Murmuring, Grumbling, and Complaining

I just got home from church a little bit ago. Had to stop and pay an arm and a leg for gas for my car. (sigh.....). What a drag. I wish God would have made us so we didn't need food, have to go to the bathroom, or sleep. Now, I know you are wondering what that has to do with gasoline. Well, it's like this...it's a waste. Eating, going to the bathroom, and sleeping is a waste. Paying for gas is a waste. It's what I call "paying for a dead horse". You get nothing tangible for your money. Eating, sleeping, etc. is a waste of time and food. Have you ever thought about that? Stuffing food into one hole only to have it, in a few hours (sometimes minutes!) come out another hole? I know that sounds gross but it's the truth. Think of how much stuff we could get done if we didn't have to stop to eat or sleep? Think of all the money we would save not having to go to the grocery store. If you stop and think about all the places we waste money, it can drive you crazy! Like haircuts - your hair is never going to quit growing (til you die). So, it grows, we spend $20-$30 to cut off an inch or two only to turn around 6 weeks later and do it all over again. I think I am going to grow mine out and wear it in a french twist like Olivia on the Waltons. So what if I trim the ends myself and they aren't even? No one will see them anyway. I can tell you, I'm really starting to get cheap. Oh, I like nice things but I hate to spend the money - especially when it's so hard to come by. I can't even enjoy buying fabric to quilt anymore. It seems like another waste of time.

Enough of that. Now I want to gripe about the weather. Just when it's starting to warm up a tad and the snow is all melted, we get another storm. My backyard is nothing but a slop hole. No problem if you don't have dogs. However, mine like to dig and the lab likes to run the fence line. He has the grass wore off into nothing but dirt. So........when they come in, all they do is bring in mud. We managed to get all the dog do-do picked up but now that the yard has thawed out, we can't get out there to pick up all the latest additions. Now, we are supposed to get 8+ inches of snow tonight. Yippee. When I left church, it had already started in. I guess I can look forward to going out in the morning before the grandkids come and shovel that long driveway and sidewalk. Wish I could just let it melt but I don't think my mailman would like me very much.

I guess that's enough of my growling for one evening.