Duff-Nuts

Our creative team had another Zoom meeting tonight, and it was great just to hop on and talk to each other.  But the other thing we did was an actual skit, or at least the voice work for it.  I'm not entirely sure how that came out, so we'll try it again in a bit if the audio isn't quite as good.  But we did have an idea for a skit through all of this, one we'll be doing once more on Zoom.  Seriously, it was just plain good to meet up with everyone again.  It was fun!  The funny thing are the backdrops, including the one that Madison had chosen that has Camille in it, who also is the one at top right, and of course you can see Dady and Willy Wonka together.  And the creepy sun from Teletubbies, and oh, there's Inside Out.  Dawn at bottom left is actually outside at Disney Springs, where there was a thunderstorm approaching - she had to run for cover at Splitsville.

Here's something:  Duff-nuts!  Yes, thanks to Sam, the Commodore 64, these are forever known as Duff-nuts.  Yes, they're doughnuts.  But there was this voice program called Software Automatic Mouth that we had for the Commodore 64, and it was incapable of pronouncing doughnuts the correct way.  It pronounced them the way the word "tough" is pronounced, which is like "tuff."  So for over twenty years, if you wanted a quick snack, you could drop by Dunkin Duff-nuts.  True story.

But a complete aside.  The point is, we had doughnuts, and these were special doughnuts.  Firstly, these doughnuts were absolutely delicious!  Mommy made these from scratch, and added the chocolate afterwards, and vanilla on some of the others.  These doughnuts were just perfect, and in fact the more I type about them, the more I want to go get another...!

It has rained this week, and it's been torrential.  It's been humid and repetitive with the storms.  All week, we've had these immense waves of rain, with reds and purples on the radar.  And you'd think that would be it for the day, like, "Okay, we've had our big storm for the day."  And then within a few hours, it would happen again.  Rinse and repeat!

Tonight's binge-watching of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." continued with firstly, the big episode from season two where Skye gets her power, and other characters lose everything.  And after that, we crowded together in the guest room, gathering to watch the latest episode from season seven.  This one takes place in the seventies in New York, which is a time and place I remember well.  We'd take these tours there, going on the Circle Line Tours, up to the top of the Statue of Liberty, over to Radio City Music Hall (where I remember seeing the premiere of "Pete's Dragon"), up to the top of the World Trade Center, across the Brooklyn Bridge, under the Lincoln Tunnel, and to all those iconic places.  One of the most memorable destinations was Yankee Stadium, of course, to catch those games.  I remember seeing a game against the White Sox.  The Yankees won, of course.  Anyway, it was neat to see old school New York again, or at least that old school.  Previous episodes were from the 30's, which of course was way before my time.

This is an atlas I converted into a book for Forward coming up - it's just one very tiny example of the background preparation things that is going on right now, as the church is working hard to make a great online conference.  Last year's experience is sorely missed, as people from all over gathered under one roof at the Gwinnett Arena for an experience unlike any other.  But the church is doing its best to gather everyone together online for a unique experience there, and yes, Madison will be with them.  She's registered for Forward, and she'll be a part of the SAINTS tribe.  It'll be a different experience this year, but she and her friends are looking forward to it!

We said our prayers tonight, and we needed to get a good night's rest after reading a bit.  The reason for a good night's rest?  A nice little adventure in the morning!