Boo hoo, our Bears did not win. And we were all really rooting for them! But they sure gave us a great season, didn't they! I like what that coach stands for... treating the players with respect, never yelling, never swearing, staying focused on positive, constructive messages. Ah well, there's always next year?
How nice that you went to visit Mom at the cemetery. You had one of the coldest days for it! I realized that I don't have any pictures on the computer of Mom! So I asked Steve to bring in the box of old albums so I could find one and scan it! Some animal... mouse, raccoon, or other... had shredded and chewed the edges and spines off all the albums and made a nest! Plus, we had those "magnetic" photo albums (the same kind you have) and the photos were FUSED to the page, almost impossible to remove! Page after page, the same thing! I became alarmed and started taking all the photos out of the albums. Some came out with no trouble. Some really were badly stuck and some of the backing ripped off. These are our family photos!
Steve said "We shouldn't have kept these in the garage." I guess he's right... the temperature extremes and critters that get in there make it unsafe. I spent hours yesterday prying photo after photo OUT of the old albums, got maybe a third of them done. I put all the photos in large envelopes with the dates marked on them.
Anyway.... my efforts were rewarded, I found one of my favorite photos of you and Mom!
Scanned pictures are not as crisp as digital, they lose something in the scanning. But I do love this picture! You both look happy and relaxed, this was how Mom always looked to me.Anyway, you have that shelf packed solid with photo albums. Are yours sticking like mine? I noticed some of the colors really have faded or yellowed, too. Maybe the photos should have been in an acid-free archival environment? We used to buy those photo albums from the dollar bin. Luckily, if I remember right, Mom used to cram as many photos on a page as possible, edges overlapping. That will help actually... the edges will lift up easier. It's the edges I found to be stuck the worst in my albums.
I enjoyed your memories of staying warm. Did each family member get a brick to heat up for bed warming? Did you use CURTAINS to insulate against the cold (with no storms)? How did your mother store things like potatoes and cabbage? I keep mine in the fridge! What did you drink at meals?
So Mike was the one who liked to start fights? Ha ha ha... I remember some fights with my siblings. I didn't hit or slap much, but could wrestle any of them to the ground and sit on them, victorious! I was the oldest and bigger than they were. Nice advantage. Kathy's best defense was a shrill, ear splitting SCREAM! Do you remember those? Yikes.... she'd clear a room. Kathy Whitcomb would say... "I heard Kathy screaming again today." Ha ha ha... I think they could hear her a mile away!
It was rough housing that led to my breaking Sue's foot that time though... that wasn't good, and I felt bad about that. Ha ha, I just remembered those STILTS that you made for me! I was really good on them until I fell and chipped my elbow bone and had to be in a sling for awhile. You took my stilts away!!! I remember someone had cans they put on their feet with strings they held to lift the can and walk. Pretty funny. Stilts were better!
What childhood games did you have? Kids today don't play with stones and cans and jacks and little balls and jump rope like we did.
Yikes... a long letter. Better stop before you fall asleep at the computer! Ha ha ha...
Have a great day... stay WARM with bed buddy on hand!
Love, Dottie
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Dear Dottie Arn't you full of questions today , what are you trying to do , re live your Child hood ha ha , minus 9 this morning , it hits you as you walk out the door , the old clunker started , grumbled a bit and took off , even the inside blowers and such made all kind of noises, see what it's like and that car is only 17 ha ha , not long for this world . ............
Ca,me home took Bob to work . he is still under the weather Hacking away , don't know if I will have to take him to the doctor later this afternoon , will see .
that Bear game was not the best weather for playing , they culdn't hold on to the ball , anyway one had to win and one had to lose and all is over now and we can get back to our daily lives and not have to read all thoes articles on the Bears , there is always Next year .
Yes I did take a lot of Picture over the years and some are fading a way, i must have about 40 albums , whats going to happen to them when i am gone , who knows but they should be preserved for the grand children, That was a nice picture of the two of us in our happier days , by the way I still have taht chair that your Mother is sitting on , S and H stamps ha ha
History , how did we store food , we ate what we bought , only had ice boxes, Curtains were washed and starched and streched on curtain frames to dry , as far as drinks , Milk with te cream on the top , Coffee, no Pop, water ., lemon ade. Anyway life was simple . no radio ,TV , people enjoyed each other's company and usally marry some one from right in there block and stayed married a life time ...........
Keep smiling Love Dad
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