Monthly Archives: March 2006

Another Monday, another FHE

Dinner: Lisa – chicken and rice wraps and caesar salad (thanks Lisa for the recipe)
Lesson: Julia – showing kindness (Andrew helped by showing us different pictures of Christ)
Activity: Andrea – Jenga (Lisa, Julia and Andrea all made it topple. I remain undefeated!)
Snacks: Graham – waffles (the whipcream Lisa made was the best part)

Before dinner we went to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. I’ve never been before, but I liked it. It’s kind of a Value Village for home improvement supplies. I think we’re going to be getting a door for Julia’s room there complete with door knobs and hinges for $15. They had stacks of ceramic tiles of different shapes and sizes, cupboard doors and much more. If you have one in your area and have some work to do in your home, check it out.

I called the White House

So, as most of you know, Rumours Night Club is owned by the company I work for. I was in the club today checking some settings on the credit card units, when I noticed that they had some stickers for one of the local radio stations, Wild 101. On the back of the sticker were some “important phone numbers to remember”. Among them was the White House, CNN News, the Barry Manilow International Fan Club, and an escort service. I figured that they were all fake numbers, so I called the White House. Well, you know what…? It was the White House! 202-456-1414. A woman answered (no automated message). Here’s the conversation:

Woman: White House

Graham: Is this the White House.

Woman (after a short pause): Yes, this is the White House in Washington.

Graham: Oh, sorry, someone gave me this number and I didn’t believe it was the White House. I guess it is.

Woman: Yes it is.

Graham: Ok

Woman: Thank you for calling.

It was pretty funny. I felt stupid, but the woman was very pleasant. You’ve got to believe that she answers dozens if not hundreds of stupid calls a day. Now I’m in that elite group 🙂

Andrew’s “Bob the Tomato”

Monday night brought Family Home Evening. Julia bought pizza for dinner, Andrea and Mandy bought refreshments, Lisa taught a lesson on the vision of the tree of life. We need to hold to the rod… or to the jute (that’s what she had tied across the entrance way). I was in charge of an activity, and we played Junior Pictionary. Andrew drew a nice picture of Bob the Tomato from VeggieTales.

Lillie’s Birthday Celebration

We got home late last night from our latest Disney trip. We left Miami Thursday afternoon after school/work and drove to Disney’s Pop Century Resort. Since the next day was Lillie’s birthday she chose to go to Magic Kingdom. After spending the whole day enjoying the park we went to Chef Mickey’s for a character dinner. All-you-can eat in the company of Mickey, Minnie, Chip and Dale, Donald and Goofy. I was in pain when we left, but the prime rib, ham, salmon, and everything else was delicious.

The next morning (Saturday) we drove to Dunedin and watched the Blue Jays lose a close game to the Philadelphia Phillies. Spring training games are so much fun. Our “upper deck” seats were about 30 feet behind the dugout. Lillie barfed on the drive back to Orlando and most of the night but she woke up Sunday morning feeling pretty good. Saturday night Magic Kingdom was open until 10:00 p.m. so Ryan and I went back out about 9:15 and rode 4 rides and saw a parade in 45 minutes. The place was empty!

Sunday was Disney/MGM Studios day, but first Ryan and I got up early and got to Animal Kingdom right when it opened so that we could go on the new ride “Expedition Everest”. It is awesome! In a little over an hour we went on 3 great rides and then when back to the hotel to pick up the women. After spending the day at MGM (park closed at 7) we had dinner and then discovered that Magic Kingdom was open until midnight. Lillie, Ryan and I got there about 11:15 and did the same thing as the previous night. We had a lot of fun in less than an hour.

Since we drove home yesterday we saved Animal Kingdom for last because it closes at 5. We love going on the Safari, and we got soaked on the Kali River Rapids.

Thanks for your phone calls to Lillie on her birthday, and her presents of course. We’ll send pictures to Graham soon for posting on the family website. Excellent job on the banner, Jason.

It’s not sickening…

It’s the first Sunday of the month and so it was Fast Sunday. Lisa suggested that we get together and have dinner. Lisa made her famous “soda pork” (ask her how it got the name) and Mom made ribs. Good stuff Lisa and Mom!

Lisa made a cookie dessert with strawberries and cream cheese. I wasn’t a big fan of it, but Mom seemed to like it. However, when describing it, she said that “it wasn’t sickening”. Dad and I thought that was a pretty funny compliment to give. I could probably make a very long list of foods that I don’t think are sickening. But I guess that is an idea for another posting…