Backstreet’s Back…with fritters!

Saturday's Post:

Briquette pancakes were bunk this morning (East coasters say “bust”). Last night at supper, Sabrina had made the plans that she and I would proceed to the boys place early this morning to whip up a batch of buttermilk pancakes for them. At 9:45am. Pshawwwwwww! This morning rolls around, and in the dim, early light (yes, you know the kind that just lulls you back into REM mode) Sabrina rolls over and goes, “It’s 8:47!” There was no way we were leaving the warm cocoon of our bed to hop into the shower, rush through our coffee to get up and go within the hour. One phone call to Tony later, she and I were snuggled back into bed where we remained until *cough* 10:00am.

It has become our routine to relax in the sitting room over cup after cup of coffee, and enjoy some stories about life. This morning, we were treated to the love story of the Tylers’, followed by that of Beth and Brian. Oh man, it was just like a movie for both! Sabrina and I had so many “Oh and then what!?!” moments, we ended up talking our way through brekkie. Funny how that seems to happen so much… At a quarter ‘til 12:00pm, I noticed the time, and seeing that we needed to leave for church just before 1:00, I went and hopped into the shower for a quick 6 minutes. Oddly enough, it was right after this that we had our first damsel in distress moment: after my shower, I had my head flipped over to blow dry my hair when Sabrina slipped past me to duck into the shower stall. La de da, I’m drying my hair on a peaceful Sabbath morning when I hear, “Ahhhhhh! It’s in there! Woohooohooooooo!” I freak out, run into the shower area and there’s Sabrina pointing into the stall with a hilariously horrified look on her face. Turns out there was a big black spider chillin in the corner…and also turns out that apparently he was in there the entire time I was!! I’m glad he wasn’t too friendly… Mrs. Tyler heard our ruckus and came through the bathroom door, fly flapper in hand. As soon as she heard it was a spider though, Mr. Tyler was the one who came to the rescue. It’s interesting, again we had a full circle moment today because within the last few days the topic of spiders has come up, and always quickly followed by Mrs. Tyler’s and Sabrina’s contempt for them.

Thankfully the rest of the day had no surprises like that. We made it to church in Adelaide and had an absolutely fabulous day. It’s always such a wonderful experience to get to visit another church area because there are always such interesting people to meet and fellowship with. We had a very poignant sermon by Mr. Tyler that touched on a few topics she and I had discussed on one of our many airplane trips (funny how that happens). After services, we both talked our way through snacks and cuppa too! But it was totally worth forgoing food to have the conversations that we had, and to share the time with the brethren that we did. Each and every one was so warm and welcoming, eager to hear our stories and to tell theirs, and to discuss various topics which just made the day what it should have been. The Montgomery’s graciously shared their delicious chicken soup and bread with us, and my Pip impression came out more than once. And while we were washing dishes, Ellie joined us in a rendition of “Happy Working Song.” At the tail end of it though, we heard a bit of a chuckle and turn to see Mr. Rob Tyler thoroughly enjoying our “ah ah AHHH’s.” An absolutely fantastic day of conversation and fellowship- everyone needs to come visit the Adelaide area.

As night fell and the clock ticked to 9:00pm, we all pulled an Elvis and left the building. We had plans to go over to the guys’ place and watch that movie, “The Ultimate Gift.” But as happens, plans always change! Just short of 10:00pm, we walk into the home of Tony, Ryan and Paul. We got the grand tour of the house, and I think the backyard was my favorite! It’s perfect for a BBQ. But, after yakkin all day like typical women, Sabrina and I were famished and started snooping a bit through their kitchen. These boys are quite perceptive though, and all of a sudden we see potatoes in the sink, a mixing bowl on the counter and a frying pan warming up on the stove. Ryan was treating us all to potato fritters! It was a really special moment for him to enlighten us Americans with the family recipe of fritters as tears began to swell in his eyes. Onions, shmonions. Wow but those things hit the spot! Nice and hearty, and we had an array of condiments to try on them. I think the crowd favorite was tomato sauce though, or as Paul put it, “toMOTTo on the poTAYto.”

Fully replenished with some fuel, the movie idea went out the window as tails of rock-n-roll dancing filled the air. The music started playing, and Sabrina and Kristin’s dance session began. This whole trip Sabrina has wanted to bring the gift of dance to the Adelaide area, and so she and Tony started with a bit of swing dancing. And then came Paul’s line dance, followed by the one…..the only…..Crocodile Rock! Yes, we got to break it down to a little Elton John in the boys’ living room! They all picked it up pretty quickly, and so tomorrow we shall see if it was retained! The movie was out, but man it was such a fun night just goofing around like that after some delicious fritters. Oh, and did I mentioned that most of our music tonight was Backstreet Boys?

I think Morgan, one teenage girl in the area has brought the love that is Backstreet Boys to this area. It really brought back the whole NSYNC vs BSB debate, but the original BSBs prevail here. We turned into 13 year old girls again, belting out the words and talking about the dreamy Nick Carter… it was great stuff!

Backstreets Back- ALRIGHT!