Well, it's been a pretty relaxing weekend and I'm very grateful for it. Yesterday morning we woke for breakfast and I was challenged to make pancakes for my wife. Now, as far as I can remember, I have never attempted this before and was a little nervous. But she said she believed in me; which means she was sick of cereal and didn't want to make anything else. So there I went mixing eggs, milk, and Bisquick and throwing them into the frying pan. They weren't the most ugly pancakes I had ever seen, but it was close. I ran out the first batch to her and she liked them. I liked them too once I made some for myself. Yet another simple meal I can add to my list of "Things to make if Candess can't cook."
After that, I decided that this is too nice of a house to living in dog hair and dust. So I pulled out the Dirt Devil and had at it. Let me tell you it took a while to get a lot of the hair up and off the furniture, but I worked away at it and achieved my goal of a cleaner, dog-hair free home. It really is a shame this these things ruin such a beautiful home. More on that later...
Last night we went to dinner at Candess' grandparent's house. It was meatloaf (yeah.), but it wasn't bad. Plus they're the kind of family that engages in cinversation from the moment you set foot in the door till you leave. It was a grand time. Plus, during our after dinner conversation, a huge storm rushed through. It was like tropical storm or something. When we went outside afterward, the sun was just setting and the sky was so amazing to look at.
Candess' dad, Jerry, got some movies on the way home. One that we watched was "Saints & Soldiers". It was a winner of 7 independant film awards for Best Picture and I believe it rightly deserved them. But afterwards, Jerry asked if it was an LDS movie. I thought, "LSD? What???" Then it hit me; "Latter-Day Saints". Now, usually the Mormons like to plaster all their work with labels so you'll know they did it. But we didn't see any, until I looked up Excel Entertainment Group that helped produce the film. They're a Mormon industry out of Salt Lake City. Plus, almost all of the actors had starred in Mormon movies (such as the blockbuster hit "The Book of Mormon! Volume 1: The Journey") So there you go. Who knew?
This morning was a real treat. We attended the 2 Rivers Church in Gilbert. This is a very small church that was started almost one year ago by many friends from Lake City Church in Madison. We had told the lead pastor that we were coming down, but not until August. So we was joyfully surprised to see us here early. We also saw some old friends and met some new ones. Candess enjoyed it a lot and we've decided to get involved and see where God would like to plug us in. I'm pretty sure, though, that we'll be put to good use; like I said, it's a small church and everyone there is very friendly.
Candess talked to her sister and found out they're getting a townhouse in September. Know what that means? The dogs are getting out of here! Hallelujah!!! I was so excited I started jumping and dancing with them. They didn't know. They were just like, "The new guy is being silly. Let's be silly with him. We're dogs."
Since Candess' grandma gave us some movie passes last night, we decided to go see "The Island" tonight. I'm pretty excited about it. I know it's going to be one of those glorified B-movies (such as "ID4", "Minority Report", "I Robot", and "War of the Worlds"), but I tend to enjoy those.
Tomorrow it's back to the daily grind. Candess is working pretty hard at the preschool and I go in at 8 tomorrow morning to assist with a recording of a deposition. The more I think about this job, the more I'm liking it. Plus, once I get my camera fixed and I can invest in some new/extra equipment, I may just go into some business for myself on the side. We're really starting to see many God's blessings in out decision to come here. And it's only been one week!
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