Of Mattresses, Elves, & Pizza
Friday, November 25, 2011
In which old times are revisited via Middle Earth…
While all the stores were being plundered…
Collette got busy continuing to clean and organize the house.
Puck threw on a crash helmet and began typing away at his desk while OLeif was busy at his.
There were also blueberries for his breakfast from Grandma Combs.
Somewhere in the middle of the morning…
“Mama! I want to dress up like Luke for Hallowe’en!”
OLeif and Puck were off by quarter after one to the Silverspoon’s while Collette continued to work on various matters.
Nothing sweeter than Puck’s chubby hand waving back over the top of the seat as he rode away.
Meanwhile, Optimum Clean had arrived somewhere between OLeif restructuring the basement, a spoonful of natural peanut butter over paperwork, and Collette’s late afternoon jog.
When OLeif returned to drop off Puck, Puck marched right inside wearing a long black and white hand-knit scarf around his neck.
“I’m going to wear it forever! Even when I’m old!” he announced.
And OLeif drove off with Curly in tow to Old Blue’s and Cashmere’s for an early evening of board games.
Intentions of cocoa and pumpkin bread brought Joe, Magnus, and Rose over for a viewing of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. It had been a long time…
Just as Collette was thinking that a hot pepperoni pizza was sounding really good about then, Magnus and Rose arrived, discussing the irritations of online dating… something about a competition at Magnus’ church to see who could be married first…
“OK, so, click, click, click. No, no. no. Yes. Maybe. I like broccoli too. So, yes.”
This somehow transformed itself into a discussion of Rose having slept on the floor for the past number of years…
“Wood floor or carpet?”
“Wood. It’s comfortable, actually.”
“Actually,” Magnus agreed, “I have to say that it’s not too bad…”
OLeif appeared shocked…
“Why, why would you do that?”
“Well… we used to have bunk beds. But Linnea stuffed all her things on the top bunk. So I moved the top bunk away and now she has all her junk on the bottom bunk and she says her back hurts so she sleeps there anyway. Then Carrie lets the bunnies hop all over her bed so it’s gross. So she sleeps on the couch in the living room, which is where I used to sleep. So… now I sleep on the living room floor.”
“What! Why? Arg. You can’t do that.”
“Well, I have a bed now. I don’t have a mattress yet. I’m kind of saving for my television…”
“No. Absolutely not. You have to have a mattress. Magnus and I are not helping you move next week if you don’t have a mattress. The gauntlet has been thrown.”
Rose seemed semi-convinced.
This transitioned into matters of Magnus’ brother-in-law, the FDA, and the horrors of organic un-inspected foods…
With Joe’s arrival brought the sharing of stories between himself and Magnus regarding a recent pub story with friends and further annoyances, while Rose showed Collette the couch she had purchased for her apartment: leather in powder blue.
Around 8:30 as the ten year-old film started up in the newly-arranged television circle, it was only appropriate to begin envisioning Nicholas Cage as one of the lead roles… from time to time…
“You naughty ring,” Joe mimicked.
“Why didn’t they just send the ring away with the elves?” Rose asked. “There. I just solved all of their problems.”
“Escort this ring to the afterlife, please.”
“And some dorky elf finds it,” said Magnus. “’I am the ruler of all the Gray Havens!’”
Joe and Magnus also got their almost-weekly croon out of their system when singing with the elves.
“I’m not sure which is more impressive,” said OLeif. “The fact that Magnus knew that song or that he can sing that high.”
Somewhere in elven lands…
“A pizza sounds good right now,” said Magnus.
The television was paused as Pizza Hut was ordered, Joe’s treat: stuffed crust, extra cheese, meat lover’s of course. And because they had already been involved in serious and frustrating matters for the night, Hebrew Roots, baby competitions, and other somewhat controversial subjects were discussed during the feast.
Somewhere in there, Magnus shared how his niece loved Tom Bjork…
“Whenever she hears him singing she’s like, ‘Tom! Tom!’ And she always knows which song she wants to hear. She’ll say, ‘No, Uncle Magnus, I don’t like that one. No, not that one. Yes, I like this one.’”
Back to the four hour marathon of Middle Earth…
The shards of Narcil…
“I got to hold Evrain Orange’s Narcil sword once for like an hour,” said Magnus. “It was pretty awesome.”
And the inevitable love scene, during which Rose could not manage to contain the sarcasm.
“It’s OK, Rose. I know you just can’t handle romantic scenarios.”
“Ug,” Rose replied with a wrinkled nose, “I just don’t understand them.”
The film ended with Magnus’ talented impersonation of Gollum and Rose talking about a hike with Joe in the morning.