NEW YEARS EVE Together

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.