Tuesday

Oct. 9, 2007

Even as I write Dennis is at Disneyworld with a bunch of IT people, some from Brazil and Mexico. Tonight late (8:00) they let the IT people into Disneyworld. He said the class schedule is pretty intense and he has three more days to go.

Last night was fun. I picked Uncle Alma and Aunt Von up at Jennifer Coombs' house. We met Marty and Brandi and Daniel at Zupa's for dinner. Aunt Von loves soup and salad: therefore, she loved Zupas. They let you taste the soups. The Thai Curry Soup was delicious, and the Wild Mushroom. Surprisingly the Cauliflower Soup was great. I ordered Lobster Bisque. It's always good, but I'm regretting not getting the Wild Mushroom. We went back to Jennifer's house and played a six-dice game with the strangest scoring. It was fun. The goal is to get to 10,000 points, but how you got there is somewhat of a mystery. But I love games. Jennifer's Dad from Edmonton was trying to buy a new Toyota Highland. The weird thing is no dealer would sell to him because he was Canadian. They have signed agreements with the manufacturers (somewhat illegally?) to not sell to Canadians. I guess it forces them to buy the same car in Canada for $10,000 more. And that's free trade. Anyway, a few dealers haven't signed the private agreements, so he finally found one in Provo. I guess the dealer was doing quite the business during LDS General Conf. with Canadians in town. By the way, the Canadian dollar is equal to the U.S. and will quickly pass it by. I'm guessing it will reach $1.25 before it's done then flucuate there. Wheat is going up in price due to demand and short supply. A loaf of bread is expected to increase in price by $1.00.

Canadian news: from Vancouver. Joseph Bullock and his wife just had twin girls. They aren't identical. Michael Amasio, living in the same house as Bullocks with his wife, Heather, are expecting twins any time. They are identical, but they didn't want to know the sex. Believe that. Randy Jo is there in Vancouver awaiting the delivery of her first grandbabies.

Tommy knows how to make Gnocci. He helped me make it on Sunday. It was very good. He jammed his finger in an all day frisbee tournament in Logan. It rained and snowed on them the whole time.

Tyler got the heat turned on in his apartment finally. The whole boiler-radiator thing has been a mystery, and his landlord is certainly absentee, but finally it all came together.

Alex writes tonight. His letters are so fun to read. Some doctor from Hong Kong gave him parasite medicine that set him back. The news from Myanmar continues, but it doesn't seem to effect Thailand too much. Let's hope it stays that way.

Travis and Agata are surviving the first month at the U of W. They are meeting lots of people and making friends. (well, from my point of view.) We're going to miss Agata at Christmas. She is flying to Poland to see her folks.

Danny and Jenni are brave, wonderful parents who recently took Jak to the emergency ward with some pretty serious symptoms. Fortunately he is doing well and recovering from his mild pneumonia. Now Danny and Jenni need to recover. Oliver just coughs and smiles. We should be done with colds for the rest of the winter, don't you think? Oh yeah, flu shots have hit if anyone feels motivated to get one.

Wish you were all here. Really, I do. In spite of all the errands and projects, this is undoubtedly going to be a looooong week.