Wednesday
November 22, 1978
Dear Mary Virginia,What a surprise to get a letter from you. At least it was a pleasant surprise, as that is the only kind we like! Of course you did send Wendy a birthday card and Mother often refers to you in the letters she sends us so we were aware of your continued existence. Otherwise we might have been worried that you had joined some weird religious cult that believes in shooting congressmen and committing mass suicide.
Your niece is now walking! She actually walks from one place to another. The next thing you know words will be coming out of her mouth! She is sitting in her high chair next to me right now eating an apple. I peel it for her and then she chomps on it. It takes about half an hour for her to eat a good sized apple. Last night we had apple crisp and ice cream for dessert and she liked that! It was the first time we had had apple crisp in a long time and it sure was good. All that crunchy brown sugar, cinnamon and oats with the apples and then ice cream too! It was a real taste treat! The restaurants here in Madras rank very low on the scale of fine restaurants of the world so when we want something good to eat we have to fix it ourselves.
Speaking of food, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and we are looking forward to a big dinner with lots of good things to eat. You probably read in the letter I wrote to Mom and Dad that we are going to Judy's. We are furnishing rolls (crescent rolls that come in the round tube), sweet potatoes (which I am going to mash with butter and brown sugar) and salad (I'm going to make Ambrosia which is about my favorite kind – you know the one with marshmallows, coconut, pineapple, mandarin oranges and sour cream. It makes me hungry to think about it. Plus there will be all the goodies that Judy fixes and her sister is also bringing some pies and other things.
Probably the reason I am dwelling on food tis that it is almost lunch time and I am hungry. We are going to have left-over pizza and salad for lunch. Gerry will be home in about 45 minutes so I still have time before I start it.
Let's see if I can think of some non-food item to write about. How about Christmas? When are you going to Arizona? Please refrain from sending us anything this year as we are unable to reciprocate. There isn't any Pic & Save here so we can't even shop for cheap presents. What money we do have for Christmas has to go towards DeeDee and Wendy.
Wendy has almost finished her apple and she is not attempting to climb out of her high chair so I better close and get started on lunch.
Write again soon – sooner than the last time anyway – and let us know what is happening!
Love,
Catherine, Gerry &
Wendy
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