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This “It’s Saturday” could give you goose bumps but more likely it will give you a bald spot from scratching your head!  Soooo beware and read with an open mind! For some of you that is nearly impossible! haha

I’m in the Valley of the Sun.  It’s hot and dry.  On this date in 1880, President Rutherford B. Hayes, on a tour of the nation, stopped in Maricopa to confer with the Indians. Gen. William T. Sherman, traveling with the Presidential party, overheard the remark that all Arizona needed was less heat and more water. Sherman reportedly replied, “That’s all hell needs.” I will try to adjust to the hot and the dry!  haha

Are you always hungry or are you full?  That maybe means, are you constantly unsatisfied or are you satisfied?  I don’t need anything; I'm happy with what I got. My sister-in-law says—erv, it looks good as it is (i.e. she was talking about how my house is decorated when they visited me); if you want a little change, change the accent stuff a little; shop at home first (i.e. from the attic or basement). Don’t go out and spend a bunch of money; just a little change just feels good. A little change is soooo good for me, my opinion.  It’s good for my outlook, my mind, my physical being, my attitude and my soul.  I really think soooooo.  That is if the Javelinas don’t eat me up in the AZ desert! I will hopefully learn to adjust.

ItchieBitchie says--Everything seems soooo unsettled right now, soooo, everything must be unsettling.  JoeBlow says--Maybe it’s time to sit back and take a break and see what happens.  Maybe soooo if you have that luxury; not everyone has that option.  It’s good to have options (i.e. some don’t have options to adjust;they have the camper payment due, the ponies are hungry, the dogs want food and and they have limited income—at some point maybe no more giveawaychecks from the government). I have said this before and still think it—Nuttin every changes until it gets really bad (i.e. it might be getting closer; big on the MIGHT!).  What do I know; I’m just a little ol’ farm boy from a mile and quarter south of Roseland, MN. Missperfect asks—Can it get better in the near future do you think? Well, life looks like it is getting better for the life of the hogs that will be used for bacon in CA!  haha Those lucky pigs! They get all the breaks. But the price of bacon will more than double.  Adjust Californians, adjust. You asked for it and you got it!

I had a friend who is a builder and developer recently tell me that he hired some guys to hang the sheet rock in a house he is building.  He said, “It’s not good to hire old, fat guys who have new, clean pickups; they are slow, complain, and charge toooo much; I got a different group to mud it; they work soooo darn hard; don’t even clean the mud off of themselves from the day before, but you do have to air out the house when they leave!” Adjust my friend, adjust!

Theyoungadulddownthestreet said to me what is in the pic.  I think he thinks he likes it better when he can live at home and let dad and mom pay for him or just have the government send him a check.  I wonder how he will turn out.  He really doesn’t know much different as maybe his parents taught him by their example how to live without working.  I don’t know.  Maybe he will never have to work; it could be; have someone else pay his way.  Or maybe he will have to adjust.  Time will tell. In 1913, when William Howard Taft welcomed his successor, Woodrow Wilson, to the White House, he warned Wilson that the presidency was “the loneliest place in the world.” Wilson would later write, “I never dreamed such loneliness and desolation of heart possible.” Oh by the way, in one of our local churches back home, the pastor asked for pray requests during the Sunday morning service. One of the parishioners raised his hand and said--we need to pray for all the folks that don't want to work!

I have a hand-held vac at home that is about 20 years old I would expect.  I use it but it doesn’t have the same suck power or energy as it used to.  And it doesn’t recharge very well either. And the charge doesn’t have much sustaining time either.  I just laughed at it the other day (i.e. yes, I laughed at a hand-held vac)!  The sucker is just like me! That made me laugh again! Soooooo I need to adjust to that sucker or replace it!  Yikes!

Soooo as I was leaving pickleball a fall morning and stopped at the restroom.  As I came out I ran smack dap into a lady who was also leaving.  I knew her name but never talked to her.  I said—sooo you are leaving toooo—I was playing with a young player and he said he didn’t want to play with me anymore; I told him I hope you are playing pb when you are 80; ANYWAY, I only play three games and then go home.  She then gave me a short profile of her life and a longer profile of her current life situation; not soooo exciting with her family situation; in fact, pretty sad.  I told her I was a believer and would pray for her to have courage, wisdom and strength. She said thank you and said she really appreciated it. (i.e. it appeared by her body language that she was a believer toooo).  I guess I was in the right spot at the right time (i.e. opportunity).  And some of you might say, in the wrong spot at the wrong time. I guess it’s how we look at it!  Such is life.

RickyRick says—"The number one reason you’re under stress is because you’re trying to control things that only God can control. You can’t control your spouse, your kids, your job, your future, or your past. When you try to play God, it puts you in opposition to God. Not only are you going to lose that conflict, but you’re also going to be tired—and stressed.” I try to play God sometimes; I’m really not very good at it, in fact I’m terrible at it.  I can’t even manage my neighbor’s dogs; they just don’t listen to me.  But it helps when I give them treats, oh those treats (i.e. they aren’t any different than humans; they love those treats a.k.a. free money; anything free seems tasty, oh soooo good and effective). A friend at a dinner party recently told us that no person gets elected by promising free stuff; I asked why—he said ‘cause Americans don’t like that.  It sounded like he knew what he was talking about! But everyone who gets free stuff seems to like it and takes free stuff with open arms.  They seem to just love it and can’t get enough of it. It seems to be a crazy mentality! This is a linguistic figure of speech called merism—two contrasting opposites which represent the extremes and everything in between. Dr. J says--It is one of the great ironies of our age that while we are living during a time when almost any behavior is celebrated no matter how sinful, we are simultaneously living in a time where any small misstep, public or private, could be the catalyst of our own social and financial ruin. Such is life in 2021.

I was around some acquaintances recently. One guy was telling us about his hunting trip in Wyoming for elk and mule deer.  They had to ride hours on horseback in the mountains in snow, sleep in tents, quarter their kill and haul it back.  Another guy said to me—that doesn’t sound like fun to me.  Another friend did a talk about climbing Mt Kilimanjaro to a Kiwanis Club and what he had to endure.  He said a listener said—That doesn’t sound like much fun to me. One woman paints her house and another walks her dogs or runs 10 miles. What is fun for one person sure isn’t fun for another. BUT if we want to get along with folks, we need to adjust to others' tastes, interests, hobbies, etc. Or not be around them.  WildWillie says—It’s a lot easier to sit on the couch and eat chips and complain while watching the news!

This was a heart warming event for me--It was our grandson, Jimmer's 10th birthday last Saturday. Three of his buddies in the neighborhood came to the house to wish him a happy birthday.  They just got done helping a person doing some yard work and the person gave them a $10 bill. They gave it to Jimmer for his birthday.  Jimmer told him that the money was theirs as they worked for it and they needed to keep it soooo he wouldn't accept it.  There are good kids folks.  

A new acquaintance who I made through a friend was telling us about her life.  She mentioned that she grew up poor (i.e. one of eight kids) and learned to live on little.  She said—It really wasn’t that bad.  She said that her husband and her have worked hard and have had it good through the years and now in their retirement have many options.  BUT she said—I could easily go back to the simple life I grew up with; it would be fine with me.  I could easily adjust again. Huh, interesting.

Recently I was in a bar having a beer with some neat guys while the neat gals were sitting at a different table talking about “God only knows what”!  In this group of guys there were two brothers who were wrestlers and one got beat in a hs match and his dad didn’t talk to him for 4 days. Finally he talked to his dad and hardly before he could start his dad said—getting beat isn’t bad but you quite; you didn’t try your hardest (i.e. he said, he was right). Getting beat will happen in life but if you have a quitting attitude in life and not giving your best, you will not do well.  Sooooo another guy told us that he asked their adult daughter why they never had to get her up for school. Her response was—I always thought it was expected of me (i.e. I wonder where she got that idea)!

Yes, I’m in AZ where it’s hot and dry (i.e. I don’t think that is going to change until hell freezes over).  If I don’t like the hot and dry, I’ll go back home to IA and scoop snow in the cold.  I have options but I will try to adjust.  Such is life.

Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:

erv

MyFriendJean said--Let your mind wander, but be careful when you follow it.                                                                                                                            

The tip of the day comes from a friend who is a good person (i.e. you know who you are).  This person says--What goes around comes around and don’t you forget it erv.  What you sow is what you'll reap. YaBut sometimes it doesn’t seem to go that way in my life. haha AverageJoe says--Just remember erv, life doesn’t always paint the complete picture. Life seems tooooo beat around the bush sometimes!