Reminiscing

If you haven't been reading Jerry's blog, it is full of wonderful photos and details of their travels. The link is over on the right side of this blog, called "Where Are We Now?"

We'll be going to the beach again soon, to celebrate our 56th wedding anniversary. I can hardly believe so many years have gone by. And we still like each other! (Love, too, of course!)

It was minus 11 degrees Fahrenheit last night here in Kennewick. I'm glad I was asleep in my nice warm bed with my electric blanket. My side of the electric blanket is always in use, even in summer. Vic doesn't even have his side plugged in. He keeps the temperature in the house an even 72 degrees but it's too cold for me. I wear sweaters and warm pjs and use throws when I watch TV. Right now, we are watching "Monarch of the Glen." I had never heard of it, and we happened upon it one night when we were traveling around in Prime Video Land. It's pretty good. It's actually pretty funny in parts, some of the things they say are hilarious. It is not like Downton Abbey, more like Sandford and Son in Scotland, i.e., the castle is falling apart, the furnishings are ragged. Some of the woodwork is still beautiful. It is seven seasons long, so I'll be watching it a while. 

When we watch TV together, we're both yelling stuff at the people, especially cop shows. Him having been a deputy in our early marriage, he is always telling the screen that they are being stupid. One thing that annoys us is when the police yell at the perp and he/she is a block away, so they have to chase. Silly old people are we! 

I've been doing the LetterMo Challenge, sending a piece of mail each day in February. So far I've received only one postcard! The people I send to are supposed to return a postcard or letter to me so maybe I'll get a pile of mail one of these days. 

Earlier today I was thinking of clotheslines and beating the dust out of rugs on them. Add that to the list of things today's kids will never know about, clotheslines. I always enjoyed hanging stuff outside and then taking it down. It always smelled so clean and fresh. When I was growing up it was DIAPERS on the clotheslines. Oh, add that to the list, too - real cloth diapers! We didn't use Pampers or Huggies with our kids until Zach came along. We did use cloth diapers on him for a while. He was 9 and a half years younger than Matt.  Things changed a lot in 10 years.

And in 56 years.