I did have to pull water out of the well every day (as one of my chores) and I recall some parts of the Carter Presidency.

It's been 80 years.



[It wasn't our best amendment]


:-:

Was that for your still in the back yard? A little homemade woodford can be a good thing. ;)

Evening, Box. I guess I got to sit on 500 posts longer than I thought I would.

Got a call on Friday from my dad informing me that his aunt (so, my great-aunt) had died, and due to some :rolleyes: in the chain of family contact, he was just finding out...and the funeral was the next morning (in southern NJ, near Cherry Hill, about 45 mins south of me). I think I had met her 2 or 3 times in my life, but it's one of those times where showing up as a family is the decent thing to do, etc...so my parents in CLE and my sister in CT dropped everything and got in their cars, and all ended up in my apartment by midnight.

The hardest part about my booked-full Saturday to fit into these new plans was the fact that I had made plans months earlier to see a show in NYC at 2 pm...and I had ordered all the tickets as a group so they wouldn't be released to anyone except me. :eek: So I ended up cutting out a little bit early, absolutely hauling it up the turnpike, parking in Secaucus*, and catching a 10-min NJT ride into the city. Made it on time, but I wasn't confident of that till the very end!

* = not bad at all for $5/day on weekends. I may have to do more of this drive/train combo in the future when time is short and the traffic isn't bad, because it could cut 15+ mins off of my current way of going in (drive 20 mins to Princeton Junction where the trains go 1 or 2x/hr, pray for a parking space, etc.)

One of the most sobering realizations of the last couple years is that there are people who can be considered "adult"-ish (obviously I use that term VERY loosely, LOL...) who are quitea few years younger than I am. I didn't think I was old, but... :eek:

(Oh, and plenty of them are engaged/married/having kids. Yikes.)

No stills on our property but I did indeed grow up in a farmhouse rebuilt after the original structure was burned during the War of 1812.

:D

Watching the worst cooks in america on food network. It is hilarious

Sorry for the loss - glad for the family's sake that the notification did get out in enough time to attend.

Good evening. I am finally home after a bunch of traffic, some grocery shopping and :rolleyes: at my father's place. It was almost 80 here today, which will get some groans from the crowd here.

Tomorrow is another Hyatt stay -- so far, more Hyatt than home this year... ^

My air card was wonky this morning and I lost much posting time. :D

If you ever run for office, I might need some hush-money to keep it on the down-low.

yeah....but at least you didn't dangle your feet in the memorial fountain. :rolleyes:

Absolutely!! :D

Sounds like my family except I'd find out a month after the funeral when everyone is giving me grief for missing it. :rolleyes:

Thanks - yes, it's a good thing my parents are very used to making 8+ hr (each way) road trips in a single weekend, often without a lot of advance planning (I firmly believe that's a big part of why they don't fly a lot - you have to leave on someone ELSE's timeline. Horrors.) CLE-BOS was 10 hrs door to door. :eek:

We almost never see these relatives, but they're actually quite nice - someone always mentions the fact that we should try and see each other sometime when there ISN'T a wedding or (more likely these days) funeral to host!

I totally forgot to add...

"or flying many, many thousands of miles more than I do." :p

Somehow -- that simply doesn't surprise me!:rolleyes:

Somehow I recalled being able to move one of the beds!:rolleyes: I really like having the larger shower & sink counter area -- but then again, I'm a girl & have lots of 'stuff' with me!;)