I was wandering around the outdoor section at our local Wally World this afternoon, looking for an arrowhead. (Long story. Don’t ask.) As I rounded an aisle, I heard the clerk on the phone, talking with a would-be customer… ‘yeah, not really… well, if you want to call back later, I might be able to help you then… I’ve got a bunch of people here in line, I’m really quite busy… I can’t go do that right now… yeah, try calling back later or come on down here and look for yourself… I’m really busy right now. Yeah. OK, goodbye."

By this time I was drawing near the clerk and glanced over to see how many people were lined up… and there wasn’t a single soul.

I shook my head and kind of chuckled, in an "I can’t believe you just did that" kind of way, and kept walking. He saw me, smiled and said, "Well, sometimes you gotta do that… this guy wanted me to look at all the different fishing poles here and give him prices for each one! Like I have time to do that!" I smiled back and said, "Wow. Yeah, I sure hope I never need any customer service here!" He paused and said, "What?" I repeated, "Sure hope I never need any customer service back here!" and kept walking.

Sweet Girl looked up and said, "Why’d you say that, Mom?" I said, somewhat loudly, "Because it’s pretty obvious customer service isn’t something he’s interested in doing at all! Good thing there are other companies that are willing to help their customers."

The clerk kind of glared at me, I smiled back and we walked on… NOT buying anything that department! Sheesh… some people!

Wings wanted….

I’d be more surprised if it had come up with a different country, actually. LOL

Which country should you REALLY be living in? The United Kingdom You have pride in yourself and pride in your country. You believe that history and culture is an important factor to the future of your country, and that traditions and values should be upheld. You love your scones and tea, and reading soppy romance novels. The UK is where you should be…

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Behold our garden. It’s still early in the season, so our garden is as yet unplanted…. but wait… what the heck is that? Over in the corner?

Let’s take a closer look…

Um… is that… yeah, I think it is…

Yeah. A chalk eggplant. With googly eyes.

Huh.

I think it has company.

Yep… an ear of googly-eyed corn and a chili pepper. I think the pepper may be blind.

The vegetables are being awfully chummy with the octopus, dolphin, seahorse and mermaid, though.

Now, the real question is… why are there pieces of sidewalk chalk shaped like vegetables and sea creatures stuck in my garden?

Oh, I should have known.

He said he wanted to plant the ‘vejibbles’ so they would grow.

I’m still not quite sure why he planted the sea creatures.

Some things are best left unknown.

Last week was Missionary Week in Kiddo and Munchkin’s seminary class. There were various activities the kids were invited to participate in, and each activity earned a certain amount of points. Today the seminary teacher held an auction, where the kids could bid for items with the points they’d earned last week. The items to be auctioned were donated by the seminary kids.

Guess what Kiddo and Munchkin wanted to donate?

Guess what I stayed up waaaaay too late making last night?

Guess what I forgot to add the almond extract to?

Wanna see? Huh? Huh?

Oh, okay.

Two missionary shirt cakes, complete with name tags. Cute, no? Looking at them now, I see many things I could have done differently and better to make them better - but for finishing at 2 a.m., they’re not half bad.