Have you ever wondered why some folks get on Xanga it seems just to bother people and be mean? I have always wondered why they do that. The very people they try to destroy without really even knowing them could have been a great and lifelong friend if they had only taken the time to get to know them. Close friends are hard to come by and I guess close friends take up a lot of time because to become close, you have to spend time getting to know them. Xanga is nice that you can get to know folks you would never have had a chance to meet much less get to know and become friends. You do have to be careful what you share with people here that you have never met, but as you get to know them better and they open up to you, it's easier to open up to them. Yes, it can be dangerous if you are not careful....and that's what is weird and sorta why I'm writing this, those who want to hurt others, if they could only see the friendships they are missing out on maybe they would think about what they are doing. "Trolls" as they are called her on Xanga really miss out, but then I think a lot of the so called "trolls" are simply other Xangans that are nice on the site that people know them, they just have this need inside them to hurt folks, so they start up a site just to troll! That's sad, why do people want to deliberately hurt other's. If it's because they were hurt themselves, why not treat others the way you wish you had been treated.

I guess it's that same old thing, if everyone is nice all the time it's boring, so some think you have to spice it up by starting stuff by being ugly to folks. Again, how can you try to hurt someone you don't even know and have never met? Like I said, a friendship that could've been! This is just something I have been thinking about for a while and thought I'd share it. Some people don't want to reach out to others for fear of being hurt, but how will you know if you don't reach out to someone. Sure being hurt is always a risk, but the chance of making a lasting friendship far outways being hurt. Just be careful who you reach out to and how you reach out. I hope I've never hurt anyone on here, but I'm not perfect with my words so if I have hurt anyone on here I'm deeply sorry. It was never meant on purpose. Well, that's enough rambling for today, I consider many of you good friends even though I have never met a one of you in person. Have a blessed week friends!

~Grampy~ 

Anybody feel road hard and put up wet? Take it easy today!

What is the craziest thing you have ever done to try and save a few buck? I have several if I sat and thought about it, thats just how I at least used to be. If I could do something myself instead of pay for something or for someone to do it RIGHT, I always did it myself.

Here is my story of saving money by digging my own trees up out of the woods. I had always wanted pretty Dogwoods in my yard. When I was younger my dad would go dig trees up for the yard of the new house we had moved into, but we never could get a dogwood to live. Well, when Grammy and I got married she had a house with only one tree in the yard. I liked trees and she liked Dogwoods too. I had dug up a couple of maple trees of some sort and they were doing great in the back. Well, I decide its time for a nice Dogwood. I go find a nice looking Dogwood in the fall when its cooler and best for digging up trees. I dig it up and get it planted in just the right place. As I look at it I think, boy I can't wait till all those white flowers start to bloom.

Well, the next day I began to itch like crazy and break up in a bad rash. Oh yeah, it was poison Ivy, something I am HIGHLY alergic too. It spread all over my left arm and got so bad it looked like I had been severely burned. It got infected and it hurt so bad I couldn't even lift my left arm and a knot formed under my armpit. I ended up having to go to the Dr for it.

So, I dug this tree up thinking I was saving $35 instead of buying one. I end up paying $30 for a Dr visit, and $60 for the meds and to top it off the watch I was wearing had to be thrown away. I put it on a few months later after the poison Ivy was gone and got poison Ivy again from the watch. So that tree that was supposed to be free cost me well over $100 and to top it off, the tree died.  I don't know the moral to the story because the house I am in now I dug up some Dogwoods and Redbuds and they LIVED and are STILL alive. It was just one of those times in your life that just makes you shake your head. I guess the moral to the story maybe is wear gloves if you dig trees up in the fall when there are no leaves to show you where the poison Ivy is.  

Now that you are done laughing at me,what is something you have done trying to save money and ended up spending more than what that something cost? Have a goodin friends!

~Grampy~