Help! I need your help. Oh boy! How does the saying go? Is it you have a minute and a half to get
your heart out of your throat or is it you have a minute and a half to get our
head out of your butt? I forget. Oh boy!
Yogi Berra said-- If you ask me anything I don’t know, I’m not going to
answer. Oh boy! In the seventies, a TV
commercial for an automobile oil filter made this line famous: “You can pay me
now or you can pay me later. That statement is sorta kinda true I think; if you
don’t take care of something, you will pay for it later. I think that is with soooooo many things and
not just oil filters or maintenance on your car. It’s even about somethings that we don’t even
know yet. Some think one of the greatest
lines in the Bible is by Job when he said, “I have heard of thee by the hearing
of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee.”
Do you think that is magnificent or maybe sublime or maybe a word of
impudence? That is what I thought. WorldClassLarry says—Time is the fairest and
toughest judge.
You might say “Oh boy” when you read this “It’s Saturday”
and push the delete button as you don’t agree with me to a point that I make
you mad. Oh boy! I was at a church meeting years ago when a
friend got hot under the color and got up and left (i.e. folks didn’t agree
with him about his opinion). I was at a
political caucus sitting next to a neighbor who said he had to leave; he was madder
than a hornet! Our family went to church
in CO one time when a person gets up and tells everyone that they fired the
pastor; many folks got up and left; they were not happy. Soooooo I say to Arlene sometimes when
pushing her in her wheelchair—Hang onto your underwear, here we go! I don’t think she understand my humor (i.e. just
doesn’t understand) all the time; you might not either. But Arlene always laughs! Oh boy! She is
soooo nice to me. Sooooo cut me some
slack and humor me along just a little (i.e. like Arlene does).
I’m not naive enough to think that you agree with me about
almost nuttin and everything. Folks who
write and talk can give themselves the illusion of control, and then they
realize it’s just an illusion, that folks are going to bring their own stuff
into it. Thinking you are in control is like trying to boss your neighbors’ dog
around or giving advice to anyone who really doesn’t want your advice for
whatever reason). MissPerfect (i.e. a
blue blood) says—Most folks don’t have near as much control as they think they
do (i.e. it’s just an illusion)!
CrazyMarvin says—Some folks really like to be in control alright; one is
my wife! She wants always to be the alpha dog!
Such is life.
I have found out that if I do just a little of something it
can make such a great difference (e.g. if I spend 15 minutes cleaning the
garage, it makes such a difference in the appearance and with my
attitude). Soooo if that is the case,
why don’t we do more of “just a little bit?”
Oh boy! In our sun porch, the flies all die in one corner. Why? I have no idea; maybe it’s just a good
place to die. It took me all of 2
minutes to sweep them up. It made me
feel, oh soooo much better. I have
developed such a routine with Arlene that minimizes my effort and is very
effective. After we repeat an action for
soooo long we tend to do that I think (i.e. streamline our effort). It becomes more mechanical maybe but still
personal. And you know what, with
Alzheimer’s it really works good for Arlene.
A win-win! Or it might be what my
Daddy, Chester, told me—erv, lazy folks are ingenious! Oh boy!
I multi-task and have done it for years. It can be a curse or a blessing. I’m not certain what it is for me. Part of my multi-tasking is that I had been
able to think about multiple things at the same time (i.e. is that really
possible). I don’t think I can do that
very well anymore. I seem to need to
concentrate on one thing before I move on to the next. I don’t know if that is a curse or a
blessing. Oh boy! It’s sorta kinda what Aristotle Onassis said—I
have no friends and no enemies—only competitors. Now do you think that is a curse for a blessing. That is what I thought. Oh boy! KermitStudebaker,
who gives a lot of free self-help advice, says, “A great hallmark of mental
wellness is the ability to be in the present moment, fully and with no thoughts
of being elsewhere.” Hey, maybe I’m
working on my mental wellness! Could be!
GoofieGoofballSam says—There is a lot of money made selling
“mights.” Oh ya, there is. Sales folks
say you mightswell get the deluxe tires, advance braking system, super chrome
slick on the side of your new car for a little extra. Also, you might as well get the deluxe extended
warranty for only $20 a month more. You
might’swell get the deluxe mud floor mats all around. We can give a 10% discount if you buy them
all for only $350. This goes on during
most sales of most products. There is a
huge massive amount of money made on “mights.”
As the saying goes, there is a sucker born every minute. Oh boy! AverageJoe says—Yabut erv, my
neighbors have that stuff soooo I deserve them toooooo! And besides, I have enough
credit to buy them! Sooooo there! Such
is life.
This week I relearned a most valuable lesson
again about myself by the example of another person (i.e. like I don’t like a
certain quality of a certain person and don’t want to be like them). I have implemented this lesson into my life,
and it makes me feel good. But it is
hard. Oh boy! I think age is helping me
to be more the way I want to be.
Actually no one will know that I am changing but me. That is even more fun. It will be unnoticeable to everyone. Or I might be thought of as just being
“tired.” My sister and brother-in-law
went on a vacation/trip visiting friends of their past. They stayed at a resort. They described the resort as “tired.” Oh boy! I went to a visitation of the family
of an old church friend who passed on (i.e. I enjoyed him). He was 92.
He would say in his last years in his own humorous was, I’m getting
toooo old for this job!
LuckieEddie says—Luck is when an opportunity comes along,
and you’re prepared for it. A local
couple was telling me that something seemingly really great just fell into
their lap. Oh boy! They always wanted to
farm but didn’t think they would ever have the opportunity but then through
some events, they now have the opportunity (i.e. sorta kinda the unexpected). They are excited. It sure is a good feeling to be on the
receiving end of the unexpected good stuff that can fall into our laps. But, many of you folks have done things that
have created the unexpected good in other folks’ lives. I know you have. Now that is pretty neat toooo! Oh boy!
Sometimes those experiences you created or given to others might not be
appreciated by the recipients and in some cases, they don’t even know what you
did (i.e. their lives would have been way different) but you know the impact
you have had on others. You are great
folks. I applaud you; yes, I do.
WorldClassLarry says--You have skills, you
can contribute, so do it! I must admit
that my logic with setting up technology programs is not always good. I need to think through it which could take
an hour, a day or a week. Most times I
can figure it out, sometimes with the trial and error method. Sometimes I call some of you. My mind doesn’t
think like a computer and the programs.
Many folks, especially younger folks, it seems like their minds do. Oh boy!
But ya gotta remember that I’m just a little ol’ farm boy from a mile
and fourth south of Roseland, MN. If I
live long enough, there is a chance that I will think like a computer! But by that time, they will change it on me
again! ha ha Such is life.
MissPerfect says—Some declarers always
assume the sun will shine. More
successful ones will worry about inclement distribution. We complain a lot but
look what I read in the paper (i.e. soooo it must be right). Sooooo if we complain now, we will really
complain when things aren’t soooo good.
History tells us that it won’t always stay good. Are you preparing for the time when things
aren’t soooo good? That is what I thought.
Or do you think that things will never be “not as good?” ButtercupTheCat says—Self-education is the
key to making wise decisions about your life, your money and your future.
OneSmartPerson (i.e. who is instant
offense) says—An occasional misstep doesn’t brand us as stupid—it makes us
real. Oh boy! ItchieBitchie (i.e. who is
sneakie good) says—Well erv, you must be a very real person as you make a lot
of missteps. LuckieEddie (i.e. who is
really connected) says—I’m just luckie; it covers up my missteps; it works for
me; I’ll take all the luck I can get; I’ll have extra pickles please!
Growing up on the farm a mile and fourth south of Roseland,
MN we had livestock as most farmers did back then. Livestock create smells and manure which
attract many flies. Can any you relate
to that growing up on the farm? Can you
relate to this—Chester and Anna said to us kids many times—shut the door or
you’ll let all the flies in. It seemed
like there were always flies on the screen door. We always had flies in the
house and had multi fly swatters (i.e. do they still sell them?). We have one in our house and I had to use it
several times recently; those pesky flies.
Oh boy! A friend told me this
story about his mother when they were growing up on the farm—She had a couple
of granddaughters for the day. She was
trying to entertain them soooo she said she would give them a dime for each fly
they killed in the house. The granddaughters
thought it was a great idea went at it with vengeance. Then grandma found out that they opened the
door to let more flies in—what a hoot!
We all have memories of “growing up back home”
now don’t we. Jessica, our
daughter-in-law, posted this on Facebook about her recent memories but not her
thoughts (i.e. I would like to know her thoughts). It was touching to me. Maybe it will trigger some of your memories
and thoughts. It did me. ”Views from my
morning walk during a quick visit home: cornfields, my elementary and high
schools, the homes and gardens of my classmates and family friends, the
beautiful stained glass windows of the church I was raised and married in, the
quaint city park gazebo, more cornfields... A true walk down memory
lane. — in Lanark,
Illinois.”
We live in rural IA and that means that we life in the
middle of basically a huge massive corn field.
I had this conversation with JoeFarmerFriend this week—oh boy, this is
good hot weather for corn growing—ya, we need it as we are behind because of
the cold, wet spring; but the corn is growing way toooo fast; it makes the
stalks brittle which isn’t good!
Assignment! A teacher
told me recently that they don’t give as much or as difficult homework anymore
because the kids and parents complain that they don’t have time. She said--The kids don’t have time because
they have sports and other activities to do.
You believe that. That is what I
thought. I will make this assignment
easy as I don’t want you guys to complain and call me (i.e. I hate calls from
negative folks)! ha ha I would like you to think of three positive
folks and three negative folks. Which
ones do you prefer to be around. Coach
told me—When you are around the negative folks there are three things you
should do. 1. Smile 2. Wish them well 3.
Leave them as soon as possible. Saturday
question—Can a person determine if they are a negative person? Oh boy!
Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:
erv
MyFriendJean says—Love blooms where kindness is planted.
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