[AT] Greenville OH Show

[Indiana Robinson]

	I'm running late as usual... Diana and I are moving into the house here on the farm 
that I grew up in and where until rapidly advancing Alzheimers forced me to place my 
mother in a home, she lived. We had wanted to go to the Greenville show anyway but 
the stress of the move made a day off even more important. We drove over on Friday 
night and found a major colony of Dotsons camped in their favored location. It was 
easy to find, we just looked for the area where everything around had been charred 
from the flames of the "Dotson inferno"...  We pulled in nearby and started looking 
around the show. We really like that show, its just "one of those shows". Not huge 
but well handled.
	We had a great Friday evening and all day Saturday visiting and looking and 
shopping. We were sorry to find that the Willer's were not there this year. We were 
pretty tired before we got there (really wiped out) and down and didn't get involved 
in the phone call with H.L. but happy late anniversary H.L. and Billie... You know 
what 50 years of marriage means don't you H.L.? It means that Billie must be 
unbelievably patient and tolerant...   ;-)    ;-)    ;-)
	We are sorry that we left rather abruptly Saturday evening without getting to say 
goodbye to everyone but leaving was a strain and decided upon suddenly. I was 
dreading going home so much that only by grabbing my own arm and twisting it behind
 my back was I able to say "OK, we are going home now"... I didn't dare delay once in 
motion or I might still be there or headed off the other way. I REALLY didn't to return to 
this mess. Our old house is about 2,500 square feet and has waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much 
"stuff" in it... The other house is about 5,000 square feet and is stacked to the rafters with 
good stuff, not so good stuff and a hell of a lot of just plain crap...
	In trying to honor my mothers earlier wishes expressed in her will even though she is 
still living (sort of) my sister in Pensacola is entitled to almost all of the contents of the house.
 She came up (at my request) and picked out what she wanted and I can tell you that it could
 probably all fit in an 8'x8'x8 box. Like me, my mother collected everything... After removing 
at least 4 pickup loads of just plain trash Diana and I are still up to our necks in dishes, baskets, 
several thousand books, all sorts of antiques and "STUFF"... You name it and it is here in one
 house or the other. Much of it is personal stuff with memories attached.
	By the time we get this mess sorted out we probably won't need either house because 
we will have been locked away somewhere...


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"farmer"

I try to take one day at a time but sometimes several days attack
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