Our Neighbors to the North...

We had a great surprise last week.  Our former next door neighbors, from when we lived her 5 years ago, were in town for a visit.  They are from NORWAY!!  I can say, without a doubt, that I never expected to see them again, after we moved away!  They came for dinner on Friday night, and it was wonderful to see them again.  Their three boys were cute when we knew them before, but they are all teenagers now, and any one of them can marry any one of my daughters!  Nice, boys, polite, well mannered, and handsome!!! 

It is what it is.......

I get crazy when people think that there is an ulterior motive for everyone else's actions.  When I can't say something that someone else will read the wrong way, or try to interpret to feed their own insecurities.  I find myself apologizing for not being more sensitive to the fact that someone else might think there is more to what I am saying than the simple facts.  I like to think I am an honest person.  I have a very hard time with people who lie - no matter what they are lying about.  We don't lie about our kids' ages to get discounts at amusement parks.  I try to stress to my kids how important it is to be truthful, even when it is difficult or costly.  And I try to be a good example for them in this regard.  Which is why I have a hard time understanding why my words or actions are questioned.  IT IS WHAT IT IS!!

On the other hand, I can't help but feel sorry for the people who live their lives looking over their shoulders, anticipating a knife in the back.  I suppose I am lucky and blessed to not be jaded.  To have had a great childhood - wonderful, loving parents who stayed married, and a husband who is faithful, and who I love more with each passing year.  I'd like to think that I would be happy and hopeful, even if that weren't the case.  But, I guess I will never know.  Nor do I want to find out!