Yesterday, our family had to give up Sugar. We are now officially Sugar free.
We miss Sugar already. Because Sugar is sweet. And Sugar is wonderful.
We love Sugar.
I’ve got the shakes just thinking about it. Is there a rehab center for Sugar addicts? A way to overcome the withdrawals?
We will mourn the loss of Sugar.
Although, on the bright side, we are all sleeping much better since Sugar no longer keeps waking us up at night.
Meet Sugar:
She’s a nine week old Golden Retriever being raised for Guide Dogs for the Blind. We were puppy sitting her this past week.
As sweet as the substance she’s named after, Sugar’s easy-going disposition and gentle temperament are only matched by her beauty. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a pretty puppy. I have no doubt she is going to make an excellent Guide Dog. There is a person somewhere out there whose life she will one day change for the better.
And speaking of something sweet that improves lives, it’s Girl Scout Cookie Time.
To convince you to order Girl Scout cookies, I could write a post discussing how selling cookies teaches girls valuable skills like marketing, leadership, salesmanship, and how to manage money.
Or, I could tell you that the money a troop makes during annual cookie sales will usually cover the cost of patches and awards, and fund the troop’s activities, for the entire year.
Or, I could tell you that girls in our council receive ten dollars worth of cookie credits for every 50 boxes of cookies they sell, which they then can use to purchase uniforms, spend on camp, or pay to attend any other Girl Scout activity.
Instead, I’ll just remind you that some Girl Scout cookies have chocolate and coconut.
Some have chocolate and mint.
Some have chocolate and peanut butter.
All are yummy.
It requires oodles of courage for a girl to go door to door selling cookies. Oodles. But it doesn’t require much courage for you to buy one box of cookies. Or ten.
Like Sugar, you will be making the world a better place, one person at a time.
One girl at a time. One box at a time.
Doing something good for someone else is sweet. And wonderful. And can be an addiction of it’s own. One we never need to have withdrawals from.
No wonder Girl Scout cookies taste so good.
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Yeah I miss Sugar I dont know why we had to give her up it is so sad. Although I am glad I dont have to wake up at 3 AM or 6 AM anymore that got really annoying! She was so cute and had the best personality ever!!
Sold. You had me at chocolate.
(And Sugar seems sweet, too!)
What a cute puppy!
We supported the troops! 8 1/2 boxes of Girl Scout cookies are now calling my name from the kitchen (there were 10); good thing we just bought milk
Does that mean that you already have GS cookies?
I want two books of Thin Mint and a puppy like Sugar.
Oh, I mean boxes of Thin Mints. It has been a long day.
@katsdogblog-I’m sure we’ll get to puppysit Sugar again. (Maybe by then she’ll be sleeping through the night and housebroken.)
@Louise-Both chocolate and sugar are sweet.
@Belhoste-Thank you!
@Scraplady-They should so make books out of Thin Mints. I’d buy them.
Okay, now I’m really craving Thin Mints. Maybe if I think about them long enough a girl scout will appear at my door.