I was reading through my blogs, (I never denied being egocentric) and I noticed a very disturbing pattern. The doggie bed my sister gave my dog....The table Studmuffin's aunt gave us....the girls Halloween costumes...the Desert Rose dishes from The Original Prairie Woman... I did not like what I was thinking. "Andi, you are a serious mooch! Go out and buy your own stuff!"
I'm not a mooch! I'm not! Seriously! Cheap, maybe, mooch......Nope!
I had a sudden flash of packing for college....Most of those possessions were thanks to my sister, Paula...the iron, the lamp, the clock, well it goes on and on. My cell phone is from my niece, because a neighbor girl ruined mine, and then the one my sister gave me broke (notice neither of these instances were my fault...that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!) My mind started to spin circles (more than usual for those of you who wonder), I began to sweat (again, more than my usual sweat...this is paranoid sweat) and I became a tad concerned.
That caused me to take a brief inventory of my humble abode.
My bedroom furniture is thanks to a gift from The Original Prairie Woman....
My end tables are from Studmuffin's growing up years....
I have a dining room table that was my great-great grandma's...
The furniture in the kids bedrooms were thanks to my mom...
The hutch in my dining area was refinished by Studmuffin, but originally came from my mother-in-law...
The decorations are just as bad....
Have I bought NOTHING for myself?
Have I?
Huh?
Tell me?
What about my....? Never mind, that was a gift....
Thinking,
Thinking,
Hey I know! I bought my....Nah, that was a present too.
Think, Think, Think
Oh, this is getting painful,
Hmmmmmmmm
Oh crud, this ain't working out so well in my favor....
Remember that show Spin City? (I had such a crush on Michael J Fox as a kid, until I realized that I was probably taller than him, and like the rest of the short guys I knew, he might call me "Andre the Giant." Yes, my childhood was painful, but somehow I survived.) I'm sure I can spin this to my favor....
Let's see....
Okay, so maybe I get lots of gifts from people. Maybe it's not because I'm a mooch, but maybe it's because they all love me and want to bless me! I'm pretty darn lovable after all. Hey, who am I to rob someone of their blessing by helping me? (Thanks Paula for that little saying. I've been waiting for an opportunity to use that example...What do you mean you didn't mean it that way?)
Maybe I really am cheap...cheaper than I realized... That is a scary thought, dear reader, because I already thought I was pretty darn cheap.
Wait! I'm not cheap! I'm not a mooch! I'm eco-friendly! I don't waste a single item! It's called recycling! Not CHEAP, not a MOOCH, it's called RECYCLING!!!
Hey! Whoddathunkit? I'm green! Yeah me!
P.S. Aren't my posts boring without the benefit of photos? Maybe someone will give me a camera since SOMEONE washed mine! Again, I claim little to no responsibility for the aforementioned broken items.... So, as I was saying, if you'd like to bless me with a free camera, I'll bless you by allowing you to bless me. Hey, I'm just generous that way. Yep, that's me...I'm a giver!
1 comment:
LOL... If I had an extra camera I would send it to you, seriously. We are the same way our yard and house is full of stuff that other people have blessed us with. That was a fun post, Thanks for making me smile.
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