Difficult not to think about chocolate. The convergence of so many good things, filled with hope & new perspectives ...the beginnings of spring, in the thralls of NCAA March madness, and this holiday we call 'Easter'. Yes, visions of chocolate eggs, chocolate bunnies, chocolate-filled chocolate.

It seems hardly sufficient to merely aspire to a hard-boiled egg.

So thankful chocolate is not contraband.  So, when I say, stash ...it means a very adequate supply.

And the surprise is also an important element of it. A kid's version of a pirate's delight ...may be finding a treasure of chocolate. 

Being an adult, I realize that a chest of gold coins is much more valuable than a stomach of chocolate. Imagine all the chocolate I could buy with all that gold!!

It's also hard to not imagine that we should make sure we have good plumbing in the house first ...as our own plumbing may be quite active. I'm not going on a tangent here ...chocolate does do that to you!!

Thinking of plumbing ...naturally, I think of plumbers. And when I think of plumbers, I think of all those joints and corners.  And don't suddenly connect the words stash and joints.  Like I said, we are not talking about illegal substances. That would be unhealthy. But, talking about corners, what about cutting corners?  

Is it bad to cut corners??

Well, if it jeopardizes the health of humans or animals ...that would not be good.

What if it saves you money and is not a health hazard??

Plumbers ...similar to mechanics, may say, "I'll make it fit!" And they are often rather innovative, negotiating corners and bends ...and we view their work as kind of urgent, as small leaks often quickly can become big emergencies.  We should be grateful for their work.

Other things we should not attempt to fix ourselves, nor should we look to the yellow pages ...as we may be drowning in a problem which no plumber can fix, and we'd be plumb crazy to try to find a human solution.