Facebook

I don't check my Facebook as often as I used to.  I either get bored or irritated with the posts of "what I ate for lunch".  What I forget is that Facebook is also a place for those to reach out and ask for help.  Whether it be for a prayer request or a simple, "does anyone know someone who can/does..."  When I checked my page today, I found atleast four prayer requests from friends/family who needed them.  I said a prayer and posted some words of encouragement for anyone who may need them today.  My page is to stay connected to family and friends who are so far away.  I do my best to drive out the negativity in my head at some of the posts I see and I know people use it as a place to vent.  I understand their frustration toward certain matters because I feel them too.  Sometimes, I want to lash out and scream at the world but putting it out for the public to see is not the best thing to do.  I don't want my negativity to rain on someone else's sunshine so I try my best to stay out of the rain clouds.

Have a very happy Tuesday everyone and I hope you all stay warm!

Animal Nuissance

Since my husband and I have been together, we dreamed of living in the country.  We love the privacy and freedom that we have.  Our entire marriage has been living in apartments which of course everyone knows your business.  We lived in subdivisions which you are limited to how many cars you can have in the driveway, what kinds of trees and shrubs you can plant and forget about owning a boat or RV because they have to be store elsewhere which costs money.  I guess what I am getting at is that no matter where you live there are downsides.  I absolutely love living in the country with our small 8 acre plot of land and our 1800 sq. ft. home but with open land you get unwanted guests.  I know that I invite them but I can't stand to throw my left overs in the trash so I dump them on the edge of the woods for the animals to eat.  Occasionally I get dogs that wonder from our neighbors property.  I don't mind most of the dogs that come onto my property, it is the dogs that come onto my property and terrorize my dog and bark constantly.  I hate to be mean to animals but I can't let my dog out without her being harassed by these dogs.  They are those small irritating dogs that have a tendency to bark without reason.  These dogs were running off the birds, deer and turkey that roam through my property so I had to take action.  My son has several airsoft guns so after about half an hour of trying to figure out how to load the stinking gun, I figured it out and proceeded outside to shoot the pesky little buggers.  They of course were then scared of me walking out there as opposed just yelling at them from the door.  They continued to growl and bark at me but once I popped one of them in the butt with the airsoft gun they quickly ran.  They ran alright! They ran about five feet until they realized that it didn't hurt all that much and I kept missing them with all other shots I let out.  So, I ran at them like a crazy woman still cocking and shooting the gun which made me look like the crazy old lady screaming and yelling for no reason in her pajamas.  

I am not an animal hater nor do I randomly shoot at dogs just because they are on my property but when they are scaring off the wildlife and harassing my dog, then I have to take action.  I cannot and will not shoot to kill an animal (unless my life or the lives of my children are threatened), I just want to stun them enough to scare them.  I feel bad about being mean to the cute little dogs but I just can't have that around my baby nor will I have my own dog being harassed in her own yard.  I actually have some dogs that come to me and love to be pet and my husband and son also give love to most of the dogs that come around.  Some of them are to much of the free spirit and they are skittish so we don't bother them and they don't bother us. 

Drivers

   I know I am not alone when I say some people should not be allowed behind the wheel of a car, truck, bus---whatever it is they think they are qualified to drive.  I live in an extremely small town so the quickest way to the nearest city is by getting on the interstate.  Today was not unlike any other that I drive into town and what I mean by that is the other drivers did not disappoint.  I realized today that there are three main types of drivers.
                      1) the drivers who border on the speed limit and 5-10 under and are in the left lane;
                      2) the drivers who are 10+ over and weaving in and out of traffic just to get off on the same exit as you and be stuck at the same light you are stuck at;  that one makes me smile; and
                      3) the drivers who stick to the speed limit plus 5 or 10 over.

   The fast drivers who are clearly speeding but think by getting in the slow lane and getting on my bumper and then quickly passing me and getting right back in the slow lane is going to lower their chances of getting a ticket.   What about those drivers who border speed limit and 5-10 under who are in the left lane going the same speed as the person in the right lane!!! ROAD BLOCK!!  Gotta love their thinking, "I think I can, I think I can!" Most days I try not to let it bother me.

   I am not really a road rage driver but my husband hates when I drive because I talk to other drivers like they can hear me...don't you?  I call them names and ask them what they were thinking, knowing all to well that I won't get an answer.  I am not a complete expert on driving but I clearly know putting your blinker on after you have crossed the yellow line is NOT enough time to inform other drivers you want to change lanes.  

I think you get my point and you hear about it all the time and I am sure at some point you have seen it or done it yourself.  I try not to do it  because I know how I feel when it happens to me and I am a firm believer in "KARMA"  and "what goes around" TRULY "comes back around"!

Have a great day everyone.