March 24th--Building a Mystery

1. When I was on my mission, I used to sing Sarah McLachlan songs in the shower everyday. It wasn't the most reverant thing to do, but it made me feel better. We were asked to "consecrate" something to the Savior as we celebrated His birth my last Christmas and that's what I consecrated. It was hard.
2. The last two times I've gone to Leatherby's for lunch, we have been waited on by the same friend. Gwen is her name. Now, I have traditionally enjoyed friends named Gwen in the past, but this friend...not so much. It's pretty obvious she enjoys making less than minimum wage and providing mediocre service and aspires to nothing higher. Good for you, Gwen. But do we ALL have to suffer for YOUR apathy?
3. The next time you go to Leatherby's, follow these helpful tidbits: A. Don't let Gwen wait on you. If this means you have to take your own order, cook your own hamburger and mix your own milkshake, it will be worth your time. B. Be aware that the "medium" banana split is roughly the size of, oh, say THE TITANIC. Unsinkable, their "medium" banana split. I'm so grateful I didn't order the "friggin' huge" banana split.
4. Kid barf is s-t-i-n-k-y and sticks like superglue to clothing. Just a heads up and a pretty delightful thought right after lunch talk. Sorry Jim.
5. I think I have a brain tumor. Headaches every day. Don't tell Scott.
6. I've inherited a frog named Walter. He's my chicken.
7. WE HAVE A CRISIS! I REPEAT: WE HAVE A CRISIS!!! I just ran out of lotion mid-um, lotion application. Now my hands are sort of moisturized but not entirely. I feel paralyzed. If I continue with a different scent, the two will mingle and could smell weird. If I don't, I'll have only sort-of moisturized hands which is completely less effective. I NEED SOME PEAR LOTION! STAT!!!
8. So I need a "slogan" for our family. Someone suggested "8 out of 10 parole officers can't be wrong!" I loved it but used it instead for our family "blog" (see link below and to the right a bit) so I can't very well duplicate. Someone else suggested "An eternal family--one more reason why we're better than you are." While it's very fitting for the culture in which I'm surrounded, I don't want someone oblivious to sarcasm to take me seriously. Any clever ideas? The only thing I came up with was, "The family that vandalizes together stays together."
9. Have we ever discussed that I think it's funny when people fall down? Well, once I know they're okay that is. (I'm not a COMPLETE jerk!) I don't know what it is--maybe just because I fall down so often myself. It just makes me chuckle.
10. I feel like baking. Not just like cookies, though. Something insane like a 6-layer cake. The problem with this, though, is that once it's done you have all this food that you have to eat and I'm not in the mood to EAT cake, just BAKE it.

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