We're all mad here

I collect payments and do accounts receivable once a month. I get a lot of payments to process. Because it's that time of the month again and I go through this every single month (for years), I must ask who the brainiac that invented the perforated sides "easy-tear"  checks is, because I would like to have them sit down with me while I am doing the opening of payment envelopes and give them every one of the ones that are like this and make THEM open them. While they rake in all the money for their brilliant invention, those who have to deal with them suffer. They're crazy hard to open and they take so much more time. When you're processing payments and you have a bunch of checks but you don't have an assistant to do anything for you, this sucks up time. - Add to that, if you are OCD, many times the edges are uneven and won't plug off the excess properly. I like a nice smooth line because I use a check scanner from my bank, and yes, I'm OCD,...

Yesterday, a friend and I met at the cemetery and walked through, visiting as we went. It was storming and the sun was starting to set. Hence, I would like to share these pictures of the most gorgeous sunset I've seen in a long time.  When I got in my car, the sound of the rain hitting the roof of my car was massive. I thought it sounded like bacon sizzling in the video I took.  It's the first rain we've had in a long time, but it didn't last for more than 15 to 20 minutes!

A good friend of mine mentioned something in his blog: Small Accidents Synchronicity...and Everything in Its Place that triggered a memory of my father. Sometimes my dad was a truck driver, mixed in with all the other many things he'd done for a living over the years. On one of his trips he had an accident. This isn't the kind of accident that immediately comes to mind. It was definitely classified as “something else”. His reasoning for getting upset over it was also something else! To explain dad a bit, WORK mattered more than anything else. Also, he couldn't stand to spend 1 penny on anything that wasn't absolutely 100% necessary. He could convince you that nothing was really necessary just to save a penny. That included any illnesses or injuries that other people would think a visit to a doctor would be necessary for themselves or another family member, no matter how old or young. Repairs were mostly duct tape and bailing wire. Buying anything new was incompr...