Dear Family: (Friend or foe or anyone wishing to give up their precious TIME to read a lot of past detail!!)
Now, where to begin? (Roberta, have used the liquid (oops) paper in the very first line!!!) How about Christmas as a starter? Seemed strange, after having YOUTH in the household ever Xmas for the last 36 years, to have only OLDSTERS around! Larna invited us for Xmas dinner which was a relaxing day for me after attending S.S., Church, etc. As there were only 9 of us, she could handle the dinner with ease in her trailer-home. Was Santa good to all of you? Seemed odd for 3 adults to be sitting 'under the Xmas tree' opening up gifs, etc. Appreciate everyone!! I thought Roberta's gift was very clever. After we arrived in Phoenix, she gave us a cloth sack on which was written in BOLD RED LTRS., "SANTA'S SACK", and Santa's face in white on a BRIGHT RED SQUARE. And surprised on the inside: All kinds of practical objects used around the house. Surprising enough, most of them were items we had just run out of or gadgets we can use and never thought of. HA! THANKS BERTA and SID!!!! (I used the bag to put my dirty laundry in just before returning home . . . ha) That takes care of Xmas . . . except it's quite a SHOCK to come home from a trip in Jan. and find all the Xmas ornaments on the tree, decorations, etc. and know that ALL THAT STUFF has yet to come down . . . maybe in a couple of days ???
The trip to Arizona sure did pep me up . . . . I've got my second wind for the new year 1984. HA!!! But for the H.H. Uibles, and Sid . . . . I don;t know how they survived all the excitement and pre-wedding hustle-bussle with all the relatives arriving on different days and housing and feeding all of us. We counted up and H.H., Sid, or someone in the family made something like 17 trips back and forth to the airport (picking up and returning). Thanks to Harold, we stayed at the WestCourt hotel (?) . . . a real swanky place for the first few days. There were a lot of Ohio State people staying there; followers of the Ohio State football team. Did anyone watch the game? Sure was exciting. We saw the close finish. A lot of kids were staying there also . . . members of a marching band from northern Florida. The big Fiesta Bowl parade on New Years Eve . . . which we did not see . . . we were attending something more important that PM. Roberta's and Sid's WEDDING!!
We were dying to meet this MAN!! Who had the audacity to capture the heart of INDEPENDENT, CAREER-WOMAN, ROBERTA??? (ha). We were not disappointed when we met SID!!! He was a good looking blonde about the same height as Roberta, maybe taller, with "R" shoeless. A trim physique (sp) . . . tho both he and Roberta said that they were going on a DIET after we all left . . . and shouldn't we ALL, after consuming all the good candy, cookies, and all the holiday goodies!! He's soft-spoken, witty, good humored, ALWAYS BUSY and helping Roberta . . . the speed he was going he might take over the Sr. Citizen project (Ha . . . watch out Roberta). I'm sure he will try to slow down "Berta" for to quote him, "She does the job for 3 people"!!! When I do a letter I really do RAMBLE!!! Sid seemed very cooperative and patient!!! A delight to be with!!! Now the rest of you can draw your own conclusions whenever you have the opportunity to meet him.
Roberta and family were still doing and fixing for the wedding right up until ½ hour before the wedding. I understand that Roberta was over at the church before 6:30 AM probably overseeing the Brunch which was to follow the wedding, in the church. [Followed by a long description of the decor. etc. which is not included here.]
Love to all -- MUH & BILL
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