Pumpkin Juice
I love it when this kind of thing happens.
Tuesday night we cleared off the kitchen table and brought in the four large pumpkins we'd picked for carving.
The kids were ready. Knives, scrapers, and bowls were at hand.
Then my wife said, "Don't you go carving those pumpkins without some paper underneath them."
Uh-oh. We don't subscribe to a newspaper, our grocery bags are plastic, and the kids recently used up all of their large-sized drawing paper.
I'm standing there, trying to think of something we can use to protect the table, when the doorbell rings.
It was like something from a movie script, for there at our door was a teenager hawking subscriptions to our local newspaper.
He says, "Would you like to subscribe to the Coeur d'Alene Press? We have a really good deal this month."
I tell him no thanks, and then he says, "Okay, well, here's a free copy of today's paper for you to enjoy."
He probably wondered why I had such a huge smile on my face.
The newspaper did a great job soaking up all the pumpkin juice! Not worth a subscription, though.
Tuesday night we cleared off the kitchen table and brought in the four large pumpkins we'd picked for carving.
The kids were ready. Knives, scrapers, and bowls were at hand.
Then my wife said, "Don't you go carving those pumpkins without some paper underneath them."
Uh-oh. We don't subscribe to a newspaper, our grocery bags are plastic, and the kids recently used up all of their large-sized drawing paper.
I'm standing there, trying to think of something we can use to protect the table, when the doorbell rings.
It was like something from a movie script, for there at our door was a teenager hawking subscriptions to our local newspaper.
He says, "Would you like to subscribe to the Coeur d'Alene Press? We have a really good deal this month."
I tell him no thanks, and then he says, "Okay, well, here's a free copy of today's paper for you to enjoy."
He probably wondered why I had such a huge smile on my face.
The newspaper did a great job soaking up all the pumpkin juice! Not worth a subscription, though.
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6 Comments:
Neat. Is that synchronicity or serendipity or just plain coincidence? I guess it's probably not important enough in the grand scheme of things to be a downright miracle, but who knows... :o)
That is the perfect use for that newspaper.
:) its a sign.... these things happen for a reason lol
And SHAME on you for usuing plastic carrier bags for grocery shopping...... :) - can ya tell Im a semi cardboard environmental warrior lol
x
It's a Halloween miracle!
I didn't have any newspaper either. I tore apart trash bags.
That's enough to restore my childhood faith in The Great Pumpkin!
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