In My Humble Opinion

My humble opinion today is something that makes absolutely no sense to me and I'm interested to see if other people share my opinion on this one. So, every week day I walk with Noah to the bus stop. It's right around the corner from our house and he could certainly walk by himself but this morning walk gives us an opportunity to talk about the world around us.

As we stand on the sidewalk and wait for the bus, I noticed that one of the houses still has their Christmas decorations up. It's well into March at this point in the year! That makes no sense to me. At least they took down the Christmas inflatable that was still in their yard in early-February. But what about the lights and garland and all the rest of it? We've had plenty of days and weekends with nice weather so that can't be an excuse.

A couple days this week, I went for a walk around the neighborhood after the bus left and I noticed that another house one street over still had Christmas lights on their trees.  There's another house on the corner of my street that still has Christmas lights up on their house? I don't understand it. It's March, people!

The thoughts in my head go like this:

1. Has something happened to the people who live here? Are they not okay? Has anyone seen them recently?
2. Is it a military family or a missing person situation where they're not going to celebrate Christmas until their family member comes home?
3. Do they need help getting their Christmas lights down? Need to borrow my ladder? 

Maybe I need to go over there and ask if I can help? No, I'll just sit here and complain.

Faith in Humanity: 

Now it's your turn. How long do you normally leave your Christmas decorations up? I usually leave mine up at least a couple weeks into January just because I'm busy, but never longer than that!

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In My Humble Opinion

In My Humble Opinion ... rule breakers in the school parking lot

Some parents can't follow the rules in the car rider line

Do you have kids that you have to take or pick up from school? If so, you might need to vent about this topic too.

When I have to drive Noah to school in the morning, there is a specific traffic pattern that drivers are supposed to follow for the car rider line where you drive in the drive-thru line and wait until you're in front of the school before your child can exit the vehicle under the watchful eye of the staff. If you're not going through the car rider line, the policy is that you must park your car in a designated spot and walk with your child across the crosswalk to the sidewalk. But there are many MANY drivers who do not do this. They just pull into the parking lot and let their kid out and then drive off.

To the school's credit, they have sent out several reminder letters to all parents about the parking lot policy. It's not that hard to follow the rules. All the kids know the rules. What kind of example are you setting for your child when you're not even willing to follow the rules? To me, there is no excuse for this behavior.

Sure, the car rider line takes a few minutes. Sure, you have to wait your turn. But the safety of YOUR OWN kids is at stake here. Is it going to take an accident to get these parents' attention? It makes no sense to me. None.

Faith in Humanity: 


Now it's your turn. Who can relate to the car rider line at the schools? Tell me your worst experience in the car rider line in the comments.

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In My Humble Opinion

The other day, we were at Target letting the kids pick out something to buy with their Valentine's Day money and my mom ran across this journal that reminded her of me. It's called "In My Humble Opinion- A journal to vent about why people are like that and why all the stupid things they do are so obvious to me, from not using their turn signals to believing they're the center of the universe to sweating the small stuff to ignoring the fact that we're all just trying to make our way in this insanely crowded world but some of us are doing it a whole lot better than others." Do you like that nice, long title?

I'm blessed to be one of those observant people who notice all the stupid things that people do. I guess I'm not all that great at keeping my opinions to myself so I thought I'd share some of my journal entries here on the blog and you can add your humble opinions in the comments below.

First off, let's talk about restaurant seating. 

In my humble opinion ... if I bring my party of two to your restaurant when it is not busy at all, you should not give me a tiny two-person table right by the noisy kitchen. You should give me a nice, four-top in a quiet part of the restaurant. Or heck, you should let me sit pretty much anywhere I want. This is a huge pet peeve of mine. 

Mike and I used to go to a certain restaurant on our date nights and three or four times in a row, they sat us at a tiny table right by the kitchen when their restaurant was basically empty. I barely had room for my chips and salsa and my drink. By the third time, I was pretty irritated and I was not being very friendly to the waitress. Mike had to remind me that she wasn't the one who sat us at that table. 

We've been back since then and we haven't had to sit at the table by the kitchen, but the last time we went there our table was leaning to one side and was unstable. I guess if it's not one thing, it's another. This is why we rarely eat out. And we can get better food at home too. It's a win-win.

Faith in Humanity: 

What's your opinion on restaurant seating? Post in the comments below and be sure to start with "In my humble opinion ...". 

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