Monday , October 25,2010.

We are driving against traffic to Maryland so we are making pretty good time. Terry would like me to help out with Anna's ring pillow so I need to get there to see what she wants. We picked up Grandmother to go to lunch at the Chinese restaurant and then we went to Jo annes and Michaels for the pillow fabric and patterns. Jo Anns had several fabrics, but I don't know which Anna would want. Terry said Anna is not the bridezilla, she is instead.
We went to Linda and Tom's house in Perry Hall to stay for a few days. I have two bags of fabric for Marie from NaNa. It'll be good to see them. So much of the farm fields have been turned into housing developments. All of the open fields from Fitch Avenue up to Lindy's old gas station are housing developments and shopping centers. Yardsticks Fabrics owned by my girlfriend's mother, Sandra Zommedies, is gone and nothing that reminds me of the old Perry Hall shopping center is there anymore. I did find Penn Avenue just before the elementary school where Aunt Genieve and Uncle Johnny lived with their farm. But I didn't go down the street. I remember my cousin selling it off when they died. They gave me the high chair that all of my kids remember being in; the big stroller and bassinet also. They have built a road from 695 to Perry Hall that connects the two. I think it's called rt.43. That was never rehire before. I have been away too long.
Linda's house is huge and so is her lot. She must have several acres and her house is 2 stories in brick with a full walk out basement. Her brother-in-law lives in an apartment in the basement. She has 7 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms! Marie has her own set of rooms upstairs that are huge and 2 bathrooms all her own. She has her own washer and dryer upstairs and a little refrigerator and sink for a little kitchenette.
Linda and Tom have 4 cats: a big red fluffy Mikey, who must weigh 22 pounds, a tortoise shell named Tabby, and 2 all white fluffy cats named Pinky - a boy, and Squeeky - a girl. Pinky is clipped for the summer into a lion looking haircut. Marie fixed a Costco pork shoulder roast that was delicious.