Light-Black And Decker

My parents are in town for the Christmas Vacation, and we've been having lots of fun. They got in Thursday night and we (and my brother and sister-in-law) all went out to eat at Sizzler. On Christmas Eve we hung around at home for awhile, played the piano. And then went to Temple Square to see the lights. We got some pictures of the area and of us in the daylight, then we headed over to see my brother's lab. He is a grad student Utah. While there we looked at various things underneath an electron microscope, including bugs and Jarom's eyelash. Pictures of that are to come. Unfortunately we forgot to make plans for dinner, so by the time we got hungry, around 7 ish, we started looking for a restaurant to eat at in Salt Lake and they were all closed! Who closes down on Christmas Eve!? ha. Luckily we finally found on cafe that would be open for another half hour, so we ran in and ate quickly. Then we continued our tour of Temple Square for the nighttime events. So here are pi...

People who live in Utah, do you remember about a month ago, two days before Thanksgiving, how they issued a "Severe Weather Warning" that was supposed to be the worst we've seen in years? For those of you not in Utah, it was supposed to be an awful snowy, blizzardy, cold cold day. It was so bad, that businesses closed down early in preparation for it. Even BYU, who I have NEVER seen shut down for a storm, closed it's doors at 3 Tuesday afternoon and was closed all of Wednesday in preparation for the Blizzard of 2010. When all was said and done, Utah County had about a half an inch of snow on the ground. OOOO, scary! Yeah, they were totally off. Granted, I will give them that areas north of us actually did get more snow and bad weather, but my issue is that they predicted it would reach as far south as us, and it so did not. Well, today it is snowing. It has been snowing for more than 24 hours straight. I have lost count of when it started. This is the biggest storm w...

Last Friday our car's check engine light decided to come on. So Saturday morning, right when they opened at 8am, we took it in to Toyota (after calling and making an appointment) to figure out what was wrong. They told us it would cost $98 to diagnose the problem. Eight hours later, at 4pm, they called Jarom's phone. He tells them that we are in fact STILL in the lobby, so they can just come talk to us. Yes. We waited there, with no word on our car, for EIGHT HOURS. We ate all of their free fruit, had a bunch of their water bottles, used their bathrooms multiple times, drank their hot chocolate and apple cider, and finally just walked across the street to Walmart at 3 to get a sandwich. At 4 they were done. We had almost outlasted them. A new guy came out to talk to us from the one we talked to in the morning. He told us that they had to order the part and it would be in next week. He then asked us if anyone had offered to give us a ride anywhere. Nope.... He grumbled and compl...