Sunday, December 7, 2008
Is there a Christmas Tree lot anywhere?
This is how a trip to get a Christmas tree became a voyage to the far reaches of Layton. We left the house at about a quarter to five in order to pick up a a tree. I had just finished making some pizza dough and plopped it into the bowl to rise. It needed 45 minutes, and I figured that would give us plenty of time to snag a tree and get back home. I mean, I already had the nursery where we would buy our tree picked out and everything, how long could it all take...really? How about one HOUR and 45 MINUTES! The first nursery had no trees, ditto number two. I couldn't help but think that this was a weird development. Every nursery in Orem had Christmas trees plus there was a tree lot every five blocks on State Street. We decided to go to a third nursery (we'd never been there but had seen signs pointing to where it should be) and ended up on a road to the middle of nowhere. By this time we were all feeling a bit frustrated, but then I remembered "come what may, and love it" and started to laugh. We made our way back to civilization and after driving 20 blocks finally saw the shining lights of a tree lot. (It must be the only one in Layton!) We watched the singing Christmas tree, petted the Santa dog, ate some candy canes and found the perfect tree. Of course, I didn't bring my check book...but that's another story! Elder Wirthlin was so right, come what may, and love it.
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i love your witty writing! miss you guys.
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