I wasn't but about two years old, and we must have lived across the street, because there I went all by myself. Here came Mrs. Nelson,who kept us, me and my two brothers, and she swatted me! I started crying as she said, "Kathleen! what do you think you were doing crossing that street!" I replied through the tears, now I remember this clearly, "I forgot my sock! I have to go get a sock!" She just smiled and said, "Well next time ask me and we'll go get you a sock!"
Hehe, My grandmother has the greatest stories. :D I Believe I'll forever remember her sitting in that rocking chair in her bedroom yesterday telling us those tales. She said, "Now would you like to hear my life story?"
Another one she told was how they had a cabinet, where below they kept flour and such then there was, more of a shelf than a counter and above, in the cabinets they kept crackers and other things to nibble. Well Her brother Ralph could climb up on that cabinet and get him a cracker out of it. Well the people who kept them had a parrot who could talk, And every time Ralph would climb up on that cabinet, that parrot would squack, "Ralph's in the crackers! Ralph's in the crackers!" She laughed and said, he'd just turn and yell, "Shut up!"
Isn't that great? My grandmother had such a remarkable life! So many interesting stories! Her mother was a jerk and up until she was in middle or highschool, didn't have anything to do with her! Then she treated her like crap up until her dying day! But the day she joined the Valentine family, Now these are her words, She was shown more love than she had ever known. She and Grandaddy eloped before he went into the service. :D
Well I could go on all day and write down her stories, and I probably should, before they're forgotten.
But anyways, on to the events of the day. Night before last I downloaded a vintage article from 1946 from http://sensibility.com/mainpage.htm
I then chose one I thought I could do yesterday morning. What it entailed was putting your hair up in a net while it dried so it would have a turned under look, and then you brushed it even. Very simple. I did end up having to pin up the ends of my hair, but it turned out really well!! Pics aren't great, as I had to use my webcam...
but then it kept falling and bugging me so when I got to grandmother's I just pulled it back into a wavy pony tail.
Saterday was Grandad's birthday, so yesterday after church (As you may have guesses) we went down there. He's 86 now, hard to believe... They were in their 60's when Mom and Dad got married. But anyhoo, we took them a couple broasted chickens and two Ice cream pies. We had a blast! And as we were eating Grandad said, "You know I think I have another birthday coming up next month." :D
But to end it off, I'm going to say, The last thing my great Aunt Verle, Grandad's sister and one of the sweetest ladies that lived, said to my Grandmother before she died when I was in 6th grade was, "We're going to have a great Reunion." I just want to say, how wonderful it is to be able to believe that! To know that my wonderful Valentine Relatives, even those I've never met, are all in heaven, singing and rejoicing, and waiting for us to get there.
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