Friday, January 11, 2008
More Stories PLeasssseee
I want more funny stories pls. Even if I heard them a gazillion times I wanna hear them again. I wanna hear about the time there was a suprise floater in the tub (who did do that anyway?!) when ma and Aunt Sandi-Aunt Jodi-Uncle Jimmy were kiddos, I wanna hear about Vicki letting herself into the wrong house thinking it was Aunt Jodi's...I wanna hear all the stories-lay em on me! Everyone of 'em! I love stories and bloops-bleeps-and-blunders. A'ight? I'm waaaiiiiiting...
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Hello Mandi, I'm your 2nd cousin Cory - one of your Great Uncle Gabbey's kids. I sure look forward to meeting you! Are you sure you're not Sandi's daughter??? You seem like you may be a little "off"! I do mean that in a good way.
Here's a question for the group: What's with everyone coming to Illinois and then moving to Arkansas? I assume the snow had a little something to do with it....BUT...did ya not know it was for real??? Did someone walk out, to get the newspaper, and think, "what the hell is this white stuff??? Ohhh...no...we gotta go!! Lets move to Arkansas"??
But I digress.....Since I got left here, and BARELY know ANY stories, I would appreciate hearing them as well! I don't think we have any cops in the family....and the statute of limitations should clear most of you, let 'em fly! It'll do your souls good!
My Dearest darlin' cousin Cory, here's the story about Illinois verses Arkansas. Everyone growing up in Arkansas wanted to go to the big city to make their fame and fortune. It was just the thing to do. No pickin cotton, slappin' mules,(Dad had a good story 'bout mules)... and walking to the pasture to use the potty! (here's an Uncle Pete story to insert)....Uncle Pete REFUSED to eat tommy toe tomatoes. Why? Because the only place he ever saw them grow was around the out-house! Naturally, he thought the seeds were double processed!....
Any way, after the Ladd Kids find their way to Illinois, (and a few in California), most of them just wanted to get back to a slower pace of life. Someplace that didn't sell snow shovels! So that's how many of us ended up back to where the family started. Aunt Shirley WAS here, but Donna snatched her away to Florida. Do you realize that all your Aunts and Uncles were self employed at least at one time? Except for Uncle Pete. He worked for Safeway (drove a big truck). Aint Aud worked for a company for a long time, but also had a Dress Boutique with Aunt Shirley....Aunt Shirley had her own beauty shop, Aunt Janie had a rental store and also did very well with Amway products, Aunt Modean...well, her husband was a minister, and Gabbey pretty much spent his life doing gigs in night clubs. (check me on this Aint Aud, but I think I'm pretty close on it). More later...I gotta see what you jay birds been writing bout!
Sandi
Girl, you sure have a way with words, I could not have said it better. You forgot your Mom and Dad had their own business in Chicago and moved to Arkansas and had their own business here. Now about Cathi, I have no control over her, but I might hassle her a little to log on and join the family .
Love, aint aud
What? A story about ME?! Walking into the wrong house? That's too recent a story, isn't it? Hehe. Glad to hear from you, sister.
Mandayyy...Mandi-Mandi-Bo-Bandi...The Mandstress...I can help you out with the details on the Vicki story :-D. All the houses in my neighborhood look alike, and Vicki went to the door of a neighbor's house that is very similar to ours. She knocked and he shouted for her to come in, so she did. When she got in the house she realized that she wasn't at MY house and instead of being scared or embarrassed like the rest of the world would be...she scolded the guy who lived there. Vicki looked around, put her hands on her hips and said, "I'm in the wrong house," then she looked at the guy and said, "Why did you yell for me to come in?! You don't know me!" When she left he told her to come back ANYYYY time. Sometimes when I drive by I think I see him sitting in the window longing for Vicki and hoping she'll come back some day.
Anything else ya wanna know?
Love,
Aunt Jodi (The Jodster if you like).
Yea Mandi! I knew you would join in. Now maybe Vicki will tell a story about you.How about it Vicki? Or maybe we have one on Jodi!
Yeah Vicki, that was a classic! People just have to know you to really appreciate it! Mandi....how 'bout some stories from YOU??? We know you've got some. Let's hear 'em!
Aint Aud...I can't BELIEVE I didn't add Mom and Dad in there being self employed! I guess I just thought everyone should know that! Sheez! Thanks for catching that.
Yeah, Sandi, it's even better than when I got stuck in the automatic door at the airport and fell down and my co-worker just stared, laughed and pointed through the glass at me...he said he just never saw me be clumsy. What an A*!hole. Anyway,for the wrong house deal, I still have to have Jodi stand outside when I'm driving up just to make sure I get the right door. But it's okay, because for those of you who really don't know us, Jodi and I are frequently interchanged by other people - that is- many many people think that I AM Jodi (she's not me, because she's older - hey, had to get on that stuff) so I'm sure the neighbor is really looking for you, Jo, not me. :) Didn't he hit on you?
BTW - if you get confused, Jodi goes red, I go blonde, and she is really skinny. We are, by this stage in life, the SAME AGE. Aunt and niece. (once upon a time it was 3 years apart then it was 2 1/2, then 2 years...now, we are just the same age. Go figure.)
Vicki, Cathi did pretty much the same thing to me....and she's my CUZ!!! My heel actually fell off my shoe while in a revolving door, got stuck, and shut down the movement at the civic center (down town Chicago). Gee, I hope Aint Aud's not listening cuz I'm pretty sure that was the one and only day Cathi and I skipped school!
Aint Aud...if you are listening, just be glad Cathi wasn't with me the day Janet & I got in line with the guys (can't spell the name, but it sound like "Harry Kristners" (LOL! Jodi will die on that remarkable spelling!) Any way, they were dancing or protesting or something downtown Chicago, and we got in line with them and did some dancin' with 'em. I know we looked out of place cuz we had hair!!! Ahhhh, the good ol days ......
Sandi
Sandi, I still like the story about you going to Walmart and walking into the mens bathroom and wondering why this one older boy would be in the bathroom with his mother. As I remember you finally realized there were men in there and after you left and were walking through the store men were pointing you out to their wives.
hahahahehehehhehe I love it! Keep 'em coming!!! :D Now I'm remembering when Aunt SAndi was going to get in her car when that school bus of kids was parked next to her and a big gust of wind blew up her skirt.... hahahahahahahahaha ....stories about meee????? no, there are no stories about me I reckon... I'm just too perfect. :P
Birthday cake stuck to your butt??? When you went in WalMart? what about that story?
I want to hear that one.- Mandi I remember when you were about 5 and everytime Sandi came over you waited until she got out of her car and chased her all over with frogs or bugs! She would scream for help and when I told you not to chase her with frogs or bugs anymore you chased her with a broom. Boy, she sure could scream!
Okay...busted toooo many times here. yes, my skirt flew above my head in front of a bus load of high school ball players at Burger King. I remember spitting the skirt hem out of my mouth while trying to look like nothing really unusual just happened!
and I can't deny wives being angry at me for watching their husbands pee....poor Brennah (Jodi's dgtr) would not go into a bathroom with me for years!
You know, those kind of things still happen to me, but it all just seems like part of every day usual stuff now. Most of the time I don't even think twice about them!
The only times I REALLY got embarrassed was farting in front of my boss, and of course the big time interview for a great job...I was really playing big shot. When I got to the car, I happened to look in the mirror, and then I knew WHY the THREE men interviewing me kept looking at my nose! Before going in I had a cup of coffee, and evidently stuck my nose in it, cuz the whole tip of my big Ladd nose was brown as you know what!
WHO sat in the birthday cake? Oh yeah...and Mandi DID chase me with horrible bugs and yes, I did get mad when she chased me away with a broom and Debbey just stood there laughing. With all that said, the next posts will be ALL ABOUT OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS....SO BRACE YOURSELVES! I'M GOING TO TELL IT ALL!!!!
Love
Sandi
not birthday cake hehe... I had been making rice crispie treats with the preschoolers I worked with and was taking some to my boys afterwards...put them on those small paper plates... I guess when Seth or Night finished he put it in my seat... afterwards I go to Wal-mart I walked alllll the way to the friggin' back of the store before I realized the plate was on a cheek! You'd think someone would have told me because you KNOWWWW everyone saw it! hehe! Or I'd at least heard them laughing. Totally embarrassing but yet felt real good to laugh...even..if.. it was.. at ME! .... omg Aunt Sandi was a brown noser! wokka wokka! get it? hehe! I know I crack myself up! Mom...when you dropped the bank money-holder thing-a-majig and it rolled under the car... did you run over it or did you save it?
0:-D (<---see my halo?)....and...(here's some more mud *SPLAT!*)...Vicki knows better than to talk bad about ppl cuz she made a booboo... do you remember how you learned that lesson? :P (haha really I know it wasn't meant bad, you just said something in front of the wrong person--I never ever heard Vicki talk bad about a person or say she didn't like anything until this one incident with the radio preacher...that figures huh). :) {that wasn't tmi was it??}
sooooooooooooooo
you had your cake and seat it too?
dang, that was a groaner... so solly
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I don't know if we can have a reunion. Everyone's crazy! I almost wet my chair reading all of this! No. Mandi I pressed the button for help at the drive through to get the "thingy"that I RAN OVER and out walked this prissy little black girl in pink tights. When I said sorry I started laughing and spit all over her. She turned on her heels and prissed off wiping herself. Oh well.
I'd like a little more detail on the time Sandi farted in front of her boss, please.
Here's a little dish on Orrin
When he was dating Debbie he would go to her house after work which was like an hour or more away. Then I am guessing he got no sleep at all (and I don't know any details on cause and effect, here)because he would be driving very early in the morning to go to his job and would fall asleep while driving and then hit something. It could be signs, poles, ditches, guide wires to telephone poles, etc. I know he straightened out a few curves in the road. It seems to me he wrecked quite a few cars during that courtship!
ahem..... I resemble that remark too!
I'll have ye know, I was drivin down the straight and narrow when them poles and signs and such teleported, or shapeshifted or whatever... they werer possesed and came after me! I barely escaped with my life!
but I did put a whuppin on em
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