My family is multi-faith. We are all different religions. I mean, there’s just, you name one and we’ve got one (Laughs).

And we have several that are bigoted! (Laughs) You know, especially when one of the grandkids brings somebody that – alright, they bring someone of a different color home, you know? With them over Christmas vacation and you know rolling their eyes? You know?

The Christmas a Planeload of GIs Dropped in for an Unexpected Visit

Here’s a funny story from my childhood – that is one of my favorite things. It was during World War II and a load of soldiers on their way to Europe had to land into the airport because of some plane trouble.

My dad was working up there at the time and he brought a couple of them home with him for over Christmas. They were from Wisconsin, Racine, Wisconsin, and we kept in touch with those people for years and we’ve just lost track. And you know, that Christmas is the only one that really stands out in my mind of all of them we had, you know?

It made me popular for the brief period of time because we had strangers for Christmas. We had room at the Inn. I was very popular that Christmas with all the kids dropping in to see how is Christmas, you know?

We Have a Good Time on Our Road Trips

Oh, not literally, no, but at different times we’ve been places and we like having a good time. One of the gals that has since got remarried and moved to Arizona went to the casino.

Well, we us and we had to stand in line for a long time waiting to get in to eat. She was so hungry and she had this little call box that they give you so that when it’s your turn you know it squawks?

She kept yelling, “Yoo-hoo!” standing out in the hall, “Yoo-hoo, here we are way back here!” When we got in she started just pick, pick, pick, pick, pick, nicely, you know, just having a good time with the waitress.

The waitress told her, you know, she says, “You guys either be careful,” she says, “Or you’re all gonna end up back in the kitchen eating at the table back there!” (Laughter)