Awake: 5:59am Temp 62 sleep 6+13 overcast overnight @ Nicktown.
First thing this morning, Kathy grinds nuts to use in making a pie crust; then we attend 8:00am Mass & later, join our KK meeting for (1.5) hrs.
Back @ our coach, Kathy continues cooking & baking in her galley throughout the morning & most of the afternoon….making meals & dessert for our upcoming activities. For example, later today we are having our 6th annual cousins’ reunion with Corinne again being the chief facilitator and tomorrow, company from Ohio.
We leave @ 4:45pm, motor to Spangler where we make a stop @ Bi-Lo & cash a $20.00 bill for (20) singles, then continue up the hill to the old Holy Cross grade school building where our cousins’ reunion will be held. As we enter the building, it’s obvious that Corinne has already organized the place. Within minutes, more cousins began arriving until we had over (30) smiling faces & the (2) long tables were filled with good smelling covered dishes & desserts. Aside from the Nicktown picnic, this is the only other time of the year that we get to see & spend time with so many of our cousins.
After our social hr, we line up for the covered dish treats & later, desserts. There was no shortage of delicious food or dessert throughout the evening.
Then Corinne explained the game we will play tonight; it’s called: “Left, Right & Center.” The winner gets to donate his/her winnings to his/her favorite charity. Groups of (4) to (6) take turns throwing 3 dice, which have an L, R, & C marked on (3) sides; the rest of the dice having blank sides. Each person starts out with (5) one dollar bills. As a person from each group takes his/her turn rolling the dice, he passes dollar bills to the person on his right or left or to the “kitty” in the center. The number of bills passed depends on how many “Rs, Ls, or Cs” appear on the rolled dice; or if none appear, the “roller” keeps all his bills for that turn. As a person runs low on dollars, he rolls less dice, i.e., only (2) if he/she has (2) dollar bills left; (1) if only (1) dollar is left. When all the players in the group run out of money, save for one person & the “kitty,” he/she with the money, is the winner of the group.
Next, the winners from each group assemble @ another table & play the game again…starting out like before, each with (5) dollars. The winner of this group is the final winner & he announces his favorite charity. Our crowd accumulated $123.00 total which will be donated to the poor children in Honduras.
Our usual entertainment committee has dwindled in numbers; tonight only Florentz, who tells us a short story about growing up; it was a good & funny story. He also recited (2) poems, which were quite realistic & pragmatic.
Most of the time, the young Foote boys were entertaining themselves with (2) train sets Melissa & Kevin brought with them. At Kathy’s invitation, Matthew helped her play “Left, Right & Center.”
Slowly the older folks began to leave the scene, then the not so older ones, & finally us.
Corinne did a marvelous job as a facilitator & we thank her profusely for her time & talent.
Back @ our bus, we start watching: “The Naked City” for only (27) mins; someone wasn’t paying attention.
Lights out: 11:11pm
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