Which is more important? It’s a tough call.

The other day we almost ran out of TP. In the whole house.

I’ve decided that TP is VERY important to me. Almost more important than food. I know that sounds pretty dramatic, but seriously, you can live for a while without food. But you’re pretty much stranded without TP.

We’ve recently had a lean time in our finances. I needed to buy food, and TP, and it got me thinking…..”If I only had enough money for food or TP which one would I get?”

Hands down, TP!

One of my favorite things is a stock pile of TP in the house. I wonder how that would sound with Julie Andrews singing it.

I am so thankful for TP!!

I’ve always thought raccoons were cute little fur balls. From time to time in my life I’ve seen them close to the house. Once while my Mom was canning apricots she put the apricots that hadn’t been done yet on the patio. As my brother’s and I watched T.V. that night, we were amazed that the raccoons came right up to the sliding glass door and where eating the apricots. Brazen! They weren’t the slightest bit shy about being so visible to us. I was amazed by that.

One year when my darlin was the scout master in our ward, he and all the scouts and other leaders were at scout camp. They were gone for a week. Sometime in that week we started hearing noise in the vicinity of the fireplace. I knew something was in there, but what I didn’t know. When my hubby got home I told him. He checked in the chimney, and sure enough there were baby raccoons, and a mama! Not a good thing. We tried for days to encourage them out, and nothing would work. Finally after a week or so, we started smelling something strange. My darlin checked in the chimney, and found the mama and one of the babies had died. Ouch! We needed to get them out of there, but how. If we didn’t get them out soon, the house, and all around it was going to stink. We might have to move out. After many attempts at pulling them out the top of the chimney, hubby finally had to pulled them out the bottom, which meant they came through the house. You can imagine the mess. We almost had to call one of the disaster clean up services. Not quite, but I wanted to. There was quite a mess around the fireplace, and I cleaned and cleaned. After the cleaning, we covered the chimney with a special cover. I don’t ever want to have that experience again.

Raccoons are super cute, only if they don’t die in your chimney!

Do you have wonderful people in your life?

I do!

The most wonderful people bless my life.

Sometimes, they’re the ones that I don’t see everyday, just once in a while, or the one’s who I don’t think about too often. They’re the one’s that are all around me, as I go throughout my days.

They are the people whose example and life inspire and motivate me to be a better person than I would be, if I didn’t know them. They are sometimes the people I take for granted. My family, friends, and neighbors, and even those who I consider acquaintances.

When I see them and I realize it’s been a while, I feel so glad to see them, and so blessed to have them in my life.

I feel so grateful for them.

I know they love me, and I love them. Even though we don’t see each other all the time, and we get busy in our lives, I know they’re there, loving me.

And I know, they know, I’m here loving them.

I love you wonderful people who bless my life!

One of my favorite stories about my father-in-law involves

his amazing whistle.

He has this whistle that can be heard for miles.

Back when all of the children in my husband’s family where young, it wasn’t uncommon for them to be scattered all over the neighborhood playing with friends on a daily basis. When it was time to come home, my father-in-law would whistle for the children.

The whistle would start with one long whistle, followed by a distinct whistle for each child.

One by one they made it home.

Many years later, my sister-in-law’s were all attending a church meeting. Grandpa was helping tend the grandchildren. One of the babies needed their mama. Grandpa went to the building where they were and whistled outside the building. Sure enough, within a few minutes here came the girls.

Years later when my darlin and I had children all around the neighborhood, he would do the same thing. He had one whistle that told the children, “Come home!”

What a great memory.

When I was sixteen, I got my first job.

Let’s go to Dee’s, let’s all go to Dee’s, let’s all go to Dee’s and the family all agrees.

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Do you ever come across a great thought or quote,

and can’t stand the idea of not keeping it?

I have.

When ever I receive a nice little thought or come across a great quote, I have to keep them. The problem is, then I end up with stacks of these and I can never find them when I want to read them or use them.

I came up with an idea. It’s not perfect, but at least I know where they are and I can look to find what I’m looking for. I call it my “Thought and Quote” book. I know clever, right?

What I did, was take a journal type book, and glued the thoughts and quotes right to the sheets in the book. Easy! Now they’re all together, and easy to find.

What is a staple?

A large office supply chain? A piece of metal that holds papers together? No, neither of those are what I’m thinking about. What I’m thinking about is a basic dietary item. In some families, basic dietary items are: flour, sugar, rice, or corn. Those are staples at our house too, but they’re not the only things. I’ve decided that there are a few other staples at our house like: milk, cheese, tortilla’s, Pace picante sauce, peanut butter, tortilla chips, fruit snacks. I’m sorry to say we don’t eat as much fruit and vegetables as we should, but we do eat fruit and vegetables. My goal is to make fruits and vegetables more of a staple. Then maybe I can be called the staple-er!