Running into people...

lately it seems like I run into someone I know everywhere I go.

Picking up Tillie from school - check

Grocery Store - check

Fast food for lunch - check

Pei Wei - check (sister Susie)

Hospitals (for work) - check

Liquor Store - just checking to see if you are paying attention...

anyway, you get the picture.

When I was younger, I used to think that my dad knew everyone. Everywhere we went, he would say hello to people or the classic (that my siblings will understand) "Hi. How are ya?"

I would hope that he wouldn't stop and talk or we would be there for what seemed like hours.

Now my kids tell me that I know everyone.

I think a lot of it has to to with the SLC culture. I mean, I grew up in Salt Lake and still live in the area, so it is a good chance I will run into someone I know. Throw in work and church and my chances are even better.

I do have to admit, that I am not as friendly and talkative as I remember my dad being.

I will even try to avoid people at times. Come on, you all have done it. Skip an aisle at the grocery store. Hurry past someone so they don't see you. Everyone does it.

The worst one for me was about 3 months ago. I was at Primary Childrens Medical Center getting on the elevator on the 4th floor. The doors open on the 3rd floor and a lady with her child get on. Instantly, I know who it is.

Old girlfriend. (ok, so I was also technically "engaged")

Luckily for me, I was looking at some papers and could hide in my notebook for the LONG 20 seconds we were on the elevator together. She noticed me. I noticed her. Neither of us said anything.

The highlight of this story was later that night when I told my wife that I ran into her. "Well, how did she look?" was the question I was asked.

Quick, what is the right answer... "Not very good." (I really didn't notice)

"Well, she was at Primary Childrens with a child. Maybe she was a little stressed. Don't be so hard on her" was the response.

So I nothing I would have said would have been the right answer...

Soccer Update

As some of you may remember, I have been coaching my daughter's soccer team.



Last fall, we lost 5 games and won one game. But they were improving and beat the best team on the last week.


We started out a few weeks ago with a 1 to nil win (have to use the word "nil"). The following week was a BYE and then a rain out. Last week we won, 4 to 1 on Tuesday.


The girls were really playing hard and 4 different girls scored girls - 3 of them for the first time.




Then we had a game on Saturday morning.

Cue death march music.

The girls started warming up when one of them asked who we were playing.

The green team. Green Grasshoppers

"oh, they are easy" one chimed in. Ok, the one that said it was my daughter.

The others agreed.

5 minutes into the game, the score was 3 - 0, for the green grasshoppers.

The girls of Yellow Lightning were daydreaming and their minds were not on the game.

"What is the half-time snack?"

"Coach - I have gum in my mouth" "That's ok, I do too! - now go after the ball!"

"Can I pick up a stick?"

"My aunt came to the game" (I knew that as the aunt was on the sidelines and would scream this girls name every time she was withing 10 feet of the ball)

"Who brought the snack for after the game?"

"I don't like Hannah Montana"

"I wore my shin guards on the outside of my socks today" (ok, I made that one up, but 3 girls did that for some reason on Saturday.


We ended up losing, 4 -1. The silver lining is that Tillie scored as she has in every game and the girls ended up playing a lot harder by the end of the game.

Just in time for donuts.

Thank goodness soccer was canceled for tonight.

Chad Vader - Night Shift Manager

I thought this was pretty funny. There are several episodes so you can follow the grocery store saga...

OUCH!

Well Mr. Osborne, it may not be kidney stones after all.

Sunday morning I felt like I had been shot, stabbed and speared in the back. All at the same time.

I told my wife that I needed medical attention. STAT!

Ok, I wasn't so eloquent in the way I told her.

It was probably more like. "OWEEEEE. I hurt. @#*% it. Get the kids dressed. OUCH! oooooooh. @^$* *%$@ , I don't care where we go..... ER. OK..."

You get the picture. It hurt worse than anything I have ever felt. Worse than attempting to chop my shin in half with an ax.

20 minutes of pain later, we arrive at the LDS Hospital ER. 10 minutes later I am in a hospital gown, bare butt and all, with a morphine drip and then 2 units of fluid.

Morphine makes the pain go bye-bye. It also made me a bit goofy.

After a CT scan , they let me know that I had passed a 3.5 mm stone to my bladder already. If I could urinate, I could go home.

So I went in the plastic bottle, heard the little guy hit the plastic bottle and went home. 3 hours from start to finish.

looking for a sweet used car?

Sorry for the blatent advertising, but this is a deal to good to pass up!

With 3 cars and only 2 drivers, we are finally getting around to selling our 1995 Mazda. I put the add on KSL.com this morning. 1995 Mazda

It has been a good car for us. Wendy bought the car new before we were married and we have used it ever since.

So, if you know of anyone that is looking for a used car that is in great condition, let us know. Or if you want specifics that are not on the KSL.com add linked above, give me a call.

Fa shizzle...

This is too funny. I just heard about this from a friend.

Check out the entire story of Snoop's conversion.

Snoop converts

Before you get excited to welcome Brother Broadus, take a look at the date the article was published.

Now, that is a good one

We all live in a Yellow Submarine...

I pulled out a CD that is all of the Beatles #1 hits last week and have been playing it at home.


Isaak loves it.
Jonah dances around to it.
Tillie likes some of it.
I am not sure what Wendy thinks of it.

I have been trying to get the kids listening to more quality music (and not just the stuff that will be at the Stadium of Fire - see below).

Sometimes they go for it, sometimes they just think it is "old people music"

Sigh.

Anyway, I started thinking about a particular song that I heard years ago while in Spain.

Through the magic of Youtube.com, I present to you all, LOS MANOLOS covering "All My Loving" for listening pleasure (or for a good laugh)

Here we go again...

I just noticed on KSL.com that they have announced the lineup for this year's Stadium of Fire in Provo.

Disclaimer: I have never been to the Stadium of Fire, nor do I care to go

Headlining is Miley Cyrus, mega teenage star of Hannah Montana. (Cue: all girls from 6 to 18 can start screaming now) The Blue Man Group (or one of several Blue Man Group acts) is performing and Glenn Beck hosts the show.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 5:00 and will be sold out by Friday at 5:23. Tickets range from $35 - $120.

OUCH!

But that isn't as big of an ouch as some will be paying from scalpers on this one.

I can hardly wait for all of the moms to start complaining that they had to pay $293 per ticket so their 6 year old daughter could go see Hannah again. Shame on all the people that want to make money. Shame, shame shame. (Should that include BYU and the Stadium of Fire organizers too?)

That said, do you think my 8 yr old would like me to buy her a couple of tickets for the July 4th show? I could always take it out of her college fund...