China, Belgium, and "Prapple" Tree

Three events that really don't have anything in common, but they're what's happening with us.

About eight years ago when we were engaged we had registered at a shop down by M's parents house that everyone registers at for weddings. We registered for some china, the store mailed us our credit and we quickly forgot about it. Until in a futile attempt to get organized I found the envelope with the credit and we went back to the store and we finally ordered our china.

This is what it looks like. We added a little of our own money to get a bit more, but we ended up with eight dinner, salad, and dessert plates.

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The other day M took me to SLC to get an authentic Belgium waffle. They aren't the waffles they we are used to. They make a dough kind of like scone dough and then the throw it in the waffle iron and yummy goodness comes out. Top it off with some real whipped cream (not that stuff in a can) and some fresh strawberries and it is tastieness and very filling.
They only make waffles and fries at this little shop, and they sure know what they are doing.

Side note, next to the waffle shop there was a Italian market and we went inside to see what fun things they had. They had all sorts of weird stuff I would never try, including $600 a pound truffles, but there was one thing that caught our eye. They had a section of gourmet chocolates and we found a bacon and chocolate candy bar. We almost bought it, just to try it, but a little too expensive just to try. I may go back and try it though. Just for fun.

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The "Prapple" Tree

When we first moved into this house 4 years ago, there was a bush/tree on the corner of our house. It would drop these weird seed pods that looked like a pear and an apple combined. So we named it the "Prapple" tree. (We actually found out it is a Flowering Quince) Well the Prapple had to go and I yanked it out but in the process found this mysterious pipe underneath it. We didn't have sprinklers that we knew of, but thought maybe someone had buried something weird in the yard. I don't know what it is about these 50 year old houses but for some reason they buried weird things in their yards. I can imagine the dialogue "Wilbur, what should I do with this extra plaster?" "Just take it outside and bury it Gus". Anyway I digress. Well with the upcoming basement improvements coming, M went outside to take out the weird pipe. Turns out we do have sprinklers.

We found all sorts of weird pipes going all over our yard. Problem: we don't know how to turn them on, or where supply line starts or any of those other good things that are kind of good to know about a sprinkler system. To think I've been dragging the hose around for 4 years when we have a system already.

So that is very exciting, but I wish for once though that when we dug up a hole we could find some treasure.

"Wilbur, what should I do with these Spanish doubloons?" "I've told you before Gus, just bury them in the yard."