Mary Esther

We had a delightful time with Kat’s cousin Shirley in Mary Esther FL. Kat was born in Washington but most of her family is/was from Tennessee. You have heard mention of Uncle Charlie, Cousin Eddie and Cousin Shirley. Shirley is the family genealogist and historian and Kat, until recently, didn’t know much about the family. So they (actually we all) did a lot of talking about family and families. So much so that we didn’t have much time for cooking, so it was lots of talking and going to eat. But we were all real good at it! No complaining!

We also visited the Ford dealer to have the ol’ Escort worked on. It developed a problem and needed spark plug wires and some stuff. That was the ‘bad news’, the ‘good news’ was that the mechanic said it was in “pretty good shape and should last a long time”. We hope so! Not only is it ‘paid for’, but it is the nearly perfect “toad” (tow car). If I had to replace it I’d want one just like it! Just not 12 years old!

We did make one exception to the ‘eat out’ rule at Shirley’s. She and Jared, her grandson, fixed us a very good chicken dinner. She dipped chicken breasts in egg and then coated them with crunched up French’s, french fried onion rings(recipe is on can). Real easy and very tasty. Jared was a great help to his grandma and in general a real polite and helpful young man. Grandma has every right to be proud. We tried to take him with us but Shirley wasn’t hearing any of that!