Time's a Wastin'

It  seems like yesterday that I wrote in this blog, but I know it has been much longer than that. You know my time just wastes away, mostly while I am trying to decide if I want to write anything or not, and then when I decide that I should, I don't know what to write about. Do you have that problem?

Lately I have been reminiscing about  time wasted and lost. When I first was married, I thought living on an acreage or small farm would be wonderful, you know the fresh air, the unencumbered breezes, the smell of nature at its finest. I bought an acreage. It had no facilities, a pump for water, and a clothesline in the side yard. The furnace consisted of a small gas stove in one of the two rooms downstairs and a wood burning range in the kitchen that had a reservoir for heating water and  do the dishes and whatnot. We even used that for washing our hands and face. The upstairs was a real gem. Two bedrooms without doors, and you didn't have to go outside to enjoy the breezes either. You could just stand at the top of the stairs and smell those wonderful odors of farm life and enjoy the breeze as it waved between the boards on the side of the housr. I have to tell you we had it all. All of the misery you could ask for in that modern age that is.

We moved from there, after two years of hardship, and decided to return back to the real world where we purchased a rreal house. It was about twenty four feet each direction, had a furnace, inside plumbing, a detached garage and a fenced in back yard. Now, this was really moving up in the world. I had wasted over two years of our lives by that time. No, I wasn't out of work, as a matter of fact I had a great job; it started at 6:00 AM every morning and ended at 2:30 PM every afternoon, just in time to come to the acreage and start the tractor for the evening chores. Those two years made time go slow, and I figure now that it was just time a'wastin'.

Since that time I have moved my family into seven states, seventeen different places to live, and tore them from ever thinking of a normal life like other folks. Some folks just don't enjoy life like I have. I have a friend who stayed back home and took a job and at the same time I turned one down with the same company. He stayed there until he retired. He drives a new car every year, plays golf at least three times a week, has a very large, and new, home, two kids, seven grandchildren, and seems to have a great life.  During all of those boring years he spent at the same company, I had two jobs, spent twenty years trying to convince myself that being in business for myself was good, and finally retired with a shirt on my back, a small home on the lake, and a lot of time to waste. I have none of those problems he has, getting up early to go to the golf course, putting up with all of those kids, and having that big house to maintain. Just imagine the worry he has every time he parks that new car wondering who is going to hit it, or key it, or do something else to it.

Today, I spend somewhere near five hours a day on the computer with email, blogs, web sites,   miscellaneous stuff like PCH contests, and other not-worthwhile things. I am still a wastin' a lot of time, but you know what? I look around and see most of my old buddies have bit the dust. Yeah, they just folded in the card hand and gave up. Maybe my time of waste wasn't so bad after all. I never suffer from work related stress, I argue with no one, but in stead just leave when I get fed up with the way things are or the way they were back when.

Now here I am, married to wonderful gal from up north, living in mid-south, and enjoying this wasted time immensely. Why not join me and we will start a new world of just doin' nothin' but wastin' time.

Tom and Jake Enjoy Writng Their Books

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Jake is now five years old. He is still inquisitive, loves everyone, and wishes he could talk. No doubt he thinks of himself as my little boy since I treat him that way, but if you have a pet, you know what I am talking about.

Jake's books of color photographs in the 8x10 size with descriptions of the photos, questions for the kids about color, numbers and other things wereoriginally written for my step-grandchildren and my great grandchildren, but have been enjoyed by many other children over the past couple of years. The latest Jake book is a gift book designed to give for Valentines Day, Birthdays, Christmas or just to say "I Love You" to your favorite child. There is a place in front for your picture and a note or two from you...this is a keepsake book of 184 pages...for the price, it can't be beat by any full color, 10x8 size book.

My newest book is  "Deavereau, and the Napoleon Clock Incident.". If you like suspense and unexpected endings, you will enjoy this book and meeting Deavereau, the new handsome detective and his beautiful sidekick.

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