Steve

Why I dislike knitting!

I both knit and crochet. I like crochet but it isn't as pretty as knitting. So, periodically I take up a knitting project that is more than just knit, purl, knit, purl....if you know what I mean. I happened to get some free yellow yarn and found a pretty baby blanket pattern. it is made in strips of lace knit and seed stitch. Then you sew the strips together and make a seed stitch border.
Since beginning this project I have had to rip out several rows several times due to someone talking to me, the phone ringing, being called to dinner, or some other interuption.

It is frustrating...but at least I am proficient enough to figure out where my mistake is so I can go back and redo the row it is in! I guess that accounts for something! I am determined to finish it, and will resolve to think twice next time!

Newest Zoo member, Polka Dot

For the Iranian new year on March 21st we bought a new fish. I didn't want to introduce it until I was sure it was going to live longer than a week!. We have decided(?) it's a girl and because she has black dots on her tail...Mary named her Polka Dot. Dot for short. However, Massoud calls her Dotty. She is cute! We feed her by holding her food in the water so it gets wet and floats to the bottom. This way she (hopefully) won't get bloat by sucking the food off the top of the water. We will continue to update her progress.

Steve has taken to sleeping on the blanket my daughter-in-law April gave me for Christmas in 2008.He liked sleeping right between us for quite some time. However, this is his new digs. Nighty- night kitten!

No Ruz!

This is our Iranian New Year Table. There should be seven things beginning with the letter "S". Apple is "sib", garlic is "seer", coins are "sekeh", vinegar is "serkeh", the green grass is "sabzeh", a spice called "sumac", and the hyacinth is "gol sombol". Plus the fish and the mirror and the holy book all have a significance. As you can see we have an eighth "S"....Steve the Stove....who is hiding behind the grass which he likes to eat. Happy No Ruz! 

Mommy

On February 21,2010 our Mother passed away. When my sister called to tell me I went numb.

Dad walked into church one Sunday with his mother. He sat down and watched as a beautiful 17 year old redhead led the choir. He leaned over and whispered in his mother's ear..."I'm going to marry that girl...". On October 9,1946 he did just that. They had 2 children by the time Dad graduated from the University of Utah Law School in 1949. Five years later, on March 3, 1954 I was born.

It still seems impossible that they are gone. I know they are in the spirit world working hard to prepare for the 2nd coming of Christ, but I don't know how long it will take to stop thinking of them as if they were still here. Probably never.

Avatar part 2

Massoud and I ran into a girl whose name is Robin at the Avatar screening who is a really great up-and- coming photographer; http://flexingmyheartmuscle.blogspot.com/

She sent me these photos.

My Sister,Cyd McBride, posted this picture on her blog. It is a picture of our brother, Dave in a newly formed singles ward bishopric. She posted it because at about the same time her son, who is also named Dave, was called to the bishopric in his ward in Philadelphia. My brother Steve Fox has also served in a bishopric. I remember years ago reading my Dad's patriarchal blessing. It said that his children would be leaders in the church. We have great genes!

Avatar at IMAX

Last Saturday evening we went to the Pacific Science Center IMAX to see Avatar. Mary and Massoud had not seen it so Ali, April and I went for the 2nd time. What a beautiful movie to watch. It speakes to the brilliance of a director and actors who filmed so much of it without a set! The story may be Pocahontas revisted but every love story has been heard a thousand times. The CGI was impeccable, and there was a seamlessness to what was real and what wasn't. Immagine 20 years from now....we will look back and say how funny it was that we thought it was so good...evolving technology is fun to watch!

Gadgets!

After the holidays we decided to clean out the cupboards, the pantry, and the refrigerators and freezers. We got rid of all the old food, and made room for the new kitchen gadgets I got for Christmas. The waffler makes two waffles at once. The rice cooker makes a flourless chocolate cake that is yummy and I have a new crock pot...(send me your recipes!) It was a lot of work but really worth it. Now we don't buy food we already have. Saves money. I posted the lists of what we have on the inside of my pantry door. We also put up a small white board to make a grocery list on. Let's see how long we stick to this program!