All is Well...

We survived Zillah Days!! I guess it's not SantaCaliGon, the carnival in Independence that celebrates the Santa Fe, California and Oregon Trails. The Carnival here had a turnout of about 100 people and was closing down by 8 PM. We were glad. By Sunday night they were packing the rides and there was no trace of it by Monday morning!! We almost felt bad for them and came close to the thought that maybe we would go and add our circus show to help out with the crowd, but we didn't feel that bad.

It's been a long week and we have been trying to buy bulk items...random...but living in a small town with gas prices at $3.85 a gallon (now I am not that old and I remember buying gas at $.90 and thinking that was outrageous!), we decided to make the best of our trips into town. The only thing is that we are looking to move once again in the near future and instead of diminishing our load we are making it bigger!

Our ward is having a big push on food storage and so they are making it very convenient to make orders. We make orders to turn in on Sunday and on Friday someone makes the hour trip down to the store house and brings it all back for us to pick up. You can't say no to that. Plus with the prices of everything going up everyone seems to be emptying the store houses. Our RS president sent an e-mail to all and stated that even if you feel like you can afford the prices at the store, there is no amount of money that can buy food when there is none to buy...referring to the scarcity of wheat and rice. Never thought about it that way, so we have been trying to keep some more on hand of the things that we like. I told Travis, we have a nice new tent, plenty of sleeping bags and lanterns galore, now all we need is a way to transport our now growing 72hr kit around...I don't think the car top will do!!