No Nagging From Relatives Permitted
I WARNED you, my husband and our two dogs do not do something exciting every single day !
I should have just been crabby Saturday, instead of aspiring to be such a PollyAnna, because it WAS a total rip-off that I had to work and last night I saw my "paralyzed" neighbor talking on the phone and mowing his lawn. (That is the joy of living in Fairfield...everybody "knows" everything, before it even happens.)
Do you ever get a fit and think that you don't have any normal friends or even wonder if there IS normal people in the world to be made into friends...I mean, I have one lady that totally adores me, loves me, clings to me, agrees with me, compliments me, drives me absolutely out of my mind. I have another friend who only has to spend ten minutes at my house or talk to me on the phone and she has some raging story about the attrocities of the Troyers. Another friend...well she is worth at least a week of blogging, and I still wouldn't have her figured out. Honestly, I think I am on a fairly even keel as far as my personality and relationships. Calling all others who are just interested in being friends with me in a nonclaustrophobic, loyal kind of way. In all fairness and honesty I do have a friend here that meets my ideals in almost every way. She is a strong christian, a very loving wife, a good mom to her three children, and when I am with her, we talk for hours and we agree about the way we feel in most things, because we actually DO - not just because I SAID IT. However, with her being a busy mom and my job we don't have lots of chances to get together.
I am grumpy today. People annoy me.
Tonight after work I am going to pick up a 48" round table, 4 chairs and 1 lounge chair for our "patio" that is actually kind of a car port, but it is a lot cooler than in the house. They are black wrought iron and I got them all for $50. It was advertised in the paper,and when I saw it and tried to call the line was busy...with nothing more pressing to do I hit redial approximately every thirty seconds until I got through. The lady had been out golfing all morning and when she came home she had like eight messages. She was calling the first lady back when I kept getting the busy signal. That lady said she would come over at 2 or 2:30 to look at it. The owner promised not to call any one else until after she was there. But since I called her, she said I could come look at it awhile, and then if the first lady didn't show up if I wanted it, I could have it. I loved it, and the first lady never showed. I am the proud new owner. Nothing like a little competition to sweeten the deal.
I should have just been crabby Saturday, instead of aspiring to be such a PollyAnna, because it WAS a total rip-off that I had to work and last night I saw my "paralyzed" neighbor talking on the phone and mowing his lawn. (That is the joy of living in Fairfield...everybody "knows" everything, before it even happens.)
Do you ever get a fit and think that you don't have any normal friends or even wonder if there IS normal people in the world to be made into friends...I mean, I have one lady that totally adores me, loves me, clings to me, agrees with me, compliments me, drives me absolutely out of my mind. I have another friend who only has to spend ten minutes at my house or talk to me on the phone and she has some raging story about the attrocities of the Troyers. Another friend...well she is worth at least a week of blogging, and I still wouldn't have her figured out. Honestly, I think I am on a fairly even keel as far as my personality and relationships. Calling all others who are just interested in being friends with me in a nonclaustrophobic, loyal kind of way. In all fairness and honesty I do have a friend here that meets my ideals in almost every way. She is a strong christian, a very loving wife, a good mom to her three children, and when I am with her, we talk for hours and we agree about the way we feel in most things, because we actually DO - not just because I SAID IT. However, with her being a busy mom and my job we don't have lots of chances to get together.
I am grumpy today. People annoy me.
Tonight after work I am going to pick up a 48" round table, 4 chairs and 1 lounge chair for our "patio" that is actually kind of a car port, but it is a lot cooler than in the house. They are black wrought iron and I got them all for $50. It was advertised in the paper,and when I saw it and tried to call the line was busy...with nothing more pressing to do I hit redial approximately every thirty seconds until I got through. The lady had been out golfing all morning and when she came home she had like eight messages. She was calling the first lady back when I kept getting the busy signal. That lady said she would come over at 2 or 2:30 to look at it. The owner promised not to call any one else until after she was there. But since I called her, she said I could come look at it awhile, and then if the first lady didn't show up if I wanted it, I could have it. I loved it, and the first lady never showed. I am the proud new owner. Nothing like a little competition to sweeten the deal.
posted by LMT at 5:03 PM
6 Comments:
Now who would ever have ANYTHING bad to say about the Troyers?? EW!!!!!:( Oh I know that they arent perfect at all...but who is? EW!!
That last comment was a little dingy..I know..but still!! LOL!!
As for friends..I know that real good friends are few and far in between.
Hmmm... friends! I am trying to figure out where I fit in. Probably
the lady that agrees, compliments, and drives you nuts. Or maybe I am the one that goes away with all the
"Troyer" stories. Or maybe you will begin to blog a week on me. (That would give you something to write about.) Actually, since I didn't hear from today, I am probably under the category of "people that annoy me."
The reason that she comes up with all that stuff ( and she doesn't just tell stories about us ) is because she is a very insecure and jealous person. For years I thought that somehow I could help her by being her friend, and all kinds of noble ideas. I still want to be a friend and do everything I can, but at this point it doesn't look too hopeful. You can only get burnt really bad so many times by the same person, before you realize that for the sake of your own sanity, maybe the "friendship" should have a little more distance in it. I found myself turning into a negative- cynical- " lets make fun of our husbands "- kind of woman around her. That truly scared me.
Yea, I know about friends that just kinda sap you of your energy. Mostly I have a wonderful set of friends...but I have also "met" the other kind..
Yes Arlene--you truly do have a wonderful set of friends!!!:) I have had all kinds and because of circumstances in my life--I think I've found some of the"true blue" variety--Its amazing though how the tough times brings the quacks out of the woodwork!!!! Where do those kind of "friends"come from????? I'll keep my "true blues"!!!!!!!
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