Christmas downs and ups.
People don't tend to have problems anymore. Today they have issues. Now I did have real problems over the last week. My furnace wouldn't turn on. The cold sucks. I have a new respect for Polar Bears. Yep, had to call a repairman. Then during that same period, a big leak developed in my basement. Once again, had to call a plumber. Got one of those Covid Booster shots during all that and unlike the other shots this time I didn't feel good for a couple of days. Then my favorite shoes just broke. They didn't wear out, they broke. I didn't even get to wear them out. Thanks, a lot Sketchers. At this point I think to myself, I'm close to being Amish. If my cable goes out or the car breaks down, I might as well become Amish. I think I could pull off being Amish except I'm kind of an Indoorsy guy. Sorry Levi and Elam I'm going to pass on helping with the Barn Raising, I'm going over to Fannie and Lavina's to make Sun Tea. With this time of year, we all are more hopeful and caring. I'm sure you have a Christmas Wish or two you yearn for. My Christmas Wish this year is that if I have a cable problem. I'd call and they'd say: "We'll be right over. See you in ten minutes." My second wish is if I call a business & need to talk with customer service. I'll end up talking to a person whose English is not their second language. Hi there Zimran, how is the weather in Pakistan? I did have something that was a display of Christmas Magic that I'll share. This past weekend the wife and I were at the grocery store. It was crazy busy with long checkout lines and we had too much in our cart to attempt self-checkout. While the couple ahead of us were checking out I yelled up to the woman who was bagging her own groceries. I said: "You are doing a fabulous job. If you could bag our groceries that would be nice. If possible I would prefer paper bags instead of plastic. You just make it look so easy." Now I was just teasing. A few minutes later, I hear my wife say, "Look honey, she's bagging our groceries". She bagged all our groceries and I of course thanked her. She said she didn't have time to take them to our car.(Her husband was still standing off to the side with their cart of groceries.) I told her no worries, we'll manage. And off she went with her husband and groceries. My wife reminded me how I was going to get punched one of these days. I told her that I'll never stop believing in Christmas Miracles and the power of a compliment. She asked if I still believed in Santa Claus also. I told her I certainly do. Like I told our grandson the other day, "The Christmas you stop believing in Santa is the Christmas you start getting clothes for gifts.
