Jim gets vacation time each year, most of which we haven’t been able to take. Every year he gets a choice, in addition to vacation, of Martin Luther King Day, Pioneer Day or his birthday.
I usually get the forwarded email after MLK day in January, that leaves Pioneer Day (which is today), and his birthday. His birthday is the last drop-ship day before Christmas and no-one gets off a day between November 1 and that date. So birthday is out.
Today was pioneer day, when the Mormons landed in Utah in 1847. It is a State holiday. We missed the parade the prophet concluded, as well as fireworks. It poured rain up here, where many people worked and it was not a holiday.
It is interesting to be such a stranger to the State we’re in. In our community it is one of many faiths and sometimes no faith. It is by no means homogeneous.
The only reason Jim took the holiday is because it is a “use it or lose it” proposition. More about cooking later, Jim’s mother is coming to town and I have to plan menus. Cheers, Dee
Cooking with Dee 