Cheap Thrills

To those of you who read my entries, I want to say thank you. Thank you for your comments! I've made a decision that I am no longer going to state on my blog any intentions of blogging more! Because it seems that every time I do that, I blog less instead of more. My intentions of blogging more are overrun with the activities of each day. And then I feel guilty like, “I said I’d blog more…gotta blog....gotta blog more...aaaaaaah!!” I wonder how many times I’ve typed about how much I want to blog, and then don’t post anything for weeks. That must be really frustrating to those of you who faithfully check and read my entries! So...nuff said...I shall "write" on Paint the Truth when I can, instead of when I want to (which is way more often than I can). And when so much time passes with no new postings, it's usually because there’s too much “other stuff” going on, or I’m just not mentally or emotionally at a place where I feel “up to it”…hope that makes sense. I’ve had a challenging last few weeks! (Nothing horrible---just challenging.) A few times I sat down to blog and just couldn’t keep my mind on it. When my mind is severely distracted, I can’t write a paragraph to save my life!

OK, so now---about the cheap thrills. I will tell you about two items of fun that we have recently been enjoying. One is a $7.00 electric fly swatter.

I know that $7.00 may seem like a ridiculous amount to spend on a contraption invented to end the already-short lifespan of an insect, but this contraption is really not just a fly swatter. It’s an hour of free entertainment on a Friday night! It even provides some traces of physical exercise (trying to chase the bug), which is always a good thing. This bug-zapper actually electrocutes the bugs when you touch them with it. We have had the windows and screen door open this summer, so we get our share of flies and little pests coming in the apartment. It used to be annoying, but now it’s like FUN when they come in—because we get to ZAP them. It’s kind of mean, but hey-God gave us dominion, right!?? A-HA! When those little critters meander into our living room, they don’t know what they’re in for! ZAP-o!

When I was in 3rd grade, we lived on a ranch in Tecate, CA and it was across the street from a chicken farm. We had so many flies, it was really disgusting. I remember it so clearly. Dad used to pay us a nickel for each fly we could kill, and we took that income offer very seriously. But we did it the old-fashioned way! If only we could have had the bug-zapper back then! Dad would not have been able to supply us with enough nickels! We would have been raking it in!

The other fun item I want to recommend-especially to those of you who have feline friends-is a laser light which I found at Wal-Mart for about $2.50. It's a small little laser-beam-on-a-keychain, battery operated. This is hands-down THE BEST CAT TOY we've ever owned! Our kitties go CRAZY chasing the red dot down the hallway and all around the living room, even part-way up the wall. They cannot resist the red dot, and they are soooo cute chasing it everywhere. They get all tired out and then they’re really cuddly afterwards, which is always nice.

Sometimes the best fun comes from unexpected sources. ;-)