Jibber Jabber

It's MAY DAY!  Remember when children made May Baskets filled with flowers and candy, placed them on the Neighbors' doors, knocked really hard or rang the door bell then ran to hide in the bushes to surprise the Neighbors?

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After school today, Lil Miss and I will make May Baskets.  This should be entertaining.

It's been a very LONG WINTER in many ways.  The flowers appearing have eased the tension...some.  Still the cold months on the Prairie for me have been very very  v e r y  long.

As I drove Lil Miss to school today, the outside temp was 41, but the drive was so purdee.  The trees have leaves and there are still some shades of pink splashes on the Redbud trees.  Some neighbors already have Irises bloomed.  


Mine are budding, but seem small in comparison to two years ago.  Still, I'm looking forward to when they bloom.  Some smell like Grape Jelly.

The Lilac Bushes are blooming, 
but blossoms are small as well.  Dry year?

 ~Lilac Confetti for Weddings~

Making plans to prepare a flowerbed in the backyard where the Irises will have room to spread out and not be landlocked.  They are presently in a narrow flowerbed along a wood fence where the leaves are growing slanted as if they are reaching out for more room.

I believe that this fence flowerbed will have to have a different plant so they have room for healthy growth.  I'm alright with relocating them to the backyard.  Years ago a neighbor of ours had raised flower beds in her backyard where she had Irises.  I so admired the beauty.  Having FLAGS in the back will be an asset to calming my nerves these days. 

I'm becoming an old ninny.  With a mixture of hormones, the lack of hormones, too much stress, the aging process, the mind with memory challenges, the body with a memory that aches....i have to deliberately speak out loud scripture to remind myself that life is good and I will not fear.  Slow down and be happy.  God's on the throne.  Prayer changes things.  Jesus is Lord.  I am not in this thing called LIFE alone.   Holy Spirit help me.  

 
It is getting 

easier 

and easier for 

me 

to part with 'THE 

JUNK' 

that is taking 

up space all over the 

house.  Papers in 

boxes are getting the 

attention that they 

deserve.  Clothes have 

been thinned through.  

Ready for round 19.  






I thumbed through a magazine to read about 3-D Printers and it made me pause about the possibilities that these devices have to offer.  Like a conspiracy theorist, it freaked me out a tad.  Just a tad and I had to put the magazine down while shaking my head.  I'm wondering how much more.  

 It's NOT nice to fool Martha Stewart.

There is such a push to be paperless...what's a paper receipt anywho?  My son says it's liberating to shred his receipts.  After I go through all this paper resting in boxes, I may have to agree.  I have paper checks from way back.  Up until recently, every house, auto, medical and credit card payment we had ever made, was in our possession.  We held the actual contract.  Checks are legal contracts.  When you signed one of these, you were saying to the ones receiving it that you were transferring funds from one account into another.  That you were good for your money.  Bill paid and here's your check to prove it.

I held out as long as the BANK let me and they would return the actual check back to me.  Not so anymore.  Check images are in the paper statements.  I suppose it will just be a matter of time before the BANK doesn't mail to their clients a paper statement, but instead all transactions are on line.  It will be up to the individual to check their statements on line.  POOF.  You are no longer holding paper copies of anything.

Pictures on line and if you want a copy of the image, you will be the one to do the foot work transferring the image into your CLOUD.  Where's that storage at anyways?  POOF.  It disappeared in the STORM of technology.  

It's a different ballgame these days.  I actually do like swiping my plastic debit card at the store when I am out shopping.  Of course there's still paperwork to do to keep up with receipts for the transaction and making sure that this receipt is recorded.

EMP.  Heard of that one?  Electromagnetic pulse.  With this happening, we'd have to pause and go about things differently.  The so called little guys without an education might save the day.

How on top of things are you about the current events?  There is so much information out there in the world that I have to discipline myself and limit the stimulation overload that steals my peace.  Not being one to put my head in the sand....I like to know what's going on.  STILL too much news can overload one's circuits.  Heard that saying too much of a good thing can be BAD?  Unhuh....and too much BAD can be BAD for you.  Makes my neck crack.

Yesterday, I attended a Recognition Ceremony.  Even had a bottled water with my COOKIE.  The Speaker was a highly educated woman with two PHDs.  Okay, she tried to be funny.  Stammered a tad.  Shared how the little guys made a huge university function.  If it weren't for the little guy....the floors wouldn't be polished, the cars wouldn't be parked, the smiles wouldn't be handed out, the food wouldn't get served, the toilets wouldn't be flushed, the...on and on she talked.  Though she was working at recognizing the workers behind the scenes that are needed to make the place float, she wasn't very convincing that she thought so highly of the little guy.  In reality, if it weren't for the little guy, she wouldn't receive a PAY CHECK.  She'd be teaching simply for the EXPERIENCE OF IT ALL.  That nice suit she was wearing was probably made by a little guy.  The hairstyle she wore probably was shaped by a little guy.  The fancy car she mentioned she had to have another park for her, probably was built my a little guy.   

Really, we are all little guys in one way or another.  A college degree has its place in the world and can open a lot of doors, but not everyone wants a college degree or the line of work they are in doesn't require it.  Training and being well informed are needed in many cases.  Experience in a field goes a long ways.  Hearing from the LORD is high on my priority list these days.

The one that created the universe does not have a college degree.  Imagine that.  The one I call Lord and Master, does not have a PHD.  He also doesn't put the little guy down because they are not well read.

Now, if you'll excuse me...I think I will go scrub my toilet, listen to the birds chirp and watch the clouds float by.  I have a check book that needs balanced and laundry to do.  Vegetable Soup for Supper tonight.

May Basket, anyone?  Thanks.  Don't mind if I do,
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