It's Those Simple Things That Really Count . . .

Hmmm, wonder just what I was going to talk about with this title . . . .hhhhhmmmm.  Oh well, maybe I will just go back through my pics and  see if that tells me something.  I do need to catch up.  I have realized that a lot of my incentive to post so often was to keep Jon updated while he was gone, but now that he is home all the time, he gets to experience most of it first hand.  This has been a way to "journal" our family events, something I have been remiss in, most of my life, so I will have to make a better effort.

I think I was going to talk about our "Staycation" this summer.  If you FB  you have already seen these, sorry. But it was our 2-day drive somewhere other than the back yard to unload something, so it was  so fun to see old friends and family, just because we wanted to see them.

Sister Romney (Lucille) and her baby girl Minyon, who
just a few months old when we moved to AZ.

Patrice, my best friend as a young child and remains a
special friend in my life.  Isn't it great to be a woman?
Not a lot of men can hold on to what we do with our friends.

I love Patrice in spite of her smooth face and big brown eyes.
Mine have gotten kind of squinty, but they work,
so I guess I'll keep them.

Here we are just before we went our separate ways.
Notice who has the doggie bag & is the fluffiest!

So after we left the restaurant, we decided to go to the aquarium at the AZ Mills Mall. when I found out how much it cost, I nixed that one . .  so we went to the Bass Pro Shop to see the fish in the big tank and indoor stream.  I am astounded . .  for about $35 a little girl can be all set for going camping/fishing.  But only if she has the right  clothes, tent, equipment, yada, yada, yada.   May say, what a rip off  . .  and what a racket?    I miss when you went down to the neighborhood military surplus store and got such wonderful, ugly, but wonderful deals and did they ever have the coolest stuff!  I did get some big laughs while we were in there.  It was fun . .  and I bought a bag of "Bit O'Honeys" when we left, yum!  I had to giggle when as I was sitting there chewing away.  I had my first Bit O' Honeys while visiting Patrice one summer.  I was 13.

Jon looking at the fish in the little stream.

Me in my all my frumpiness in front of the aquarium.
Lesson learned, don't try to hide under big shirts, it
doesn't work!