Struggling To Find Ourselves

…I think that’s about it, for now.  Now it’s time to take a break from this computer for a bit.  Maybe go for another walk and get the blood circulating, and then come back and type an item or two or three that has been needing to be typed for a couple of weeks now.  You all take care!!!

As she sat there at her table after finishing her meal, she saw an advertisement for Missiko in the newspaper on the next table. Now alot of you may not know this, but Misiko is a GREAT website. Her Mother had taught her that much.  So, she got up and got the paper and read:

FLORIDA:
Misiko has LOTS of different items for hair care.  They are a leading supplier for the Professionals in the hair care profession.  They have everything from blow dryers to straight irons to hair straighteners.  They have a section of GREAT beauty tips on their website to help you achieve that perfect look!!!  They are a member of the Better Business Bureau and their site is verified “Hacker Proof”.  They even have a little make-up, perfume and other accessories, for just the right look.  And with FREE, 2-day shipping on all orders of $50 or more, you can’t lose!!!  Did I mention that their sale prices are spectacular?!?!  So, if you are in need of hair care items that are of a professional quality, check them out today!!!”

She laid the newspaper on the table and finished her drink. 

Observations is a BROAD category!!!

Have you observed that society, as a whole, has been changing?  No longer do we put an emphasis on education and morals.  Now the emphasis seems to be on socialization and not academics.  I have seen children “graduate” high school, as well as other grades, and they are not able to read or do simple Math in their head or write a sentence correctly.  If you can’t read, you can’t do anything these days.  But, on the other hand, if you CAN read, you can teach yourself to do ANYTHING!!!

Something else I’ve observed over the last few years is that the words “family” and “friend(s)” don’t mean near as much as they used too.

Oh, and I think we’ve ALL observed the price of things going up!!!!  And our rate of pay staying about the same.  How backward is that?

Thanks for the great prompt again, folks!!!

As she was sitting there, eating her meal and listening to the truckers talking about the “bad one” that was headed in their direction, she saw a couple walk in.  They were a younger couple.  They were carrying Britax car seats. She could only wonder if the babies were twins, which would be about the only logical explanation for having two babies so young. 

Yep, the public school that my son goes to started last Thursday.  He seems to be enjoying it, though we aren’t real used to the earlier mornings yet.

Looks like rain today.  We can use a little bit, though, because it’s been a week or more since we got a GOOD rain last.

Not much going on here today.  I’m getting some computer work done, as well as some miscellaneous cleaning around the house, and maybe even a bit of reading or something for a bit.  Already took a walk, though it was shorter this morning because of the threat of rain.  Might just take another one later, though.

More later….

There were many advertisements on the menu, one of which was for getting your car insurance online.  When the waitress came back with her drink, she ordered her meal, and sat there, sipping her iced tea, listening to the truckers at the island talking.  They were currently talking about some bad weather out to the West, which was where she was headed.  “I-70 goin’ across Colorado is closed over the pass”, one trucker commented.  “I just came from that direction, and they closed it about 30 minutes after I came across.”  “The Pass?”, she repeated the words in her mind.  What could that mean?  Hmmmm….sounds like the direction she ought to go, just to see what all the hubbub is about.

….I think this is where Porky Pig would be doing his stuttering “That’s All, Folks!”.

When she stopped for gas the third time is when her adventure really started to get exciting.  It was getting close to dark, and she hadn’t had much to eat since she’d left home more than 650 miles ago.  So, after she filled her gas tank, she pulled into the parking lot and went into the truck stop to look around and get something to eat.

The convenience store was nothing much to be excited about.  It had your regular candy and sodas, knick-knacks and videos, and more useless items lining it’s wall-to-wall shelves.  She saw a display case with some watches in it.  She had to go look, so she walked over there.  As she gazed at the watches in the case, she realized that they were far more durable than the Festina watches that she was used too.  So, she found one that she liked, and bought it.  Then she took it to the restaurant and sat down at a table.  The waitress came to find out what she wanted to drink and to give her a menu.  She put her new watch on while she waited for the waitress to bring her her drink.

A church in this area recently got a new Pastor after being without one for almost a year.  I HAVE to admit, this new Pastor (who’s not really an official Pastor yet….more on that later…) has brought some GREAT ideas with him that he is slowly incorporating.  One of those ideas is adding an insert (or two) to the bulletin on Sunday mornings.  On one of these inserts here a couple of weeks ago, there was a little paragraph about one of the things that the church is supposed to do.  It said something about bringing encouragement and faith to those who are feeling down and lost because of “the cares of this world”.  Too many times, that little act of caring gets lost in the hustle and bustle of daily life.  And I HAVE to admit that, as a member of ANY church, it is one of the things that some people need the MOST!!!

Think about it for a minute….do the people of YOUR church do that?  Do they offer endless encouragement when things get rought?  Are they available, no matter how dark the days get?  Is there that certain someone who ALWAYS has the warm smile and encouraging word and the warm hug JUST when you need them?  I don’t think a church can TRULY serve and worship God WITHOUT those qualities!!!

Maybe I’ll write more about what this new Pastor is doing another time, but for tonight, I guess that’s your “Food For Thought”, so you can put that thought on simmer and mull it over for awhile.

She started keeping track of what the billboards advertised in her head.  She found that, within the first 500 miles or so, she had seen billboards advertising Johnston and Murphy, Attorneys At Law. She had also seen Johnston and Murphy luggage, as well as a hospital by the same name.  Then she got to wondering if people ever came up with anything truly ORIGINAL these days, or whether everybody always used something someone else had already thought of.