time passes quickly

Time passes by too quickly. It is the weekend and soon it will be next weekend. The older I get the faster it goes. Today I am resting as tomorrow will be a busy day. I am going into the church craft show. I hope I make some money and that we have very little to take home.

I don't remember the last time I posted some memories of when I was growing up. I believe it was when I lived in Florida at "Azalea Courts". We had four motel units. Motels were different in those days as most were not large. Some had separate rooms and some were joined together. Ours were joined together and had a bedroom and a bathroom. There was a small shower, a toilet, and a sink in the bathroom. The bedroom consisted of a bed a lamp and a dresser. The motel was built of cement blocks and none of us had air-conditioning in those days. I don't think air-conditioning existed in those days. Next to the units was an attached building or I should say room that housed the hot water heater. The washing of the linens, towels, etc was done by my mother or I sometimes would be bored and wash the clothes.

The wash machine was outside of our house. It was a wringer type wash machine and there was a rinse tub outside too. Clothes driers didn't yet exist. We would have to hang the sheets, towels, etc on the clothes line. When I would do it it was always difficult me hanging the laundry as I was a kid, maybe 11 years old. I do remember sometimes stepping in a red (fire ant) hill and getting my feet and legs eaten alive until I knocked them off of me.

We had an iron mangler in the home and the sheets and the pillow cases would be ironed that way. I always enjoyed doing the ironing on it. That is when I felt like it.

It was hard on my Mom helping to run the business and then doing the striping of the motel unit and then washing, drying, ironing and cleaning the units just to go back to making hamburgers, chili, etc. She would sometimes work to 1:30 in the morning just to get up and start all over again.

From the time I was 11 years old on, I would always get up by myself in the morning, get washed and dressed and open the business, make breakfast for myself and go to school. Deciding what to wear to school was easy and we always had to wear a dress or a skirt and blouse and I had very few to choose from.

Aunt Fran Funeral

Today was Aunt Fran's funeral. Aunt Dorothy and Uncle George was there. They did not know who I was in the beginning. They look great for being 86 and 89. Aunt Rose was there too. She is 93. That means I have at least 20 years to go. All my cousins were there also. I wish family lived closer. I miss having them around. My cousin Karl who I used to write you when I lived in Florida is married to Peggy now and she seems really nice. I know we would get along fine. Ted and Pat look good also. Ted is really thin and Pat looks the same. I also sat and talked with Frankie who is Randy's age. It was nice talking to him. I didn't go to young Teddy's house as my breathing was getting bad so it was easier for me to go home but I wish I could have visited longer. I sure do miss them all.

A lot of memories were brought up today but too tired to write them down right now. I will write them down later.

Aunt Fran

Aunt Fran passed away a few weeks ago and will be buried tomorrow at Clarendon Hills Cemetary. What a great Aunt she was. She worked for Marshall Fields downtown, the original one on State Street. She was a detective or a floor walker. She watched for "shop lifters" and caught many of them. She also had great stories of the shop lifting episodes. I will miss those stories.

Aunt Fran also loved to dance. At any family function where there was a band, Aunt Fran wanted to jitterbug. She would drag you out on the floor and throw you around. She was always the leader and you would have to follow her steps. She was just a fun aunt.

She was good friends with my mom and really missed her until the day she died. Talking about my Mom would always bring a tear to her eye. When Uncle Ted was alive, Aunt Fran would always be bitching at him about something and she was usually right about the bitching. LOL They would bicker all the time, but they were a wonderful couple. My uncles eyes always twinkled. He always seemed to be full of the devil. I will miss my Aunt Fran and she was my favorite aunt. Some day I will meet her again.

Aunt Fran

This morning my Aunt Fran passed away. What a wonderful aunt she was to me. I missed her when she moved to Colorado and would call her every once in awhile but when she went to the nursing home she wouldn't hear the phone. She was so good to my Mom and they seemed to enjoy each other's company so much. She really missed my Mom after she passed on and would cry every time she would talk about her. Aunt Fran loved to dance and would jitterbug with anyone who would dance with her. She would always be the leader and would throw you around the floor. LOL She was so much fun at parties. She loved life and was a kind and generous person. I know her family will really miss her alot. She was my favorite aunt and I will miss her a whole lot. Rest In Peace Aunt Fran.