God Fearing Idahoans

Not that this has ever happened...er...but it definitely did...I mean could.

Idaho is famous for it's plentiful timber. The Idaho mountains are full of pinetrees that are beautiful, they make whispering sounds as the breeze passes through, and there is nothing better than using the wood to build a fire in the wood stove to make the cold winter days and nights warm and cozy.

A typical nightly ritual in Idaho is to stoke the wood stove before bedtime. This is not a difficult task. First, your wonderful husband splits the wood and stacks a neat pile of it near the wood stove. Next, you put on the 'wood stove stoking gloves' to prevent your delicate hands from getting slivers. Then you put several pieces of wood into the wood stove, open the damper a bit to get the fire going, close the damper a bit, and wallah! The fire keeps aglow through the night, keeping you nice and toasty.

Of course before you hop into bed with your nice hot rice bag, you must say your nightly prayers. Your prayers include many petitions, including asking Heavenly Father to please watch over the fire in the wood stove so that it doesn't burn the house down while you are sleeping. There is a lot to pray about at the end of the day, so of course you must assume a position that is comfortable. One of those positions is while you are on your knees at your bedside, you cross your hands on top of each other, resting them on the bed top. And then you put your forehead on top of your hands, thus providing a comfortable position for your head as you bow it in prayer.

Upon saying 'Amen', you discover that your forehead is stuck to your hands because somehow pitch got onto your hands, which is now stuck to your left eyebrow and bangs. If you have never dealt with pitch, you should know it is extremely sticky, and has a cement-like power when it touches anything. The only way to get it out of the bangs is to cut it out, leaving you with chunky bangs. Not so fortunate with the eyebrow. After picking...er..attempting to pick it out of the left eyebrow, you eventually give up because nothing is working. So you go to bed. It isn't until the following day that your left eyebrow hairs just simply fall out from messing around with them the day before.

If you ever spot a one-eyebrowed Idahoan, don't say anything. Just offer a little prayer for them, making sure that you don't rest your forehead on your hands while doing so.