It's all over but the last piece of pie

Yesterday was our stake conference. It is the first time since Randy was called as a stake president that we have had a visiting authority. It was our privilege to have Elder Maury Schooff (Ensign, October 2008, p. 29) as a guest in our home. Preparing to receive one of the "Lord's Annointed" is a little intimidating, and while I realize that he was here to assess the state of our Stake and not the state of our home, it's easy to worry about the ring around the ketchup bottle, whether the bathroom tissue is soft enough, moving a bench into his room so he would have a place to sit while putting on his shoes, whether Randy had stepped on the freshly shaken throw rugs in his bathroom, and whether every morsel of food I prepared would be something he liked. He is gone, with nothing to show for our week of preparation but the last piece of pie and the box of Nebraska Meltaways he left for us. We found him to be so kind, so appreciative and as "comfortable" as an old shoe. Oh, and in case you are one of the very few people who still make homemade pies, here is the recipe for the Lemon Cream Pie:

1 baked 9" pie shell
1 c. sugar
3 T cornstarch
1/4 c. butter
1 T grated lemon rind
1/4 c. fresh lemon juice
3 egg yolks
1 c. milk
1 c. sour cream
1 c. heavy cream, whipped

Combine sugar, cornstarch, butter, lemon rind, lemon juice and egg yolks in saucepan. Cook over medium heat, adding milk while stirring constantly. Cook until thickened. Cool and fold in sour cream. Pour into baked pie shell. Chill thoroughly. Cover with whipped cream (sweetened with sugar and vanilla) before serving.