We found the "I Lost My Marbles" cache yesterday near the Sparks Marina dog park, and then attended the "Get to Know Geocaching and Your GPS-r Better" event at the Old Little Waldorf Saloon Restaurant near UNR, and also picked up the "Jose's Keyring" travel bug there while chatting for awhile with Brad and Emilie. Earlier yesterday morning, we got our taxes done, and found out we're getting a fairly nice-sized refund this year. Excellent.

Last night, we visited Twyla and her family and met their brand-new baby boy. Her husband doesn't like Hot Dog Chowder. Becky recently enjoyed playing the new Energy Hog games online. We got our 60,000 mile tune-up on our car on Friday. Watched Osamu Tezuka's "Metropolis" (2002) anime film on VHS yesterday. Ben and Deanne came over tonight for dinner, and we not only enjoyed some 'Chocolate Ribbon Pie' (Walmart Family Cookbook 2005, page 87) for dessert, but also some rousing rounds of Spastic Uno and the Comic Strip Game.

Did you know that in Bulgaria, they nod their heads 'yes' to mean 'no', and shake their heads 'no' to indicate 'yes'? Apparently, it's a tradition that goes back 700 years when Bulgaria was being invaded by the Turks. Muslim Turks were killing all Christians that wouldn't deny Christ. When the Turkish invaders stormed a particular monastery, the monks all agreed that they would reverse their yes's and no's, but answer truthfully in their hearts, so that Christianity in Bulgaria would survive. The Turks thus asked the monks if they believed in Jesus Christ, and they all shook their heads 'no' (but meant 'yes') - and thus were spared. The custom continues to this day in Bulgaria and parts of Greece.

The piano bench in the Primary room has somehow been mysteriously fixed (the one with the dangerously wobbly leg). I accompanied the ward choir this morning on "Because I Have Been Given Much" (SATB, arranged by Martin Green). It could have been better, but it wasn't actually too bad, especially considering I'd put in about 10 hours over the past two weeks practicing the song, but still couldn't get it completely right... =(