Monday, October 24, 2011
October
It's October! Grandson No. 5 is 1 years old! His mom just turned 25! Grandson No. 1 is 17!
The leaves are turning bright vivid colors. Rod dug up the garden and left a few boxes of tomatoes on my back porch. There's a bucket of Asian pears sitting on the garage floor and several butternut squashes decorating my back stairs.
But the best part is I finally convinced Rod to go to Disneyland and we did!
Of course, the perfect trip didn't go so perfectly. How do I explain?
We left on Sept. 28 and came home on Oct. 1. I was trying to avoid crowds. I didn't think that other Utah families would slip out of state that weekend, being General Conference weekend for those members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
It was also the opening of Disney's Halloween Party. And California schools close for Jewish holidays, which there was one. And it was Gay Pride Week.
Crowds? Can anyone say mobs and mobs of people. Shoulder-to-shoulder, can't move an inch. Someone help me please!
Rod did enjoy the rides. He loved the fact I bawled my eyes out on Tower of Terror. I hate being dropped into nothing. I hate it. I had no idea that was the ride. I guess I just didn't read the fine print or even looked at the ride. I just went. And screamed. And cried, and cried and cried.
Of course, after I got control of myself, my daughters, Terra and Jennica, decided I needed to try it again. Who was the fool who told them to face their fears?
Facing fears:
So let's get this straight for all those who like to read this and decide for whatever reason I must be a hard hearted woman because I cover some brutal court cases. Nope. I'm a woman, with feelings. I don't go home and kick the dog and slap my husband around. First Jade, my dog, would bite me. Second, Rod would hit back.
Seriously, I'm a human being with feelings, but I do enjoy covering court. The same as attorneys enjoy the law process and police enjoy arresting the bad guys. They're human too. It's just we want to do the best we can and make our world a better place for everyone. I just happen to write about the evils in the world so the public cannot ignore them.
And ignoring stuff is something I don't do, unless it's the bathroom floor that needs to scrubbed. Seriously.
The leaves are turning bright vivid colors. Rod dug up the garden and left a few boxes of tomatoes on my back porch. There's a bucket of Asian pears sitting on the garage floor and several butternut squashes decorating my back stairs.
But the best part is I finally convinced Rod to go to Disneyland and we did!
Of course, the perfect trip didn't go so perfectly. How do I explain?
We left on Sept. 28 and came home on Oct. 1. I was trying to avoid crowds. I didn't think that other Utah families would slip out of state that weekend, being General Conference weekend for those members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
It was also the opening of Disney's Halloween Party. And California schools close for Jewish holidays, which there was one. And it was Gay Pride Week.
Crowds? Can anyone say mobs and mobs of people. Shoulder-to-shoulder, can't move an inch. Someone help me please!
Rod did enjoy the rides. He loved the fact I bawled my eyes out on Tower of Terror. I hate being dropped into nothing. I hate it. I had no idea that was the ride. I guess I just didn't read the fine print or even looked at the ride. I just went. And screamed. And cried, and cried and cried.
Of course, after I got control of myself, my daughters, Terra and Jennica, decided I needed to try it again. Who was the fool who told them to face their fears?
Facing fears:
So let's get this straight for all those who like to read this and decide for whatever reason I must be a hard hearted woman because I cover some brutal court cases. Nope. I'm a woman, with feelings. I don't go home and kick the dog and slap my husband around. First Jade, my dog, would bite me. Second, Rod would hit back.
Seriously, I'm a human being with feelings, but I do enjoy covering court. The same as attorneys enjoy the law process and police enjoy arresting the bad guys. They're human too. It's just we want to do the best we can and make our world a better place for everyone. I just happen to write about the evils in the world so the public cannot ignore them.
And ignoring stuff is something I don't do, unless it's the bathroom floor that needs to scrubbed. Seriously.
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