Opposition in ALL things!

Last night I went visiting teaching for the first (and maybe last) time in this ward! I have 2 sisters on my route (well, 3, but the other one is unreachable...disconnected phone number), and both of them were in this ward while I was growing up! I'm pretty sure they were both in Young Women's with me, although I was pretty self involved as a Laurel (isn't everyone?) and didn't really notice the younger girls. Anyhow, last night we were visiting with Laura Jenks, and I was talking about how hard this moving thing is hard, but worth it in the long run because I don't want to raise my kids in Utah. She said something about how it's important to have opposition in all things, and that's exactly what I mean! I don't think I ever thought of it exactly that way before, but that's a really good way of putting it.

I was thinking about that more today, this time about aromas. You know, a lot of life goes by without thinking about smells. Your nose is used to any aroma that's just always in your house, so a lot of the day it just doesn't notice much.

Then, out of nowhere...ewwwww! Molly!

This pup has some seriously nasty gas. Yesterday morning I took her for a jog, and she made a nice giant pile halfway through (so I got to carry a bag full of poo for almost a mile! yuck!), so when she started stinking a short while later I was pretty confident that it wasn't that she needed to go. She just has awful stinky toots! I googled it this morning, and the easist conclusion is that it's related to her dog food. I know she is way stinkier since coming here, and she changed to eating Sadie's food (initially just because she wanted to, then finally we gave in and just give both of them the same food). I don't know if it's worth trying to get a different kind for her since the dogs eat each other's anyways. Maybe I'll give it a try, for the same of everyone near that gassy dog! Oh, and a list of the top ten stinkiest dog breeds has mutt listed as #2 (she's a two breed mix, does that count?) and lab as #3. Lucky us. ]-P



Luckily, the "opposition in all things" rule makes having a nose not only bearable, but WONDERFUL! I decided that I have three all time favorite smells. Probably my top favorite in all the world is baby hair washed with Baby Magic. The Baby Magic by itself is pretty nice, but nowhere near as wonderful as baby hair that has been washed with it. It is so nice! I was thinking today that Katy's hair might be getting long enough to warrant a big girl shampoo, especially so I can condition it and not have tangles to deal with. But then it wouldn't smell so good!

I may have another baby just for that smell. Seriously.

My other two favorite smells? Well, sweet pea flowers have a heavenly smell...

And luckily Bath & Body Works has a Sweet Pea scent that captures it perfectly. I indulged in buying myself a Sweet Pea body wash a couple weeks ago, and now every day after my shower I catch wiffs of it for a while. It's absolutely lovely!

And last but not least, chocolate chip cookies. I think there are few people who would disagree with my statement that baking chocolate chip cookies smell super yummy!

Warning: don't google for chocolate chip cookie images unless you want to make them. I'm seriously thinking that needs to be my afternoon activity. Yum.