It is the 20th of February. One month until spring. I am so excited. Usually Don't make much of a deal about the weather but this winter I have froze almost to death and am waiting with great anticipation for Spring. Remember we are on a count down.
I have heard for the last few years about being in the loop. You know open to all the new information. Being in the know. I long to be in the loop. I am not there. Neither is my sister. I also long to have one of those phones like I see on the commercial where the person says breezily when asked a question. "Wait just a minute, I have a App for that. I have no Apps. I want some.
I called my sister yesterday morning early. One of her daughters had written on Facebook about a decision she had made. I was curious. Okay maybe nosey is a better word. Anyway I wanted to know what decision she was talking about. "I don't know my sister said. "Nobody tells me anything." "See," I replied, "I told you we are not in the loop."
My sister wailed, "I want to be in the loop too." Then she was quiet a few seconds. Then said in a small voice. "I don't want them putting it around my neck though." I sat stunned for a moment . What in blue blazes was she talking about? Then the light finally came on. "No," I yelled at her. "Not a noose, don't ask for a noose. It's the loop. It means being in the in crowd." "oh, okay," she answered. But I still am not sure she has it straight. So I am asking please. If my sister comes up asking to be put in a noose. I am pleading, understand that is not, I repeat not what she means. I told her just to leave it to me. I would get us both in the loop. She brightened at that thought.
So here is where I am at right now. I need to do this before there is some dire accident. My problem is what few people read this occasionally, know me. They are not going to put me in their loop. My daughter thinks I tell everything, so her loop is out. My son thinks I am way to critical of his problems So that loop is out too. But then the others that might read this think I am a dingbat so there goes their loops. My husband says my sister and I are already members of a loop, the fruit loops. He thinks he is so funny. My one chance is that a stranger might stumble across these pages.
If that happens I would like to make this plea. Please put my sister and I in your loop. I promise we will not be any trouble. Well maybe I shouldn't promise that about myself. But I assure you my sister won't be. Also I think you will find us quite fun. Oh and if you will give us a shot, could I please just once in awhile say, " I have a app for that.." Not that I have any Apps, but I sure would like say it. I'll be waiting for your call.
I love reading your stories, sometimes they make you laugh, sometimes cry, sometimes just think about life, sometimes its just what you needed to hear. Today, this made me laugh, and we all could use a good laugh everyday, something that will make you smile. You are so funny, you have such a way with words. So Aunt Billye when your thinking that the words that you write everyday might seem to you just a bunch of words, they are so much more. All of the family has got to share a part of your life, your memories of when you were growing up, most of which I have never heard. But I love these stories, and hope that someday my children have stories to tell of all their wonderful memories. Jeffrey already tells stories of things he says he remembers from when he was 4 or 5 but Jeffrey has one of those memories. So Im sure that someday he will have stories to tell, of course when he is telling them Will swears he makes them up, their so funny. As for being in the loop, I wouldnt be much in the loop either if It wasnt for my kids. We recently just bought Ipods and the boys had to set mine up with all of those Apps, so I can say I have Apps, not sure how to go about getting them but I have them. When Jackie came up to visit last weekend she was showing me her phone, one of those Blackberrys, now shes young and definitely in the loop, but she had your blog site on her phone and just pulled it up and could read your blogs. Of course I wanted to be able to have that, so I asked Will if he could set up my Ipod with your blog site. Sure Mom he said, and set it up in a few minutes, I was so excited cause now I could read it no matter where I was. Thank God for my children, they keep me in the loop of things somewhat, and I can tell people I have all these apps for all these things, sounds good anyway.
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