Dithered Ramblings

Here is the 4th photo in my 4th photo folder, as commanded by Smed, in her blog. It goes way back about 18 months ago. The kids are flashing some of their temporary tattoos. I have two photo folders, and did not want to tempt the tagging demons by not following the rules to the "t", so the other photo is one I recently scanned in, of Eli and me hanging out with Snow White. The rule was I had to post the fourth photo in my fourth photo folder in my photos folder. Is that clear as mud? Anyway. Yeah. The white space around the top and right of the Snow White photo bugs me, does it bug you?

I am going to use this post to respond to many comments and other email questions I receive from you all, so enjoy. First off, the much asked for list from My brother Danny of the five best things he spent ten bucks on while we took our trip to Yankee Stadium and New York. Thanks Boz for playing along... Here it goes (again in no specific order to my knowledge):

1- He bought a bunch of shirts he calls the 'I heart NY' shirts.This was a good spend according to him because all his 'not-so-good-friends' asked for souvenirs, and these were perfect for that. Cheap, easy to pack away, and all over the place. He bought good souvenirs for his good friends.

2- He spent a total of 10 bucks on Jamba Juices, specifically the Caribbean Passion flavor, which I told him to get, and loved them.

3- Two foot long hot dogs from Yankee Stadium. He adds that they were way better than Baseball's famous 'Dodger Dog' from Dodger Stadium.

4- His words, "The mashed potatoes slash mahi mahi covered in what tasted like the greatest cheese sauce ever ( it was actuall like $18 oh well)." That was from Bubba Gumps Shrimp Factory.

5- Finally, the huge piece of Cheesecake we all bought from a place I can't recall the name of. Maybe those of you that went can help me remember the name...Danny says it was so big it must have been on steroids. I have to agree with him, the 10 dollar cheesecake was definitely a highlight. The picture only shows a couple of the flavors they had to offer. A side note I have to throw in: Danny went to the bathroom after eating a few bites of his cheesecake. We did the junior high thing where you hide his plate from him before he gets back. Then he gets back and sits down and says, "who's hiding my cheesecake." We replied that the waiter had cleared his plate. He laughed and said, no really, who has it? We took the joke way too far so he was convinced the waiter had taken his 10 dollar piece of cheesecake before he was able to finish eating it. He started to get so mad, it was funny to us. Then the culprit gave in and handed him back his cheesecake. I realize that this story is funny only to those of us who were there, and the rest of you think it was a pretty childish game. Sue me.

The other day I volunteered for the service assignment for our ward at the church dairy downtown-aren't I a good guy. Anyway, that's not the point...the point is my assignment could not be more cliche': I was assigned for 4 hours to pack green jello boxes into cartons for shipping. On my break I went looking for the carrot machine. I laughed to myself several times. Seriously, Green Jello? That fits every stereotype there is. While I was there I asked several people if I was going to receive blessings based on the number of boxes I packed, the number of pallets completed for the day, or if this was post payment for blessings already received. None of the church service missionaries could answer my question.

Rebecca has been busy with Primary functions lately. The primary program for one. She is doing very well in her pregnancy. The medication she takes seems to help her a ton. She is managing to eat much better than the previous episodes, and is pretty active. She gets tired and sick, but again, much better with this child. She had her ultra sound and all seems to be well. We have no idea the sex of the child, respecting its privacy remember?

I can't think of anything out of the usual for the kids. They are very into movies lately. They loved Halloween. Tierra was scared to death of a fake Werewolf at our friends house. Our friends, the Hiltons (Not Paris and her sister), go all out for Halloween and decorate their yard extensively. The werewolf man from one of the horror classics scared Tierra.

And here you go: the car we purchased: My Grandpa Simons died a couple of months ago, and this was his car. We decided to buy it. It was well cared for and low miles, and a little lower than if we had bought from a dealer. It will fit 3 car seats, has some extra cargo space, and is not a mini van. There you go: let the suspense end. It is a 2004 Nissan Pathfinder. I call it the 'PF.' We drove it to California on our last trip and it worked just fine. Hopefully I didn't forget to address anything anyone was wondering about. If I did, I'll catch up next time. Rebecca and I are going to do the blog idea discussed last time as well, so watch for that soon.