Day 65, "Every picture has a story"
And the games went on! It was Christmas time in 1978. The presents had been opened and the fun was underway. It is interesting to note some things in this picture. First the lovely orange carpet on the kitchen floor. Indoor/outdoor carpet, with rubber backing, covered every room in the house when we bought in 1977. Over about 3 years the carpet, room by room was taken out. The orange in the kitchen was one of the last to go. Well actually the green on the stairs going upstairs stayed until about 2014 or so, ugh! A person can only guess WHY Travis is holding his nose! A second thing to note is the boys had the living room, the den, the basement and all of upstairs to play and where did they play? In the kitchen by their mom! A side note is the fancy air pot by the stove. A sign of the 70s for sure. Well if I want to be honest it could have been a sign of the 60s and our family was just a tiny bit behind times. Christmas vacation was a time of games, fire in the fireplace, roasted hot dogs and smores and of course outdoor fun in the snow. One may notice Travis' hole in the knee. If I remember money was kind of in short supply and so clothes were handed down, patched and then patched again! If you could see the entire stove you would probably be able to see a stove top that had been fixed MANY times. A new stove did not come into being until way way later.
Today is Terry's big party. I will play tennis at 7:30, hit Costco at 10:00 to get my broken left hearing aid back and then be home by 10:45 to help Terry (Sometimes I am more in the way than a helper but I try) with last minute things. I leave about the time the ladies arrive and then return, for sure, after the last of the ladies have left. If there are any ladies here when I return I may have to drive around the block until they leave. Reminds me of the time I so wanted to stop by the bakery and get an apple fritter so I said, "Lord if you want me to have a treat please open up a parking space in front of the store" I only had to drive around the block 7 times! Lucky me!!!
I played tennis yesterday and it was amazing. IF I could only play like that everyday my life would be so much fun!!! It always surprises me, this tennis game. Some days a person plays and the court is too long or too narrow. Then on other days almost every shot is inside the line or past your opponent and life is good.
I was up kind of early this morning. The eggs, toast, ham and hash browns are long gone and my FP is almost history so will close.
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