Thank you for your patience.
I am not dead.
I am in Georgia for my parents' 50th Wedding Anniversary.
I have been gone too long and it's so lovely to nestle down with family and friends and laugh and soak in the humidity.
I love the humidity, BTW.
I will be back here soon with lots of tales and pictures.
I promise.
That's my mom and dad. Aren't they cute?
Handsome and beautiful, actually.
There are not enough words to describe the importance of a good marriage. It affects generations of people. Not just the two getting married. You are offering a legacy of love.
I am off to drink coffee with my brother and sister in law before they hop on a plane for England to shoot grouse. My people are jazzy that way. Then I'm going to the farmer's market to buy 10 pounds of raw peanuts to stuff in my suitcase to make boiled peanuts back in Durango.
I'm a red neck that way.
xoxo
I am glad to see you back in this space Ivey although I wish I'd known you were going to be in S Ga, I would have trekked over. My daughter and her family just found a house in S Ga. and will make their final move next week.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your parents, that is so wonderful to celebrate 50 years.
You like the humidity? Oh my , not me and I complain about it year round, especially how it affects my hair. ;)
We are big peanut eaters too, boiling and freezing about 30-40 lbs. a year. I like mine good and salty. My boys are rednecks... me, I'm just country!
Enjoy your visit.
i am leaving in the morn, but if you are ever near thomasville you must track down my sister at her store! It's downtown and called Firefly. she would treat you right!
Deletethe only reason i love the humidity is for it's anti-aging properties! the west will make one shrivelled and dry before due!
"the importance of a good marriage. It effects generations "
ReplyDeleteGood truth. Pondering and savoring the wisdom.
Enjoy your humid, peanut, family time!
love the boiled peanuts but got any room for white acre peas? Can't find them anywhere in colorado! have a great trip!
ReplyDeletehello shelley! they had them at the market and i almost got them! love them! once, many years ago, i found them in the frozen section in walmart in durango and have never seen them again. they are one of my favorite foods!thanks for your kind email about uncle elliot...it was unexpected and very sad.
Deletesh*t girl, and I thought you must be roaming around Mexico.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing you in THREE days. And so are my kids.
We were counting all the happiness awaiting us at shared school and when I said "Miss Ivey," Col let out a big happy sigh. "Yeah, Miss Ivey." He said.
When I first met my friend from the South we could hardly understand each other. We bonded over her explanation of "bald peanuts" as we laughed until we cried and wet our pants! We're friends forever now :))
ReplyDeleteyes, we can mangle a word!!! love me some bald eggs, too!
Deleteawww. no wonder you are a beam of light- you were raised with love.
ReplyDeletenothing belittles the importance of a good marriage. I see several falling apart around me...oh I am so grateful for my strong one.
XO
Oh Ivey! We love you! I have a thing for boiled peanuts by the way :) Yum! That pictures is gorgeous of your folks. You look like your momma and I see Della too! Looking forward to hearing about all the adventures when you settle back at home~
ReplyDeleteBoiled p-nuts, yes! I always come home from Ga with a suitcase full of them!
ReplyDeleteNo wonder you turned out so well! Lucky, lucky you to have parents who still love and like each other.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear all about the celebration and see pics too.
Oh man, boiled peanuts are a local thing here in Hawaii too; I have missed the salty goodness!