12 (TWELVE) CENT INCREASE!!!!

NO JOKE! This morning, Neil bought gas at the local station for $3.25/gallon at 11:33am. At 5:51pm on our way home from our walk, the SAME gas station was selling gas for $3.37/gallon.

IS THAT NOT RIDICULOUS???!!!. I heard from someone today who heard from who knows where that gas prices will be up OVER $4 - FOUR DOLLARS - a gallon by the end of this month (which is spring break for us). That is so crazy to me. I know that other parts of the country have experienced really high gas prices over the last couple of years, but the Pacific Northwest seemed to keep relatively steady. But, now we are being hit too. It's just REALLY irritating that prices are skyrocketing!

Lessons learned - buy gas early in the morning, heed the prophet's voice when he says have your food storage and emergency prep kits and be more frugal.

On another note, while I am here, I would like to make a note the my darling boys have slept in their own beds without waking up in the middle of the night to sneak in to "snuggle with mama" for THREE nights in a row - yep THREE CONSECUTIVE! I hope I did not just jinx it, but boy it's been great! They fell asleep on the couch tonight while watching a movie while I was at my Enrichment Board meeting.

Oh yeah, did I forget to mention I am the Home, Family and Personal Enrichment Leader. I had high hopes for serving in the Young Women's program, but I guess that's not where I need to be. So, I had my first planning meeting today, which went well. We have a small ward, so it's not too much work to plan when you can expect 10-12 at activities and 30 tops at the bigger Enrichment meetings.

I suppose that is enough random rambling for now. Except one last thing . . . I did finally think of something that is extra special about me for the Self-portrait Tuesday, but I am pretty much too lazy right now to get a picture of it. I did like Lelly's post and I could have thought of that, as I too have hazel eyes, but I then recalled that I have a bump on my ear that is a little hard to describe and I don't know how noticeable it is or would be on a picture. I do remember my grandma telling me that I was special because of it and she always thought it was a cute bump. i tend to forget it's there really. If you haven't read Jane's SPT, it's hilarious and should check it out.