Good Times and Bad

 We are currently hearing the words recession and more often the word depression about our economy. Now I have a very odd outlook an these kinds of things, in that I do not let my economic status or the weather for that matter determine if I have a good day or not. Many of you that have a had a truly traumatic experience in your life and have learned to appreciate every day a little more. I try to take joy in the simple things and those things that are truly important. I am going to work very hard here not to seem like I am preaching.

The Scottish have had a reputation of being frugal, kind words for cheap and stingy. I am pretty sure that in the play the Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge was Scottish. Many of you have cut back on your Christmas shopping by decision , or by necessity. It is in these trying times that rather than despair over what I can not purchase for my family, I have resolved to spend more time with them, Sean our thirteen year old still appreciates Dad being around, and I have to take advantage of that while I still can. I will not be too long before hanging out with Dad will not be cool. Just the fact that I still use the word cool, just shows you how out of touch I am. I stopped using the word groovy some time back, it embarrassed him. But for those of you that are single, you still have family and friends you can spend more time with. My Grandparents went through the depression and my parents were born during the depression. Cheryl’s family shares the same history. My Mom specialized in hamburger. It is amazing what you can do with hamburger, for some reason I still like hamburger, Cheryl does not share my attitude towards things like meatloaf, and the famous s*$t on a shingle, which was hamburger gravy over white bread. Unfortunately Haggis looks a little too much like meatloaf for her to appreciate the greatest of all foods. Well maybe the greatest of Scottish foods, or maybe not.