November 10, 2009
I remembered a story that happened in the early years of marriage while we were living on a farm in Idaho that I thought was worth posting on my blog.
We had the nicest Japanese neighbor that grew a big garden and we considered her the neighborhood gardening expert. Every year Mary would bring us grocery bags full of yummy, garden-grown vegetables.
One day Mary knocked on the door and she could hear that we were home because my husband had the radio playing loudly so he could hear it above the shower. Mary knocked a few times, and waited awhile before deciding to walk-in to leave a bag of vegetables on the table.
When she walked around the corner, my husband had just gotten out of the shower and was standing there COMPLETELY naked. Kyle was so shocked and embarrassed when he saw Mary that he could not speak as he stood there wearing absolutely nothing! Needless to say, he quickly vanished. I had never seen a Japanese person blush before, but I can’t say that any longer. Mary’s face turned so RED! Flustered, she mustered up the courage to yell to Kyle, “It’s not like I haven’t seen a naked man before and you pretty much all look the same!” To this day, I laugh out loud as I vividly remember Mary’s bright red face!
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November 3, 2009
The last few years, my boys have gone to Halloween parties with their friends leaving me home alone to hand out Halloween candy. Although I have enjoyed seeing the neighborhood kids in Halloween costumes, after 27 years of handing out Halloween candy, my Halloween enthusiasm has dimmed.
So this year, my husband and I decided to go a movie and dinner. Kyle loved it because there weren’t the normal Saturday night crowds to fight. The movie theatre was only 1/3 full even though it was the movie, “This is It”, a culmination of film clips that shows the behind scenes as MJ prepares for his world tour. We really enjoyed it, and highly recommend seeing it.
When we walked into Chili’s, there was no line and we were seated immediately. They had this great deal, two dinners for $20 just like Applebee’s. We were happy about that because we like Chili’s better. We shared an appetizer of chips and salsa. I had ½ rack of ribs with loaded mashed potatoes (both were excellent); Kyle had a smoked turkey sandwich with fries. We shared a “sweet shots” dessert of key lime pie, hot cinnamon roll, and red velvet cake, the cinnamon roll was our favorite. A great deal for $20!
It was a nice change after handing out Halloween candy for 27 years!
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