**Disclaimer**
I have nothing against the LDS faith. I love my coffee and wine and I love Jesus. I was raised Pentecostal and I have studied the Bible extensively. I pray every single day and I think the Lord and I have a great relationship. We have researched and talked about being coming LDS and it isn't a good fit for us. I love my Mormon friends....online and in real life. Being converted just seems to be a part of living in Utah. The're back! The Mormons' that is.
I had just squeezed the last drop of wine out of my box of Chardonnay, when the alarm went off at the local ward.
The Weiss' are out of wine...send Brother Horton Hears a Who over ASAP!
I knew it was only a matter of time before he showed up again. We have about 4 cases of beer in our garage left over from Christmas and it glows like a beacon when our garage door is open. That, and I'm sure it is someone's New Year's Resolution to try to save the heathens' again.
The bell rang and I looked like hell....like I tend to do lately. I had put a headband in my wet hair that morning and Mallory had taken it away and hid it so my hair was standing straight up. They asked for my husband. As if he wears the pants in this family.......
Keith asked them in and I hid.
They chatted about the weather and the kids and then Brother Horton asked how we liked that bottle of Grape Juice. DUDE...that was 6 months ago! Instead of telling the truth and saying that it was really great with GIN in it...he said we liked it and that we have actually cut back on soda. HONEY......DON'T ENCOURAGE THEM!
Then....they asked if they could come by next week and he said YES!
After they left, I asked him if he really told them they could come over. He said he did. I said. What About The Biggest Loser. Tuesday is one of our TV nights! He told me that I shouldn't be a SLAVE to the TV and that I needed to get out and LIVE MY LIFE!
*connie bangs her head against the wall*
I'm a stay AT HOME mom to TWO toddlers under the age of three and I want another one. I live in the frozen tundra that is Northern Freakin Utah!
WHAT THE HECK ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO!
Live my life.....what does that even consist of. My life is in this house. The children, the husband, laundry, cooking and cleaning. Plus, there is nothing to do in Northern Utah. Do you know how hard it is to find anything to do on a Tuesday night in Ogden? I tried it already. I went to see Sex And the City THREE TIMES. There isn't even a Barnes and Noble. I have to drive 35 minutes to get to one of those.
Live my life. hmp!
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ReplyDeleteGreat blog!
I'm a working mom, but I too am very serious about my TV time. So I can relate. Except for the part about people trying to convert me to another religion. Most of the people who come to my door want me to invest in new windows. Of course most of their customers become "converts"...
ReplyDeleteConnie - you crack me up! I wish you lived closer and you could come hang out at my house on Tuesday nights! Seriously, come down and go to IKEA with me - you will love it!!!
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You are the funniest thing! Sometimes it is so hard to say no - but I imagine you will be working on teaching your husband how.
ReplyDeleteConnie. I know just.how.you.feel.
ReplyDeleteOne week last fall, after a new bishop was just "elected" in the local ward, we had two missionaries, two relief society ladies, two local wardlings AND the bishop show up to our house. ALL IN ONE WEEK.
I usually just let T talk, and he sends them away...strange thing considering he IS one of the dark side's hatchlings...haha!
In any case, I totally agree with your disclaimer, and I'm on that boat 100%, but yeah, sometimes, you gotta vent. Love ya chicka!
Calvin must be hard up for friends or for conversation with someone other than you if he's agreeing to talk to them again.
ReplyDeleteI don't get it. You're not going to convert, so what's the point in stringing them along?
I've got it! He's a Mormon tease!
I'm with you Connie :) I LIVE for the Bachelor and Biggest Loser and nothing can get in the way of those two nights of TV. Besides, does Calvin think that visiting with Brother Horton counts as having a LIFE? I am assuming Brother Horton is in his early twenties???? I dated a mormon for a long time and we broke up right before his mission. He just couldn't convert me ;)
ReplyDeleteOh My Heck....Brother Horton is about 80 years old! He brings a *newbie* with him everytime. I think they use Calvin to teach them what to do with a possibly Jewish Engineer that drinks beer. LOL!
ReplyDeleteMen. Just yesterday my husband invited his parents to come spend Mardi Gras DAY with us. I could maim him.
ReplyDeleteI love Raising Z's comment "Mormon tease"
ReplyDeleteWe don't get that so much in The Big City...thank goodness, I don't know what I'd do!
I am in upstate NY and have absolutely no life experience with any Mormons. I get all of my education from Big Love--which is one of my absolute fav shows by the way. All I can say is if my husband invited someone into our home during one of my fav shows my whoopi goal would be in the toilet!!!! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm also Pentecostal. I had a friend try to convert me to Mormonism in highschool and they were SERIOUS about it. I stayed the night at her house, & her mom came & put the book of Mormon on the nightstand, and then I caught her watching me in the mirror while I was doing my hair. Creeeeepy!!
ReplyDeleteI personally think that the beliefs are WAY off. I kind of loathe the religion. Love some of my friends that are Mormons though.
I couldn't live where you do. Props to you for your tolerance. :) I always tell people how you have to have a membership to a bar there. lol. {I don't go to bars or anything. Just think that's hilarious}.