Livin’ Life On The Lamb

This being May and all, we had our mom’s group party at my place this month. It’s always the first Thursday of every month (thanks for letting me know Karla), and May was my month, so May 1st it was! We had Hawaiian Haystacks - I made the rice and gravy, and everyone else brought toppings. There were only 3 people who actually knew what HH were, and they were both LDS. Funny, huh? I kept hearing people say, “Hey, this is really good.” or “Wow, this is tasty!” or “Oh, I didn’t think it would taste this yummy!”. It was very funny.

Everyone brought something to share, and some took their containers home, but others brought their toppings in “take ‘n toss” plastic ware. When I tried to give Karla back her container with the onions in it, she said it was no problem to keep it. “What about your container?” I asked.
“What?” she replied, “It’s take ‘n toss. I don’t care!”

Um…did I miss something? Do people actually TAKE this stuff places and TOSS it when they are done? They don’t wash it? They don’t re-use it? When did this start happening? I still wash and rinse out the ziploc bags (unless they had liquids or yuckies in them), dry them out, and re-use them. Where have I been? I think I’m a little outa the loop…

Except, I think I’m going to volunteer to host the mom’s group party the next time I start needing containers for our leftovers - I’ve got lots for now!