40… a partially positive reflection :)

Yeah, after the pity party of my last post, I thought I should list some of the things that I have going in a positive direction in my life.  After all, if all I do is gripe, God may see fit to throw a little Job-action my way to wake me up… and I ain’t ready for that 🙂

God is good.  He sent his only begotten Son to die for my sins, and that’s pretty cool.

I have a wife whom I love and who loves me.  Yeah, believe it or not, she loves me!

I have two sons that I would die for… when I’m not wanting to strangle them because almost all they do is fight with each other with the sole intention of driving their mother and me insane.  I have to remind myself that they are gifts from God and I need to cherish them… which I do.  I’d also cherish a little brotherly love from them from time to time 🙂

I have (finally) a decent house.  I wish we wouldn’t have had to waited this long to get a decent place, but patience is a virtue that God is trying to teach me (of which I am, I believe, a horrible student.)

I have a job that doesn’t suck (finally.)  I like what I do, I feel like I make a difference in the course of our business, my boss is easy to get along with and my coworkers (although the most eccentric group of coworkers I have ever worked with) are all good people that I, for the most part, get along with.

I like snow.  It is cold and pretty and it covers up the imperfections of the dead earth created by fall.  I really like snow and am thankful for it.

Nebraska isn’t really that bad.  Ok… yeah, it’s pretty bad, but things could be worse; I could live in Texas.

I have good friends with good senses of humor (have to have a good sense of humor to be my friend or I’ll drive you completely stinking insane!)

I love my dog, Buffy.  She is AWESOME!  Beagles rock… even 10-year old ones that shed like there’s no tomorrow.

Life is, for the most part, pretty good.  Now that I got the sentimental crap out og the way, I can get back to the griping.

4 thoughts on “40… a partially positive reflection :)”

  1. Blogging is funny isn’t it? In some ways, it’s like a journal where you can vent and get things off your chest. But then again, it’s so public that you find yourself feeling guilty for letting it “all hang out”. It’s not much fun when you start getting messages like “Are you ok?” “Need to talk?”. Ha!

    Thanks for the token sentimental stuff so we all know you aren’t going off the deep end. 40 is tough, at least that’s what my husband says. And personally, I’m not opposed to you becoming filthy stinkin’ rich if the opportunity comes your way. Just remember your cousin in KY.

    Otherwise, just come hang with us sometime and we’ll make you feel rich. Ha!

  2. Happy late birthday you old s.o.b. how old are you now, like 45. he he. Damn, this just never gets old for me.

  3. what is “out og the way” (last sentence) ha, first typo ive seen in your blog,,spell check must have been down that day. And dont even think about correcting every spelling mistake i make, cus i just doent cair.

  4. Lee… glad you found a typo… for the first time. You won’t find many ’cause it’s hard to be perfect with typos. As far as my age… you seriously aren’t that far behind 🙂

    Nancy… it’s not at all a feeling of guilt about what was written (’cause there ain’t a word of it that’s untrue) but more feelings of disrespect for the lack of thanks for that with which I have been blessed (which I feel I’ve addressed.)

    Lee and Nancy, it’s not as much about any sort of monetary-gain as it is about personal accomplishment… which will follow shortly 😉

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