So, I went to Costco to fill up the van… Posted on November 8, 2007 By pamela Yes, with petrol and food. I had waited long enough to buy gas… a sort of game of anxious anticipation: just how close to the “E” do I allow the needle to go before I dare to drive past another station or make a Costco trip. Anyway, a couple of ‘comic strips’ came to my mind as I slipped my Costco-Amex card into the swiper and then, in anticipation of how much this fun venture was going to cost before I even went into the store with the cart (at $3.07 per gallon). I watched the price inch up to $100. and I just had to laugh. Actually, I was sort of taken aback at the newest price of petrol. And milk. However – I did bear in mind that a gallon of gas (and a 4 2-gallon boxes of milk) is really still a slightly better value than a gallon of Starbucks mochas or lattes. But the ambiance – I told myself – the ambiance is just… not there (at the pump or in the warehouse). I began to dream of the warm, comfortable Sbux store… the wonderful aroma of a “Peppermint Mocha” and red cups that just came out today… And then reality struck: the intense click of the nozzle and the wafting aroma of gasoline interrupted those pleasant dreams. Potpourri
Truthy… Truing… True. Posted on September 18, 2006 It’s all stuff I think about. Pretty often. Whatsoever things are true… Truing past events and warding off Truthiness. The longer I live the more I see that people would rather be -truthy- than just about anything else. For, really, if we are truthful, people might not like us or… Read More
Unspoken Requests Posted on November 14, 2006 I have wondered many times over the years why “the church” has had such little impact on or in America—original impact aside. Consider the avalanche of reading and audio/visual materials. Consider the “churches” and universities and seminaries. Considerable is an understatement, to say the least. I was reading a news… Read More
a sad note Posted on March 25, 2007 The Maxwell’s baby, Susannah Joy, has passed from this life………….. and we pray into the arms of the LORD. Our deep sympathy to the Maxwell family, especially to Nathan and Melanie… sweet parents… grieving the loss of their newborn – their firstborn child. Please remember them in your prayers as… Read More
See, now, you had the right idea! That day I was only dreaming of the mocha! And Kelli just told me that yesterday after she put gas in her near empty tank, she went grocery shopping and while passing by the pumps she had used just a couple of hours earlier in the afternoon, she noticed the price had gone up ten cents(!) in that short space of time! She called her husband and asked: What happened? (on the NYSE) Hang on to your wallets – prices are flying up!! thanks and blessings——pamelaa
Pamela, too funny….as I just noticed when I got home today that it is time to fill up my monster of a conversion van….and I went before hand and had my favorite tall peppermint mocha.haha Vikki