Thin Mints

First and foremost, check out the receipt the Tooth Fairy left for Madison this morning.  Not only did she get $1.00 in quarters - she also got a receipt, letting everyone know the quality of tooth was excellent!

Today we got a historic delivery - yes, we got our Thin Mints.  This is the sort of cookie that happens to you, a cookie that you don't eat.  Instead, you inhale it.  The law of Thin Mints is thus:  once the wrapper around the stack of cookies is gone, they themselves will be gone faster than the speed of that meteorite last week.  Indeed, this happened today:  the first stack was unwrapped, and it promptly vanished.  The second stack currently sits nervously inside the original box, inside the pantry.  It's the Last Days for these cookies, for none of them really know the hour when the Time of the End will begin.  But they can tell from signs that soon the Great Thin Mint Apocalypse will be upon them!

Anyway, our neighborhood friend came by with the box of Thin Mints - just one.  She and Madison actually had a few, as did Daddy.  Everyone was smiling... eating... and then they were gone in the twinkling of an eye!

It was mostly a work day for Daddy and Mommy, with a few doctor visits thrown in for good measure.  Daddy's visit was productive, as we're sort of isolating the cough and other symptoms to something called reflux.  I've always thought this was some sort of acidy, burning thing - but apparently there are other symptoms too.  So, with this sort of figured out, maybe Daddy will start feeling a little better!

Nana got her doctor's visit as well, although the results were not quite as positive.  She's got to deal with something on her skin, although that's the reason she has these frequent check-ups.  She believes, as do we, that an ounce of prevention is the best medicine.  It's that reason that we have check-ups, although Nana and Ba-Ba have them much more frequently.  Fortunately, yes very fortunately, Nana was able to catch something on her skin.  This will be an issue for the next month or so, until she comes back for another check-up.  We're grateful things were caught in time.

We worked on costumes today for the ONE Marriage Conference photo booth.  Things are getting ready at the church all over.  Lots and lots of people are coming in tomorrow - it looks like it'll be big.  And it'll be cold and rainy too - the weather forecast is for more rain, rain, rain.

I'll say it again:  I'm glad for it.  We need the rain to catch up for some long dry spells.  We're always thankful for the rain that falls.  And hopefully it'll stop when we're on vacation!