We finally got our KFC “rain check” coupons in the mail and had a two-week span to use them. So, Friday we went to “Un-Think” KFC and try their new grilled chicken…which was basically on the level with their fried chicken, except with a little less taste. And I’ve never seen such a small drumstick, so that perplexed me. Rachael braved it with us. It started pouring as we drove there, and even though we had an umbrella we were soaked when we got inside. There were only a couple other people in the restaurant at the time, and they all seemed, well, like people you would expect to see in a Leland KFC. I spent a few minutes thinking about that line, trying to come up with a nicer way to say it. But, I couldn’t. So, there you go. Anyway, the AC was chilly, and we were wet, and people were kind of looking at us funny, but it was Friday and the weekend was ahead of us and we were eating chicken with sporks, so life was good. We ran by Food Lion afterward and got vanilla ice cream and a brownie mix, and later once the brownies were done we ate way too much but didn’t care. We stayed up late talking about spirituality and salvation and Israel and Whale Wars.
Saturday, Jesse and I went to Story’s baby dedication, and we sat in a circle with six other people and Warren and Sharon, while Story played in the middle and took turns grinning at each of us. They told us how they wanted to raise her, what values they wanted emphasized in their family, and we asked questions and prayed and grinned back at Story. Later that afternoon, I took a three-hour nap. When I woke up, I was convinced it was Sunday morning and I was late for the Bookstore (where I volunteer at church), so I jumped out of bed and started running around and gasping, “Oh no! Oh no!” I put on my glasses but couldn’t see because I already had my contacts in, and I just kept running around until I saw that it was 6:15. And it didn’t look like morning. So, I figured it out and had to lay flat on my back for a few minutes while my heart rate slowed enough to get up and move around. Once I recovered, Jesse and I went to the mall and wandered about. We ate mall food for dinner and felt like teenagers.
Yesterday was church and eating beef stroganoff for lunch and inviting ourselves over to Stew and Kat’s place for a bring-your-own dinner and a movie with Brandon and Kara. And now it’s Monday already, another week. If June was traumatic, July is inefficient and busy, a bad combination. But July’s weekends have been good, at least, so one can’t complain.
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I’m not famailiar with a baby dedication, but it sounds like a really nice custom. Maybe when the time comes I’ll find out more info so I could one or something like it, too.
Yes, July is flying by. For that matter, 2009 is, too. In just a few short months we are going to have to adjust to writing one less zero in our date. 2010 is weird!
Oh yeah… I think it is absolutely hilarious that KFC’s current motto is “unthink.” Really? What marketing exec let that one pass? I guess not everyone out there is as offended as I that a company who wants me to buy their stuff encourages me to “unthink” in order to do so. I can’t decide who that insults more, the customer or the business. I think perhaps the business.
This baby dedication was much different from others I’ve heard of, and the changes were well done, I thought. It built in accountability for the parents and reinforced the idea that community is so important.
2010. Can’t figure that one out.
And KFC’s motto should probably be: Just keep on not thinking–it’s great for business! (And don’t read the ingredients listed online! And don’t think about factory farms!) I’m one to speak, having just eaten there a few days ago. Ha. Hypocrisy can be a beautiful thing.
It would be good to see ya’ll sometime