Only Time will tell

So often we go along in our daily lives with tunnel vision. What I mean by that is that we are so focused on ourselves, our families, our jobs that we fail to see the things that happen around us. Usually we notice the bad things because public media helps accentuate it but what about those things that you know the sun is shining down on at this very moment.

Case in point, I went to the grocery store yesterday and noticed that it was pretty cleaned out. This is saying something for a WalMart. I mean all of the water and some other essential items. And then I walked down the dental aisle and this man was buying all of the small packages of disposable toothbrushes with toothpaste. He also had a lot of miniature trial size items. I wondered why and then it hit me. The reason the store was cleaned out was because everyone was buying for the Moore, OK and other Oklahoma cities individuals that were stuck by the Tornado tragedy.

I had a major incident in my life happen recently that made me feel a little sad but it took that to make me see and say to myself. "I am really quite blessed".  Just remember that every day that you can exist in this world on your own.

Until Later

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Magazine Hunt

I went on a magazine hunt this weekend. I needed some additional material for the art journaling I do. One of the women in my group suggested that I try Half Price Books. Not that I wanted to pay even half price for magazines that I knew I would cut up but that was better than full price. So I hit a couple this weekend. I gotta say, that was a great idea. I am not really a magazine girl. Most of what I read is either via Internet or newspaper. But I found the issues that were roughly a year old to only be $1. A great bargain for me.

So $15 later I had some great selections. My favorite was National Geographic because it had some great backgrounds on almost every page. I only bought 2 but those will probably last me over a month. I also grabbed a think Vogue because I love shoes and clothing. An Architectural Digest and a few Garden Digest issues. The Oprah ones I already had from a couple of days ago. What I also found were some great clearance books that had life's sayings as well as some poetry that I think would really describe me. The name of the book was "angry girls". Need I say more? My son thought I was crazy by getting old magazines but now that he is seeing what I did I think he might actually try it himself. As long as he doesn't resort to cutting up textbooks, I don't really care. )

I am posting one of the entries I completed this weekend. I have to remember to date them.

Until later BloggerLand...