Category: Life

On Friday we had a change in the weather. On Friday it warmed up enough, and when we had precipitation it was in the form of rain!

This was totally wonderful, as it took much of the snow pack with it. Currently out driveway is clear and easy to get up and down.

The dogs got out to play, even though it rained, I managed to do up more laundry, an Hubby fixed the lights in my laundry-room!

All in all a productive day!!!

I’m reading a book on the flight of Eastern Airline 401. You can go HERE and read all about it. The most interesting thing are the reports of the two Ghosts that haunted other L1011’s in the Eastern fleet. The book is so good that I stayed up until after eleven o’clock last night reading.

On Friday morning I found a documentary all about the accident, with interviews from some of the survivors.

It’s a good show, so if you are interested in avionics you can watch this.

Forgive

1. to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
2. to give up all claim on account of; remit (a debt, obligation, etc.).
3. to grant pardon to (a person).
4. to cease to feel resentment against: to forgive one’s enemies.

A while back, I did what I do best in life. I opened my mouth and inserted my foot. It’s not that I meant to, it was just a subject that I tend to have no control over the way I react.

I tried to apologize. I did everything I could think of to make amends, but nothing has worked, and since this occurred I actually have changed the way I handle difficult situations.

I realize that not everyone can like everyone in this crazy world of ours, but I think I am a pretty nice person. I try so hard and this is hurting me.

29 years ago when that impaired driver hit my car, I was so filled with hate and rage, that it all but consumed me.

I spent years in therapy to get to the point where I could forgive the man who did this. It was forgive or die for me.

Now it’s not like I saw him and gave him an easy pass of actually forgiving him. In fact the forgiveness was in my mind and my heart. I will never forget, but I did have to let it go.

I think letting go is part of the forgiving process.

(Isn’t it for everyone?)

Well, I will try to let it go. I do not want to begin a battle. I just need to walk away.

Have you had something like this happen? How did you handle things when after several apologies, you are not forgiven?

It was a bad day on Wednesday. It seemed every time I turned around I was presented with a new frustration.

I had a women using my driveway to sneak into her own. Our driveway is private, and we share it with only one neighbor, although a few others will use it. Now I don’t usually care if she does this, but I was in a bad mood and the fact that I had to get out of my car (in the cold and on slippery ice) only to have her tell me to get out of her way, well, lets just say it made me even more upset.

Then I felt bad because I had been a bit terse with her, and I nearly stopped in at her house to apologize, but then I thought, “she and her husband use our driveway to get out to the main road, yet they do not contribute to the plowing and upkeep of the driveway.” In fact, her husband has a plow and has never offered to plow out the drive.

Still I feel bad for being so abrupt.

Then we had two young people walk down our driveway, so they could walk to the beach. As I said above, we have a private drive, and our driveway ends. It does not go to the beach. Yet, what did the lovers walking hand and hand do? They tried to walk through the waist deep snow toward the beach. (Which is down hill. A bit dangerous!)

I saw them first and asked them to turn around, but like two kids being caught with their hand in the cookie jar, they tried to sprint away down hill, which was sort of impossible because of the deep snow. Hubby heard me, and came out, and waved them back up the drive.

Then, I told myself I needed to calm down and just let it all go. So, I came in and worked on making a nice dinner. Cooking soothes me and by the time I finished making dinner, I felt much better.

I’m about to rant a little about the “New Olympics”, so if you aren’t interested, or like the new coverage, stop reading now and come back tomorrow.

I  have always LOVED to watch the Olympics. It never mattered if it was the summer of the winter Olympics, I just love the beauty, the competition and the splendor. I also loved it when our country would strive to be the best and our athletes would stand on top of the podium and we would hear the National Anthem of our country!

I always got choked up and tears would come to my eyes. I had such pride in those athletes and our country, and it meant something to me when our flag was raised.

So call me disappointed that the coverage here in America does not include the medal awards, or the playing of the National Anthems.

I watched two young people, Meryl Davis and Charlie White skate a truly beautiful, perfect routine and win a gold medal. But I did not get to see the awarding of that medal.

I am so disappointed.

NBC you stink! Your presentation has been one of the worst ever. I do have satellite, so I have been able to watch some events live, and that has been nice. But I can only watch what they chose to present.

Perhaps in four years they will figure out a way to do this more fairly. I would actually pay a small fee for an Olympic Package. Just so I can see what I would like to see.

Meanwhile I am stewing about the rotten coverage.

Phillip Seymour Hoffman died yesterday from a drug overdose. He was only 46, and leaves two little girls and a son fatherless.

While this is a great tragedy, it got me thinking. In the last twelve month we have had so many of Hollywood’s elite systematically destroying themselves. All that money going up their nose or a needle in their arm, and a life that should have gone on for decades ends.

Certainly we can look and see that all that money isn’t helping their situations. Look at Justin Bieber and Lyndsey Lohan. They are slowly on a path of self destruction.

Athletes are not exempt from this either. They get all those millions and then pump it up with steroids. That leads to attacks on their wives or girlfriends, and in Aaron Hernandez’s case he is sitting in jail on murder charges.

What’s the answer? I really do not know. I understand that normal people have drug problems too, but it seems that the rich and famous just push it to a whole different level.

They get “YES” people who supply them with everything they want despite knowing that they’ll be dead before they reach the age of 50. Look at Elvis. Gone at 42 after years of drug and alcohol abuse. And his manager and staff were his suppliers.

It’s sad, and until we recognize that million dollar salaries aren’t good for people then I guess we’ll just have a fairly regular turn over in Hollywood.

Did this week just fly by or what? It’s not that I got so much done, but it just seems that last weekend went by and now here we are, and it is Friday, and in two days we will watch the Super Bowl.

I will be watching the Super Bowl for one reason. To see the commercials. Back in the old days, when The Patriots really were bad, I just watched The Super Bowl to see the funny commercials.

Well, here we are again. The Patriots lost, will not be playing in the Super Bowl, I could care less for either team, so commercial watching it is!

We aren’t going to any party’s. It will be Hubby and me at home, so I expect we will have some nice appetizers and something nice for dinner, and watch the commercials!

It’s kind of funny. I was watching the movie “Fever Pitch” about the Red Sox first big win since Babe Ruth. Kind of made me think of The Patriots and days gone by.

I would have loved another Super Bowl win, but that just isn’t going to happen. Not this year.

Well, everyone, have a good weekend, enjoy the football and I hope your team wins!

Hubby’s been gone all day down to Manchester. He had business to do, and I stayed home with the dogs and complete ownership of the remote control. I’ve watched all kinds of chick flick stuff like HGTV  a couple of chick flick movies and not one moment of news or weather.

Since we have been home from the vacation it seems Hubby is catching up with all his news and weather programs, and I don’t get to watch my fun shows. I’m thinking we need to look in to a package with the satellite company to expand our coverage into the bedroom.

After being on a vacation when I did not think about cooking but only what I wanted to eat, now we are home I actually have to prepare meals! Due to lack of interest, we are having spaghetti and meatballs tonight. And tomorrow is baked stuffed chicken breasts. Yeah, we are talking no desire. Oh well.

It’s back to life!