I am so excited right now! I finally got a new car!!!! Well, not new exactly, but new to me. And it does look exactly like a new one, because it has been so well taken care of. I'm talking about never spending a night outside of a garage-taken care of. It's a 1993 Buick Park Avenue, in perfect condition. I am just SO excited! LOL, of course, considering the car I've been driving, it's no wonder I'm happy! I'm one of those people that once I get a car, especially once I become attached to it, I just hate to give it up. My old car has been a great car, but it's an '88 with pretty close to 200,000 miles on it. It has been dependable, but is getting to the point where too many things are going wrong with it for me to drive it too far. Which is a problem. My job is 29 miles from my house each way. My church is 23 miles each way. That means I drive approximately 450 miles a week. Most of this is on country highways, with little traffic. Lots of deer, but not much traffic. I keep a cell phone with me for emergencies, but I'm so glad to have a car that I can know won't break down when I'm off somewhere! Of course, it's going to take me awhile to get used to driving it. This is a BIG car. It can hold six people. 4 doors, lots of room. Which is really great, because I wanted one that I can fit something in if I need to. My old car is TINY. Bucket seats, no backseat to speak of. LOL, I can actually turn it around in the street if I need to. That will never happen with my new one! It's going to be so nice to be able to have more than one other person in my car at a time!

Okay, enough rambling... Another survey, courtesy of Cyndi...

Favorite candy snack: anything chocolate. If I had to choose, Plain M&M's would be my absolute favorite.
Favorite holiday: New Year's Day. Because I always look back over the year and wonder what will happen in the new year. It's a fresh chance, a completely blank slate. It's also one of the few holidays I actually celebrate.
Words to live by: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
Are you planning to dress up for Halloween? Why/why not? What are you going to be? No, because I don't celebrate Halloween.
Any tattoos? Where and what? No, none. What? Don't tell me you're surprised! *g*

Yay, another survey's going around! I may be a little late with this, but after all, today is another day! LOL! This one started with Chris, I think. Here goes:

Current occupation: Assistant city clerk.
Do you have any thing you collect (or have alot of): Trixie books, of course! I also collect anything with cats, and Gone with the Wind memorabilia
Cotton or silky undies: cotton
3 words or phrases that describe you as a FRIEND: good listener, dependable, loyal
musical? what or how: I played clarinet in middle and high school. I now lead singing in my church, and play the psaltery.
Which side of the bed to you sleep on when you are standing at the foot?: Well, usually the middle. Or whichever side my cat decides she doesn't want! *g*
Have you ever had or do you have a nickname: Does my sister calling me "doofus" count? LOL!
Piercings. . how many and where: No longer. You can still see the holes in my ears, but they don't go all the way through anymore. Not that I want them to... :-)





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I've really been thinking today about how blessed I really am. Sometimes we don't seem to realize how much we do have until we see someone worse off than we've ever been. To see someone suffering because of choices they made, things they could have done differently, but realizing that it's only by God's grace and mercy that it's not us in that position. I was talking to a woman tonight, a woman who recently made the decision to get off of drugs. She's struggling, because the drugs destroyed everything in her life: her relationships, her home, her everything. She's clean, but is now having to start rebuilding her life. I felt so inadequate talking to her; having never been in that position, I don't know the words of encouragement she needs me to say. We are all so guilty of saying that we would never do something, or that something could never happen to us, but we never know what could happen that would make us do that. Who knows, maybe if my life had been different years ago, that could be me needing help. Maybe it will be me needing help one day. Maybe not that particular situation, but maybe one just as bad. I'm so guilty, too, of taking what I do have for granted. Not just material possessions, but family, friends, a great church, a great job, all of my friends in the Trixie community. I want to make more of an effort to be grateful for everything with which I've been blessed. :-)

Just testing my mood...
Hmm... I promise I really am not as odd as that comment makes me sound! LOL!

Yesterday went much smoother than I expected. I was actually able to finish stamping the bills (by hand, of course!) right before I had to leave work to rush to class. Yes, it was a very long day! Today went very well, especially since I was off! I go back tomorrow and work the rest of the week, but I enjoyed having today off!

Why am I here blogging when I need to be studying, or better yet, sleeping? I guess I'm just trying to put off what will be a very long day tomorrow! Normally, my job is pretty calm, but tomorrow, water bills have to be sent out. Usually printing them is no problem, but this month, our meter reader didn't start reading on time, so he still hadn't finished when I left work Friday. Which means that not only do I have to print out the bills and stamp them, but I have to put in all the meter readings first! Then, I'll have to go straight to class from work, so it's going to be a long day! So, I'm trying to put it off as long as possible! I don't think it's going to work, though...*g*.
Congratulations, Kathy J! I'm so happy for you!
Cathy, thanks for letting me know about the books you saw! You have mail!
OK, I really am going now!