My four year old granddaughter Alexa called me this afternoon to tell me that for her birthday she wants to have a kissing party with cute boys.
Of course she giggled.
Niki, her mother told her to call and tell me. She knew I would want to put it in my "Alexa" journal.
Saturday, January 01, 2011 5:50 a.m.
Happy New Years 2011 everyone.
Judy is in Minneapolis visiting with her Mother Bev. This is an annual event; going on for at least ten years.
I am thinking the weather there is not much different than it is here in Utah; zero-ish at night and not a lot warmer in the daytime.
I celebrated New Years by watching a little TV after dinner then going to bed 11ish.
Jim left at nineish for a singles dance then a party afterwards. He just walked in the door; 5:55 a.m. He didn't bring a girl home with him. Darn!
Last night Corey, Stacey, Jayden, Bailey and I went out to dinner. We had decided on Texas Roadhouse. Corey drove to the one at South Towne since it is near his work and put his name on the waiting list. The place was packed; New Years Eve. What should we expect?
They said it would be an hour and a half or so. He picked up Stacey from her work at FED-EX Kinko's at six; actually closer to a quarter after. She couldn't get out on time.
I was at their house with the kids since both Corey and Stacey were working. Jayden and Bailey and I piled in my 98 Town and Country minivan and we headed in that direction. When we got there, there was a line out the door as well as their large waiting area being crammed though Jayden and Bailey went and squeezed into "the crevices" Jayden speaking.
We waited in the car.
After a little while, Corey and Stacey showed up. They got in with us and Corey called them on the phone. They said it would be another half hour. (If I remember correctly.)
By this time Jayden was putting up a stink and wanted to go to Pai Wei; "I want some Chinese."
I don't think of Pai Wei as Chinese but I guess it is Asian fusion and we do like it.
Corey suggested we drive over to Penney's since it was right there in the mall and get Stacey a pair of house slippers and a replacement pair for Bailey. Hers are defective. They ended up not having any Bailey's size.
While Stacey and Corey were in Penney's, Jayden talked me into driving across State Street to see how busy Pai Wei was.
It wasn't busy. I got an "I told you so" from Jayden.
After Corey and Stacey got back in the car, we drove back to Texas Roadhouse to Jayden's chagrin. Corey went in to check on our progress. They said it would be another thirty to forty minutes.
Jayden started wailing.
We drove to T. G. I. Fridays which is nearby. They could get us right in.
Jayden was mad that we went there instead of Pai Wei but after tasting his food he was placated. Their Jack Daniel's barbecue sauce was really good.
Corey mentioned to Jayden that the man who "invented" Jack Daniels Whiskey was a distant relative of ours. (He sold the recipe to Jack Daniels.)
After dinner, I took them back to their car and we went home.
I woke up this morning from two dreams. In the first, Jesus was Justifying his followers at a swing set on a playground. After he had justified the rest, he told another man and me that he would take care of ours in a meeting on the 24th.
In the other dream, Wally Smith, my neighbor was helping me look for my car in a parking garage after general conference.
I wasn't smart enough to think of it but Judy arranged to have our son Chris who spends much of his time in Houston to get and deliver a bottle of wine to our good friends, Marty and Kathy who also live in Houston.
We first met over dinner on a cruise ship and hit it off. Since then we have gone on another cruise together and keep in touch regularly.
Both Marty and recently Kathy are retired; he from the benefits business and Kathy from Toyota. I never did get my free Avalon from her. Oh well.
It is always good to hear from them as when they called this evening thanking us for the wine. Always the comedian, Marty said that their cat and his/her neighbor friend drank it before they got home from diner at their neighbors.
Judy is in Minneapolis visiting her mother; an annual New Year's tradition.
Happy New Year's everyone!
The Jazz lost by five but we had fun and had free tickets!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Today Corey, Jim and I ate lunch at Joy Luck. (I call it Sum Dum Luc.)
While we were there, Corey told us about his weekend. He looked and sounded tired.
He said that Jayden was sick all Saturday night and was throwing up. He wanted to sleep in his parent's bed so Corey slept on the floor.
Jayden got so bad that he couldn't make it to the bathroom. Corey was cleaning up messes all over the place.
After Jayden had thrown up and had diarrhea at the same time Corey put him in the shower.
After the shower, Jayden thought he might feel better if he soaked in the tub. In the tub Jayden ended up throwing up and Pooping again.
The next night it was Bailey's turn though she didn't have it nearly as bad as poor Jayden.
And poor Corey spent two night with little sleep.
The kids seemed fine today when I picked them up after school.
