Boy Scout Popcorn Sales!

It's that time of the year again: popcorn sales to fund this year's Boy Scout pack activities. I opted to create a blog post about the event since it seemed the easiest way to have Ben make his pitch to as many people as possible, limit my involvement/increase his in the sales effort and create a good reason for me to get back on the posting wagon (b/c having fallen off over a year ago just wasn't enough).

So, imagine a knock at the front door, you swing it open and heee-re's Ben....

Products on the list can be found here. Please do not order online (unless you really want to) as Ben will not get credit on his order form.

As Ben says in his pitch, I will be following this post up with daily posts on his (and Mina's) involvement in his pack's Boy Scout activities. Really truly daily.

For those linking from work or Houston area, you know where to find me to order. For those linking from far away who want to order, please e-mail me, and we can discuss payment/delivery terms. If you don't feel in the popcorn buying mood, that's cool. Girl Scout cookie sales start in the nest few months. ; )

Tomorrow Pinewood Derby, Part I Research & Development

We survived Ike!

The horizontal rain came in under the doors and windows, the wind blew over our willow tree and almost all of our backyard fence, and the twins slept right through it!

We lost electricity Friday evening, just before the outskirts of the hurricane moved over us. All landlines were down as well, but water never failed.

Thanks to The Partner's willingness to drive up north of Dallas and his dad's to drive down from Okla, Sunday night we had a generator keeping the frozen stuff frozen, fresh milk in the fridge and lots of charcoal, just in case.

Electricity was back on for good Tuesday. There are still lots of people without it, and some still w/o water as well.

We're among the lucky ones for that. If you count that we have no roof damage, so no leaks or mold to deal with, no ruined furniture of carpet to drag out to the curb, we're among the -very- lucky ones. We have a lot to be thankful for, and are.