This is short notice, but you still have some time left to read the assigned chapters for this weekend's Sunday School lesson! We're covering the beginning of 1 Nephi, which includes what has to be the most-read verse of scripture among Mormons, the "I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents, yadda yadda yadda" one. (I think #2 is "Jesus wept.")
I also have goodly parents, and to prove it let me tell you what they gave me for Christmas. I'm sure you've all been dying to know. There were two main gifts, the first being the entire series of Pushing Daisies (two too-short seasons), probably the second best show of the 21st century (behind Parks and Recreation, of course, and just ahead of Extras, Lost, and Arrested Development). I've proved my devotion to PD before by comparing it to the best 2-season show of the '90s.
They also gave me a Scottish food-themed present, complete with a package of chocolate chip scone dough (which I will use later this month when I prepare a Burns Supper for my dinner group) and some Tunnocks wafers and tea cakes. They were some of my favorite treats on my mission, and I even got to visit the factory once. They were gone within a couple of days.
My sister Julie is also quite goodly (all my siblings are, but she's the one that drew my name this year for our gift exchange). My present from her was just one box...with many small, individually wrapped items inside! Opening presents is super fun, so I got really excited, and as I opened each small package I realized she had prepared an awesome New York City-themed gift. My present included a Colbert DVD, an Apollo Theater coaster, a stress wiener, and bonbons from Max Brenner (perhaps my favorite place to eat in New York). What an awesome present, I thought. But there was more!
Beneath all the cool trinkets were a pile of letters. Julie had gone poking around my old blog and Facebook photos and contacted a bunch of my friends from the days I lived in NYC, and had them write letters to me! Some of them even sent pictures! It was so great reading all the letters, and definitely one of the most thoughtful gifts I've ever received.
Aren't you jealous of how goodly and kind my family is? What's that, you say? When Nephi used the word goodly (or its reformed Egyptian equivalent), he probably meant that his family was wealthy, and that's why he was able to be educated after the learning of his father? Well, maybe you're right. But I didn't get a thesaurus for Christmas. Maybe next year. Because my family is pretty dang goodly.
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