Monthly Archives: November 2009

I am thankful for…food.

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Scott| 1 Comment

Let’s be honest with each other. I love food. Those around who know me laugh that I have no shame in admitting how much I love food, chocolate, and desserts. Fortunately, there are many around us who are willing to share their cooking abilities in the form of cookies, pies, cakes, sweets, and other deliciousness.

This year some of our friends spent Thanksgiving at our house for dinner.

One nice thing was that we didn’t cook a turkey this year, but ordered one from Rudy’s (the BBQ place). I had the pleasure of exercising our new electric knife on the said bird.

Speaking of birds, we are really going to miss our friends when they move away in the coming months.

On the menu this year for Thanksgiving was:

Turkey, from Rudy’s
Homemade cranberry sauce – awesome
“Marinara” sauce, actually, it was a barbecue cranberry sauce
Homemade stuffing, with cranberries – excellent
Mashed potatoes
Rolls
Green bean casserole
Rasberry jello with the pretzel crust – surely as if it had fallen from heaven itself
Pineapple/7-up beverage
Salad de Maison
Bugle snack food mix
Cheeseball and crackers
Coconut cream pie
Almond Joy pie
Pumpkin roll
Pecan chocolate/caramel goodness

You can hopefully see my dilemna. The amount of quality food versus my limited capacity to eat in one setting.

In all seriousness, we feel blessed to have the luxuries we enjoy. This month, we have tried to each take a turn at each dinner to express something (or things) for which we are thankful. I have loved hearing the girls express their gratitude for simple things like the dinner their mother made, and more significant things, like their little brother and family.

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Two Friends and a Plumber Named Mike

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Scott| 1 Comment

Jeana walked into my working area at home today to tell me that our water main was leaking. Our vigilant neighbor called the utility provider and that provider told us that we were wasting 2 gallons per minute. Sorry Mother Nature for the waste.

Of course, it’s a holiday, so I guess this was the right time for a plumbing emergency (deja vu of last Christmas). I quite working early, made some phone calls, and grabbed my shovel.

Jeff came over with his shovel and his mucking boots and helped me dig out the pipes. Adam showed up not too much later and watched the work unfold.

The plumber, Mike, arrived and after an hour of work, he had fit our water main and irrigation line back into working shape.

This Thanksgiving season, I am grateful for two good friends and a plumber named Mike. Bless you all!

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Audrey’s First Tooth Loss

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Scott| 2 Comments

When Audrey went to the dentist recently, she was told that she had three loose teeth. This discovery was so exciting to Audrey and from that day on it seemed like her finger was always in her mouth wiggling some tooth. Jeana and I noticed one tooth was quite loose and of course, we made guesses as to when it would fall out. Audrey and Jeana made guesses within a couple days, and I tried to set the expectation that it may not fall out that soon – so I guessed about 5 days later.

The nurse at her school gives kids a treasure box to put a tooth in if the tooth falls out at school (so the kids can take it home for the tooth fairy). Audrey was totally committed to losing her tooth at school so she could receive the said box. Every time I asked her if I could wiggle or pull her tooth she reminded me she was waiting for it to fall out at school. I told Audrey we could tie dental floss around her tooth and then tie the floss to the top of her bunk bend. Then, I said she could jump off her bunk bed and her tooth would get pulled out. She was not a fan of that idea.

Last Wednesday I was working from home and Audrey came upstairs to show me her loose tooth. The thing was just flopping around being held on by practically nothing. It was disgusting, and exciting. Knowing that she’d probably swallow it if she waited much longer, I told her to try pulling it out by herself. And she did! She was so excited! Since she waited so long to let it fall out, it didn’t bleed (to her satisfaction).

Of course, there was sadness because the tooth fell out at home (Audrey was home sick from school for a couple days), but Jeana responded quickly and made a substitute treasure box to contain the tooth until the tooth fairy could pick it up and take it to the magic land of teeth.

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Right Field

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Scott| 7 Comments

Last Saturday night, I played in a talent show for our stake. I played a song by Peter, Paul, and Mary (called Right Field) that I learned a long time ago. If you’ve seen the recent film “Meet the Robinsons” and you are familiar with Goob, then this song will really make sense.

I also played for a trio act covering a song as recorded by Nanci Griffith, Across the Great Divide.

After I watched the recordings I had a lot of thoughts, like “wow, am I really that bald!” Or, “My head really does bob around like a chicken – just like Jeana says.” I’ll stop there. Except – that I should say that I miss performing, whether it be on a bench on a street corner, or on stage with a 1000 watt amplifier.

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