Top 10 Favorite Memories
#10 Stealing Pumpkins
My first trip here in the fall was a great time! Me, Steve and his parents went Apple picking and while we were picking apples we noticed the pumpkin fields off to the side. Well Steve thought it would be fun to go steal some pumpkins. It was but they were heavy to carry while running
#9 Blueberry picking during a lightening storm
So it was me, Steve, Sam and Steven and we went blueberry picking. Actually Steve and I pick them the kids just eat them right off the vine. As we pull into the field Steve says he thinks a storm is coming. I think he's crazy and insist we go further into the vines because that is where the BEST blueberries will be. I am not a blueberry expert - I don't even like them so why Steve would listen to me is for another story. So it's clear now that a storm is coming but I am unfazed. I want to get my blueberries - yah know the ones I won't eat. Some ways down the road lightening strikes and if you ask Steve he will tell you it was 200 yards away. First I could barely tell you how far 2 yards would be so I am not sure how he could be so sure it was 200 yards away and to be frank I don't consider that close. Well apparently Steve did and he grabs the kids and starts running to the car. All I see is his ass and the feet of the children as they are dangling from his hips. Oh and he is screaming for me to run and I am still determined to get the damn berries. As I type this I am laughing so hard from this memory I can barely see through my tears. Good times!
#8 Car trip
We made a trip up with Uncle Joey! The car ride is what is memorable for me. We get pulled over for speeding going through one of the hillbilly towns we are forced to drive through at 30mph. When the officer comes to the window Steve goes to hand him his license and reg. In the back Uncle Joey starts screaming for Steve to tell the cop he has a heart condition and that we were taking him to the hospital. It was hysterical and I busted out laughing and tried to get Uncle Joey to stop screaming but it was no use. He really felt the cop would buy it.
#7 Peanut Butter Pie
This is an ongoing memory that is brought up almost every time Ralph and I get together. We both have different memories of this and since this is my blog your only getting my version. This was pre-kids for all of us. We had our friends all come to the lake for a nice weekend. Tony and Sarah came up for the day. After dinner Sarah brought dessert - it was Peanut Butter Pie! What a fantastic concept to make a pie with peanut butter. I don't care for pie or peanut butter so politely declined the dessert and had ice cream instead. We all enjoyed the rest of the evening in each others company! That's all for that! Oh and there was an alleged moment that I referred to a guest as a butterball but I have no recollection
#6 Mount Death
This was the same weekend as the previous memory. We all decided that a good way to spend the afternoon was to climb one of the local mountains. The real name has since escaped me since for the last 9 years I only know it as Mount Death! It got it's name courtesy of Ralph who almost died several times on the mountain as the rest of us skipped by him. Rebecca's feet never even touched the ground as she moved up the mountain with the ease of a wild cat. Oh I can still hear Ralph asking for one of us to put him out of his misery. I knew peanut butter pie awaited him and who would want to miss that!
#5 Country Fairs
Not one fair memory sticks out more than the other. Why you ask? Well it's simple. All the fairs here are similar. They all have large quantities of people without teeth and any hygiene routine for that matter. You could win a pie or cake for a quarter. Seriously WHY would you want to win a pie from one of these fairs!!! Bingo that we always win at and then the locals get mad at us. One of my kids will cry over the fact that they can't bring the fish they just won home. We can't wait to get to these fairs and go year after year!
#4 Steven's nurse maid elbow
Again another fun filled weekend with our friends! I was sent here with Samantha, Steven and Bella while Steve had to come up a day later due to work. So we go out to have lunch at Tots diner. It's me and the kids, Ralph and Rebecca with Aidan and Kevin, Andrea, Brandon and Jillian. Steven, jr. was exhausted and having a moment when he fell off his chair onto the floor. I picked him up and he was just miserable afterward. He started complaining of his arm hurting and I am blowing him off because I know he is just tired. Hours later after realizing there might actually be something wrong I leave the other 2 kids with our guests and take Steven to the clinic. Steve still isn't here yet! After the Dr's at the clinic realize they can't help us they send us off to the hospital in Rutland. Steve still not here! So we drive off to the hospital to find out the boy did in fact knock his elbow out of the socket. I have to hold him on my lap as the Dr. pulls and twists his little limb back into place. Still no husband and liquor now needed for both me and the boy. Good times!
#3 Going into labor...really!
Pregnant with Samantha and having no clue about anything going on in my body. I was laying down with pain SHARP pain in my stomach. I try to make it go away but just can't get comfortable. We call home to our OB who doesn't like what she was hearing and wants us to get to a hospital to get checked out. I remain calm as Steve gets his Dad to tell him of our situation. At that moment my father in law ushers us to the car and proceeds to drive 100 miles an hour through the craziest rain/hail storm I have ever witnessed. The whole time he is reassuring me that everything will be OK and I am perfectly calm and it was Steve in the backseat concentrating on his breathing...lol We made it in one piece and was given the work up to only get sent home with no explanation as to what my problem was. After we get home later that week we find out Samantha was breech and that her turning was most likely what caused the pain. Fun times!!
#2 His BIG announcement!
It's the morning sometime and Steve asks to go for a walk. I wasn't thinking much of it because we always go for a walk up the road. He starts telling me he has something to talk to me about and I start trying to figure out what he has done. Obviously it has to be bad because he was being to sweet and calm so I figure he did some damage to the truck or something crazy like that. (Like the time we left to come to VT at 4am and when he backed out of the driveway he forget he didn't shut the rear passenger door causing the door to be pryed backward while getting pushed against a bush.) He then goes into this whole speech about what he is about to tell me I can't repeat because he was told in confidence and he isn't supposed to know yet and he is going on and on and the suspense is killing me and just then just before the house with the big fish mailbox he tells me " I made partner" Just like that. It was like he just said I picked up milk from the store. No screaming and yelling or jumping up and down. This is/was HUGE there needed to me some pomp and circumstance with this kind of announcement. I think I slugged him - cause that's what I do and then yelled at him for telling me in such a way. Really looking back I shouldn't have expected much else. All of his big announcements (with the exception of his marriage proposal) to me were never made big. He's told me big things over wings at the PO or walks in VT. Oh course I didn't keep it a secret. I think I lasted maybe an hour before I made him tell his parents. Anytime we ever take that walk I always remember this moment.
#10 Stealing Pumpkins
My first trip here in the fall was a great time! Me, Steve and his parents went Apple picking and while we were picking apples we noticed the pumpkin fields off to the side. Well Steve thought it would be fun to go steal some pumpkins. It was but they were heavy to carry while running
#9 Blueberry picking during a lightening storm
So it was me, Steve, Sam and Steven and we went blueberry picking. Actually Steve and I pick them the kids just eat them right off the vine. As we pull into the field Steve says he thinks a storm is coming. I think he's crazy and insist we go further into the vines because that is where the BEST blueberries will be. I am not a blueberry expert - I don't even like them so why Steve would listen to me is for another story. So it's clear now that a storm is coming but I am unfazed. I want to get my blueberries - yah know the ones I won't eat. Some ways down the road lightening strikes and if you ask Steve he will tell you it was 200 yards away. First I could barely tell you how far 2 yards would be so I am not sure how he could be so sure it was 200 yards away and to be frank I don't consider that close. Well apparently Steve did and he grabs the kids and starts running to the car. All I see is his ass and the feet of the children as they are dangling from his hips. Oh and he is screaming for me to run and I am still determined to get the damn berries. As I type this I am laughing so hard from this memory I can barely see through my tears. Good times!
#8 Car trip
We made a trip up with Uncle Joey! The car ride is what is memorable for me. We get pulled over for speeding going through one of the hillbilly towns we are forced to drive through at 30mph. When the officer comes to the window Steve goes to hand him his license and reg. In the back Uncle Joey starts screaming for Steve to tell the cop he has a heart condition and that we were taking him to the hospital. It was hysterical and I busted out laughing and tried to get Uncle Joey to stop screaming but it was no use. He really felt the cop would buy it.
#7 Peanut Butter Pie
This is an ongoing memory that is brought up almost every time Ralph and I get together. We both have different memories of this and since this is my blog your only getting my version. This was pre-kids for all of us. We had our friends all come to the lake for a nice weekend. Tony and Sarah came up for the day. After dinner Sarah brought dessert - it was Peanut Butter Pie! What a fantastic concept to make a pie with peanut butter. I don't care for pie or peanut butter so politely declined the dessert and had ice cream instead. We all enjoyed the rest of the evening in each others company! That's all for that! Oh and there was an alleged moment that I referred to a guest as a butterball but I have no recollection
#6 Mount Death
This was the same weekend as the previous memory. We all decided that a good way to spend the afternoon was to climb one of the local mountains. The real name has since escaped me since for the last 9 years I only know it as Mount Death! It got it's name courtesy of Ralph who almost died several times on the mountain as the rest of us skipped by him. Rebecca's feet never even touched the ground as she moved up the mountain with the ease of a wild cat. Oh I can still hear Ralph asking for one of us to put him out of his misery. I knew peanut butter pie awaited him and who would want to miss that!
#5 Country Fairs
Not one fair memory sticks out more than the other. Why you ask? Well it's simple. All the fairs here are similar. They all have large quantities of people without teeth and any hygiene routine for that matter. You could win a pie or cake for a quarter. Seriously WHY would you want to win a pie from one of these fairs!!! Bingo that we always win at and then the locals get mad at us. One of my kids will cry over the fact that they can't bring the fish they just won home. We can't wait to get to these fairs and go year after year!
#4 Steven's nurse maid elbow
Again another fun filled weekend with our friends! I was sent here with Samantha, Steven and Bella while Steve had to come up a day later due to work. So we go out to have lunch at Tots diner. It's me and the kids, Ralph and Rebecca with Aidan and Kevin, Andrea, Brandon and Jillian. Steven, jr. was exhausted and having a moment when he fell off his chair onto the floor. I picked him up and he was just miserable afterward. He started complaining of his arm hurting and I am blowing him off because I know he is just tired. Hours later after realizing there might actually be something wrong I leave the other 2 kids with our guests and take Steven to the clinic. Steve still isn't here yet! After the Dr's at the clinic realize they can't help us they send us off to the hospital in Rutland. Steve still not here! So we drive off to the hospital to find out the boy did in fact knock his elbow out of the socket. I have to hold him on my lap as the Dr. pulls and twists his little limb back into place. Still no husband and liquor now needed for both me and the boy. Good times!
#3 Going into labor...really!
Pregnant with Samantha and having no clue about anything going on in my body. I was laying down with pain SHARP pain in my stomach. I try to make it go away but just can't get comfortable. We call home to our OB who doesn't like what she was hearing and wants us to get to a hospital to get checked out. I remain calm as Steve gets his Dad to tell him of our situation. At that moment my father in law ushers us to the car and proceeds to drive 100 miles an hour through the craziest rain/hail storm I have ever witnessed. The whole time he is reassuring me that everything will be OK and I am perfectly calm and it was Steve in the backseat concentrating on his breathing...lol We made it in one piece and was given the work up to only get sent home with no explanation as to what my problem was. After we get home later that week we find out Samantha was breech and that her turning was most likely what caused the pain. Fun times!!
#2 His BIG announcement!
It's the morning sometime and Steve asks to go for a walk. I wasn't thinking much of it because we always go for a walk up the road. He starts telling me he has something to talk to me about and I start trying to figure out what he has done. Obviously it has to be bad because he was being to sweet and calm so I figure he did some damage to the truck or something crazy like that. (Like the time we left to come to VT at 4am and when he backed out of the driveway he forget he didn't shut the rear passenger door causing the door to be pryed backward while getting pushed against a bush.) He then goes into this whole speech about what he is about to tell me I can't repeat because he was told in confidence and he isn't supposed to know yet and he is going on and on and the suspense is killing me and just then just before the house with the big fish mailbox he tells me " I made partner" Just like that. It was like he just said I picked up milk from the store. No screaming and yelling or jumping up and down. This is/was HUGE there needed to me some pomp and circumstance with this kind of announcement. I think I slugged him - cause that's what I do and then yelled at him for telling me in such a way. Really looking back I shouldn't have expected much else. All of his big announcements (with the exception of his marriage proposal) to me were never made big. He's told me big things over wings at the PO or walks in VT. Oh course I didn't keep it a secret. I think I lasted maybe an hour before I made him tell his parents. Anytime we ever take that walk I always remember this moment.
#1
This was a hard one! I have so many that should be on this list that picking #1 isn't easy. It can't be just anything it has to be something huge. Something larger than life! So for my current #1 memory and this could change but for now will remain - just one word makes this whole memory
JUDITH
enough said!
My Vermont Favorites
in no particular order
Lino's laugh
shopping spree's in Manchester
the yellow craft store
Basketville
Breakfast at The Station
Lunch at Perry's
Nancy' s donuts
Castleton Ice Cream
Fishing off the dock and actually catching something
The Vermont Store
afternoon naps (that was before kids)
campfires
the swamp (but not for Lou and Gin's reason)
the quiet (I know even with me here)
to be continued.....
Here are some pictures from the past years - I will be sure to add more once I track them down:
Oh wait the present!! There has to be a present for an anniversary! I don't care what kind of anniversary you should always get a present!!
Here she is isn't she pretty!!
I have to thank Heidi Klum and Project Runway for educating my husband in all the latest trends! While shopping in Manchester today he says
"Look it's a Michael Kors store"
Here she is isn't she pretty!!
I have to thank Heidi Klum and Project Runway for educating my husband in all the latest trends! While shopping in Manchester today he says
"Look it's a Michael Kors store"
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