the snow out of the drive after the snowplow goes down the street and pushes snow into the end of your drive.

6)      The cold.

7)      The utility bills for heating your house when it’s cold.

8)      Being outside when its fifteen degrees and the wind chill is five below.

9)      Fighting the crowd at the store because everyone is there trying to stock up because a storm is coming.

10)   People who go south for the winter and call you up to tell you it’s seventy three and sunny where they are.

 

If you understand where I’m coming from, smile and remember spring will come. It has to.

You Don't Know What You Have Till It's Gone

My mom told stories about her past repeating them until we kids joked about numbering them. To save time we said we could just say do you remember mom telling number 25 and laugh about it. Now that I don’t have her anymore I miss those stories.

My step dad wanted to take me fishing and camping, but I didn’t have time. I wish now that I’d gone with him.

You don’t know what you have till it’s gone and when it’s gone you can’t get it back. If youth could but see through the eyes of age we would have fewer regrets in life. If we knew how much we would miss something we might pay more attention to it before it’s gone, but that is a gift we can never have.

Let us be thankful for the memories we have and enjoy them until we no longer can.