March 18: HEADS – Any part of (or place in) a house
My ‘place’ has to do with the place of my heart right now in my home. And dealing with the dining room table, and our patio. But, I’ll stick with the dining room table and area therein, to share a story:
On Tuesday, in our two homes across the states, mine here in Texas and my sibling in Colorado…we celebrate our OWN day!!! Our own Sister’s Day. It all started years ago, when I talked with my sister on the phone, and she was sounding really in a blue mood. Her hubby wasn’t paying enough attention to her, and she was wondering just why she married the man, things like that…etc. etc. etc.
The next day I went out and bought two small bottles of champagne, a really nice Irish cardigan sweater, and a card that showed how much I cared. Also, with these purchases, I bought two identical green fluted champagne glasses. When I got home, I searched for a box, a heavy duty box and tightly packed her bottle of champagne, her glass with tons of cushion and wrapped the sweater in green tissue…using it as a second cushion for the protection of the glass bottle, and the fluted stemmed glass. In the card, I wrote that we are now going to celebrate sisterhood…for eternity. I instructed her to go out on her deck at 9PM her time…[which at the time I lived in Colorado also] and I’d go out on our patio and face west…toward HER…and salute our “sibling’ship”!!!! We’ve been doing it ever since! Coming on now about 20 years!! Or more…I can’t recall just how long we’ve been doing this. It’s come down to me adjusting MY time now that I’m in Texas with HER 9PM…yes, we synchronize our clocks so we’re out at the same time….and it’s always a small gift sent to each other. Reaching us before the 18th of March. Yep, on March 18 the two of us have our own little celebration of companionship, friendship, lineage, and love!!
I sent her a small gift…a silver bookmark with a couple of silver charms she can add. One charm is a golf bag. She and her hubby are golf fanatics. [they even traveled to Scotland for the golf something or other ---:::shrug::: I'm not sure exactly, it's something like the 'World Open'....LOL, I've played golf myself but nothing like these two weirdos golfers!! Anyway the other charm is her initial.."S". [which could also stand for 'sister'...but her first name does start with an "S"!!!]
For me? She sent this…I received this last week, and I’ve been so itchin’ to get to March 18th to open it; I cheated and opened it before so I could write about it…shhhhhh, don’t tell her!!!
The package arrives….
…and it’s a hoot!! Estrogen rich cartoons! Oh boy, right up to speed for the two of us.
I open the pages to peruse the book, and it pops open to this….could it BE more me? No,…..it’s just what my salads look like now that I’m on a low cholesterol diet!! You betcha, this gift is so fittin’ ! Happy sister’s day my dear big sis. Here’s to you ::clinking my glass in your direction::
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And, the place in the house? It’s the dining room maple hutch!!! This is where I have my sister’s day champagne glass stored, protected from year to year. [the green glass behind the red --on the left, top shelf]
~…end Heads or Tails
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This week, it’s 10 places in your town you’d take visitors.
The Texas State Aquarium
The Corpus Christi Art Museum Complex
The Padre Island National Seashore [protected environment]
Ocean Treasures -Gift Shop on the Island! [filled with great souvenirs!]
The Heritage Park [colonial homes of the 1800's preserved]
USS Lexington -now dry docked & Museum of World War II
Mustang Island
Aransas Pass for the Sand Sculptures
Whatburger Field [baseball Astros farm team]
[The infamous Whataburger Burger Chain Restaurant was established in Corpus Christi Texas in 1950]
The Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History
A Frenchman, La Salle, and his ship La Belle shipwrecked in Matagorda Bay in 1686. The Museum’s exhibit is part of the La Salle Odyssey.
