Squirrels have been a joke in our family for many years. Bob originally shot at them in our first house with his BB gun. The squirrels were always climbing into and all over our platform bird feeder. The joke was he was such a poor shot that we had a tailless squirrel, a squirrel with one eye and another with one leg. Actually it was a cheap gun and the sights were never lined up correctly. So eventually the kids began buying us Christmas tree ornaments of squirrels and humorous statues of squirrels.

It was no surprise when our oldest Grandgirl began drinking tea that she shared from her package of Amazon teabag holders with us. Yep, two squirrels.

Last week while making tea, for the first time ever I wound up knocking the squirrel into the jar of scalding water!

I cracked up when I imagined myself asking a guest, “May I offer you a cup of freshly brewed Scalded Silicone Squirrel?”

Keep laughing! It is the best way to get through life.