The year was 2001 and I remember the day I moved into my new home and stared at all the white walls and I wondered what the hell I was going to do with it all.  So many colors to choose, what if I screw up and the house comes out like a circus or a freak show! My husband reassured me and said it was only paint. OK, so that made me feel better.  As I proceeded on my journey to make this home something beautiful I decided I wanted earthy tones but not beige because everyone knows beige is boring.  As I walked out of the Benjamin Moore store I recall feeling quite proud of my purchase of Peanut Shell Paint. I was excited. 

As we put up our first coat of paint I remember what my hubby said to me. He said, “Hun, do you have some jelly to go with this Peanut Butter?”   I wanted to kill him but I burst out laughing instead.  My walls really did look like a Peanut Butter sandwich but we loved it and we still love it to this day. 

You see, I had a vision.  The vision was that once the carpet, furniture and paintings were all in tact the walls would exude a sense of comfort not one of hunger pangs.

When it comes to blogging,  I often feel like I’m staring at that same blank white wall. When I first got started with blogging I knew I had more stuff to say that I did not think there would ever come a time that I might actually run out of something to say.  Well, this is a half truth.   The other side is that what I really want to say, I can’t.   I can’t because it might (a) get me fired or (b) get me in all kinds of trouble with a whole lot of people.   Now, I don’t have bad things to say about my employer or anyone in particular (and shame on you for thinking that) but what I want to say might just …. stir the pot.  It might raise some questions, raise some eyebrows, raise some debate and controversy. Would that be a bad thing?  Either case,  I have chosen these past few months to sit in silence hoping something else of interest might come to my brain and ultimately land on the keyboard.

Nope. Nothing. Not a damn thing.

So here I am staring at my peanut butter walls, with my laptop, hoping something magical might occur.

Sometimes, silence is golden.

*Silence is golden is a proverbial saying, often used in circumstances where it is thought that saying nothing is preferable to speaking