Friday, October 26, 2012

whining about the cold and see the funny side

So, yesterday was over 70 and I ran my scooter around town before work, today it was below 40 when I got up and I am whining and wrapped in a lovely, hand knit, from hand dyed yarns shawl and know my life is pretty good.
The bills are paid, extra paid on those I pay this week, 1 account once again paid off, still funds in the bank, gas in the truck and a job to keep earning the funds that support this life.
I did give Ben the Apple nano6 that was sent in exchange for my nano1, it has software issues, I reload the software and for a while it will play through and then it is back to repeating the same song, I change songs manually but that really stinks at work, very inconvenient.
I know I still have my iPod Classic that has 80g drive and lots of room for more music than I have in it but I want the new Nano, but there are no cases yet for it, skins, yes, at DecalGirl, even the library shelves skin that matches what I have on my Kindle and on my iPad, which is still not yet paid for.
So, no reason to whine, I can turn the heat above 71, the attic has sun streaming in the south window and is very cosy, the skies are blue and the temp is coming up, but I want to whine about the cold and about wanting a silly little techie device I do not need.
So, maybe I will pay a bit more on my Lowes account or my account that has the Apple devices, or maybe I will just be smart about money and remember that I have plans to go to a Mall next Sunday with the Cargill bus trip and that I wan to do soffit work the next weekend and the bill for the materials for that are over $260 which currently means pulling from slush funds to help pay for the materials.
I have plenty of great yarns for knitting, food in the house and I can afford to buy more, the phone and internet bill is paid for this month, the truck and scooter both have full gas tanks.
And I know even with the overtime slowing down or ending in mid-December, I can still pay the heat bills, the water bills, keep food in the house, gas in the truck and like the life I have, but I am going to whine a bit today about the drop in temps and know we here have been very fortunate with our weather and know I have a really good life.
Small issues, and a really manageable life with far more good 'stuff' in it than bad. 

Friday, October 12, 2012

Blue but working through it

I don't have a reason, I don't know where it came from or why but I am again battling the blues once more.  Finances are ok, work is ok, old house is making some progress, my life is stable so no reason to be blue.
We are working every Saturday so it might be just that my body is getting tired, pain levels are ok, in fact, considering the long hours I am on my feet at work, pain level is very low.
The knitting is going ok, starting the heel on a sock for Jake, Sharon's shawl is doing well, and I have plenty of yarn and needles to play with.
No problems with the dating relationship and so far this fall, we are not bitter cold or drowning so I can't blame the weather either.
So, I work on doing what has to be done, here and at work, and I know this will pass, I pay better retention to my eating choices, and keep my finances in order and know I will be ok, it will lift, the clouds do lift, and I get ok.