Thinking of Times Past
December 28, 2007 | Nostalgia
Our house was dressed to the hilt with Christmas decorations from one end to the other, and no one to see them but us….and then came Lainie….and then today came Tony, Lauren, and Austin. We were so happy that they came. Luis made some chili, and nobody seemed in a hurry to go. Of course, the kids (meaning Lauren, Austin, and Jordan headed off to the living room, and grabbed remotes, and started whacking away at new games that jordan got for Christmas (I guess) Jordan went home with Tony. If only we could have snuck Teyla in the back seat, we would have done it.
Lainie made the mistake of playing with Teyla for five minutes, and now she hounds Lainie for hours. Lainie wore her out this afternoon. She took her to the park, and then strolled her for an hour, until she fell asleep. (Teyla, not Lainie).
I am so happy that Lainie is here. I hope she’ll be comfortable enough to stay for awhile, but she just can’t sleep well at night, and being away from home may be really tough on her, and she may decide that she has to go back home.
Buddy, I went to your “My Space” photos for the first time tonight. Lainie showed Carmen and me how to get there. I wish I had all of those photos for your book. But you can add them when I send you your Album. If I can get your album ready for Lainie to take back with her - I will.
I hope everything went well and all of you enjoyed your Christmas. I loved Christmas when all of you were little. By the way, Bud, did you get your Christmas ornament? Tony was here today, and inasmuch as Brenda snatched up the green mouse (bought at the same time as the blue velvet clock, and both being forty years old), and I gave Ben and Julie the ornament that I made in Relief Society either in 1974, the year Ben was born, or 1975. Tony went off today with the little clown, which is approximately between fifteen or twenty years old.
Bill, there is a ragged plastic ornament that was bought when we lived on Jefferson Avenue. Since it isn’t in such great shape, I’m sending you that one, and another one. It was bought at the same time as Tony’s clown. It’s a little stocking with a candy cane, two presents, and a doll head, hanging out of it. It’s getting a little dingy, but it has to be at least 39 years old.
Now, let’s see. That takes care of everybody but Beth. I have two very pretty bells left from a set that I must have bought twenty years ago. Or maybe the little deer?? He’s old. Brenda had the right idea. She bought a Christmas ornament representative of each year since she and Darrell married. Or…maybe she said since Crystal’s first Christmas.
Take a lesson from this, and put your ornaments in order.
I’m feeling the old letdown “after Christmas blues” now, so it’s time to begin removing all remnants of Christmas, beginning tomorrow.
One Response to “Thinking of Times Past”
Mom, could you see about maybe just boxing up that old Black Forest Grandfather clock and shipping it out here to me? You’ll have to make sure “Papa” Luis puts plenty of padding, etc., inside, maybe even get a professional shipper to do it.
You could give me the phone number for the shipper, and I’ll arrange to pay for it all.
I might as well get it into a shop somewhere and see about getting it restored.
Love.
By bill on Dec 28, 2007