A DOWNRIGHT GOOD DAY

How can a person be exhausted and depressed at the beginning of the day and calm and happy (although not yet rested!) at the end of the day?  Well I’ll tell you how. 

The weather was so beautiful that I got my favorite lounge chair out of the garage and laid it out on the patio and sat under the trees and dozed. 

A mamma bird fed her babies in a nest directly over the patio in a perfect spot for me to watch without getting up and moving my chair.

I broke a jar of oil in the kitchen and cut my finger without even getting mad, and it gave me a chance to finally get the kitchen floor mopped.

My husband and I pitched a few horseshoes, and I made a ringer.

It rained about ten minutes just as the house was getting too hot, and cooled everything down to the perfect temperature.

And finally, we went to McDonald’s for a caramel Sundae.

It just doesn’t get any better than this.  J

HOUSE DECORATING

I wasn’t surprised when my sister told me she couldn’t sleep one night this week, so she got up and rearranged furniture.  She likes to move furniture around a lot more than I do.  In fact, moving it an inch is more than I like to do.  But the result is that her house stays fresh and interesting, with knick knacks and centerpieces changing with the season.  At my house, no one moves the knick knacks because I would have to dust.  Besides, they’re kind of scary because of the things growing in them.  And it’s not houseplants.  As for centerpieces?  Mine’s a stack of paperwork. 

I told her I know how it feels when you can't get things placed just right in a room.  One day in Sunday School, the preacher asked for prayer requests, and I asked him to pray for me to figure out how to decorate my wall so I could get on with my life.  The class members looked at me in stunned silence.

What’s wrong with a little dry humor?  Haven’t they met Maxine yet?