Happiness is…Having a food disposal that is clean, doesn’t leak and does what it is supposed to do. No, I didn’t have to buy a new one. The one you see is the one that yesterday looked very, very sick. Thanks God for my honest Mr. Fix It. When he first saw it he said that maybe I’ll have to buy a new one, but first he was going to check it to see if just by cleaning it, it should be able to perform. When he dismantled the thing, I thought oh boy, there goes the Christmas present for myself. Really bad, beyond words. It was installed all wrong. There was stuff all over the place. Use your imagination. But the nice little old man (probably he thought the same thing about me, this nice little old woman can use all the help she can get) went to work for over an hour, and by the time he was finished, it looked real good. My checkbook is $125 smaller, but what the heck, I have a healthy and good-looking disposal. That little old man is worth his weight in gold.
The picture on the right shows Christmas greetings ready to be mailed! An adversity brought the opportunity to sit down and write these greetings. As they say, every problem comes with an opportunity for something good. The issue here is to find that something good. I usually turn on my tv set after 5pm, so watching the monotonous and depressing news was not an option. My novelas in Spanish have their night-time slot., so I needed to do something while Mr. Fix It (that’s the name I gave him) was busy, so I thought, why not to do two cards while he is busy. Two became fifteen by the time he was finished. So I try to look for the golden thread on some situations. It doesn’t always work.
All in all, the disposal issue is somewhat like my generation. We might look rusty, out of shape and sometimes our parts decide not to work, but if we take the time to be centered on the important things in life, we can keep on going like the phoenix that rose from the ashes. Wow, that’s radical, but sounds good.
The moral with the cards I guess is…if I tackle whatever it is that I am dreading doing, with the doing, it becomes done! That one was simple.
Happy with a working disposal and some cards done…
Your Happy Contessa
P.S. I am sure you have noticed some errors or missing words in my postings, but it is not easy to write and then try to edit yourself. My apologies. Fill in the blanks when necessary. Thank you!
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