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Family matters

"We are in hard luck here."

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First, something from the Heartmelting Files:

Me: Poppy, I’m glad I get to be your Mommy.
Poppy: Mommy, I’m glad I get to be your sweetheart.

Me too, kiddo.

And now, on to today’s letters:

Nov. 11 1942

Dear dad,

We arrived here O.K. all except we were awful tired. I’m leaving Friday for Texas and Annis is coming back [home]. She is going to stay with Mrs. Higdon until I get her a place to stay in Texas. I can’t say much at this time except I hope to see you agan soon and tell Rebecca we are O.K. and I’ll write you agan soon. So good by for now.

Your son
Cornell

Just a few days later, Cornell writes again. And once again, the poor guy is broke.

Nov. 16, 1942

Dear dad,

I haven’t time to write but a few lines. I have a lot to do. We are in hard luck here. We have to buy a lot of suplyes, and I haven’t got a cent. So if you can get me $10 dollars it would really come in handy. I’ve got to have at least ten dollars. So I don’t know anyone who can spare it here. So if you can get me ten dollars, I’ll send it back when I get paid. Well theres no news so I’m going to close for this time. Send the money real soon.

Cornell

A few years ago, my mom gave me a shoebox full of old papers that her grandfather had saved. Some of them were yellowed receipts and such, but there were also quite a few letters from various family members. This is one of them. Here are some others.

menu plan Monday

A soggy start

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Menu Plan Monday logoThe weather was beautiful here yesterday. Poppy and I ran a few errands in the afternoon, and we drove around town with the sunroof open. When we got home, we cleaned out the car, which was chock-full of papers and toys and junk.

This morning, it’s raining. As I looked out the window at the rain falling down, I thought about how nice it was yesterday, driving around with P. The wind in our hair. The sunroof. The sunroof.

Did I close the sunroof?

I dashed out to the car. And the sunroof? Wide open. What a way to start the week.

Monday: Tacos

Tuesday: Chicken.
I haven’t decided yet it this will be a stir-fry or broiled.

Wednesday: Waikiki meatballs

Thursday: Breakfast for dinner

Friday: Pizza

Flotsam / Jetsam

A question for you

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Alright, here’s the whole story. It’s a Steely Dan concert, and it’s about 3 and a half hours from home. Rockford and his longtime cohort Don suggested that we have a family birthday party at Rockford’s parent’s house in the early afternoon, then leave the children with his parents and flit off to the show. As you may guess from the mildly biased poll choices, I am not in favor of this. Not that I don’t like Steely Dan, but we have seen them live before. And a girl only turns 4 once.