Fond Farewells...Okay, JUST Farewells

Saying goodbye is sometimes a fun thing. I enjoyed saying goodbye to the "Bekah of Yore" from 2006 and working on new things for 2007. But I have to say, there are some things that I did not anticipate kissing goodbye. And so far - not really enjoying it.

#1. My trusty string of Christmas lights in the kitchen. Let me explain to you my lighting situation. I believe my kitchen light fixture was the original light bulb. It is one of those SUPER old fluorescent circular situations. I learned earlier this year that to replace said set of bulbs costs $18.00. At that time, I began making plans to just replace the whole thing with something that uses NORMAL bulbs. In the meantime, the fixture has decided to only work on a part time basis. Usually it works when natural light shines in and doesn't when it's pitch black outside. So I depend on my string of Christmas lights in the area above my cabinets to provide light. But last week when I took down my string of garland from above the cabinets, I must have slightly moved the strand of lights. And as a result, last night I broke two bulbs in the cabinet door. I saw smoke, so I'm guessing I need to replace the whole strand. Sigh. And that strand had been working so well for so long!!

#2. Half price nights at the local coffee shop. I'm sure this is one of God's ways of trying to help me out in my "road to health" in 2007. As I walked into the bookstore/coffee shop last night to get a new set of highlighters for my Bible, I saw a sign posted on the door saying that they would no longer have half price latte/cappuccino nights on Mondays and Thursdays. I go EVERY WEEK on Mondays and Thursdays whether I need to or not - just because it's a good deal. I have to say that this decision of theirs is very disappointing to me. It's the second rather significant change that store has made in the last WEEK regarding their cafe section, and I think both choices were bad ones. I think this especially considering that lots of people buy gift cards there. As you'll recall, we just had a major gift giving holiday, and there are some people who received cards and counted on using them for food and half price drinks!! I will refrain from climbing on my full soapbox about it, but it makes me sad. I won't be able to go as often now, and I had really enjoyed that.

#3. My hair dryer. It broke this morning - fortunately at the END of my drying extravaganza. I've had that dryer since college, so I suppose it has done well for me. But a girl loves her hair dryer. I'm trying to see the positive here...so also fortunately, it broke (the on/off switch broke off) while it was ON, so I can just plug it in and go until I get a new one. Still...I wasn't ready to say goodbye to it just yet. Oh the annoyance of replacing the practical things of life. Not nearly as much fun as buying a new book!!!

They say things come in threes, so maybe now I'll get three hellos??

PS - after I wrote that, I said goodbye to thing number four. It was a piece of mail. I was on my way to the office mailbox to put in a letter. It was in my right hand. In my left hand was something I needed to shred. Our office doesn't have a real shredder anymore. We only have a "shred box" where we toss everything and then some company comes and picks it up for us and shreds it. I knew this was going to happen to me eventually. I shredded the mailing. I threw the wrong thing into the box. I kissed the mail goobye and kept the shredding in my hand. Good grief.