Barely Made It Part 2

Many years ago I made a blog post that consisted entirely of starts from other blog post that never got posted because I had nothing more to say.  I was deleting old drafts today, and there are some entertaining snippets here, so I'm bringing this back again.  Here are today's barely-made-it posts:

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"Today someone asked me if we went to the ward camp-out.  I laughed and said, "No."  They then proceeded to tell me I should go out and do these "fun" things while I don't have kids, and I thought..."Well, camping means I will probably not sleep through the night and I'll be in a noisy, uncomfortable place instead of my bed.  That...sounds a lot like having kids."  I think I made the most of my childlessness at home, actually."

"I recently realized the most valuable thing in my purse is my Arctic Circle coupons.  You steal my cell phone and the joke's on you."

"I like raisins more than a normal person.  Well, I guess normal people don't like raisins.  So I like raisins more than a person who likes raisins.  Once someone asked Scott what my favorite food was and he said, "Banana chips and raisins."  I thought, "What?  No way!"  ...and then I thought, "Well, yeah I guess so."  Haha."

"Lessons Learned From Refinishing Furniture:
1. In case you get polyurethane all over your hands, after freaking out, you can get it off with vegetable oil followed by soap and water.  Which is practically a manicure!  Minus the polyurethane.
2. You cannot clean a brush full of polyurethane with plain old soap and water.  This often causes you to get the polyurethane all over your hands and then you have to follow the steps in Lesson 1 above.
3. Staining items not made of wood makes things complicated. Especially if you didn't realize they weren't made of wood when you started staining them.
4. If you suffer from lack of patience, never, I repeat NEVER, try to refinish your own furniture.
5. Think about how many trips you think you'll make to Lowes/Home Depot, and multiply that number by 6."

"Thank you Facebook feuds for giving me something entertaining to observe while I wait for the next episode of The Bachelorette to come on.  I'm no respecter of drama."