Happy thoughts

Maybe things are getting better. Obama is ahead in the polls (cross my fingers, throw salt over my shoulder, knock on wood) and I just filled my car's tank for $46.00 istead of $60.00. Gas for $2.95 a gallon!

Heartbreaker

I think he is so handsome.

I asked how he liked the whiskers I had given him. He told me, "They're not perfect. But you did your best."

My mormon food storage

I was at the store the other day and EVERYTHING had gone up in price. I mean EVERYTHING. The stock market is diving and people are loosing their houses and it seems like the world is going to hell in a hand basket.

My Mormon instincts kicked in to overdrive. I wanted to load my cart with bags of sugar and flour, jars peanut butter and boxes of powdered milk. WHEAT! I need WHEAT! Not to mention batteries, first aid supplies and a gun. I used all my self control and stuck to my list with the exception of some extra boxes of baking soda, containers of salt and a huge bag of brown rice (I don't think my kids would eat wheat even if they were starving.)

And then I went back the next day and bought 25 lbs of sugar and flour. (I have gallons and gallons of water right next to the wine rack.)

Canyonlands #2

They say that bad things come in 3's.

1) We arrived after dark and the campground was packed. No moon. Steep rutted roads. Impossible to find a camp site in the dark.

2) Jason's climbing partner flaked out and didn't show.

3) The fire ring is "not official". No campfire.

Then again.

1) The battery on the trailer is toast. It won't hold a charge and the propane detector's alarm will go off in the middle of the night if it doesn't have a steady voltage supply.

2) I left the hot cocoa at home.

3) Cash cut his finger.

So we came home a day early. And good things come in threes...

1) Freshly roasted New Mexico Chile's in Moab . Hurray!

2) Rock hammers at the rock shop for 8 bucks a piece.

3) Winter melons in green river and the trip is saved.

Yesterday Coop lost his favorite rock in the lunch room at school. You would have thought he lost a million dollar diamond. Seriously. My friend K came to get me and she had given him gloves to check through the trash to see if he could find it. One of our young janitors was helping him with a smile on his face. I SO APPRECIATE THIS.

I sometimes think we get so busy getting kids where they are supposed to be and making them do what they are supposed to do that we forget that they are individuals and that these days they spend at school are their LIFE. They may be one among many but they still have their own interests and feelings. Each one.

Okay so I may be a little hormonal but the compassion that these two people showed my little guy really matters to me (and Cooper.) Thanks K and Thanks young janitor guy!

Wouldn't it be better if we were all born bald and just stayed that way? We don't really need our hair anymore. We have hats and coats with hoods and heaters and most people don't spend enough time outside to worry about heat stroke. Think of all the time and emotional turmoil that would be saved if we didn't have to fuss with our hair. No kids going to school with bedhead from hell. No bad haircuts. No bad experiences with hair dye. No $60-$100 bucks every two months just to maintain it. No hair in the bath tub. No hair in your food at a restuarant. For years I have thought about cutting mine really short but I just don't dare. It is such a ridiculously emotional thing.

When I run away to live in the desert I am just going to NAIR it off.