Ok, so we had some friends over for Easter and I thought it would be nice to serve baked potatoes with dinner. I went out and bought one of those big tubs of sour cream to bury the potato in. Dinner is ready and my wife goes to get the tub and she comments it is very light. She opens it to find it completely empty. Ok so then those friends left us a coconut cake when they left. Next morning I go in the pantry to find coconut everywhere on the floor. I look over at the cake to see a big hole in the shape of a hand. Meanwhile the mystery of the missing pineapple cans continues. Last night, a week after the pineapple cans went missing an empty one showed up in the corner of the pantry. I am beginning to think maybe I should watch old episodes of NICS to break this case.
Apr 5 - 11
Ok, so I bought 3 more cans of pineapple chunks because I am determined to find out how good they are. This time I place them right out in front so it is obvious if anybody takes them. So, I go to get a can and I can’t find any, nor can I even find any empty cans this time. Just as I am about to call the “nuns for hire”, I tell my wife. She says, “silly, I hid them this time where no one could find them”. She goes to get them out of the very back of a low cabinet and they aren’t there. The only thing I can figure is they are convincing the Amazon delivery driver to take the empty cans.
Mar 29 - Apr 4
Ok, so we are down in Santa Cruz for the weekend to celebrate my eldest’s birthday. My wife being the nice person she is offered to babysit our 2 and half year old grandson while they go out to dinner. Lately I have been complaining about the work involved in trying to run three restaurants, well that is nothing compared to trying to keep a 2 year old preoccupied. I guess I am too old to remember our darling children having this much energy. I totally understand why parents get their kids electronic devices by the age of 3.
So folks, as you may have been aware at the Sunrise Country Waffles, Shelly has been out on sick leave. It turns out that she has cancer and after having surgery they found she had uterine and ovarian cancer. Fortunately, they caught them both early. She is going through chemo now and if everything goes as planned she will be back in August. I know at times during chemo she has had tough luck and things have been difficult. I feel so bad for her because she always stayed healthy and ate healthy. Please keep her in your prayers and hopefully the doctors get everything under control.
Mar 22 - 28
Have you ever walked into a room and knew something was amiss?
Lately, I have been making stir fry at home for the wife and kids. I will go to Food Max and buy all the vegetables and chicken to fry up. My favorite ingredient to add flavor is pineapple chunks. So I bought 4 cans to make sure I wouldn’t run out.
Later on I walk into the pantry when my foot sticks to the floor, and I mean really sticks to the floor. I look over and there is one pull off lid hiding in the corner. Then I find 2 empty cans in the other corner under some flour. I never did find the other 2 cans. Obviously, both my kids denied ever doing such a thing.
So this is where I want to start a new business. It will be called “Rent a Nun to Find the Truth”. This woman in a black nun’s habit comes to your house with a yard stick. You sit the kid, or adult, at a short table and the nun starts asking questions. If she doesn’t hear what she wants she slams the yard stick down on the table. Each time getting closer and closer until the child or adult finally breaks down and tells the truth.
It's too bad I have a social worker wife, I think this idea could be a great start-up.