Sunday, Though shall have no other God's before me

For all of those out there worshiping at the alter of the toilet paper roll, let me, let you in on a little clue.  You will live without it if you have to.

Just thought I should make that point clear.  Yesterday I had two people in the shop even thought I am not open on Saturdays but both were out of townees and I was home. The second client I have had for years and she had come into town for supplies and to drop off a bag of mending.  She was so frustrated as she had been every where for toilet paper and they were completely out at home.  We went over all the stores she had been to, and I assured her that Potlatch would soon have the shelves full, but in the mean time I went to my storage and got out a 8 pack double roll and brought it out to her.  She wanted to pay for it, but I said no. I don't know how long an 8 pack of toilet paper will last, but she was thrilled to get it and I am sure it will help and the shelves will be full again.

      Our church has had us saving and storing food and necessities for years.  We (actually) when we can, store a two year supply of four basic foods. Honey,wheat berries, salt, and some form of milk.  Then we store as much as we deem possible of the foods our families eat and we rotate. We store enough and then the extra can help neighbors.

      My grandmother did this, my mother always had a huge storage.  We fed a lot of neighbors when I was a child. I remember as a young girl in the Dakotas that we lived in a poorer section of a college neighborhood.  Many of the people around us did not speak English well.  We often had people at our door asking for help with problems they could not solve.  Their gas had been shut off, or they were out of food, or they needed help getting to a doctor or dentists.  Mom was always there to help.  We had shelves of canned goods and boxes of cereal lining our basement.

  I remember one woman brought over her baby buggy as she did not have a wagon and mom had her bring it down the back tornado cellar steps and they went along the shelves and filled the buggy.  I thought this was so neat.  So I got the neighborhood kids to come over and we filled a dolls buggy with some kind of kids cereal.  I mean like maybe 8-10 boxes.  There were many of us in on it.  I was scolded but mom just took the buggy out in the back yard and soon there were mothers from the big apartment building in back of us coming out with containers and cups to scoop up cereal so it would not go to waste.  It was kind of a neighborhood joke. But I never did it again.

     I also remember a family called Jensen that operated a butcher shop out of the back of the garage.  They lived about a 1/2 block from us.  You could go there on chicken butchering day and get, gizzards, necks,hearts and livers for little to nothing.  I know he fed many in the neighborhood.  They were wonderfully kind people. Mom would always call Orvil Jensen and explain to him what was needed and send the women to his back door for help.  People just helped each other.  We need to do the same.



     Hubs and I have been on very strict diets and have both lost weight so today we celebrated by having a pancake breakfast, it was so good.  You know a couple cups of flour, a little baking powder, tablespoon of sugar, some salt and a little oil make a real treat. Add some butter and syrup or some jam.

     I think as a blogging community we need to encourage each other to stay busy and get some things done.  I guess what I am saying is that I need to be encouraged or I will watch Netflix all day.
Like we need a contest showing something that needs to be done and then doing it?  Any one up for a challenge.  I seriously need some motivation.

Have a peaceful and restful Sabbath.

Kim