Back to normal, despair

Remember how around the holidays I found myself feeling more able to speak without stumbling over my words?  Well I am now back to my normal pattern of misspeaking, mumbling and various other speaking issues that make me hard to understand.  I really need to try to slow down and think about what I am saying most of the time which probably makes me sound even dumber.  It frustrates the hell out of me.  It has to be some sort of chemical thing.

We heard back from our accountant yesterday.  We are getting back a nice chunk on our taxes.  It was plumped up 1300 bucks as a result of our purchase of a hybrid vehicle, quite a nice bonus.  I knew we would get a tax bump by buying the Camry but I didn’t think it would be that much.  Just another reason we love that car.  The tax money will more than pay for the sprinkler project, the zoom bleaching, and whatever fun we do with my Dad when he comes down.  It’s a good feeling.

Over the weekend when I was outside scurrying back and forth working on my sprinkler project, I had a moment where I mentally stopped and thought to myself “Damn, it’s mid February and I am outside in shorts, working  around the house, that is is awesome”  When I first moved down here I had moments like this all the time, almost pinching myself by how great it was to be able to be outdoors during winter and escape the snow and bitter cold that I disliked so much. From accounts I received from PA, yesterday was an extremely miserable winter day with snow, sleet, ice and bitterly cold temps.  I just smile when I hear about these days.  As with everything else, over time, you take it for granted and no longer appreciate what you truly have.  We are very lucky in that regard.

Years ago I stumbled across a website called despair.com.  They have made a business of making a mockery of those inspirational posters you see hanging in businesses everywhere that have dramatic pictures and “atta boy” sayings like “Shoot for the moon, if you miss you still wind up in the stars…” and other BS like that.  Despair uses powerful pictures along with sarcastic, biting statements that are far more anchored in reality.  Their sense of humor is right in line with most of my ideas about existence.  Here are a few of my favorites.

These are  only a few of my favorites, there are many, many more.  Take a second and check out their site if you want a good chuckle.