Tapioca, oh sweet TAPIOCA!!!

I have the coolest sisters and one of them, Kimberly, has outdone herself recently. First I will give you the back ground story so you understand the significance of her awesome act of long distance service!

Here is some weird "Satina Tolman Trivia" for you... I love tapioca pudding! But I am also a Tapioca snob, it has to be JELL-O Tapioca from the box. It cannot be the pre-made snack packs, it has to be warm fresh tapioca, it cannot be out of the red box (I think it is called Minute Tapioca?) or any other kind of tapioca. It has to be the JELL-O brand, freshly made, still warm, almost hot, straight from the pot tapioca.

This is my "comfort food". We all have them, the foods that you eat when you are not feeling well, or have had a long hard day. As far as I am concerned, at the end of those long days or in the evening when I am fighting a cold there is nothing more soothing or satisfying than a bowl of my hot-of-the-stove, fresh JELL-O tapioca pudding!

As many of you who read my blog or talk with me frequently know I have been dealing with some illnesses and long days lately. So for over a month I have been searching for my tapioca pudding because I was out at home. I cannot find it anywhere! I have looked in every store here and they are always out. So finally I called the store closest to me and asked the man in charge. He said that he cannot get it anymore. I was devastated. I hung up the phone and immediately checked the JELL-O website, and guess what, no tapioca flavor is listed! What?! They don't make it anymore? Just then Kimberly calls and I tell her what a terrible mood I am in because I cannot get tapioca anymore.

This story is getting long, so I will sum up the rest... She is driving home from work so she turns around, goes to her nearest grocery store, goes in and finds my tapioca. (First of all, I am so excited that they have some on the shelf!) She asks me how many I want, I ask her how many there are, she counts them all and says there are 24 boxes there. I tell her to get me 20 boxes (I am trying to exercise a little self control and leave 4 boxes for the next customer, LOL!) She asks me, "Are you serious?!", of course I am. She is laughing the whole time, getting funny looks at check out and then heads straight to the post office to send me my stash. What a cool sister!!!! I finally get off the phone with her so she can drive. Later she calls back and lets me know how
much shipping was and also tells me how all the people at the post office got a great laugh out of her crazy sister in Oregon (she lives in the mid-west) and the weird fascination with this tapioca pudding. Well, I gave them all something to laugh about and take home to family dinner conversation, just doing my part to help out. *wink*

And a few days later I get my box of Tapioca in the mail from my amazing sister...
THANK YOU KIMBERLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And it tasted oh so GOOD!