A Better Day According to Me.

 A Better Day According to Me.

 

Yeppers, life can be pretty awesome on some days. The lack of any major pain and the fresh air of an October day has been enough to make me smile today. Then Blake came and mowed, weed eat the edges of the yard, and just generally made things look much neater. Then the old woman went out and pulled some bean vines out of the raised garden, cut stems from the trumpet vine, and stuffed all of that inside the trash bin. Will still have room for a sack of household trash tomorrow. Gathered a few eggs and noticed that the doves have not been feasting on the hens’ feed lately. That has lowered the feed bill at least. Lance thinks that using the BB gun out there every so often also deters their resting around the coops. Never hit anything, but the noise excites Thompson and makes me laugh when the doves take off like a small storm of grey feathers.

 

Read a book about the Swiss mercenaries who were supposed to protect the king of France during their revolution. Sad situation in so many ways, but obviously the “little man” meant nothing to the elite aristocracy or those who were held in esteem by those who had money. Not much feels as if it has changed in so many ways, but then, it IS possible for a person to live quite happily without fancy cars, a huge mansion, and all the things that seem to matter to some folks. My little house makes me happy. The old Ford truck still gets me places, and even if my pants and shoes are a bit worn, they cover what is necessary. The laws that seem to restrict our lives do not necessarily affect most of us. It just seems that it would be better if the same laws were meant to encompass the lives of everyone instead of just the common folks. Someday it will be better when our so-called leaders are taxed and made equal to those who actually work for a living. For a congress person to gain a million dollars while in office is highly suspicious in my little beady brain. If Congress is only paid for the work done and for the unnecessary regulations removed, it seems that we could all be better off. Just a thought.

 

Patty told me about the 500 trucks stopped by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol recently. Of those, 200 were being driven by those who did not speak English and had false or fake licenses. But then Lance reminded me that probably half of the drivers in the DFW area have neither license, insurance, or tags on their cars. And, too, the population of that area has doubled in the last ten years. Wow! And here is WF saying that our population has begun to drop considerably. It is still cheaper to live here, but there is hardly any work available and no real industry. Such is life.

 

Took the dogs out on the deck a few minutes ago to see if we could remove some stray hairs. Wow! It’s no wonder the house gets so furry! At least my hair doesn’t fall out quite as often as theirs does. What a mess that would be!

 

Let us try to have good thoughts about the life we have been given and about those around us. Pray for those who are ill or those who mourn.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.