Trees

I had a great conversation today about how I look at life. I continued to think about it and delve into it deeper.
I see life as a tree. And that we have the power of choice in a destiny sort of way. Let me explain.
As you come to a division of a branch of a tree, you can choose to go one way or the other.  Once you choose the branch you immediately lose all other options that the other choice (or branch) had to offer. And you continue up the tree branch by branch, choice by choice.  So you have free will to make choices, but those choices have a certain set of outcomes.
A second chance isn't really a second chance.  You don't rewind and go back to that moment when you made the original choice and get the same outcomes that were provided then.  You may get to make the choice again, but you will have a completely different set of outcomes available to you.
Take a look at this tree, look at all of the choices (branches) and outcomes there are.  The possibilities are endless.  So you really can do anything, as long as you make the right choices in life.

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My next installment on commercials

I normally get a kick out of commercials that make light of serious things.  Got to have a sense of humor right?  But lately, I have had issues with certain commercials.  Last post I talked about the Highlander commercials, and how they are ridiculously snobby and teach kids to be snobby.  I don't see the humor in that.  In fact, it makes me NOT want to ever buy a Highlander.

The Staples commercial where the family gets robbed, but their computer is so old that the robbers leave it, bothers me ALOT! The family is so flippant about being robbed.  I don't see the humor in that.  A violation of your space, the fact that strangers were in their house and took their things, wasn't a big deal.  But we need to get a new computer!

Pretentious

I love my iPhone, I love my mac.  I HATE the new iPhone commercial though.  It is pretentious, if you don't have this ap, you don't have an iPhone...LOSER! Ugh, I want to to tell Apple to grow up.

And the Highlander ads with the kid, who mocks the kids whose parents do not have a Highlander.  Really? What is wrong with our society where these commercials are acceptable.  Way to teach our kids, aka the next generation to be spoiled pretentious little brats!!

Aaaaannnd Done!

Another Passport is done.  This year was a bit more difficult than most.  I lost Karen to a fancy job in Atlanta, I had some negotiating to do regarding my awesome volunteers, and I was out for jury duty for 3 weeks right before it.
I am exhausted and sore, and ready for some time off.  I had to go in on Monday, but I am off on Tuesday.  Back to work on wed. The weekend can;t come fast enough.

This year was another success. People really dug the country theme.  The band was good, the food was good, and we welcomed back the Ainsworths from Harmons Photos Ar' Nice. We will get some fun photos to share with our guests.

I will say I HATE HAY! That stuff is impossible to clean up.  I did my darndest. And part of me being sore is because I spent hours vacuuming the entire museum.  There is a lot of floor to cover.  Crazy!

I may be getting too old to do this stuff....hmmmmm.

A fun little photo for you to enjoy.  Handywork by Hollis.

Books I Read

I've been doing a lot of reading lately.  Not as much as others I am sure.  1 book a month is probably enough for me.  But my Sony Reader is awesome and allows me to read more efficiently.  I also have to read books for the Museum's Book Club.  I'm reading interesting and thought provoking non-fiction.  Would like to be able to add some fiction, but we have to be careful with that with our audience.

I have learned I actually hate holding actual books. I find it annoying. I don't like to put cracks in the spine, so to hold it without doing that makes reading a little bit more difficult.  I guess it's just an OCD thing.

Well, back to reading!

Good Weekend

I had an enjoyable weekend. Lt me tell you about it.

Saturday Morning I went over to the O'Dome to man the Gainesville Pet Rescue table at the Gainesville Home Show.  This is always a rewarding experience. People love to tell us their stories, of their adoptions, their pets, the animals they are feeding at their door. Some stories are happy and some are sad.  Many people left donations in our jar.  More than I had gotten in previous times I had done this.  Being able to tell people about the organization is always a positive!

Saturday afternoon was relaxing, did some laundry, started reading my book for the next book club, A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All. Obviously this month's topic is birds.  The book started out a little slow, so we will see how it goes.

Saturday afternoon (6ish) Carter and Brittany came over to watch the gators clinch the outright SEC championships.  Steve heads off next weekend to the SEC tourney.  After the win, we were sitting around watching some TOSH.0 and I had a brilliant idea to go to the airport to greet them back from Nashville.  Brittany had never gone, so we thought it would be fun.  Steve called Jeff to see if he knew when they were coming in and of course he had decided to go out there too.  So we all went out there (sans Carter) and greeted the team.  Billy Donovan was very grateful for our cheers and congrats, and the team looked tired! Brittany may have cried...we shall pick on her about this for about...forever.

Sunday I slept in and tried to enjoy the massive king size bed, which for a few hours I had all to myself.  Keegan did not like this idea and barked at me a few times to get up.  I begrudgingly did.  We ran sme errands and settled in for some more reading.

Steve made a lovely dinner of tender steak, backed potatoes and broccoli.  All in all a good weekend!

Swede in Me

Jag vill lära sig svenska.  I want to learn Swedish.




Thanks Google translator!

Positivity vs. Envy

There are days when I m absolutely disappointed in myself.  Today is one of those days.  Sometimes when you want something so bad and you just can't seem to attain it, it can make you envious of those that can have it.  No matter how easy or difficult it may have been for them to attain it, I believe that it was easier than my attempts.  Silly, absurd, not a good quality for me.  I don't wear it well.
Luckily, envy doesn't keep me from being happy for them.  This would be a good trait in my I can be somewhat happy about I suppose.

So I have to turn my attention to being positive instead.  Squash envy down low, tell envy I hate it, and be positive.

positive  (ˈpɒzɪtɪv)

— adj

tending towards progress or improvement; moving in a beneficial direction

A beneficial direction!