At church this morning.
After ONE year of attending Sunday service, the assistant pastor finally approaches us to greet and talk (it's a HUGE congregation mind you). I was off fetching the Ls from Sunday school.
This is the conversation between my wonderful, but sometimes a wee-bit SLOW, husband and the pastor.
Pastor: Welcome! It's nice to meet you.
SLOW Husband: Thank You!
Pastor: Are you very religious?
SLOW Husband: My wife is ...
Innocent bystander, who knows my SLOW husband: YES he IS!!!
Pastor: Are you from this denomination?
SLOW Husband: My wife is, she is German and comes from the town where Luther DECODED the Bible.
Pastor: BLANK STARE
Innocent bystander (in a very apologetic voice) : He is an engineer.
Pastor (in a very forgiving voice): I see. So you are Lutheran?
SLOW Husband: My wife is. Yes, she is. VERY Lutheran.
Pastor: (with a very forced smile) Thats nice. Please excuse me. ... and walks away. I am sure he crossed himself and prayed for Pat's poor soul while walking away.
Conversation that followed between me and SLOW Husband in the car thereafter:
Me: "DECODED the Bible?" WHAT?
Me: "Yes she is Lutheran, VERY Lutheran?" What?
SLOW Husband: What??? Aren't you Lutheran? You are right?
Me: Yes my poor SLOW Husband, I am VERY Lutheran. I am so Lutheran I can almost DECODE the Bible myself ... if I'd only knew "binary code".
Me: Did you hit your head on the way out of the door this morning?
SLOW Husband: Whaaaat!!!! It's all cool! Right?
I can't wait for next week. I am sure I'll be greeted by many, many people with very understanding smiles for the woman who brings her poor, mentally disabled SLOW Husband to pray to the Lord.
Crowd to me: "Bless you dear Lady. May God be with you during this challenging time of your life. We do offer assistance for Saints, like you, who live with people like him!"
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Dear Santa
I was told that making your list for Santa is a tradition that MUST be fulfilled the day after St. Bertha, and so it was done ...
This morning the CZ clan was summoned to the kitchen table to fulfill the hard task of choosing what makes the list and what doesn't.
The two Ls of the house had their work cut out for them ... well that was part of their work.
We debated and reviewed and we discussed and pondered.
Then we had to write a letter to Santa. A requirement for everybody 5 and older!
And so L fought her way through the alphabet to write a letter to Good-Old-Santa all on her won!!!
That's it Santa! Easy peasy right?! ;)
We told them that there is a good chance that Santa may not be able to bring all of it and that he knew which present would be right for them. He IS magic after all!
We both, Papa and I, are very impressed with the amount of thought and consideration the Ls put into the wish list for this year.
I love that L is putting items on her list that she already had on her list last year and that Lulu, with her 3 years, is so much into dancing that she wishes for Christmas that she could dance in the Nutcracker.
We have two very wonderful little girls in our lives! Another big reason to be thankful for!
Honorable Mention of the Day:
We are now going to open bottle #2 (Gewuertztraminer) in honor of my little sister-in-law ;)
We will celebrate the Kleins BIG time today (that is a play on words AND true!!)
SO HAPPY 4 U guys!!!
xoxo
Your CA CZ's
This morning the CZ clan was summoned to the kitchen table to fulfill the hard task of choosing what makes the list and what doesn't.
The two Ls of the house had their work cut out for them ... well that was part of their work.
We debated and reviewed and we discussed and pondered.
Oh ... it was a hard task, let me tell you.
Lulu's stack after the cutting part
Then we had to write a letter to Santa. A requirement for everybody 5 and older!
And so L fought her way through the alphabet to write a letter to Good-Old-Santa all on her won!!!
I have bin gud! ( cute, she writes in a German accent :)
Then we went on to the REAL important part of the job, decorating. Can you say GLITTER!!!
We ended up with this.
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present
The Ls Lists for Santa
- 2010 -
List #1 by
Lillie Marie Sigrid Agnes Czarnota
her personal message
I am in heaven ... look what she wishes for and she said "it's from deep within my heart Mama"
awwwww ............quick give me a tissue!!!
This has been on her list for two consecutive years now!!!
hint-hint Santa!!!!
This too was on her list last year.
And a boys toy so Jay has more fun when he comes over.
She LOVES this boy!!!
List #1 by
Lucy Luise Sigrid Agnes Czarnota
A real ballerina tutu like in Swan Lake
A Ballerina Bar
(there is definitely a theme going on here!!!)
A Nutcracker Show and to dance in it
awwww ... more tissue please!!!
(may I remind you that this is the wish of a THREE year old!!!)
and a play house for playing school with Lillie
We told them that there is a good chance that Santa may not be able to bring all of it and that he knew which present would be right for them. He IS magic after all!
We both, Papa and I, are very impressed with the amount of thought and consideration the Ls put into the wish list for this year.
I love that L is putting items on her list that she already had on her list last year and that Lulu, with her 3 years, is so much into dancing that she wishes for Christmas that she could dance in the Nutcracker.
We have two very wonderful little girls in our lives! Another big reason to be thankful for!
Honorable Mention of the Day:
We are now going to open bottle #2 (Gewuertztraminer) in honor of my little sister-in-law ;)
We will celebrate the Kleins BIG time today (that is a play on words AND true!!)
SO HAPPY 4 U guys!!!
xoxo
Your CA CZ's
Attention all CA CZ Time Share Owners
As of today we have implemented an immediate change in amenities of your time share property at 711 Coyote Street.
After careful consideration and in depth analysis of the affects this change will induce, the Board of Directors, of your highly valued time share property, has canceled the Comcast Cable TV and On-Demand options for this property, effective immediately.
Thus you will no longer be able to watch any TV station and you will also lose your On Demand Movie Choices.
This change will improve the person-to-person conversations, family game nights, reading and quality time shared with your loved-ones.
We appreciate your ongoing support and hope you will find this change to your liking.
(and if not ... sorry but you'll have to talk, play, read and have fun with us instead of watching the TeeVee :)
We are looking forward to your next visit ... and be ready for game night, because you know WHO will be nagging you about it OVER and OVER (and NOOO it's not the CZ girls of the house!!!).
Kindly,
Your Time Share Board of Directors
After careful consideration and in depth analysis of the affects this change will induce, the Board of Directors, of your highly valued time share property, has canceled the Comcast Cable TV and On-Demand options for this property, effective immediately.
Thus you will no longer be able to watch any TV station and you will also lose your On Demand Movie Choices.
This change will improve the person-to-person conversations, family game nights, reading and quality time shared with your loved-ones.
We appreciate your ongoing support and hope you will find this change to your liking.
(and if not ... sorry but you'll have to talk, play, read and have fun with us instead of watching the TeeVee :)
We are looking forward to your next visit ... and be ready for game night, because you know WHO will be nagging you about it OVER and OVER (and NOOO it's not the CZ girls of the house!!!).
Kindly,
Your Time Share Board of Directors
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Her legacy will live on
... yes indeed it will! ... we have two huge bags in the freezer and enough to feed an army in the fridge.
In-between the cooking we didn't do much, except for hanging out with our jet-leg fighting Papa, taking Ed, the floating poultry turkey-herd dog, for a much needed walk in the wonderful sunlight of this wonderful afternoon on this wonderful family day and crafted some delish Ginger-babes ...
This was the CZ Thanksgiving Celebration.
Since neither Pat nor I are Americans we are not too much into this holiday (sorry!!!) but instead we celebrated us being back together and Pat being able to fill his belly with poor Saint Bertha.
Next year I will veto the Turkey thing ... a nice pasta dish will work just as fine but I won't tell Pat about it until next Thanksgiving :)
I am now ready to let the Turkey coma take me to a nice and hopefully warmer [it's COLD!!!! outside] place.
Honorable Mention of the Day
We all missed our Boo-Boo VERY much today!
It was our first Thanksgiving without my Willie-boy and he was sorely missed!!!
When Ed was happily picking up the "accidentally" dropped Bertha pieces from the floor I had flash backs of Will being all over Turkey Day food scraps. It must have been his favorite day of the year besides his Cheeseburger b-day parties.
I hope you got lots of treats today at heavenly doggy beach, my little, sweet, always tail wagging Forever-Dog! We all miss you VERY much. L was talking about you all day and kept saying that you are still part of our family. How right she is!!! You are and will always be.
She served us well! And as predicted, we were stuffed and regretting the overindulgence of her tasty gifts shortly after we had finished supper.
L proclaimed it was the best dinner ever and Lulu, while snacking on her choice of supper - Pretzels, said she liked it too (I guess these pretzels were REALLY god).
Now, at 10:00 pm we have cleaned the kitchen (for the 20. time today), put Saint Bertha back into the freezer for safekeeping of her holy body[parts] and Pat and I are fighting the Turkey coma as strongly as we can (but I fear we are going down quickly).
L proclaimed it was the best dinner ever and Lulu, while snacking on her choice of supper - Pretzels, said she liked it too (I guess these pretzels were REALLY god).
Now, at 10:00 pm we have cleaned the kitchen (for the 20. time today), put Saint Bertha back into the freezer for safekeeping of her holy body[parts] and Pat and I are fighting the Turkey coma as strongly as we can (but I fear we are going down quickly).
In-between the cooking we didn't do much, except for hanging out with our jet-leg fighting Papa, taking Ed, the floating poultry turkey-herd dog, for a much needed walk in the wonderful sunlight of this wonderful afternoon on this wonderful family day and crafted some delish Ginger-babes ...
The Ls making their Nativity Sticker Scenes
(L "ordered" these in bulk from Oriental Trading ... she INSISTED that we
"really, really need them Mama, really!"
The Ginger Babes
Ls Ginger Creation
Lulu's SWEET Ginger Baby
Then St. Bertha came back from her Spa Day,
looking mighty good after her "heated oven treatment"
I added some German goodness to the table,
in form of dumplings and red cabbage
We said Grace and combined were thankful for being able to spend this holiday together as a family.
... and then we ate until ...
... we couldn't anymore
Oh yeah ... and then it got crazy out-of-control!!!
Pat and the Ls went down on the dance[kitchen] floor and
"got-it-on-baby"
The nightly dancing performance turned into a family disco night.
We will, we will ROCK you!!
Crazy-Hair L doing the Robot
It's not a party until L takes her clothes off!!!
Ed rocking out too of course!
This was the CZ Thanksgiving Celebration.
Since neither Pat nor I are Americans we are not too much into this holiday (sorry!!!) but instead we celebrated us being back together and Pat being able to fill his belly with poor Saint Bertha.
Next year I will veto the Turkey thing ... a nice pasta dish will work just as fine but I won't tell Pat about it until next Thanksgiving :)
I am now ready to let the Turkey coma take me to a nice and hopefully warmer [it's COLD!!!! outside] place.
Honorable Mention of the Day
We all missed our Boo-Boo VERY much today!
It was our first Thanksgiving without my Willie-boy and he was sorely missed!!!
When Ed was happily picking up the "accidentally" dropped Bertha pieces from the floor I had flash backs of Will being all over Turkey Day food scraps. It must have been his favorite day of the year besides his Cheeseburger b-day parties.
I hope you got lots of treats today at heavenly doggy beach, my little, sweet, always tail wagging Forever-Dog! We all miss you VERY much. L was talking about you all day and kept saying that you are still part of our family. How right she is!!! You are and will always be.
Message from Meow for you:
"Miss you my friend! Wish you were here!"
Message from Ed for you:
"Thanks for letting me use your big, soft, red bed big bro and for showing me in spirit how to drive them bonkers ... I think it's working :)"
We miss you lots!
Love, your mama & papa, your Ls,
Meow, Zoe and your new baby brother Eddie
Saint Bertha
Bertha, so I named her, laid in our bathtub enjoying a last cleansing and warming bath before the heat of the oven will roast her slowly, spreading her scrumptious aroma all over 711 Coyote Street.
She lived a short and probably very unfulfilled life and she gave it all for us (not willingly I would guess).
She gave herself to us, carnivores, so we could overindulge on her young and juicy body, stuff ourselves and regret eating way too much about 20 minutes after supper has been served.
Therefore I decided on this faithfull morning of November 25, 2010, in sunny Milpitas CA, to grant her Sainthood. Sainthood for dying for us and our lust to eat her. She very well deserves this.
The ONLY reason why she ended up in my bathtub and later in our digestion system is because of my poor, jet-legged, overworked, meat-deprived husband, who arrived yesterday after a long journey back from Singapore to surprise his CZ girls for Thanksgiving.
Since I hadn't really planned a Thanksgiving feast due to the fact that we, the CZ girls, anticipated to be "papa-less" on this festive occasion, we raced out last night to fetch a last-minute turkey and sides to go with.
If you wait until the last minute to plan and shop for Thanksgiving supper you'll end up with whats left in the poultry over-flowing shelfs of every grocery store in the US. You end up with this ...
I have spent too many of my lonely nights alone in front of my BFF "PC" reading on PETA's website to fully enjoy the pleasures of a wonderful, home-cooked turkey dinner this year.
I am hoping I can give St. Bertha immortality by posting about her and her sacrifice for us.
She is measured to feed 20 people by weight. Awesome!
We are two adults, one 6 year old CARNIVORE and one 3 year old born-vegetarian.
Bertha should feed us for most of 2011.
My secret plan is to spread the joys of her juicy meat with whoever walks across our street.
May she have not died in vain ... we will honor your sacrifice by sharing.
Oh come all ye hungry and forever starving
Oh come all ye hungry to Milpitas
To be continued....
She lived a short and probably very unfulfilled life and she gave it all for us (not willingly I would guess).
She gave herself to us, carnivores, so we could overindulge on her young and juicy body, stuff ourselves and regret eating way too much about 20 minutes after supper has been served.
Therefore I decided on this faithfull morning of November 25, 2010, in sunny Milpitas CA, to grant her Sainthood. Sainthood for dying for us and our lust to eat her. She very well deserves this.
The ONLY reason why she ended up in my bathtub and later in our digestion system is because of my poor, jet-legged, overworked, meat-deprived husband, who arrived yesterday after a long journey back from Singapore to surprise his CZ girls for Thanksgiving.
Since I hadn't really planned a Thanksgiving feast due to the fact that we, the CZ girls, anticipated to be "papa-less" on this festive occasion, we raced out last night to fetch a last-minute turkey and sides to go with.
If you wait until the last minute to plan and shop for Thanksgiving supper you'll end up with whats left in the poultry over-flowing shelfs of every grocery store in the US. You end up with this ...
a SMALL 20 lbs, young and juicy St. Bertha
floating leisurely in our bathtub
thawing her frozen wings and legs in a nice warm bath
Ed, the floating poultry turkey-herd dog, was keeping a close eye on sweet St. Bertha
St. Bertha in her birth-suit
23-34-44,
the perfect turkey-lady measurements
isn't she just stunning!!!
showing off her pretty side
very volumtious lady!!!!!!
Resting before the blazing, hard work begins.
I have spent too many of my lonely nights alone in front of my BFF "PC" reading on PETA's website to fully enjoy the pleasures of a wonderful, home-cooked turkey dinner this year.
I am hoping I can give St. Bertha immortality by posting about her and her sacrifice for us.
She is measured to feed 20 people by weight. Awesome!
We are two adults, one 6 year old CARNIVORE and one 3 year old born-vegetarian.
Bertha should feed us for most of 2011.
My secret plan is to spread the joys of her juicy meat with whoever walks across our street.
May she have not died in vain ... we will honor your sacrifice by sharing.
Oh come all ye hungry and forever starving
Oh come all ye hungry to Milpitas
To be continued....
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