Old Times

December 6,2008

Where did the time go to December is here and so much to do. I was doing my wash this morning and begin thinking about all the things we reminnice about when we were in California.

James crawled in a doghouse after church one sunday and we hunted him for a hour or more.
We just knew someone had kidnapped him and was about to call the police when he came crawling out of the dog house near our house. We lived next door to the church. It is a terifying moment to think one of your children was kidnapped. The church was in a slum of Redding and a lot of people lived past the church.

There was another incident with James while we lived there, with Gas. He drank some gas and could barely breath. Him and charles, we smelled the gas on their breath but James had acturally drank some, so we took him to the emergency room. Charles had only put it up to his mouth he was OK. That James he was a mess and would try anything. He was also very allergic to Poison Oak and anyone who burned it around us, in which they did often, we would have to take him and get a shot. His eyes would swell, his whole face turn red, his tongue swelled. At times his whole body would break out, He has outgrew that and I am glad because he stays in the woods, hunting, fishing, trapping. Him and his 3 boys are very active in those things.


Sue,David,Coy and I was very close during those times, what one did we did together, them was the good old days. We didn't have much money but we loved each other and had some good times together. It was so good to visit and talk about all these times.

When Coy and I first married, our pal around couple was Retha (coys sister) and her husband David which was a nut. We lived in San Fransisco for a few weeks with Jim and Modest and 5 kids. which was not bad. In January we moved to Red Bluff where Coy's dad lived, Coy could not find a job in San Francisco. So we moved in with his dad and I did the cooking for him. It was a big old house. He always had his friends in everyday so I spent a lot of time at Retha's. Coy got a job at the paper mill and we moved out in a very small house back behind another house. We had saved up 18 silver dollars from odd jobs he had. It was so cute, wish I had pictures but I didn't even own a camera. There might be some somewhere because Calvin (that is Modest brother )and his daughter came to visit us and he took some pictures. I do not remember the address. It was near the railroad tracks. I thought I would never get use to the trains, coming from the country where it was quiet. It was very country in Arkansas where I grew up.

I will tell you some of the stories of some of the crazy thing we use to do and had so much fun doing them. Have got to go and get busy , so much to do tree to put up, yards to sweep, I did some yesterday, so we will finish today. We decorate our porch, so I have got to get that done. We usually put lights on our house but it is dangerous for Coy to climb on top to do it and not worth taking a chance. So bye for now.