something random

I looove Taco Bell mild sauce!

Mostly for the flavor, but the clever blurbs don't hurt.

I use half a packet on each bite. No joke.

habits

Four habits I want to break:

1. Twirling my hair

2. Picking at my cuticles

3. Cracking my knuckles.

4. Biting the inside of my lip.

Ew, right?

what I've learned from knocking doors

(After this one, I promise I'm done reflecting on my job!)

1) Charity is not easily provoked (1 Corinthians 13:5). I can't let myself get bugged by people who are mean or ignorant. That's not being charitable.

2) Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me (Matthew 25:40). I've experienced several people answering literally the question, "When saw we thee . . . thirsty, and gave thee drink?" (Matthew 25:37) by offering me a drink of water on especially hot days last summer. It shouldn't have been so eye-opening to me, but it was significant to me to see how someone can live the gospel so simply and naturally.

movie treats

Let's be real.

We sneak food into the movie theater.

Our favorite movie treats?

Complete meals from Taco Bell.
Including large fountain drinks that I've learned to balance in my purse.

Bringing in outside food is shocking to some people, though.
We often bring cans of pop, and once after popping the top,
we heard someone whisper distressedly a few rows behind us,
"Did you hear that? Someone just opened a can. They don't sell cans here!"
Give me a break.

conditioning

When I come across a fenced front yard as I'm knocking door to door, I whistle to see if there's a dog inside before I open the gate. Because that has been a habit for so long, I've caught myself licking my lips (which I do every time before I whistle) when see a fence at the next house before I even think about it.

This is even worse, though: I went into a gas station during a break at work one time, and I wasn't sure if someone was in the one-person restroom or not. My first instinct was to pucker my lips to whistle...just like I would if I wasn't sure if there was a dog inside a fence or not. I'm glad I caught myself before I let a whistle out and just knocked on the door instead!

think about:

"If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; 

ye also ought to wash one another’s feet."

John 13:14

advice

Steel yourself against the temptation to suck the last bit of fudgesicle off the wooden stick. It's not worth it; it will only taste like wood. And that's not how you want to end a delightful encounter with a fudgesicle, is it?