What are they thinking?

Have you ever hurt yourself and let out an audible little "ouch" or something only to have a family member from another room respond back with, "don't hurt yourself." As opposed to what, "try harder next time" or something to that affect? I mean really...what are they thinking!

This just gets me going at my house if someone makes that mistake with me after one of my own little oopsies. Then the lecture begins; 'So you are implying that the alternative is that I was trying to hurt myself and that I'm so prone to this behavior that you need to remind me that this shouldn't be my objective.' This is only level one of the lecture, because the recipient of said lecture almost always responds with a, "well, no." Which opens the door to level two.

Level two then goes on to point out the facts that somehow eluded the well-wisher which include, but are not limited to the following: I'm an adult, this is not the first time I've performed this task, If you had fixed it in the first place..., of course I wasn't TRYING to hurt myself--are you implying that I'm incompetent? and so on. Level two is usually accompanied by a louder version than level one as well.

The solution is simple; upon hearing someones mishap, respond rather with a question like, "do you need help" or " can I get you anything." Now you are part of the solution and not the problem.

Happy Holidays y'all!

Did you Trick or Treat?

Well, this season came too quickly this year. Seems that it's happening like that more and more each year now. Funny how that was NEVER the case when we were kids! Remember counting the days until your birthday or Christmas? And time seemed to reverse if you were watching the clock trying to get out of school. Suddenly it seems to just fly by and all I hear are friends, co-workers and peers all asking for more of it because there just never seems to be enough to get everything done in a single day.

Huh, a single day...Why do we want to do so much in so little? My kids think I'm crazy when they hear me mumble something similar to that request 'for more time' every now and again. They just cock their heads and furrow their bows in a quizzical nature. What happened to getting our work day done and then debating how much rippin' and runnin' we could do before we HAD to go to work all over again the next morning? And why aren't sleep-in-Sunday's still in effect? I remember at one point in my life, they were mandatory!

Well Fall fell and Hallows Eve has past. Hearken the call of Tom turkey and get out your best pie recipes because in just three weekends, Thanksgiving will have descended on us and without waring, Christmas will all to soon follow, as it always does. (So much for getting in a few winks of shuteye.) Seems there is always some pressing 'emergency' with more family oriented events so close together. Fair thee well weary readers, fair thee well.