Valentine's Day and other Commercial Holidays!

Well this may not be relevent to the Topic but LeeAnn and I finaly moved all our stuff out of the apartment down the road and we cleaned it and threw stuff away that we did not want to hang on to. So its bye-bye to our old place and hello to our new. I think once we buy a couch and a chair for the living room we will be more at home at our new place. Our old living room furniture is at LeeAnn's parents because it would not fit through the doorway at our new apartment.
I am just trying to get by with mine and LeeAnn's life now at our new place. There are plenty of reasons that anyone can come up with to spend money, I think the government and other corporations had this in mind when they tried to conjure up ways to make profit outside of taxes and whatnot. Ah! There's an idea! Commercial Holidays!.....
People will spend money because its part of the culture. If a relative's neighbor gets a valentine and the relative does not then the relative makes their relative feel bad so they have to buy to avoid the guilt for not buying for occassions such as Valentine's day. I mean Come On! My wife and I already had our Valentine's day...It was our anniversary on January 2nd of this year. I spent money then, but I gotta do it again. Why? My wife already knows she is my " Valentine."
I feel like I do not make enough money to enjoy these Commercial Holidays....
LeeAnn and I even talked about it recently, I asked her,"so what would you like for Valentine's day?"
"Uh, I don't know.What do you want?"

"Hmmm. Uhhh. I don't know............"
So there you have it. I am not very political, but why spend money I aint got.
I love my wife and she knows it so Happy Valentine's day, everybody, I hope you spend your money Wisely!

The Snow, The Move, Getting used to Life without certain Luxuries

My words will not do justice for the recent snow storm we had about a week ago. I will say that I have not seen nor do I remember a winter storm such as the one that passed by in maybe 10 years or more. It was fun to see a white layer over all of Nashville or all that surrounded our new apartment. Yep thats right...I don't remember if I have mentioned this previously but LeeAnn and I moved about a week before the snow storm. And I am counting my blessings for that, because we would have ran into a lot of trouble trying to round up friends and other sources of help in this winter mess. The snow was so bad that I was fish tailing up to our apartment 2 Fridays ago.
LeeAnn hitched a ride to work with her co-worker from Canada. She knows how to drive in the snow. And she has 4 wheel drive. Kudos to whom ever came up with that idea.
I wish I could have taken pictures of the snow, because it was unbelievable. I had mixed emotions about it. The kid inside of me was excited but at the same time I was not looking forward to having to drive in the snow luckily I didn't have to work and school was called off because my professor was snowed in.
LeeAnn and I have discussed our recent move into our bigger yet cheaper apartment. I think we came up with a list of things that we were not pleased with about the new place but we have a roof over our heads, we are not in debt, and we both have our health.
Thinking about all those things makes me feel more grateful, and I start to forget about the little inconveniences we have encountered in our new place.
The snow is long gone now but it is still freezing out side. It may seem like a bummer to have more extended winter weather but hey if I can make it everyday in this weather, going to work and to school, and other places, I will be just fine in the spring and summer time.