The Chocolate Christmas
(The Deseret News dropped the title...)

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705272068,00.html

Without telling my wife beforehand I submitted a story about her childhood to a writing contest sponsored by the Deseret News. Well, all I can say is that I got lucky! They called me about a week ago and told me they would be publishing it on the 22nd. I was planning to watch for it in the paper tomorrow, but I happened to check the paper today and was surprised to see it on the front page! I definitely won't complain. I thought it was added luck that they chose this story for the Sunday edition. I wrapped up the paper and a Kit Kat bar and gave it to my wife with breakfast in bed today. I don't know what to do when women cry, but I think that meant she liked it...

If a Little Salt is Good...

The other day my wife started making some Kimchi by adding salt to cabbage -- lots of cabbage (like an entire kitchen full). She realized she had to run to the grocery store for some additional ingredients so she dropped everything and left. While she was gone Kai noticed that she had started the Kimchi and decided to help her finish... (One of the benefits of working for a salt company is that we tend to have a lot of salt at home). "Good thing!" thought Kai's little four year old mind as he proceeded to help Mom by adding what can only be described as a "very liberal" amount of salt to the cabbage... and the counter... and the sink... and the chairs... and the floor...

Super Introspective Blog Post - (An Ode to Bloggers who take themselves a little too seriously and think the rest of the world should too).

My feelings. Belabored point. Self Self Self. Point in passing. Rambling. Spiritual epiphany. Wow! More feelings. Me me me. Movie review. So and so actress (actor) is hot. More feelings.

Virtues. Patience. Rambling. Tears. Exactly! Love.

Devastation. Rambling. Tragedy. Belabored point. (Reader has a headache).

Lalala. Self Self Self. Can you imagine? Me too. Self justification.

Boredom. Anyway. Re-assert sentence 1. Me me me.

Done. Whew!