Hello everyone!! I love this weather here in God’s country in the River Valley. As you all know, I have crazy stuff happen to me all the time. I don’t know if I told ya’ll about the time I decided to clean out my car. I don’t get a wild hair to do that very often. Jacob was still at home when this happened, so he went and got the shop vacuum out for me and got it all plugged in and ready. I get the trash out — and yes, my car always has Diet Coke cans or candy wrappers in the floor — and I start to vacuum with that albatross shop vac.
Somehow, when I leaned down, that hose sucked my hair up in it. I could have sold tickets to the show that was going on in my driveway. I was screaming and carrying on trying to get it shut off and wrestling that hose, and it was sucking for all it was worth. I finally got it turned off and got my hair out. I looked like Phyllis Diller when it was all over. Well, by then I was wore out and didn’t want to clean that car out. A little word of advice for anyone that wants to go anywhere with me or ride with me — I would definitely keep a rabbit’s foot in your pocket.
Back when Chuck was alive, we had an Oldsmobile and we had to go to Little Rock for something. We got back home and turned in off 71 Highway and the front wheel fell off. I mean, we had been on the interstate with two kids. The Lord watched over us until we got home. Right around the same time, we went to Rock Creek to visit my two elderly aunts, Bonnie and Ginks. They lived together because they were widow women. It was dusky dark outside and we were all walking back to Chuck’s big blue truck. The aunts followed us outside to talk some more. I go through the gate and, I mean, the biggest copperhead snake you have ever seen crawls over my foot. I scream and kick it up in the air. It goes over Shannon’s feet and Chuck grabs Jacob. Me and Shannon are screaming bloody murder. It finally goes up under the big blue truck, and here comes Aunt Ginks toting a shotgun and hands it over the fence to Chuck. He finally gets steady enough to shoot it. I was scared for months to go outside after dark. When we got home after the ordeal, I asked Chuck to carry me in the house. That was a big laugh — it would have took a football team to carry me. Like I said before, if you are going to run around with me, keep a rabbit’s foot in your pocket for safe measure.
A sweet friend of mine, Beverly, bought me the Aunt Bee’s Mayberry Cookbook and this recipe was in there.
Opie’s Lemonade Pie 18 ounce Cool Whip 16 ounce can frozen lemonade concentrate 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk 9 inch graham cracker crust In a large bowl, combine the Cool Whip, lemonade, and sweetened condensed milk, blending well. Pour the mixture into the graham cracker crust and chill about two hours. If you want it a little more tart, you can add a little lemon juice. Have a blessed week and hug your loved ones and tell them you love them!
