The Koda 500!

I'm still working on the second part to my Tuesday post, the one about teaching my kids.

I just wanted to draw your attention to something rather significant, and extend to you an invitation...

I started blogging about 5 years ago - maybe 4... My original blog was Being the Urban Koda. It's fun to go back sometimes and see how my views about life, religion and politics have changed over the last few years.

Anyway, so I was posting something a day or 2 back, and realized that my next post on that blog will be post number 500!!!

That's a freaking huge number of posts!!

Anyway, so to celebrate I've arranged a little soiree for my readers, just a way of saying thank-you and perhaps even getting to know a few more face to face.

Depending on where you live... Well, actually your location doesn't so much affect the invitation, as it does your ability to attend!

Anyway, you are hereby cordially invited to an open house/party at the Koda residence on Sunday. Officially we're going to run it from 5pm to 7pm, but since pickings are slim, you're welcome to come over earlier in the afternoon and even a little later into the evening.

I ordered the cake last night... In hindsight, Mrs Koda should have come with me. I got the Banana Nut cake, with the cream cheese filling and cream cheese frosting, and then the young lady was asking about decorations and writing and stuff and I turned into a blithering idiot.

It'll be a miracle if it ends up looking even half as good as it'll taste. I told her balloons, red, black and blue as the color scheme and then something about "The Koda 500" on it.

Let me know if you want to and are able to come... I hate to admit this, but I am getting kinda desperate!

I think I left it too late, didn't plan as well before issuing the invites, and it clashes with Mormon conference a little, which translates to lots of family get together on Sunday afternoon.

At the very least, another friend is re-roofing their house, and so if no-one shows by 6, I may take the cake over to their house and see if their laborers want any.

There was also an allusion made that her husband might be willing to pay for labor in beer, so I may have to take over a hammer as well!!

Speaking of beer...

I haven't attended Mormon Conference in 5 or 6 years. It's been kinda nice.

That streak however will be broken tonight, when I don suit and tie, blow the dust off my scriptures and head to our stake center armed with a notepad and pen...

If all goes according to plan, I'll be jumping on a conference call shortly after the priesthood session, which will be produced into the Mormon Expression Priesthood Session Wrap-up pod cast.

My computer is all set up, I'm enthusiastic and hopefully it'll go well. My only fears are speaking too fast, or mumbling, and then there is the whole accent thing, which apparently gets really thick when I'm nervous...

I haven't done any public type performances since the light-bulb incident, so I'm hoping that I don't have any flashbacks!!

How does that all tie into beer... I toyed with the idea of getting loaded before I head over to the church... obviously then I'd have to walk, but it might make the whole thing a little more enjoyable!!

I probably won't, but it was a fun thought... No?

Alrighty then, time to take on the day, and finish this post with a final plea...

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE COME TO MY PARTY TOMORROW!!!!