Hasn't anyone in the media ever heard that thinking positive thoughts brings positive energy and continuing to focus on the negative brings about more of the negative? I guess not, since they keep reporting how thousands of employers are shedding jobs and giving pinkslips right before the holidays. Maybe if they focused on how the new president's policies will pull us out of the slump and bring new freedom to America, things would start to get rosier. But really what do I expect since if you turn on the 10 o'clock news all you see are the murders, muggings, and molestations that have happened in the course of a day. No merry, mutinous, molasses for them.
So how about if I tell a funny story to liven things up and keep focused on the positive...
Last night, we didn't answer the phone so someone called several times and hung up without leaving a message. (Yes, I know, I'm probably the only person in the nation without caller id.) My husband says, "it's probably the bank calling to sell us something again."
So this morning, the kids and I are eating breakfast before running out the door to school. The phone rings, I jump up to get it - it only rings once and hangs up. Then it happens again--same thing. Then one more time. After breakfast, I'm in the kitchen and it rings again and a second time, exasperated, I grab it and say "hello".
It's my grandmother (who's known for not leaving messages) and she wants to know whether movies she's getting the kids for Christmas should be VHS or DVD. I say DVD but not that Blue-ray because we don't have that (of course we don't since we don't have caller id). I don't have the heart to tell her that they stopped making VHS several years ago. And I certainly don't have the guts to call her a phone stalker! Instead, I email my sister the story and she laughs because she's been stalked by her too.
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