How much is that bunny in the window? And, why I usually answer the phone

bunny in the kitchen window with clover from the yard

And the window needs cleaning in the corner!

Do you remember these planters that were also an animal figurine? This one was very old and free. You know I love the price. It sits in my kitchen window. It makes the place feel homey to me. I love these little figurine vases. I don't ever remember anything like this sitting on my mother's kitchen window sill. Maybe I saw these in the homes of aunts or grandmothers when I was young. It feels familiar.

Above picture and text were a photo from a spring and published here long ago.  I have since cleaned that dusty window that looks horrible when it was just dust that did not show up as so nasty.

I have been complaining about harassing calls and people remark in the comments that they do not answer those calls. Well, there is a compelling reason why I do answer unknown numbers. 

Too many times to count, those calls are from a doctor's office. I have all my doctors' office numbers in my phone which means I know if one returns a call. WRONG! A nurse calls on a different line in the office and I miss the call because I did not recognize the number and often cannot get another call until the next day which is an annoyance and inconvenience for both parties. These are huge offices with dozens of lines for multiple nurses and multiple doctors.

So, I answer the phone unless I remember the number as just a sales pitch. That does not work either. These people have the ability to use a local prefix to call me which makes me think it is a local call. If I have advertised something for sale or given my number to someone, it all falls back on me when I answer these calls of scammers or salespeople. 

I have filled the reject/block list on my phone and cannot figure out how to get rid of these numbers. I filled this list long ago, and I figure those numbers are no longer used by the scammers. I thought a person at a phone store got rid of these so I could block more. Obviously not. So, I will try again. 

Granted, I only answer about three of these calls each day, but it is still a great pain. I do have reasons I answer the phone. However, I have to listen to the phone ringing about ten times a day when I know it is a person to whom I do not wish to speak. 

So, I do know not to answer the phone most of the time. Just before I started this paragraph, the phone rang, I checked it and recognized it as a number that I don't want. So, I let it ring. I can do this, but too often I cannot take the chance it is a number where I really want to talk to the caller. 

Do you ever miss a call because you ignored it, not knowing it was someone you did want to talk with?