Thursday #294 - For our Richard

[Pam]

We would tell her she was drunk on the beach in Mexico all those years ago and she would call us liars.

Hey Richard, shame on you...what happens in Mexico stays in Mexico!

Actually the whole episode sounds like it would make a good Kenny Chesney video!

[zippy-kat]

Oh Phred, that's not even good Mexican food! (And I hesitate to even call it real food!) lol

I think my area is probably more Tex-Mex but come on out and I'll treat you guys to something alot better (and more tastey!) than the drive thru.



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I have a jar of unopened local honey that I've been wanting to try. How about some homemade sopaipilla... better known in our house as "sophie-pillas." (Oh how I still miss that bunny, Miz Sophie! Mom was missing/recalling her antics the other day, too.)

[Cinder & Smoke]

Oh Phred, that's not even good Mexican food!
(And I hesitate to even call it real food!) lol

That's the shame of it - MOST of us don't know what Mexican food is
*supposed* to taste like! "The Bell" is all we know!

How about some homemade sopaipilla ... better known in our house as "sophie-pillas."
(Oh how I still miss that bunny, Miz Sophie!
Mom was missing/recalling her antics the other day, too.)

>gulp<

I try to mentally sound out words I can't pronounce ...
My first try at "sopaipilla" came out as "Sophie-pilla" ...
We ALL *Miss da Lil Black Bunny*!

**THUMPZ!**

[RICHARD]

That's the shame of it - MOST of us don't know what Mexican food is
*supposed* to taste like! "The Bell" is all we know!



>gulp<

The old menus on the TB board had a phonetical translation under the names of the offerings.

I love the Bellbeefers- it was a hamburger bun with ground beef, lettuce and I can't remember what else!

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Spooky stuff?

I was upset that I didn't have my mom recorded on any tapes or video...


I was vacumning my mom's house and ended up getting the cord stuck behind the phone jack and ripped it out.

As I tried to see how I could get it hooked up again I came across an old portable phone my mom hated.

I plugged it back in and one of the last messages was her talking to my brother- she didn't turn off the machine and it caught her voice!

A while later I put on the cable channels for music and was skipping thru to find something cheery.

I was coming close to the seasonal music and thought how mom loved Silent Night...

Sure enough, I hit the channel and.......

That woman!

[RICHARD]

Anyone out there?

I am going to build a fire and was hoping for a little company!

[shepgirl]

Richard you sound like you have some real good memories of your mom, some of us don't have that. You're a very lucky person to be able to share this with us. Thanks and enjoy the treats your friends have for you.

[davidpizzica]

RICHARD, I'll be your company for as long as you want. I'm a little nervous about turning 60 this friday!

[RICHARD]

RICHARD, I'll be your company for as long as you want. I'm a little nervous about turning 60 this friday!

It's only a number!

Hang tough my friend, we made it this far!


SG,

You would not believe some of the stories I have about my mom....


Can I tell one more?


It has to do with Joseph Cotten a old actor, Leonard Maltin a movie critic and my mom and me.


I bought a book, a kind of encyclopedia of movies. When I'd go over to spend time with her we would get to the old movies and try to figure out who the actors were. If we could not get who they were, we would look at the Leonard Maltin book as a last resort.

It got to the point-god help me, I can't remember how Cotten's name came up-where any actor we could not ID became JOSEPH COTTEN.

I'd say, "LOOK, IT'S JOSEPH COTTEN!"

She would turn to me and say, "You are a liar!", then we would laugh like idiots, try and guess who the actor was and, as a last resort, go to the book.

LOL, JC made more movies than he was ever given credit for!

[catland]

Sorry I'm so late here to the bar - been doing lots of decorating!

Richard - I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. So many of us are now in that transition of saying goodbye to our parents and becoming the "senior" generation.

I always enjoyed your stories of Eddie and your mom.

big cyber hug<<<>>>