Oh my - I'm totally exhausted - but a good kind of exhausted. My sister Pat and her husband Melvin are here from Tennessee. We had a cookout tonight and had 46 people in our back yard - including me and Virgil. It was absolutely wonderful!
Some of the folks here were Robbins folks - leaves on the branches of our family tree. That was exciting to me. Eddie Robbins is 88 years old. He laid floors for a living. He said he spent a lot of time bending over but it didn't hurt him a bit. He then proceeded to bend over and touch his toes! He and Virgil hit it off very well. Turns out they had worked together 30 years ago. They each believe the other to be the best in the business - Eddie the best at laying floors and Virgil the best at sheetrock and finishing.
We had lots of food - and it was all delicious. We had baked and grilled salmon, grilled hot dogs and barbecue chicken wings as well as lots of other yummy stuff. . . from crab salad to watermelon.
When the folks started leaving the girls jumped in and cleaned the dishes/kitchen and the guys cleaned and folded tables and the E Z up. It was just done before I could blink almost. They kids can't even BEGIN to know how much I appreciate their work. I was so tired I just didn't know how I was going to get it done. Gosh, it was nice.
It was a wonderful day- spent most of it shopping and getting things ready with my sister and the evening was spent eating and visiting. The friends I invited didn't come - one did send me a message though to let me know she wasn't feeling well. That was a bit disappointing. I'll post a picture of my Robbins kin when Melanie sends it to me.
Virgil and I are getting ready to go with Pat and Mel and do some sightseeing through the Northwest. I'll post pictures (hopefully) and notes on our experiences as we go along.
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