Monday, June 28, 2010

Maureen is a War Bride and a Spy

  • Christmas Eves at Colleen and Phil's
  • Tree trimming at Colleen and Phil's
  • New Year's Eve with Honora and Colleen pretending we were war brides or girlfriends of servicemen so we wouldn't feel strange at the Kon Tiki on Walnut Street
  • Spying on Karen going out with Tony Zuppo on New Year's Eve. Stone Ponies "Different Drummer" was playing on the radio in the kitchen on Kenny Avenue
  • Colleen's love of parties
  • Treasure under Colleen's mattress on the 3rd floor in Cape May
  • Colleen's silver necklace from Walt Rosenberg
  • Colleen's blue pant suit she wore with the silver necklace from Walt Rosenberg
  • Mr Tryder
  • Outings with Mr Tryder
  • Dinners with the next door neighbor
  • Red wagon - pulling it, riding in it, scooting in it
  • The Lone Ranger
  • The Dungeon at Holy Spirit schoolyard
  • 4th of July in Cape May - potato sack races, egg races, barbecues
  • Smoking Newports
  • The canal, the boat, the skis
  • Walking from 428 to the docks with Terry and carrying the skis to take the boat out
  • Rob's graduation from high school at our house on Kenny Avenue
  • Eileen's wedding preparations at our house
  • Cupcakes with lemon and orange icing from Horn & Hardart that Kakki brought on Wednesday nights
  • Book Reports for grade school
  • Coloring books and crayons
  • Christmas Plays in grade school - "a clock, a clock, a clock for sale"
  • Playing baseball in the driveway
  • Doubledutch jump rope - yippeee
  • Sliding down mountains of snow in the Acme parking lot on our cardboards
  • Easter Sundays and breakfast after Mass complete with snowflake rolls oooooooohhhhhhh
  • Climbing trees
  • Karen falling out of trees

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