Yellow Death

So I was babysitting for the Neil's the other day and was in charge of making the dinner. What was for dinner? Why Macaroni and Cheese of course. So the kids are all served and happily sitting down with their dinners when Nathan looks over and sees that I don't have any. "Aren't you going to have some?" he asks. And what do I respond without thinking. "oh no, I don't eat yellow death." I say. His eyes get big and he asks "why do you call it yellow death?" Oh crap. Did I say that. umm. "Because my family calls it that." There avoided the problem right? WRONG! "why do they call it that?" he asks. "Umm well, because its not very healthy." I explain. His eyes get bigger as he looks at the macaroni and then at me "It's not?" he asks in a shocked voice. "ummm.....no not really" I answer, I mean I can't lie to the boy right? "Why not?" comes the next question. "Umm. well because its bad for your cholestrol and it clogs your arteries and stuff like that" Right just use big words and the problem will go away. "oh" he says. There is a pause for a little while and then..."I don't think I want this any more" he says pushing the Macaroni away his face worried. Shoot. "Oh no. Nate it's okay. You are young and healthy. It's not that bad for you!" I say. He looks at me then at teh Macaroni. "OK" he says slowly. Luckly that was the end of it. They all ended up eating their macaroni. I just hope that the next time Sister Neil pulls out the Macaroni she doesn't get drowned in cries of "Not 'yellow death!'"

Can I take your order?

So the other day on the way to Family Home Evening with the YSA Kristi and I decided to stop by Mcdonalds because we hadn't had dinner yet. So we pull into the drive through and the guy tells us he can take our order whenever we are ready. Due to the delimea of trying to find anything on the menu that has even that slightest chance of not giving us a heartattack(good luck by the way not possible) we tell him it is going to be a minute. We then of course take a few minutes to decide what to order. When we are finally ready I turn to the speaker...okay we're ready...no answer...umm, hello?...no answer...slightly louder, hello?....no answer...finally both Kristi and I shout HELLO? This is what we then here in reply SHUTUP I can hear you! I told you to just order when you were ready!...umm what? Kristi and I turn to each other with incredulus looks, then I decide to explain our need to shout (huge mistake).. "okay well we said hello two or three times before and you didn't answer so we shouted." "I TOLD you to just order when you were ready!" AT this point I am very incredulus and ready to go at it with this guy but Kristi pipes up from the back "Traci just don't I am hungry and I want my food" I turn to the speaker the guy is still trying to argue with me and tell me that I should have just ordered "ok, you know what whatever heres our order...so I gave him me order and moved onto the window. Mean while Kristi and I need to confirm that this really just happened. Kristi: did he just tell you to shutup Traci: umm. yeah I think he did. He opens the window glaring at me jerks the card from me and then gives it back never removing his glare from me. We drive to the next window and at this point really can't resist just laughing our heads off. I mean really what ever happened to customer service or the customer is always right. Needless to say we checked our food really good for anything unwanted.

Struggle

Encircled about by unyielding arms
bound in a cold and iron grasp
abandon hope, its death has come
giving myself over to darkness and despair

Then penetrating the dim bleak depths
and loosening sins strangling hold
His love finds me and wraps me in light
Hope everlasting now shines from within