Time well spent

I”ve noticed that my wife has a large collection of broken watches.  Now to be honest, some of them are not really broken, they are in her jewelry box with dead batteries.  I asked her why she doesn’t replace the batteries in them and wear them and her answer has been that the replacement battery cost more than the watch did!  And then she explains that she just can’t bring herself to throw them away. 

She always has been one to keep things beyond their useful life.  Sometimes that frustrates me, sometimes I think that’s a good thing!  Maybe she’d be tossing me out the door too!  I know there are times she thinks I’m past my useful life!

For our next wedding anniversary I’d like to buy her a really nice seiko diamond watch.  She deserves to have a watch that isn’t a “throwaway” watch like the rest of the watches that her brothers, sisters, and parents have given her over the years.  I’d like to buy her one that is nice enough to wear when we go out someplace nice, but not so fancy that she can’t wear it every day.  I’d like for her to think of me whenever she looks at it.  And I’d like for her to consider that our time together has been time well spent.

Farewell to one of my favorite shows

Although my favorite television show is Burn Notice, I also greatly enjoyed watching the television show Monk. I liked how it depicted that even people suffering from mental illness can become productive members of society. And in this particular case, Monk was a very productive member of society. I honestly cannot say that I’ve ever seen a Monk episode that I didn’t like. I watched the series finale of Monk last night. I was so glad that they did not kill off the character. The ending left open the possibility that Monk could return in the future, either as a series or as an occasional special. I hope and trust that there will be Monk reruns to watch either on the Internet or on Television! I have not had my fill of them yet.