Granny here,
Nothingness, is that a word, I don't know about that but it sure is the state of a lot of people these days.
Seems that in today's world of technology many people find themselves with nothing to do, nowhere to go and no one to do anything with if there was that much to do.
Seems to me that the day of wanting to spend time with your family or your friends instead of gadgetry has long passed. I see a society that can't stand for others to invade their space, take up their time that they would rather spend with the "I's" in their life, by that I mean IPhone, IPad, IPod, and (I'm sure there are some "I's" that I don't know about ) who knew that I would become so important?
In years gone by our time was spent with each other sharing our lives in a way that this generation will never know nor understand. It was a time when one never felt alone or deserted by those they considered family and friends. In today's world if one can hold on to one or two people that are a constant part of their lives they have accomplished more than most.
Grandchildren use to respect their grandparents holding them in high esteem and looking to them for love and consideration. Now a days grandparents are lucky if they see their grandchildren on holidays and special occasions unless they are raising them which is too often the case. Adult grandchildren often leave the grandparents in the past while they are moving into their future which is true of adult children too in many cases.
I can remember a time when children had a favorite aunt, uncle, cousin and now sometimes they don't even know who these people are because they spend all their time with some form of technology. If they can't hold it in their hand they considerate it and old fashioned concept.
Well, I am here to remind you that there are too many things that technology can't do. It can't console you when your heart is broken, it can't see the hurt in your eyes when life is going bad, it can't take you in it's arms and tell you that no matter what you are loved, yes, technology has it's place in today's world but it's not to take the place of each other leaving us in a state of nothingness.
Granny here, just saying!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014
Simple Pleasures
Granny here,
Life has it's way of giving us simple pleasures and today I was given one, some extra time with my daughter. Just some couch time together facebooking, reading our Zite magazine, just time together. Enjoyed some food not that I would classify it as "good" but it was filling and I was thankful to have it.
I am thankful for all of God's blessings no matter how small or insignificant they may seem to others. It pays to be thankful for the small as well as the large. God can be found in all things if we just look and I want to be found looking more and complaining less.
Time spent with those we love is time well spent in my book even if you aren't doing anything earth shaking. That kind of time gives your world a calmness and a contentment that nothing else can and I appreciate those precious moments that she was willing to spend with her grandmother and myself.
All too often families become separated by life's happenings and forget what time spent together can add to their lives. Let us all remember that the life you see someone living is more than likely waiting on you down the road so take a little time out of your day and give it to someone you love and remember that love isn't love until you give it away.
Love you Sherri.
Granny here, just saying!
Life has it's way of giving us simple pleasures and today I was given one, some extra time with my daughter. Just some couch time together facebooking, reading our Zite magazine, just time together. Enjoyed some food not that I would classify it as "good" but it was filling and I was thankful to have it.
I am thankful for all of God's blessings no matter how small or insignificant they may seem to others. It pays to be thankful for the small as well as the large. God can be found in all things if we just look and I want to be found looking more and complaining less.
Time spent with those we love is time well spent in my book even if you aren't doing anything earth shaking. That kind of time gives your world a calmness and a contentment that nothing else can and I appreciate those precious moments that she was willing to spend with her grandmother and myself.
All too often families become separated by life's happenings and forget what time spent together can add to their lives. Let us all remember that the life you see someone living is more than likely waiting on you down the road so take a little time out of your day and give it to someone you love and remember that love isn't love until you give it away.
Love you Sherri.
Granny here, just saying!
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Just Do Your Job
Granny here,
Had some experiences this week that sent me into the state of frustration which doesn't take much but none the less not a place I enjoy going. With all the cold weather we've been having lately the last thing you want to happen is your heating system going on the blink. Voile! not once but twice in less than thirty days. Yes, twice in a month, now if that isn't enough to send one over the edge I ask you what is?
This heat pump seems to love to run on anything but normal. Last month it didn't heat at all for days and I had to use space heaters and the oven to keep us from freezing to death and with a 95 year old in the house, one can't fool around with heat. Boy, did we pay for that to the tune of $472.00 to Cleveland Utilities. This month a repeat of the same thing and so calling the insurance company again for the fourth time since buying this house is becoming commonplace.
I gave them a call and waited, and waited and waited. So I called the company that they had told me would be doing the repairs and they informed me that they had not received a work order from the insurance company and so therefore they didn't have the authority to come out. So I called the insurance company again and discovered I was speaking to someone in California so I'm sure they were concerned about the cold in Tennessee. She informs me that a glitch had happened and the work order had not been sent but she would see that it was taken care of.
Finally an email arrives stating that the work order had been sent to the heating repair company at 11:41 a.m. Then the wait began again, twelve o'clock, one, no repairman, finally around 2 p.m. two men from the repair company arrived and worked until around 3 and finally determined that the thermostat was the culprit and decided to replace it.
Now with some cold weather still in our future I can sit on pins and needles waiting to see if the system is going to function properly. Nothing like sitting on the sidelines waiting on the black cloud to fall again. But until that happens I'm thankful that I had the money to pay my bill last time and so thankful for the insurance that keeps picking up the tab.
But I still have a dream that when you call and put in a request that those on the other end of the transaction would do their jobs so that the process can progress as needed because sometimes these situations could have dire consequences for those having the difficulty.
Granny here, just saying!
Had some experiences this week that sent me into the state of frustration which doesn't take much but none the less not a place I enjoy going. With all the cold weather we've been having lately the last thing you want to happen is your heating system going on the blink. Voile! not once but twice in less than thirty days. Yes, twice in a month, now if that isn't enough to send one over the edge I ask you what is?
This heat pump seems to love to run on anything but normal. Last month it didn't heat at all for days and I had to use space heaters and the oven to keep us from freezing to death and with a 95 year old in the house, one can't fool around with heat. Boy, did we pay for that to the tune of $472.00 to Cleveland Utilities. This month a repeat of the same thing and so calling the insurance company again for the fourth time since buying this house is becoming commonplace.
I gave them a call and waited, and waited and waited. So I called the company that they had told me would be doing the repairs and they informed me that they had not received a work order from the insurance company and so therefore they didn't have the authority to come out. So I called the insurance company again and discovered I was speaking to someone in California so I'm sure they were concerned about the cold in Tennessee. She informs me that a glitch had happened and the work order had not been sent but she would see that it was taken care of.
Finally an email arrives stating that the work order had been sent to the heating repair company at 11:41 a.m. Then the wait began again, twelve o'clock, one, no repairman, finally around 2 p.m. two men from the repair company arrived and worked until around 3 and finally determined that the thermostat was the culprit and decided to replace it.
Now with some cold weather still in our future I can sit on pins and needles waiting to see if the system is going to function properly. Nothing like sitting on the sidelines waiting on the black cloud to fall again. But until that happens I'm thankful that I had the money to pay my bill last time and so thankful for the insurance that keeps picking up the tab.
But I still have a dream that when you call and put in a request that those on the other end of the transaction would do their jobs so that the process can progress as needed because sometimes these situations could have dire consequences for those having the difficulty.
Granny here, just saying!
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