Siggy’s Blurbs

We dried our clothing the old fashioned way.  We hung them up on the rail of the shower bar.  My wife was amazed:  let them hang there long enough–they eventually dried.  Our drier did not work.  We have been waiting on a back-ordered part for weeks now going on months.  It was a Maytag and we finally complained to its master company, Whirlpool.  The letter was dated almost three weeks ago and we have not heard from them.  We even included our E Mail address.  Whatever happened to good customer service?  Of course, this was the way clothing was always dried before the advent of electricity and driers.  It was now winter time and we could no longer dry it on the clothes line we had set up in the yard.  Thank God our washer still worked.  You have to do, what you have to do.  You need clean, dry clothing.  My wife, though, liked doing the laundry.  I just had to put away my own clothing.

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Yesterday it hit 16 degrees and today was 34 and it seemed warm.  I wore the same clothing.  Yesterday when I went out it did not take long for me to become chilled.  I would reach for my gloves right away.  I wanted them just for the fifteen feet walk to the car.  Come April or May, 34 degrees will seem cold but today I was grateful it hit that temperature.  Your expectations define the weather.  I almost considered today to be a heat wave.  And praised the Lord for small favors.  Everything is by grace.  Even the temperature outside.

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Feelings can be somewhat deceiving.  I wake up every morning depressed–at least it seems that way.  I don’t take too much stock in it.  I’ve learned, as a rule, the first hour I am awake I don’t feel good.  It usually lifts after I am up for awhile and I had my morning coffee.  That is just par for the course.  It has something to do with my metabolism.  I only get concerned if my depression lasts beyond the first waking hour.  Feelings can be deceitful.  Sometimes they are totally due to physical reasons.  And I always look at that explanation first.  I am also careful how I eat.  After a certain point in the morning, I make sure I eat something substantial and keep away from sugar.  Your diet can matter.

Tags: depressed, eat right, metabolism, morning coffee, mornings, sugar, your feelings
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