Now That's a Sack of Spuds

A week or so ago Jonah asked me if I wanted to buy a sack of potatoes from his friend Kip--as a fundraiser for Kip's drumline group(what with drumlines having overhead and all).

Anyway, I was thinking, "now that's my kind of fundraiser!" Forget all that refridgerator cookie dough, giftwrap, and Dominoe's pizza coupon cards--mama wants potatoes!

So, imagine my suprise when Kip delievered the goods yesterday.

I almost fell over.

I've been buying potatoes at the local grocery store for so long, I think my idea of "sack of potatoes" and Kip's idea of "sack of potatoes" are two entirely different things.

Truly, when I saw the sack on the counter--and it was a sack--as in, "let's have a potato sack relay and stand inside a potato sack," I thought, "I think that's 100 pounds of potatoes."

So I said, "Jonah is that a 100 pound bag of spuds?"

And Jonah replies, without appreciating my use of the synonym "spud," "Nope. Fifty."

How cool is that?

I have 50 pounds of potatoes. That's got to be food storage for at least 30 days. Right?

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In other non-potato news . . .

I'm trying to think of the best way to help donate or do something as a family with Haiti AND also with MLK Day.

I feel like any good we do has to make a difference. So I don't want to let the time pass without doing something. So, we're collecting family donations today in a can--our own telethon minus George Clooney--and then we'll donate the money to the Clinton/Bush donation site at the end of the day today.

As for MLK day, I do think we need to at least hear the speech? And I know it's not a day of rest, it's supposed to be a day to act--that's the theme of it. So, maybe some service? (At BYU, the whole day is filled with activities to support the United Way. I love that.)

Still thinking about that one.