Quote of the Day - 6/16/08

There we are eating dinner when Tate looks up and asks us, "Do you want to pray to my pasta?"

Now, you might expect that we'd be used to this line of questioning, Tate being Tate and all. But it still threw us for a loop. Cyndie and I looked at each other and in unison, answered "What?!?"

Tate just looked at us and matter-of-factly said "Pray to my pasta. That's what Paganism means. "

Fortunately, parts of my Cincinnati-area upbringing have rubbed off on Tate and he prefers his pasta with chili. So when we laughed at the idea of praying to pasta, Tate offered up his beans, complete with an example: "Oh, mighty beans, ye are powerful and beany!"

Our New Addition

We are thrilled to announce that arriving this August in the Anderson home will be a little packet of joy. This is something we've waited a long time for, talked about and mulled significantly. It just hasn't been in the cards until now. No specific name yet, but under general guidelines, we'll call them "BYU football tickets" (yeah, I know, I'm awful).

Why, you might ask (and rightfully so), would a family of Omahecks be getting tickets to games played in Utah?

Is it because the home opener is against Northern Iowa and my friend and co-worker is an alum and former wide-out from NIU? No, that isn't the reason.

Is it because we are so "fully invested" that we are willing to buy tickets to support the team even though we live 1000 miles away? Nope.

OK, are we planning Friday Night Drives to Provo six times this fall? Certainly plausible, but wrong again.

We're pioneering the "Scalping Plan" to put the boys through missions and college? Uh-uh.

Scrapbooking afficianados? So not us!

We will be charging admission to our basement when we get Direct TV and can access the Cougar games, and needed a template for the tickets? Great idea... but no.

Then why, you ask.

Let us tell you...

Union Pacific has offered me a very attractive position in our SLC office. I'll still be in the Marketing & Sales group, but with a group of Utah, Idaho and Nevada customers. We are moving this summer.

It is with mixed emotions that we leave Omaha, even though the intention is to return to Omaha in a few years after gaining this valuable experience. We have come to consider this place our home, and are glad to know that, in my department at least, all roads lead back to Omaha. And that's why this blog address will remain the same.

There's more to the story (some pretty good, some pretty hard). Which we'll be glad to share at a later date.

Right now, all the energy is focused on selling the house and finding the right school for Tate in Salt Lake.

Be good,

-Omahecks

Quote of the Day

Today Dane was singing around the house and Cyndie told him that she loved to hear him sing. He smiled proudly and replied, "Thank you... I just had a little music in my throat."