Thread:Llyssa1020/@comment-34478085-20190827163932/@comment-38558458-20190829081426

Hello Jodi! ~  I saw Mom today and asked her more about her Grandfather's ranch. He owned a sugar beet ranch in Manderson. It was in the early 1900's. I can't imagine what that kind of life would have been like over 100 years ago. I'm going to talk to her about it more when I see her tomorrow (I take her for warm water swimming one day a week). I believe my great g'ma moved out there with him later for a little while. They had 3 boys and a girl. She gave birth to another boy, and I'm not sure if it was when they lived there or what. The winters were cold and harsh. And it was very difficult and much different from city life. My great g'ma eventually left my great g'pa and lived back in Peoria, Illinois. She was much more accustomed to city life and I think that ranch life was just too hard. My mom would always wonder what he had to eat at night coming in from working hard. There were no drive throughs and no frozen meals you could pop in the oven. It was a very hard life back in those days.

My grandfather's brother had two daughters - my Mom's cousins. My Mother told me that one of her cousin's daughters moved out to Wyoming to be near where her great g'pa was. So I guess that would make her and I second cousins. Anyway, Mom wrote to Francie and told her that they would be out that way vacationing and Francie insisted that they come over for dinner. I'm not sure if my sister was with them on that trip, it could be. Anyway, that was a nice reunion that was enjoyed and Mom told me that Francie lives in Lander, which is a small town and I think they stayed at the Antler Motel. Anyway, I thought all of this was so interesting because you are from there and it's a small world - lol.

I'm sorry that you are allergic to cats. I am too, but I bit the bullet and got on shots back in the 80's and I'll more than likely be on them the rest of my life. But, I have my cats and for the most part, I don't have a lot of issues. Sometimes, my eye might start itching. But that's okay - I've got to have my fur babies. I'm glad you like their picture. They are definitely sassy. Bella the little one is very brave. She is my gymnast and walks the balance beam (which is at the top of my stair railing that runs the length of the stairs to the bottom). I'm always so worried that she will fall off of there. Now Emma is a klutz and would definitely fall. They are both so very different.

I'm not sure if you have room for any more friends in your game. Mine is pretty full, but I did have one spot open this weekend. It was a keeper who didn't like me politely asking to not charge my trophies. Then before I could have a conversation with them, they left my friends list. So, I have about 98-99 solid friends that are starred and receive visits and gifts. The other 50 are a LOT of these duplicate accounts that have been occurring frequently these past few months. I have decided to keep them along with some of the sleepers, so I can hire them out as either Keepers or Jokers. So, if you are interested in another in game friend, my code is 0fhdqk. If not, no harm done. We can be friends here on the Wiki. Take care Jodi! ~  Llyssa