Cloudy
Baked bread pie and cake, etc.
Made a Jello for Foster's shower.
I did not go.
Ray:
40-60 Fair
Plowed all day
went to Shower & belling at Fosters
Note: For those of you who don't know (me being one of them) a 'belling' is/was a regional word for a shivaree. Don't know what a shivaree is? Clearly you haven't read enough historical romance novels... But I will save you the google search:
shiv•a•ree (ˌʃɪv əˈri)
n., v. -reed, -ree•ing. n.
1. a mock serenade with noisemakers given for a newly married couple; charivari.
2. an elaborate, noisy celebration.
v.t.
3. to serenade with a shivaree.
I was always under the impression a shivaree was a bit more than a serenade though. I always thought it was a bunch of well-wishers/trouble makers causing a hullabaloo while the newly married could was trying to complete the transaction, so to speak (this is a G rated blog). Maybe I've read too many historical romance novels....anyway, the fact is that Ray went and Dora did not. Maybe Dora was feeling too old maid-ish to go and Ray wanted to go whoop and holler a bit.
More power to him.
Any of my blog readers ever participate or witness a shivaree? If so, please inform us ignorant and overly sophisticated readers about the joys and perils of a shivaree.
Also, Dora would have had flavored, powdered gelatin available to her, but it really would have been quite a novelty at this time.
Cayla:
Worked in the sleep lab.
Ada had her 2 year old check up today. She is 75th percentile for height, 50th for weight, which is pretty much what she's been all along.
We got groceries after the appointment which means I have nowhere I absolutely MUST go to for tomorrow, which is a nice thought.
I remember when my oldest Paternal Aunt, Lula Burke, Married Mr. William J.B. Williams. After the ceremony, the men had brought along to the "in home wedding" property, all sorts of noise makers and someone brought along an old Chestnut rail from a fence on which the men would make the groom straddle, lift him up and roughly ride him around as long as they could keep him on the rail. WJBW was a huge man and very strong, so they didn't keep him hoisted very long. The noise, however, lasted a bit longer. Meantime, Aunt Lula was being amused because My new Uncle Bill, as they called him, could've cracked two skulls at once. That was the only "shivaree" I have ever witnessed. As a kid, I saw no redeeming benefit in 'that' shivaree.
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