A Load Off...

Buying your Christmas cards in September is no guarantee of getting them out in a timely manner. Trust me, I know.

I usually try and send my cards out the week right after Thanksgiving . Not this year. This year I'm just happy that I remembered that I had already bought cards.

Family letter insert: lame, lame, lame.

Lame, but done.

I have the first batch in the mail. Now Steve gets to address his cards....yeah, I don't do his. Brilliant strategy on my part. Brilliant.

75%...maybe 80%

Have you ever noticed that the word sewer can mean different things? I find it ironic that "sewer" - a person who sews, and "sewer"-a system of pipes used to transport waste...are spelled the same. I guess that's why we call people who sew "seamstress" and "tailor" - those words just sound better.

It amazes me that I can never get my office/craft/sewing room completely organized. I guess I could if I took all the craft stuff and fabric out...but barring that, I'm not sure it could ever be completely done - and still be usable.

I managed to get most of my office tidied up this morning - emphasis on "most". I have a few smallish sewing projects that I would like to do before Christmas - and frankly, they weren't going to get done with the clutter in the way. Of course, as soon as I start working on my projects...there goes the neatness. I am such a messy sewer.

Thrifty Shopper

It's amazing how much money I saved today...by forgetting to take my wallet with me when I went shopping. I should try it more often. Not.

Our Man in Japan

I wonder if Andrew's oven is anything like this one?

Dear Family and Friends,

I hope you`re all doing well. This past week went pretty well for us. The weather is getting colder and I`m probably going to start dressing warmer one of these days, I just never remember to dress warmly in the morning before study.

The ward here has it`s Christmas activity on December 23. Unfortunately that may be the same day as Zone Conference. Hopefully not. Preparation day on that week will be moved to Christmas. That should also be the time when we do our phone call.

As far as anything that would be nice in a package from America all I can think of is... an oven. Unfortunately that wouldn`t really work out. Our current oven isn`t really great at baking stuff evenly at all. Last time I tried to bake brownies the top got burned partly and the rest was too gooey to be delicious. In fact it was not delicious and ended up in the garbage, that made me sad. The pan that I cooked them in has also ended up in the garbage. But that`s more because it`s an old cheap rusty pan that has a weird smell.

My companion Elder Johnson is doing really good. We`ve been getting some good chances to teach the lessons so he`s been getting some practice.

Don`t stress out too much over the wedding reception. I`d help but... I don`t think month old brownies or lemon bars shipped from Japan would help at all. Just take some pictures.

I`m running out of things to write. Please ask questions. But I think you`re running out of questions.

Sincerely,

Elder Andrew West

PS. I need Stephanie`s new address

PS.. If you just sent a copy of your camera`s SD card, or something it would be nice.

PS... Also a English and Japanese CD of the last 2 conferences would be awesome. I`ve listened to the one from last year quite a few times now, it would be cool to hear this year`s again.

PS.... I probably won`t send a package but I`ll copy my SD card again and mail it. There`s 817 pictures now, I`ll probably go through and delete duplicates and stuff first and send it.

2 Weeks Notice

2 weeks from today: Nathan and Rebekah's wedding!

Less than 3 weeks until Christmas.


Let's panic now and avoid the rush.

Re-Tardis

David Tennant - my favorite "Dr. Who"....so far.

Steve, my favorite 51 year old husband....so far.

For Steve's birthday cake, I made a copy of the Tardis. For those of you not familiar with the tv series Dr. Who, the TARDIS is the Doctor's time machine. The acronym TARDIS stands for: time and relative dimension in space. I know, you're saying to yourself "who cares?" I just want to make sure that you understand the name...and also the fact that since mine turned out pretty crappy, I christened it the "Re-Tardis" - as in retarded. Which also, strangely enough, applies to me.

Yesterday I posted about Steve's birthday and all but stated that "51" is a prime number. It is not. David knew it - his little poem in the comments was quite clever, and nicely didn't exactly say "Mom, you're sooo dumb".

Area 51

I'm getting a head start on this one. Tomorrow is Steve's birthday. Since he's almost a year older than me, that makes him...51.

Prime Number.

Prime Rib.

Prime Time.

Prime Rate.

Amazon Prime.

Prime.

He's just plain prime.

Happy Birthday to one prime piece of real estate.