11/19/2009 This and That

First things first. Welcome to our new reader in Bedminster, New Jersey. I don't know who this person is but they are reading non-stop practically according to the stat counter statistics. In fact, by the time I get this posted in a few minutes the counter will have turned another thousand to 91,000 hits. I hope you enjoy the ride with us and get a chuckle or two along the way.

I haven’t been writing the last few days because we just haven’t been doing anything of great interest.

More of our friends have been arriving every day and it won’t be long before we can say “the gang’s all here”.

Bob has been busy the last two day’s helping Don (The Peacock) with this rig. Seems he’s sprung a leak somewhere and Bob is giving a hand figuring out where its coming from and hopefully fixing it.

Our line dancing class has grown so much! Every week the lines get a little closer together.

Our friend Kathy, you may remember her as “the lush” from last year is painting the interior of her newly purchased park model. Its really giving me the itch to paint. I told you not too long ago that everything in our place is WHITE and I hate it. Oh yeah, this hand is going to be holding a roller or paintbrush in the very near future!

I have a few websites I want to share with you.

Are you the grocery shopper in your family? Do you cut out coupons to save on your grocery budget? If so, here is an online sources for those money saving coupons.

The Coupon Mom

In addition to just using coupons you can check out who has the best prices in your area by using Grocery Guide. This site lets you put in the two stores you frequent the most so you can compare which one has the best prices on what’s on your grocery list. It will even print out your grocery list and coupons if they are available.

You’ve all heard of Black Friday and by now I’m sure you are familiar with Cyber Monday when the online sales will be listed for your holiday Christmas shopping. Did you know there is a web site called Cyber Monday? There will be hourly specials from your favorite retailers on the Monday after Thanksgiving and sales alerts will be sent by email so be sure to sign up now.

Thanks to Maryann in Atlanta, George for sharing those sites above.

PERSPECTIVE:

One day , the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip , the
father asked his son , "How was the trip?"

"It was great , Dad."

"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.

"Oh yeah , " said the son.

"So , tell me , what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered:

“I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us , but they serve others. We buy our food , but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us , they have friends to protect them."

The boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added , "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.

Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!