Stuff That Makes Us Hillarys: 7 of 30: Long day, long flight, short conversation

...in the beginning...

We are the Hillary family. I can't actually claim all of us to be Hillarys, we've meshed with the Stimpsons, the Doxstaders, the Merrimans, and the Lowreys - but the more you hang around us the more we kind of rub off on you, and poof - you become a Hillary. Which, after reading some of the things that we do might sound like a pretty frightening thing. The disclaimer is that I cannot embarrass any of my children, and I promised. Then I uncrossed my fingers. We love the following people in our family.... Del & Nicole, Matt & Bethany & Drew, Em, and the Noahman Ashley & Mike and Baby Mackadamia and soon to be..., Mandy & Ryan, J-man and Dimples, and Ryan and Katie - yes we own two Ryans! Not pictured: Zoey the German Shephard, Opi the newly adopted puppy, BG & Baby Red the Macaws (the latter two Zoey would eat if put in the same picture). Welcome to our Blog. Don't take us too seriously.... life is meant to have a never ending, bottomless tub of buttered popcorn and laughter.

Friday, November 7, 2008

7 of 30: Long day, long flight, short conversation

Eric (my brother seated next to my mother (which I love) on the airplane): "Mom look at the lights down below us...."

Mom (Deaf as a doornail): "Why are there mice down there?"

Eric (wondering if it's too late to order a $20.00 drink from the flight attendant - too late - we're descending into the valley): "Yep - there certainly are a lot of mice down there mom." (Looks over at me (who was smart to sit in the farthest seat from deaf mommy) with the look of death and reminds me that mom is staying with me until Sunday Night - the later the better)

*Make note to reread the novel, "Of Mice and Deaf Mommies" again to see if I missed a chapter. More details on 'Ode to 3 funerals (we're up to 3 this week) on later postings.....and there you go.