1. Playing school with Tracy
2. Playing Monopoly with Tracy, eating shredded cheddar cheese and drinking grape Kool-Aid
3. Crawling through the barbed wire fence to run through the Berkstresser's pasture to their house
4. The glorious sound of the attic fan
5. Taking naps on pallets at Mert and Donald's house
6. Being so scared to go to the "tiltcha room" to the deep freeze to get a push-up
7. Jenny's wall homage to teen heartthrobs with the silver glitter star in the middle
8. Going to Venture and McDonalds with Dad in my Easter dress
9. Riding in some basket-thing in Aunt Carol's bicycle
10. Getting nibbled on my crawdads in the creek on Grandpa's land
11. Climbing up hay bales in Grandpa's barn
12. Talent shows with just me and Elizabeth
13. Watching in horror when Elizabeth would smash dog ticks to make blood go everywhere
14. Staying up late and falling asleep in the living room when the Keithley's were over
15. Listening to Crystal Gail and the BeeGees on our old super big headphones
16. Watching the first episode of Unsolved Mysteries with Dad...I still remember that case about Wanda--still get nightmares
17. Climbing up the hall walls
18. Doing gymnastics on that old vinyl black mat
19. The nook in the living room with the dark desk, childcraft books, and later encyclopedias
20. Drawing on the concrete table outside with rocks
21. Being the first ones at all of Matt's basketball games
22. The always-present pan and basket of overused cooking grease--yuck!
23. Our old turquoise blue toilet, sink, and bathtub
24. Playing Barbies in the Berkstresser's downstairs with Jenny, Elizabeth, and Bridget
25. Giving bottles to the baby calves
26. Picking out dolls for Mert to crochet for me
27. Wetting my pants at Mert and Donald's house because I was too scared to go to their bathroom
28. Getting chased with Tasha by a man from "the house on the hill" from the pool to her dad's body shop
29. Making homemade ice cream at Grandpa's house
30. Sleeping in the back of the station wagon while Mom and Dad were who-knows-where
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We had a bag of shredded cheese for something this week, and the kids eating it plain made me think of you guys. I laughed out loud several times while reading this list. I love having siblings who really know what your life was about. Things like the tiltcha room.
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