Thursday when I went to storytime at the library, I had kind of an odd experience. The theme for the day was the letter E and the word of the day was 'ears'. Storytime is done by this guy and this girl that are both college age. Anyway the whole time they kept talking to each other like they were in junior high saying things like, "I was at the dance Friday and I saw Mark and Janet dancing together. Do you think they're going out?" and then they would stop and go, "I think someone is listening." Then they would go find a hidden puppet, say a dog, and say, "Mr. Dog, were you listening to us?" And he would say "Yes, because Ears are Everywhere!" They did this a couple of times and it was kind of a weird mix between Afterschool special and Big Brother. So I was wondering if the target audience who are between 2 and 3 were getting any of this. Ruth definitely wasn't.
Anyway after a few Wheels on the Bus type standby songs and a very cute puppet show that was about a deaf Rapunzel who kept mistaking what her prince was saying and throwing down the wrong thing and hitting him in the head (incidentally, this was the only thing Ruth related to in the storytime. She thought the throwing things and hitting people in the head thing was great. She laughed and laughed), they were just about to end when the guy says, "I think we have one more 'E' thing. E is for 'emerald' box." And he pulls out this jewelry box and opens it. It has a ring in it and he says, "Miss ___, will you marry me?" She looks at him with this stunned look and nods her head and then he jumps up and kisses her rather awkwardly because they both have on headset microphones. All the kids are looking at their parents like "What are they doing?" Then the guy turns and says, "E is for engagement!!" I just laughed. I always think people are a little funny when they propose in public. I mean, what's the girl supposed to say, NO? Then she looks really bad. Anyway, I thought they really missed most of their audience, but the parents were highly amused in a surreal sort of way.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Flashback week
So I've kind of had a flashback week. I keep running into people I haven't seen in like 10 years.
Thursday I went to my doctor's appt. and was walking out the door when someone said, "Tara?" I looked down at the person and it took me like 30 seconds to remember who this person was. It was a girl that I grew up with my whole life in my home ward, Michelle Peterson. Now I have some odd other connections with her too. When we moved into our ward here, I eventually realized that one of the older ladies in my ward was her grandma (I think her mom came to something once). Anyway and then Michelle just happened to marry one of the few people John liked on his mission, Alan Templeman. We found that out when 'Templeman' sent us a wedding announcement and I looked at it and went, "Wait a minute, I know that girl." Anyway, so after going, "Michelle?" I sat down and talked to her for a few minutes. They're still living close by and she's having her third baby. Obviously she's going to the same doctor as me (because she also had the same doctor that I had before he stopped delivering babies). We talked about our families and she was flabbergasted that I was having my fifth. She kept telling me I must be crazy--that she was done with three. Anyway she wished me good luck. John says that maybe we'll invite them over for dinner sometime. He didn't know Templeman was still around.
Flashback experience #2: After the doctor's office, I went home and got my girls and took them to the library story time. While I was there I spotted one of my old roommates, Stacey Bayles, that I haven't talked to in about 5 years. I thought she was long gone back to CA, but come to find out she lives here because her husband is still going to UVSC. I knew her whole family because I dated her brother and lived with her and her sister so I got the scoop on everyone. Stacey has 2 little girls, Becky has 3 kids, and everyone in her family but her lives in CA. 3 of her brothers and sisters live in the same ward as her parents. Anyway, it was good to see her and I'll probably see her again at storytime sometime.
Flashback #3: We went to a girl in our ward's baptism and I looked over and saw another one of my good friends from the 73rd ward (my single's ward long ago) and she was just as pregnant as I was. It was Christine Brinton, now some other last name. Her older sister lives in our ward and her son was getting baptized so Christine had come. Like I said, Christine also was pregnant and I found out that she came to stay with her sister to have the baby here. She and her husband live in Moscow and she didn't want to have the baby there. So she's going to be coming to my ward until January. That's great. I always really liked Christine.
Anyway, so I guess it's a pretty small world.
Thursday I went to my doctor's appt. and was walking out the door when someone said, "Tara?" I looked down at the person and it took me like 30 seconds to remember who this person was. It was a girl that I grew up with my whole life in my home ward, Michelle Peterson. Now I have some odd other connections with her too. When we moved into our ward here, I eventually realized that one of the older ladies in my ward was her grandma (I think her mom came to something once). Anyway and then Michelle just happened to marry one of the few people John liked on his mission, Alan Templeman. We found that out when 'Templeman' sent us a wedding announcement and I looked at it and went, "Wait a minute, I know that girl." Anyway, so after going, "Michelle?" I sat down and talked to her for a few minutes. They're still living close by and she's having her third baby. Obviously she's going to the same doctor as me (because she also had the same doctor that I had before he stopped delivering babies). We talked about our families and she was flabbergasted that I was having my fifth. She kept telling me I must be crazy--that she was done with three. Anyway she wished me good luck. John says that maybe we'll invite them over for dinner sometime. He didn't know Templeman was still around.
Flashback experience #2: After the doctor's office, I went home and got my girls and took them to the library story time. While I was there I spotted one of my old roommates, Stacey Bayles, that I haven't talked to in about 5 years. I thought she was long gone back to CA, but come to find out she lives here because her husband is still going to UVSC. I knew her whole family because I dated her brother and lived with her and her sister so I got the scoop on everyone. Stacey has 2 little girls, Becky has 3 kids, and everyone in her family but her lives in CA. 3 of her brothers and sisters live in the same ward as her parents. Anyway, it was good to see her and I'll probably see her again at storytime sometime.
Flashback #3: We went to a girl in our ward's baptism and I looked over and saw another one of my good friends from the 73rd ward (my single's ward long ago) and she was just as pregnant as I was. It was Christine Brinton, now some other last name. Her older sister lives in our ward and her son was getting baptized so Christine had come. Like I said, Christine also was pregnant and I found out that she came to stay with her sister to have the baby here. She and her husband live in Moscow and she didn't want to have the baby there. So she's going to be coming to my ward until January. That's great. I always really liked Christine.
Anyway, so I guess it's a pretty small world.
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