Presidents Day

Those of you who wake up singing here comes the sun have obviously never lived in Utah in the winter.  I think I would prefer Greenland where you can't see the sun much of the day rather than knowing that it is there somewhere in the sludge.  Personally I think it's a corporate plot planned by the ski resorts.  Why you ask, because if you drive up to the ski resorts the sludge suddenly lifts and you get bright beautiful sun on the slopes.  Just a coincidence, I think not.  So if you want to sing here comes the sun in Utah in the winter you better be at 10,000 feet.

One thing you learn when you get to know my family is we are really into Holidays and Traditions.  Yes at Halloween you have the pumpkin dish.  Why do we bake rice in a pumpkin and think it is caviar?  It doesn't matter you do it.  Coming up is one of those Holidays.  Yes Presidents day is the day we have a cherry whatever, cherry pie, cherry shakes, hey if desperate cherry pop tarts.  You see it's the day no matter how bizarre it may sound we celebrate a President lying.  As if that is something unusual.  Yes because George Washington chopped down a cherry tree and then lied about it and actually felt bad enough that he came clean, we will eat every cherry delectable known to man.

It has to make you wonder what we would be eating if this holiday were celebrating some other President.  Hey for what Nixon lied about I think a prime rib dinner would be in order.  If we were celebrating our current president we would all be eating pineapple in Hawaii and playing golf.  (Notice the attempt to be politically correct here, never once did I mention a name.  The last thing I need is the secret service breaking down the door ..... "You with the Pepsi up against the keyboard, frisk him boys, you think you don't see the sun now wait till we get done with you" .......)  Hey we could celebrate Carter and all have peanut butter sandwiches.

Well regardless of what could be we will continue to eat cherries in memory of a President who was willing to admit he told a lie, come to think of it that is unique.  I may have to have two pieces of pie with a little whipped cream for that one.