Mr. Fix It

I just want to give a shout out to Brett for fixing all of my car problems the other day. Perhaps some of you ladies are super car savey, but I am not. Recently my power outlets died leaving me gps-less, and I had several lights go out. Brett spent an afternoon and changed the lightbulbs and fuses. Now I have all my lights and all my power. Thanks honey. (and he showed me where and fuses were and how to change them . . so next time I can do it myself . . .maybe) :)

Family Reunion 2010: Nauvoo

Here is a guest post written by my Dad-Ron Jorgensen. We recently had a wonderful family reunion and he wrote up all the details. He did such a great job I thought I'd just post it here rather then rewrite it. Thanks dad.


We just finished our family reunion in Nauvoo, Illinois. It was a challenge getting ready for it. Thursday, July, 1, Jeannine drove to Maryland to pick up Adam and Leland. Adam, as an adult leader, and Leland had been biking down the C&O canal with the older scouts for the troop’s high adventure. Adam and Leland had already biked about 120 miles when they left to come home and get ready for our trip.

Friday, July 2, 2010. We got up early. Adam and Lucy left first and drove to Fara and David Sneddon’s home in Normal, Illinois because it was reasonably close to St. Louis where Lydia and Devin were flying in to. About a half hour later, Jeannine, Leland, and I left and drove about 12 hours to Kathy and Ralph Anderson’s home near Chicago, Illinois. Ralph is Jeannine’s brother and Kathy our sister-in-law. Fara is Ralph and Kathy’s daughter and Dave is her husband. Kathy and Ralph graciously put us up Friday night. Fara and Dave graciously put up Adam and Lucy.

Laura left her home in Flower Mound, Texas with her three children, Emmeline, Mabel, and Madelyn. Unfortunately, husband Brett had just started a new job and had to stay home to work. Laura made pretty good time but followed the back roads plotted out on her GPS and managed to get a speeding ticket.

Andy and Amie with their children Kristine and Riley had the longest distance to go. They left Provo, Utah, and started their two day drive to Nauvoo. So for most of us, Friday was an all day drive.

The exception was Lydia and Devin. They planned to fly into St. Louis on Friday, spend the night in a hotel, and be picked up by Adam and Lucy the next morning. Alas, their plane from Salt Lake to Denver was delayed and they missed their flight from Denver to St. Louis so they spent the night in Denver.

Saturday, July 3, 2010. Jeannine, Leland, and I started out with a relaxed day. We spent the morning watching soccer with Ralph on their new big flat screen T.V. This gave Leland an opportunity to voice one of his favorite complaints, when are we going to join the 21st century and get a big flat screen T.V.? Kathy prepared us an eggs, sausage, toast, and hominy grits breakfast. About noon, we left for Nauvoo.

Adam and Lucy visited with Fara and David, waiting for Lydia and Devin to arrive. Finally, Lydia phoned and told them that their flights were messed up again, and they would not be into St. Louis until 10:00 pm. I told Adam and Lucy to go to Nauvoo and I would pick up Lydia and Devin. (Thank goodness for cell phones. That is the second of Leland’s favorite complaints, that he doesn’t have a cell phone. He has told us that his friends consider him the ghetto-est white boy at his school. I am not sure what this exactly means, but it is related to hand-me-downs and other indications that his parents have not purchased items consistent with being white middle class in 2010 America.)

At about 3:00 pm, Adam and Lucy arrived at the house we had rented. His GPS had navigated him to the middle of a field near Nauvoo, but he asked for directions from a farmer and finally arrived at the house. The farmer actually lived next to the house and had “Go back to Utah” written on his truck. About an hour later, Jeannine, Leland, and I were in the same field as we also used the GPS. We phoned Adam and he guided us in. Laura made it to the field about 7:00 and we guided her in.

The house had two stories with enough bedrooms so that the married couples had a little privacy. The kitchen was huge and had a table that was almost big enough for all of us to eat at the same time. In the kitchen was a cast iron spiral staircase. This staircase was a favorite of Kristine and Riley who climbed up and down it risking a deadly fall, much to the worry of their parents, Jeannine and me. Outside was a bunk house with four bunk beds. Adam, Leland, Emmeline, and Mabel slept in the bunkhouse.

For dinner, Jeannine fixed her famous tasty baked enchiladas. After dinner and a nap, I left and drove about 3 ½ hours to the St. Louis airport to pick up Lydia and Devin. I found that if I drove about two miles along the road next to the house, it went right up to the LDS visitor’s center in Nauvoo. I phoned back and told Jeannine to have Andy navigate to the visitor center, not the address. It was a long drive to St. Louis, but I listened to music and a tape and watched fireworks in the small towns I passed. Mostly I just drove through empty miles of plains and farmland. Just as I was arriving in the St. Louis airport, Andy phoned me to tell me that he was in a field near Nauvoo. I had him phone Adam to get directions and they spent some time trying to find each other in the dark.

At the St. Louis airport, I picked up an exhausted Lydia and Devin. They had proved that in 2010 it was actually faster to travel by car from Salt Lake City to St. Louis than to fly, but between Lydia’s tears and Devin’s demand, they had managed to have their motel room paid for and acquired almost $1400 in travel vouchers. Finally, at 3:00 am, Sunday morning, the whole family of fifteen people was together at last.

Sunday, July 4, 2010. We all woke up late, exhausted from our trips. Some of the more early arrivals woke up in time to go see the movie about Joseph Smith at the Visitor’s Center. Afterwards, all of us went to the 2:00 pm Nauvoo ward. Since it was the week of the Nauvoo pageant, the ward building was set up like a stake conference with seats to the back of the cultural hall. They actually set up a second sacrament table at the side of the cultural hall. It was a testimony meeting and most of the testimonies were given by Nauvoo pageant members, so the testimonies were well delivered and very dramatic.

After church, we all drove up to Carthage to visit the Carthage Jail. We had to take all of our cars, but that was great since no one was crowded. We took the tour but Laura had to drop out due to the demands of a hungry Madelyn. I picked up Laura afterwards and we made the next tour while everyone else played on the grass, then left for home. Fortunately for us, the second tour guide was better and since it was only the two of us, we had a delightful visit driving back to our house near Nauvoo. (Technically, the house may have been in Niota, Illinois but who has ever heard of Niota? By the way, the contract we signed had perfectly clear directions from the Nauvoo temple. A GPS is not always better.)

That evening, Adam and Lucy fixed dinner. Adam grilled hamburgers, bratwursts, hotdogs, and corn on the cob on the outside barbeque grill. Lucy fixed a great Jell-O salad. Laura fixed a strawberry birthday cake for Lucy. We ate great dinners during our trip.

Later that evening, we had a two day late birthday party for Lucy including the special hat and the traditional off tune Happy Birthday song sung most loudly by Adam. Our little girl is now eighteen years old. After dark, we lit sparklers and pulled poppers to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Monday, July 5, 2010. The next morning all of us, except Andy and Riley, went on a short handcart trek from Nauvoo. Since Riley was feeling sick, Andy stayed home to take care of him. It was raining. We chose one handcart and off we went up and down muddy, slippery trails, and across creeks, pulling and lifting our handcart. We had one nursing baby, and three other children under the age of four, so those who weren’t pulling the handcart were holding and carrying babies, lifting the little ones over the mud. Often the mud covered our shoes. Most of the adults had done youth handcart treks with our stakes back home, but it was an order of magnitude more difficult with the little ones wet, muddy, and crying. We did the short one mile trail but we were exhausted, soaking wet and muddy when we finished.

We rested and washed at the house. We cleaned our shoes but they were still wet when we left nearly a week later. I had a great nap, one of the many great naps that I had on the trip. After the nap, most of us, except Leland and Andy’s family, returned to Nauvoo to tour the bakery, the Nauvoo Cultural Hall, and the Pioneer Industries Hall where we learned about rope making, candle making, bread making, and weaving rugs. All the guides were senior missionaries. When I was younger, I assumed that such missionaries had learned these skills in their youth. Now I am almost the same age as these missionaries.

We had another great dinner, this time prepared by Lydia and Devin. They made “Tinga Tacos” which were excellent. We drank the Old Nauvoo Non-Alcoholic Sparkling Red that had been left for us in the rental house. The little ones had adjusted and there was less crying. Still, it was hot, humid, and raining most of the time we were there.

In the evening, Lydia gave haircuts. By the time we left Nauvoo, almost everyone had a haircut and looked much better than when we had arrived. Thank you, Lydia.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Jeannine prepared a blueberry pancake breakfast. We were scheduled for a 10:00 am session in the Nauvoo temple. Ron, Jeannine, and Adam made it. Lydia had left her temple recommend in Provo so she and Devin waited until the temple could get a hold of her Bishop. The rest were running late.

The Nauvoo temple is beautiful. Even the locker room had cherry wood lockers. Though we saw the movie, we moved from room to room during the endowment. I sat next to a painted flower in the creation room and enjoyed looking at it because I have been painting flowers and have a secret desire to paint a picture to be displayed at the Washington, D.C. temple.

We were almost finished with our session when a temple worker called out my name and told me that the rest of our party was in the 11:00 am session. So when we finished, Jeannine and I did some sealings and Adam did some initiatories. We then returned to the Celestial Room to greet Lydia, Devin, Laura, Andy and Amie. (Lydia and Devin did some sealings and Laura some initiatories before they went through the session). Thank you, Lucy and Leland, for babysitting while we went to the temple.

In the afternoon it was rainy but we went through the Webb blacksmith and wheelwright shops. Jeannine and I took Riley, Mabel, Emmeline, and Madelyn for a walk so that the rest of the family could go through the Browning Gun shop. Riley, Mabel, and Emmeline found a puddle to play in. Riley laid right down in it. This puddle may have been the highlight of Riley’s trip. The rest really enjoyed the Gun shop.

On the way back to our house, we drove past a tugboat named the Lydia Marie pushing a barge up the Mississippi River. We took pictures but my camera’s setting was off and I didn’t get Lydia in a picture that showed the tugboat's name. My camera is waterproof and easily survived the handcart pull but Jeannine’s camera, which takes great pictures, may have been ruined.

Amie and Andy fixed dinner, a chicken sauce on spaghetti. It was great. The one thing we had was great meals.

In the evening, Lucy, Lydia, Devin, Jeannine, and I went to the opening night of the Nauvoo pageant. Mormons do great pageants: flags, parades, dancing, marching bands, believers, doubters, prosecutors, a little schmultz, testimony, preaching, and bag pipes. The Nauvoo temple was dramatically lit up in the background at finale. And of course, the pageant had charismatic, visionary, stick pulling, child loving, Joseph Smith, perhaps the most interesting character that could ever appear in a pageant. We really enjoyed it even through it rained during some of the performance.

The rest of the family walked down to play in the Mississippi and discovered that the River has leeches, one of which latched on to Emmeline. Yuck!! That was creepy. We saw lots of raccoons with their angry little eyes staring at us as we drove along the Mississippi. We also saw deer, possums, and a fox. Nauvoo is a swamp.

Although Jeannine and I went to bed early, Andy taught Leland and Adam to play DOOM, a board game with vicious weird alien invaders and defending marines.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010. At 10:00 am, the family went on a wagon ride through Nauvoo. We enjoyed the ride but Leland was really stuffed up and not feeling well. We thought he might be having an allergy attack from the horses, Old Joe and Jerry. He was still sick and exhausted from the bike ride down the C&O Canal. Jeannine drove him back to the house.

The rest of us went to the brick factory to get our Old Nauvoo bricks. (Later when I got home, I compared it to the Nauvoo brick I got about ten years ago. The new Old Nauvoo bricks have shrunk and are about half the size of the old Old Nauvoo bricks.) We then rode the ox cart.

Jeannine phoned me and told me that she had called 911 for an ambulance because Leland was getting worse with a terrible headache and vomiting. I drove Adam and Laura back to the house to pick up their cars and then drove to meet Jeannine and Leland at the hospital in Ft. Madison, Iowa, where the ambulance had taken them. At the bridge over the Mississippi, I had to wait about 20 minutes for the drawbridge to close. Finally I arrived at the hospital.

I found Leland in an emergency room bed looking pale and Jeannine looked exhausted. The staff had put an IV in Leland’s arm, but when the technicians took Leland to the X-ray room, they had a mix up and the IV was pulled from his arm, squirting blood over one of them. They bandaged him up and gave him some pain medicine. Finally, the doctor came in and told us that Leland had acute sinusitis, a bad infection of his sinuses. He prescribed antibiotics and anti-nausea pills. I asked the doctor if Leland could travel and the doctor decided to hurry the process by giving Leland a shot. Although Leland had a sore bottom, he started feeling better that evening.

When we returned, we had to clean up and get ready to leave. Laura fixed dinner, pork in barbeque sauce and a spinach salad. Again, we had another great meal. After dinner, Jeannine and Laura played their flutes and Lydia played her violin. Jeannine also set up her keyboard. They played classics and hymns together. We enjoyed listening to them. I understand that Andy later induced several others to play another round of DOOM.

I went to bed early since I had to get up about midnight to take Lydia and Devin to the St. Louis airport. I went to sleep in the bunkhouse which had housed Adam, Leland, Emmeline, and Mabel. It was cool, almost cold in the tiny room with an air conditioner. I fell asleep listening to the rain on the roof.

We were ready to go home, but sad to be parting from each other. I have missed writing about so many magic moments at our reunion, the time with our grandchildren and children, the hugs, the kisses, the holding of hands, the blowing of soap bubbles, the excitement of daddy longlegs and other bugs scurrying across the kitchen floor, the marching with sticks, the dancing with the wands with streamers that Jeannine gave the granddaughters and Riley jealous because he wanted a wand even if he was a boy, the conversations, the jokes, the coloring books, the bedtime stories, Devin and Lydia finding a restaurant and Amie shopping in uptown Nauvoo, the grocery runs, the games, the moments that make family so sweet. A writer can only take a sampling of life as the universe passes him by, the writing canonizing into a pale historical truth while the reality is lost, unrecorded, unseen, and unnoticed.

We wish we didn’t live so far apart. We really enjoyed each other’s company, and other than the little ones, everyone was pleasant and upbeat during the whole reunion. Sometimes we had a hard time getting going, but this may have been because we had so many little ones. I had to be patient during these times, but I must admit I may have been part of the problem since I tend to move at my own pace. We all agreed that it was a great reunion, but we decided that the next reunion in two years will be a little less touristy and little more relaxing. We will probably go to the beach. We might be able to get a great deal on a beach house on the Gulf.

Thursday, July 8, 2010. Devin, Lydia, and I left for the airport about 1:00 am. Their flight was at 6:00 am and we had a 3 ½ hour drive. Devin and Lydia had reserved a hotel room near the airport but they didn’t have time to stay in it before getting to the airport. Still, Devin checked in since he had already paid for the room but I delivered them directly to the airport. Then I went back to their hotel room and slept there for a few hours and ate the complementary breakfast.

Back in Nauvoo, the rest of the family packed and cleaned in the morning and then parted for their long drives home. Andy, Amie, and family started their two day drive west to Utah. Adam, Lucy, and Leland went up to Chicago to visit Aunt Kathy and Uncle Ralph. Friday, Adam and Lucy went waterskiing with Kathy and Ralph while Leland stayed home and slept all day. Saturday, Adam, Lucy, and Leland left for Virginia, arriving safely home early Sunday morning about 2:00 am.

I left from the hotel room near St. Louis and drove down to hit I-40 near Memphis, Tennessee, driving primarily through Missouri and Arkansas. Near Memphis, I did a little shopping, and checked out the visitor’s center in Memphis, and ate dinner. I went back into Arkansas and found a Best Western motel with two available rooms and a swimming pool. Then I watched television, read, napped, and waited.

Laura, Emmeline, Mabel, and Madelyn left late morning to drive back to Texas. Jeannine went with them to help drive. They followed the route I had taken from Nauvoo, to St. Louis, to where I was waiting near Memphis. I phoned and text messaged them the location of the motel. With both Jeannine and Laura taking turns driving, they made the trip in about ten hours. Once they arrived, we put on our swim suits and jumped into the pool. Emmeline swam like a fish and Mabel, although a little more cautious than her older sister, swam like a tadpole. What water babies!

Over all, the trip was a great success. Thank you to everyone who came, especially to Amie and Devin who were such great sports. I also want to thank Brett for allowing Laura and their children to come without him. We missed him. Most of all, I especially want to thank Laura who made most of the arrangements for Nauvoo. Without her and Jeannine, this reunion would have never happened.

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A few additional comments by Laura--
Whew! Thanks dad for that detailed account. I just have to add that I also played Doom with everyone. It was surprisingly fun. What a great and exhausting reunion!! I cant wait until 2012.

Scarborough Renaissance Festival

We celebrated my birthday a week early this year and did something that I have never done before but have always wanted to do. We took our family to the Scarborough Renaissance Festival. It happens each weekend throughout the spring here in Dallas with Memorial day being the last day of the season. Despite the heat and humidity we had a wonderful time! Since it was my birthday we got to rent costumes and dress up. Of course the girls (and I certainly am included in "the girls") absolutely LOVED this part. (Even though if we go next year we'll bring our own costumes :) ). Mabel won over the hearts of everyone who saw her in her pink maiden outfit. What was really great was how Brett decided to participate as well. He really doesnt like dressing up (I have a hard time convincing him to dress up for halloween) and he wasnt going to originally, but then I came out in my dress and since it was my birthday. . .he went for it. What a great husband. and so handsome!! :)

A few highlights.
-The girls really loved riding an elephant. I remember when I was little I went to Wildlife Safari with my family in Oregon. I dont remember much about it except I do remember, and always have, riding an elephant. I'm glad that my girls will get to hold on to a similar fun memory.

-The Joust. This was really neat. Before it started they gathered up about 10 little kiddos to be "young riders" and the special guests of the Queen. Somehow I managed to get Emmeline and Mabel in the group. After the great war horses, knights and ladies all rode out, the queen and some other nobles entered the stadium. Then they had the "young riders" ride through the stadium. Each child was on a stick horse, but Emmeline and Mabel were sharing one. As they were "galloping" through, they kept tripping over each other and a sweet lady who was in charge of the kids picked up Mabel and galloped with her through the stadium. This, and the fact that Emmeline has short little legs (all of the other kids who participated were older 7-10 or so) left Emmeline galloping several feet behind the other riders. As she past the crowd, by herself, everyone oohed, aahed and cheered for the cute little fairy princess trotting along after the others. It was very cute and I'm sure that Emmeline just loved the attention. Then the girls got to watch the joust in a special shaded box seat with a couple of lords and ladies leading them in the cheering and explaining the joust to them. It was perfect because Brett and I were stuck in an unshaded bleacher and we were scorching to death. I was glad the girls were in a cool, fun place. Anyway, it was really neat. And despite the hot bleacher I was on, I enjoyed the joust myself.

-The parade. Everyday of the festival at 1 there is a grand parade throughout the park. On this day, they allowed all veterans to participate in the parade and wear a yellow sash. It was actually really neat to see all the veterans honored and even though we were not in a traditional patriotic setting, I felt very proud to be an American and of my heritage. It was also fun to watch the different venders come through all dressed up having a good time. One character came up and put beads around Mabels neck (which Mabel graciously shared with Emmeline). As I mentioned before, Mabel won over every heart she met that day. :)
-The atmosphere. Music, laughter, fun costumes, dancing. It was so fun to walk around and pretend to be from another time, just for a day.


Thanks Brett for the fun birthday present.

New Ward Update

Well, I said I would post when I had more info on our new ward. It seems to be just great!! The people are very friendly. The girls and I have been invited to several playdates and activities. There is a huge primary and youth program which is great!! There are a lot of little kids for Emmeline and Mabel to play with. Also, the bishopric, RS presidency and Elders quorum presidency have all come to our house (separately) to welcome us. Needless to say, we feel very welcome. :)I am excited to continue to meet new people and have exciting new opportunities here in Flower Mound.

New Ward

I have been asked by several people in my family how my new ward is here in Texas. Well if anyone else is interested let me tell you. I don't know. Today, our first sunday here, was stake conference. LOL. It was pretty sad. The girls were really looking forward to going to their new primary classes. But they will get to next week--it will be okay. Just funny and a little sad for us. So to answer your question about our ward, I'll let you know next week (I'm sure it is awesome by the way they were willing to help us move in :) ). Oh and in case you were wondering, Stake Conference was nice.. :)

Good Question Emmeline

Emmeline likes movie previews almost as much as the movie shes gonna watch. She happenes to have all the previews memorized on her favorite shows. Here is a question she asked Brett yesterday.

"Dad, when Poohs Heffalump movie comes out in 2005 can we get it??"

Hilarious!!

Life in a Park

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a park. Where you walk outside your front door and step out onto a grassy knoll interwoven with sidewalks for biking and walking. Perhaps just down the path, there would be a little playground complete with slide and toys to climb on. And if you are really lucky, this park will also include a pool just a hop, skip and a jump from the park. Well, it turns out that this is exactly how our apartment complex is. I feel like we are living in a park. All of our windows look out over this grassy courtyard, so I dont have a problem letting Emmeline and Mabel wander out by themselves. Plus there are always several other children out and about. It is very cool to live in a park. :)


This is the view of the park from my front porch.

Another Reason to Love Aldi

We really needed some groceries and since I havent decided which grocery store I am going to shop at yet (I have to find out which has the best sales and coupon policies. . .oh how I will miss Publix) we decided to head over to Aldi. My mom told me about Aldi at least a year or more ago, but did I listen. . .no. (That will teach me not to listen to my mamma) I finally tried out the Aldi in Brimingham a couple months ago and was blown away by their cheap produce. Not only is the produce way cheaper then other places, it is generally fresh and delicious. They often have good deals on other items too. Anyway, we thought we'd check out the local Aldi here in the Metroplex. Little did we know that we would be showing up at the open house. Apparently this Aldi is opening tomorrow and today was a special "come and see" day. As we walked through the store we got lots of free sample and as we exited we got a couple of free big reusable shopping bags. The ones that generally cost a couple bucks each. And each bag was filled with samples including; a candy bar, water bottle, fiber bar, and gummy snacks. I also got 2 $5/25 coupons which I will totally use and we each got a free hot dog and soda. Yup, just another reason to love Aldi. :)

Congratulations Dr. Pickett

On Friday, March 26, Brett presented the public defense of his dissertation. I was happy to find a babysitter so I could be there. Bretts mom was also able to fly out from Utah. It was so nice that she was able to come and support Brett in this final hurdle before graduation.

Brett did a great job. He has worked very hard during the last 5 years and I am so proud of him for finishing everything up and graduating.

After the presentation, Brett's boss, Elliot, had us all up to the lab to celebrate. We picked up Emmeline and Mabel to come to this celebration with us. Elliot provided a nice cake and champagne for Brett and another grad student in the lab who also defended a dissertation that morning. We were a little worried until Elliot announced that there were two types of champagne available. Mary had the alcoholic one and Brett the non-alcoholic one. :) Emmeline and Mabel were very thrilled to get some of the "fancy drink" with us adults and they were very proud of their daddy for being able to open the bottle.





(Note to Brett- I love you so much. You are such a dedicated man--dedicated to your family and to your career. Thank you for taking such great care of me and our girls. And for working so hard. I could not ask for a better husband. I'm so proud of you. Congrats Dr. Pickett!!) If you want to see it, a pdf version is at: http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B5dMd3Pt60HQNjk5ZmUwM2QtYWI4Mi00MTA4LTg0NGEtMzMwYWE2MTUwYWZj&hl=en

Brett Dissertation Private Defense

On March 23 Brett defended his dissertation to his graduation committee. Brett passed with flying colors. Each member of his committee signed off on the dissertation requesting only a few minor changes/additions. This private defense was a major milestone for Brett and having it done is a huge stress reliever. After he finished we went to celebrate at the Cheesecake Factory (Where else :)!)

Legend of the Seeker

This month I have gotten into the t.v. show Legend of the Seeker. I blog about it because it has taken up a fairly significant amount of my time and I love it. In a nutshell, the show is about a hero named Richard Cypher who, with the help of his friends--Zeddicus Zu'l Zurander (a Wizard) and Kahlan Amnell (a Confessor), must save the world from the evil Tyrant Darken Rahl and later the almighty Keeper of the underworld. The show is filled with magic, beauty and forbidden love. If you like fantasy, its worth a try. You can stream the entire 1st season from Netflix on demand.

My aunt Sara recommended the show to me. After I had checked it out I wanted to call my brothers and sisters and tell them about it since I thought they would also really like it. I called my brother Adam and it turns out that he and Andy were already watching it. They have even read the books that the show is loosely based on, the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. (I have yet to read them, but after watching this show. . I might just have to check them out). Anyway Adam spent an hour on the phone telling me differences between the show and the book (I actually like spoilers). It was really fun to talk to him about it. Just goes to show that even though I have lived far away from my siblings for so many years, we still all like the same stuff. Family is the best!!!