Friday 10/23/2008 Wishes

I’m rambling again but…

I wish…
• telephone etiquette was still taught in grade school.
• I understood more about what’s happening in the Middle East and could then understand why we are at war.
• fitted sheets were as easy to fold as flat sheets
• ladybugs went back to their own homes in the fall, not into mine
• the weather forecasters were right at least some of the time.
• the lighting in the rest of the world made me look as good as the lighting in the powder room at my house does.
• my puppy would figure out the difference between a kiss and a bite, sooner rather than later.
• people would clean up after their dogs
• commercials weren’t louder than the show you are watching, causing you to leap for the remote to reduce the volume.
• I could tell everyone how much they mean to me.
• I understood that forever isn’t measured on a calendar, but in your heart
• I could fund all the causes that are important to me
• all those that want babies could have babies and those that don’t…don’t.
• I could play the piano
• I worked for the NHL
• we all were given time off work to volunteer at schools or in programs with children
• I paid more attention to Mrs. Kuhl in 4th grade, I’m sure I’d have better penmanship
• someone could figure out how to stop gym shoes from making that squeaky noise on the floor, and then I might like basketball
• it wasn’t so sadistically funny to give your dog peanut butter and watch them try to get it off the roof of their mouth.
• I understood why I am offended when some people call me Ma’am and charmed when others call me the same thing.
• I knew how to shut off the smart-ass in me sometimes.
• I was adventurous enough to take a piece of Godiva chocolate without looking at the guide.
• I was as confident as people think I am.
• I had a job that made a difference in people’s lives.
• sleeping in on the weekend meant 8 or 9 am not 6:30 am.
• we all routinely performed random acts of kindness.
• for world peace, duh.
• Gas prices were the same for gas with cash, credit or that silly car wash option.
• I didn’t crack up when I see someone driving this time of year, in a costume.
• people had the respect for small town police and fire fighters that they did when I was a kid.
• I could sing as well as I have fooled myself in to thinking I can… I’d be a rock star.
• I knew how to pick a ripe melon.
• I had someone warm and snuggly in my bed at night. Oh wait I do… a 14 week old, 13lbs puppy.

I should be careful what I wish for…