Good Things

Good things always come to those who wait.  And I am a very patient person.

Yesterday we had the most wonderful reunion with my Aunt Diane and Uncle Richard!  They have lived out of state nearly my entire life.  Now retired, they "summer" in North Carolina and "winter" in Florida.  I've always wanted to say something like that!  Sounds so Southern Belle like.  If only I had a fan and a glass of sweet tea in my hand...

It's funny how after all these years, they still look the same to me.  And it's was a treat to "get to know them" as real people too! 

The picture above was a visit from years ago.  The twins are their girls, Jill and Julie.  I have no clue which one is which!!  Then my cousin Lori, and goofy here is on the end.  When Lori and I were little, we looked forward to Grama bringing back all the girls clothes.  Not only did we love the hand-me-downs, we got to look like the twins too!  Albeit, a bit more compact version of them.  As you can see, being the same age didn't mean being the same height.  They stole all that!  There are only a few months between me and the twins!!

That's OK though, because yesterday, Aunt Diane realized the "all grown up" version of me, stole all the "something else" in the family.  I'll let you guess what that might be...

Aunt Bena and Uncle Wally are hosting them for the week and would you believe, we finally got Uncle Wally up here too?!  It took nearly 5 years and two other family members, but he made it!  I suppose he didn't want to see a darn green tractor!  Red-schmed!  :o)

The Famn Damily

Aunt Diane and Uncle Richard wanted to "see our farm".  I had to laugh because, sure it's a farm, just an itty-bitty one compared to their 50+ acres.  She always tells me she spent all her growing up years wanting to "get off that farm!" and now that she is retired, all she ever wanted was to 'get back to it'.  And she did.  :o)

My hopes are that if Uncle Richard comes up with a few things that need doing at their place, it will convince Pig Pen to make a trip.  It's no joke that he has to have something to do.  A nice "sit and visit" only goes so far with him and he has to move.  Or sleep.  He doesn't sleep much.

One thing I learned yesterday, is that my Aunt Diane and I have a bit more in common than I realized.  She calls it like she sees it.  I loved that about her!  Uncle Richard is about the kindest man in the world.  I love big, squishy hugs and he's darn good at it!

It was a hoot to sit and listen to "The Girls" reminisce about old times. 

Aunt Bena, Aunt Diane, Mom

I about bust a gut when they told the story of Mom and Aunt Diane on the potty chairs.

Use your imagination.

As the story goes, they were sitting on their chairs and apparently there was a wire close by.  I am guessing a hanger-type wire or something.  Nothing electrical in nature.

Mom asked Aunt Diane, "I wonder what that wire would feel like in my ear?"

Aunt Diane promptly obliged and poked it in her ear!!!

Aunt Diane said she was only doing what the ole nag (cleaned up version) asked for!  For this, she got the one and only spanking Grampa ever gave her. 

I laughed so hard!  Kids!

And lastly, another nice surprise that seems to run in the family as well.  Forget the knick-knacks or other chotchskies, I made Aunt Diane a special order purse -and forgot to take a picture of it!  However, Aunt Diane came bearing gifts that are sure to please any one of us:

Now that's the way to my heart for sure!  Straight out of her garden...I ate my first tomato sandwich of the season, and it wasn't even my own!  It sure tasted good!!! 

Hats off to my family!  I had THE BEST time with all of you!  I love you!