Just what makes that little old ANT

Ok, now I clean the counters real good from breakfast then I sit and stare and wait. I wait for the ants!! They are small and they just arrive out of nowhere and say "I'm hungry". I watch them as they move around in little circles looking for the food that is not there anymore. Of course they are a little angry, I'm sure, that I took the juice spill away or that the spilled cereal is cleaned up. It's just that I can't handle these little things in my SPACE!! It is MY kitchen and I am taking it back!! I pay a good man to come out here and spray for all the other bugs that lurk out there and this ant thing is my fight (even if he did bait the suckers). I will conquer it!! So, you little ants think your having a party don't you?

Well I don't think you are going to find any rubber tree plants to move in here so I think it is time to move on. Or you will get the squish of my rag and the spray of my trigger. Sorry, no bug protection rights here. So... ooops there goes another sugar ant... ooops there goes another sugar ant... oops there goes another sugar and hopefully they are all gone ~ whew!!

I'm in too much of a hurry to enjoy Christmas...

It seems like after being out of the states this is what I get from the people back here in the states.

You get asked "have you got all your shopping done?" or "are you ready for Christmas?" the answer is no and no. I never have and never will be. The fact is when going through my box of bags bows and stuff I actually found stuff for a friend of mine from last year that I didn't even send to her. Sad isn't it!!

Last year we thought we were doing everything right and STILL a whole two boxes were not even sent out right and I sent two unknown boxes to destinations unknown and even when called by the pack and wrap place and sending the "right stuff" I felt like such a fool. Such time spent on finding the right gift (ok not my time but the Hubby's time). But he spent all that time was ahead of Christmas only to be sent well after Christmas only because of a mix up. All to have no feed back if it was well received.

Now... I have to be honest when you are so far away (even if you can still pick up a phone mentally you are still far away) you don't communicate like you do when you are in the states. So... I don't communicate like I'm supposed to sometimes and don't say what I am supposed to and send the thanks for the things I am supposed to.

I guess things used to be simple back when it was just Santa bringing something under the tree and me making something for Mema and Pa out of something I found on the beach when we were down on the gulf coast for Christmas since I had no money to spend. Of course this is 30 years ago!!

Here is the deal. I just can't stress over what to buy. No really, I can't!! I won't and I will get what I can but I have to let it go. I can't buy for those that have everything they need. I can only get creative and buy for what I know that they don't have and I feel they will like. My kids need nothing. I need nothing... just love and I have that. I have kisses... I have been hugged today. That is all I need. I have a dog who puts his nose on my lap and just unconditionally trust and loves me. She gets bones and is happy. Believe it or not I'm happy with a bone (ok we call them oatmeal squares and she can't tell the difference between them and a treat).

So... I just want to say... truly I'm working on it!! Finding the right gift...I got something in my mail or rather it was actually a bulletin on MYSPACE but it hit home!! I BLOG because I don't do E-MAIL forwards. So many people read this BLOG. Maybe this will touch you like it touched me. Please copy and send it to people. It is really good and maybe it will put the focus back on where Christmas really needs to me!!

REFLECTING on this... FUNNY THIS IS what was read at my wedding!! THE #1 scripture read at most wedding!! My anniversary is on the 19th. 18 years WOW!!... and no, I have NOT bought a present for that... don't get me started on that... hurry up and buy for your anniversary!

CHRISTMAS LOVE
(paraphrase of 1st Corinthians 13)

If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show love to my family, I'm just another decorator.

If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas cookies, preparing gourmet meals and arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime, but do not show love to my family, I'm just another cook.

If I work at the soup kitchen, carol in the nursing home and give all that I have to charity, but do not show love to my family, it profits me nothing.

If I trim the spruce with shimmering angels and crocheted snowflakes, attend a myriad of holiday parties and sing in the choir's cantata but do not focus on Christ, I have missed the point.

Love stops the cooking to hug the child.

TO RANT... OR TO PONDER... That is the question??

OK... I don't get SPAM anymore!!

(I mean I get spam all the time I just don't understand SPAM anymore)

In the middle of some advertisement (SPAM) e-mail I got for some Drug (SPAM) that I must buy that is really cheap (SPAM) that I could get without a prescription (SPAM) that could cause major problems with my body (SPAM) there is a little story that makes no sense at all.

This is how it starts out:

"because our fake dog was digging away like a real dog throwing
dirt Tremearne took off and we settled down to sleep. We slept, and woke up"

This is how it ends:

"...He heaved himself to his feet while"

I don't get it!! WHY THE STORY?? Does it help someway get the DRUG e-mail to go through the filter so that we the people on the reading side will suddenly go WOW we MUST buy THIS drug (SPAM)!!

NO!!

We see the stupid story and we know it is SPAM!! We then click SPAM and it goes to our SPAM folder.

So why the stupid stories and dumb sayings and poetry lines. I don't get it!! I now get about 100 spams a day on my Yahoo account. I ponder how I suddenly get so many when I don't sign up for ANYTHING with this e-mail address online (I use trash e-mail accounts for everything I do online).

Hmmm the little things that make one wonder sometimes!!

I guess all it takes is for your e-mail to get into the wrong hands, or consumer. Still pondering....

So stupid stories and Spam will just continue... it is a never ending story. At least Yahoo has a good filter and I have a good eye for catching things.

I do enjoy seeing the daily SPAM of the day HOT SUBJECT!!

Christmas Tree is up!!

Thanks to Corbin our Christmas tree is up!!

Please go by and look at the slide show on the kids blog.

Find out more about how it got up by going to my MY MYSPACE - if you don't know how to get there go to http://www.myspace.com/tape_scotch_tape (this is for those of you that checked out my last blog but don't ever comment).

Anyway I hope your Holiday's are going as well as ours are!!

Don't let Christ be left out of your Christmas. So when you are on MYSPACE check out my blog Burlap to Cashmere!!

Micki